“The Metropolitan Police is set to pay up to £120,000 after armed officers left four innocent friends traumatised after a bungled stop and search operation.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th March 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Local Government Law Update: 6th March (PDF)
Local Government Law Update: 8th March (PDF)
11 KBW, March 2012
Source: www.11kbw.com
“A high court judge has ruled that the right-to-die case of a man who can only communicate by blinking and wants his ‘suffering to end’ should be allowed to proceed.”
The Guardian, 12th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“With power and responsibility, thus spake Parliament, comes the obligation to take a proactive stance in the advancement of equality and elimination of discrimination. Accordingly a public authority can face legal challenges in the exercise of its functions not just for its acts but for its omissions. Enter the public sector equality duty.”
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Cloisters, March 2012
Source: www.cloisters.com
“With meditation now compulsory for couples who want a divorce, Neal Robinson’s practice has an ever-increasing workload.”
The Guardian, 9th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The British Olympic Association will appear before the court of arbitration for sport on Monday in an attempt to uphold its lifetime doping ban, insisting it has a ‘strong case’ despite most sports lawyers expecting it to lose.”
The Guardian, 11th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
W (Algeria) and others v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] UKSC 8; [2012] WLR (D) 69
“The Special Immigration Appeals Commission (‘SIAC’) could make an irrevocable non-disclosure order, without notice to the Secretary of State, where a witness, fearing reprisals, required an absolute and irreversible guarantee of confidentiality as a precondition to giving evidence relating to an appellant’s safety on return.”
WLR Daily, 7th March 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Christians do not have a right to wear a cross or crucifix openly at work, the Government is to argue in a landmark court case.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th March 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Some 20,000 court cases may have to be re-heard and seven expert witnesses could be jailed over allegations they lied in court about hire car prices.”
BBC News, 10th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Moors Murderer Ian Brady’s mental health tribunal will be held in public this summer, a judge has ruled. It is only the second time such a hearing has been open to scrutiny in this way.”
The Independent, 10th March 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The UK’s human rights watchdog is intervening in a landmark case over the use of ‘do not resuscitate’ orders for NHS patients.”
The Guardian, 9th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“City media lawyers have questioned the timing of the news that the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) is to be shut down amid the ongoing Leveson inquiry into UK press standards.”
Legal Week, 9th March 2012
Source: www.legalweek.com
“An 18-year-old was today jailed for a total of seven years for attacking a Malaysian student during the London riots and other offences.”
The Independent, 9th March 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Watchdog sets deadline for mobile operators to introduce maximum liability caps for phone contracts.”
The Guardian, 9th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A Belgian cosmetic surgery clinic has been ordered by a British court to pay £100,000 in compensation to a woman left disfigured by a ‘botched’ facelift.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th March 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Two Christian guesthouse owners are considering taking their legal fight against rulings of discrimination to the Supreme Court.”
BBC News, 12th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Civilian staff at GCHQ risk being prosecuted for war crimes as a result of a legal action being launched tomorrow over the alleged use of British intelligence in the CIA’s ‘targeted killing’ programme.”
The Guardian, 11th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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