“The government will have to defend two of its back-to-work schemes against accusations they exploit the unemployed as forced labour after a high court judge granted a hearing that could see benefit regulations overturned.”
The Guardian, 18th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The BBC, ITN and Sky News have been granted a judicial review into a court decision that they should hand hours of unbroadcast footage of the Dale Farm eviction to police.”
The Guardian, 16th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Judges are becoming too eager to speak out, appear on television programmes such as MasterChef and criticise government policy, the head of the civil judiciary has warned.”
The Guardian, 16th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The former head of the UK Border Force who resigned over last year’s security row has reached an out-of-court settlement with the Home Office in which neither side admits any liability or wrongdoing.”
The Guardian, 16th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“UK Coal has pleaded guilty to health and safety breaches over the death of a miner at a North Yorkshire colliery.”
BBC News, 16th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Suffolk special constable with a fixation for women’s underwear has been jailed for eight years for raping a teenage girl.”
BBC News, 16th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Peers in the House of Lords have voted for sufferers of asbestos-related disease to be exempt from reforms to no win, no fee litigation.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 15th March 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
” Five members of an underworld gang responsible for a series of shootings, and leaving a hand grenade on the front wall of Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish’s home were today jailed for life.”
The Independent, 16th March 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“An Office of Fair Trading investigation has found Groupon guilty of ‘widespread’ breaches of consumer protection laws, relating to issues including the pricing, advertising and unfair terms attached to its daily deals.”
The Guardian, 16th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“SSE has lost an appeal into a conviction for tricking potential customers into switching from their existing energy firm.”
BBC News, 16th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Welsh Ministers v. RWE Npower Renewables Ltd [2012] EWCA Civ 311, reversing RWE Npower Renewables v. Welsh Ministers & Swansea Council [2011] EWHC 1778 (Admin). In my previous post on this case, I summarised the judge’s findings as to why this Planning Inspector had gone wrong at the wind farm inquiry. The Inspector turned down the appeal because the positioning of individual turbines might lead to damage to deep deposits of peat found on this site. The judge, Beatson J, thought the inspector had not explained his reasons for his conclusions in sufficiently clear a form. Nor did the Inspector give the wind farm developer an opportunity to deal with his concerns. So said the judge. But the Court of Appeal disagreed – showing how it is not easy to ‘call’ the merits of these reasons challenges.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 15th March 2012
“The European Court of Human Rights held that the suspension of a GP from the Primary Care Trust (PCT) Performers List did not violate his right to peaceful enjoyment of possessions under Article 1 Protocol 1 (A1P1) of the European Convention on Human Rights. The Court declined to decide whether there was a possession that could be interfered with in this case, but held that suspension did not affect Dr Malik.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 15th March 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“The quality of psychological experts and their reports, presented at family court proceedings in the UK, show some inconsistencies according to new research carried out by the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan).”
Family Law Week, 14th March 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
“Lancashire Constabulary has become the first UK police force to be fined by the UK data protection watchdog after it lost a document containing information about a 15 year old girl who had been raped.”
OUT-LAW.com, 15th March 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Network Rail has been fined £1m after admitting health and safety breaches over the deaths of two girls at an Essex level crossing. Friends Olivia Bazlinton, 14, and Charlotte Thompson, 13, were hit by a train in December 2005 as they crossed the railway line at Elsenham station and died instantly.”
BBC News, 15th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Charlotte Church’s libel action in relation to a story in the People that she drunkenly proposed to her boyfriend can be heard after Mirror Group Newspapers failed in a high court application to get her case struck out.”
The Guardian, 15th March 2012
Soruce: www.guardian.co.uk
“The European court of human rights had a chance to strengthen the right to protest. Instead, it set a dangerous precedent.”
The Guardian, 15th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Dr Liam Fox, the former defence secretary, has been ordered to repay £3,000 in parliamentary expenses for allowing his unofficial adviser to use his taxpayer-funded second home rent-free.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th March 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A nurse who was filmed accidentally switching off the ventilator of a paralysed man has been struck off.”
BBC News, 15th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Some of UK’s most popular online retailers will be forced to stop selling VAT-free CDs and DVDs after high court ruling.”
The Guardian, 15th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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