Amy Hofmeister car chase crash killers sent to prison – BBC News
“Two drivers have been sent to prison after being convicted of killing a 13-year-old girl during a car chase through Taunton.”
BBC News, 24th July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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ABS offers barristers at £75 an hour – Law Society’s Gazette
“A new law firm which promises clients fixed fees and immediate face-to-face meetings with barristers has become the latest alternative business structure (ABS). Red Bar Law was formed in September last year and applied to the Solicitors Regulation Authority for ABS status in January. Today the SRA confirmed it has become the ninth organisation to be granted a licence, which will be effective from 10 July.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 23rd July 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Sky’s ‘totally unlimited broadband’ claims not misleading, ASA rules – OUT-LAW.com
“A major UK internet service provider’s (ISP’s) claim that it could offer a ‘totally unlimited broadband’ service to customers was not misleading, despite the fact the service would contain ‘inherent limitations’, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 23rd July 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Draft planning fees regulations laid before Parliament – OUT-LAW.com
“Draft regulations which propose to allow local planning authorities to increase the fees they charge for planning applications have been laid before Parliament, but the cap on the maximum fees that can be charged remains the same.”
OUT-LAW.com, 23rd July 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Judicial robustness and the right to be heard – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
“In this age of active case management, judges are rightly expected to take a robust approach to dealing with the cases before them. But sometimes robustness can be taken too far – as illustrated by the Court of Appeal’s recent decision in Labrouche v Frey [2012] EWCA Civ 881, [2012] All ER (D) 33 (Jul).”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 23rd July 2012
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
R v Patel: sentencing offences contrary to the Bribery Act 2010 – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
“The first prosecution under the Bribery Act 2010 to reach the Court of Appeal has arrived. However, it is perhaps not the high-profile scalp that the proponents of the Act might have wanted. I’m not too sure how much can be taken from the case that is of any wider application but nevertheless, it being ‘a first’, it may be of some interest. In any event the facts of the case are less dry than most.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 23rd July 2012
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
Phone hacking: mother of murder victim Clare Bernal sues NI – The Guardian
“The mother of Clare Bernal, who was murdered by a former boyfriend while working at Harvey Nichols, has joined the second wave of alleged victims of News of the World phone hacking suing News International for damages.”
The Guardian, 23rd July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Taxi driver Andrew Flood jailed for Southport murders – BBC News
“A Southport taxi driver with a gambling addiction has been jailed for at least 30 years after admitting murdering two of his elderly passengers.”
BBC News, 23rd July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
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
Source: www.out-law.com
