Clifford Collinge murder: Market Warsop trio found guilty – BBC News
“A woman and two men she met in a pub have been found guilty of the murder of her husband, who died of 46 injuries.”
BBC News, 23rd July 2012
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Leveson does not want to impose ‘Ofcom-style’ statutory regulation – The Guardian
“Lord Justice Leveson has revealed he will not impose tough Ofcom-style statutory regulation on newspapers, after almost nine months of evidence exposing what the newspaper industry has admitted were ‘appalling’ practices in the press.
The Guardian, 23rd July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Six convicted of insider dealing by FSA – BBC News
“Six people have been convicted of insider dealing in a case brought by the Financial Services Authority.”
BBC News, 23rd July 2012
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Laws on gambling outdated, say MPs – BBC News
“Gambling laws are ‘outdated’ and ‘ill-equipped’ to deal with social and technological changes, MPs have said.”
BBC News, 24th July 2012
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No IPCC investigation to take place into Dorset landslide deaths – The Independent
” The police watchdog will not investigate the case of an elderly couple who lay dead in their car for up to 10 days following a landslide.”
The Independent, 23rd July 2012
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Prosecutors to announce decision in phone hacking cases – Daily Telegraph
“Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson and private investigator Glenn Mulcaire are among those expected to find out today if they are to be charged in connection with the phone hacking scandal.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th July 2012
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Rochdale grooming trial: investigation to focus on victims, not ethnicity, says DPP – Daily Telegraph
“Kier Starmer, the Director of Public Prosecutions, has said that a review into child sexual exploitation would focus on the failure to listen to victims rather than the ethnicity of the perpetrators.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd July 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Yolande Waddington: David Burgess sentenced for 1966 murder – BBC News
“A convicted child killer has been sentenced to a minimum of 27 years in jail for the murder of a girl in Berkshire 46 years ago.”
BBC News, 23rd July 2012
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Levi Bellfield newspaper articles were in contempt of court – UK Human Rights Blog
“HM Attorney General v Associated Newspapers Ltd & Anor [2012] EWHC 2029 (Admin) (18 July 2012). The Divisional Court ruled that reports of Levi Bellfield in the Daily Mail and Daily Mirror, published while a jury was considering his charge of attempted kidnapping, were in contempt of court.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 20th July 2012
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Religious no-go area for the courts with their “costly crudities” – UK Human Rights Blog
“Khaira v. Shergill [2012] EWCA Civ 893 – We have become used to the courts getting involved, more or less willingly, in religious issues, not least where religious freedoms conflict with legal rules which are said to be inconsistent with the exercise of those freedoms. But as Adam Wagner pointed out, in an earlier round of this litigation concerning two Sikh places of worship (Gurdwaras), the courts have developed rules stopping themselves from deciding certain cases, not least because the courts recognise they don’t know what they are doing once they get themselves immersed in issues of religious doctrine.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 22nd July 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Employer liable for “gay and proud” Facebook status hijack of ex-employee by colleagues – OUT-LAW.com
“A company can be liable for unwanted comments made on the Facebook account of an employee by colleagues, providing that the actions ‘fall within the course of employment’, an employment tribunal has found.”
OUT-LAW.com, 20th July 2012
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Company entitled to use rent free period in the first five years for valuation purposes, tribunal finds – OUT-LAW.com
“A Valuation Tribunal has rejected an approach by assessors that would have increased the business rates paid by a City firm by 20% over the first five years of a lease.”
OUT-LAW.com, 20th July 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Expertly done? A look at the use of experts in family proceedings and changes proposed by Mr Justice Ryder prior to the announcement of his final proposals – Family Law Week
“Leanne Buckley –Thomson, pupil barrister at 1 Crown Office Row Brighton, considers the current problems in relation to the use of expert evidence particularly in care proceedings and the proposals for change thus far highlighted by Mr Justice Ryder in response. She comments briefly on these suggestions, whilst acknowledging that the proposals have not yet been released in full, and refers to the work done locally in anticipation of what is to come.”
Family Law Week, 20th July 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
Trial suspended as bogus interpreter stands in for wife – Daily Telegraph
“A court descended into farce when a man translating vital evidence revealed he was only there because his wife – the real interpreter – was too busy.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th July 2012
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Probation officer ‘had affair with convicted murderer’ – Daily Telegraph
“Female probation officer has affair with convicted murderer after his release from prison and tips him off that he was going to be recalled for a further offence, a court hears.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th July 2012
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Jonathan Gouldsmith taxi death: Llanelli driver jailed – BBC News
“A taxi driver has been jailed for three years for killing a young soldier on home leave from Afghanistan in a crash.”
BBC News, 20th July 2012
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Fijian-born soldier Isimeli Baleiwai fights to stay in UK – BBC News
“A Fijian man who served in the British Army for 13 years is fighting to stay in the UK after being told he must leave the country by 9 August.”
BBC News, 22nd July 2012
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Women sue the Met over handling of sexual assault cases – The Guardian
“Women who say they were let down by the Metropolitan police when they reported rape and sexual assault, including two who were attacked by the taxi driver John Worboys, are suing the force. The women are attempting to establish that police who fail to investigate such crimes properly are violating victims’ human rights.”
The Guardian, 20th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Tomlinson case: Met police tried to hide PC Harwood’s disciplinary record – The Guardian
“The Metropolitan police attempted to keep the disciplinary record of PC Simon Harwood secret from the family of Ian Tomlinson, the newspaper seller he struck with a baton and pushed to the ground at G20 protests, it can now be reported.”
The Guardian, 20th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Homegrown’ British terrorist bride jailed over Jewish plot – Daily Telegraph
“Serial bride who met and married her third husband through a Muslim dating site was jailed for eight years for planning to launch a terrorist attack upon Jewish communities in Manchester.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th July 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
