“The Office of Fair Trading will be able to clamp down on rogue companies by suspending or revoking their consumer credit licences with immediate effect under new legislation announced by the government.”
The Guardian, 19th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Lawyers for the BBC are considering making a formal appeal against a court order that has banned the corporation from showing a dramatised film about the experiences of rioters who took part in last summer’s disorder.”
The Guardian, 19th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“John Pusey and his wife Cherry spent 10 years trying to stop passing motorists using the bottom of their garden as a public convenience. But while the high court agreed it was annoying – the judges ruled the ‘comfort breaks’ did not amount to a ‘nuisance.’ They rejected the couple’s claim to close down the lay-by by the side of the road, leaving them with a six figure legal bill.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th July 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“PC Simon Harwood has a disciplinary record littered with complaints of aggressive behaviour and misconduct and once admitted being sent into ‘red mist mode’, it can be disclosed today.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th July 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A trial of eight men accused of murder during the Birmingham riots almost collapsed when a judge declared a police officer had ‘invented a story.’ ”
BBC News, 19th July 2012
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“An NHS trust has been fined £150,000 and told to pay £326,345 costs over the killing of a female care worker at a residential home in Bedfordshire.”
BBC News, 19th July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Police officer Simon Harwood was today cleared of killing newspaper seller Ian Tomlinson during the G20 protests in London in 2009. Concerns about the Pc’s alleged previous ‘heavy handed policing’ were only disclosed after acquittal.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th July 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An unusually large number of senior judges are due to retire in the next year or so. Who might replace them?”
The Guardian, 19th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Legal insurance and conditional and fixed-fee arrangements aren’t serving people’s best interests.”
The Guardian, 19th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A woman from Oldham has been found guilty of helping her husband plan a terrorist attack in an attempt to carry out ‘jihad at home’.”
BBC News, 19th July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Jeremy Bamber, who murdered five members of his family, have been granted an appeal by the Grand Chamber of Europe’s human rights court.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th July 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Computer hacker Gary McKinnon ‘has no choice’ but to refuse a medical test to see if he is fit to be extradited to the US, his mother has said.”
BBC News, 19th July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Eight men have been found not guilty of the murder of three men during last summer’s riots in Birmingham.”
BBC News, 19th July 2012
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“An editorial article published in the British Medical Journal on 12 July 2012 (subscription required) has provoked controversy in right-to-life circles. The article, entitled ‘Sanctity of life law has gone too far’ criticises the ruling of Baker J in the ‘M’ case where an application to authorise the removal of artificial nutrition and hydration (ANH) from a patient in a minimally conscious state was refused.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 18th July 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“A Consumer Bill of Rights will modernise 30-year old consumer laws to create clear rights for purchasers of digital content, the Government has announced.”
OUT-LAW.com, 18th July 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“An online toupee-seller broke advertising rules by not providing customers with the address of its foreign supplier and not explaining that customers returning goods would have to pay customs duty, the UK’s advertising watchdog has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 18th July 2012
Source: www.outlaw.com
“The Children’s Commissioner for England has published a new report The Fact of Age: Review of case law and local authority practice since the Supreme Court judgment in R (A) v Croydon LBC [2009]. The report has been written by Laura Brownlees , an independent research and policy consultant, and Zubier Yazdani, a solicitor with Deighton Pierce Glynn.”
Family Law Week, 18th July 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
“The mother of Hugh Grant’s baby has received a high court undertaking from a picture agency not to pursue or harass her, in a ruling that could give celebrities new protection against paparazzi photographers.”
The Guardian, 18th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man who has spent almost 16 years in prison for a crime he always denied committing may soon be freed after DNA traces from another man persuaded investigators to refer his case to the court of appeal.”
The Guardian, 18th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A group of squatters who set up a community garden project on private land close to Heathrow Airport have failed in a court bid to stay.”
BBC News, 18th July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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