“Hans Rausing, one of Britain’s richest men, avoided a jail sentence today after he admitted preventing the lawful and decent burial of his wife Eva’s body.”
The Independent, 1st August 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“An inquest jury has concluded that police used unsuitable and unnecessary force on a man who died in custody, with officers failing to uphold the detained man’s basic rights as he collapsed after being pinned down for eight minutes.”
The Guardian, 1st August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A woman who says she feels like a freak because of the effect on her growth of an undiagnosed tumour has won almost £1.3m damages.”
The Guardian, 1st August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Lawyers have called for extra guidance after claiming a judicial announcement on damages raises more questions than answers.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 2nd August 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A Lithuanian man who gave a Nazi salute during an Olympic basketball match has become the first person to be convicted of a racially aggravated offence at the Games and fined £2,500. He was told that his behaviour and that of other Lithuanian fans was ‘despicable’.”
The Guardian, 1st August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Tens of thousands of remand prisoners who are yet to be convicted are treated far worse in jails in England and Wales than sentenced prisoners, according to an official watchdog report.”
The Guardian, 2nd August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Identical twin brothers from London, who admitted raising money in England to fund terrorism abroad, have been jailed for three years.”
BBC News, 1st August 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The decision to keep Iraq war cabinet minutes secret is ‘disappointing’, the UK information commissioner has said.”
BBC News, 1st August 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The language of the high court judgment in effect quashing search warrants against Mayfair property tycoon brothers Robert and Vincent Tchenguiz was not as critical of the Serious Fraud Office as might have been expected.”
The Guardian, 31st July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Search warrants issued to the Serious Fraud Office as part of its investigations of property tycoons the Tchenguiz brothers were unlawful and obtained by ‘misrepresentation’, the High Court has ruled.”
BBC News, 31st July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The publisher of the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday has lost its bid to appeal against a high court order to pay £15,000 in privacy damages to a child whose alleged father is a ‘philandering’ politician.”
The Guardian, 31st July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A former postal worker has been awarded undisclosed compensation after an employment tribunal ruled he had faced discrimination.”
The Independent, 31st July 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The arrest of a teenager by police investigating abuse of Olympic diving star Tom Daley on Twitter has led to calls for a new initiative educating the public about the ease with which a tweet can end with a jail sentence.”
The Guardian, 31st July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Electoral Registration Data Schemes Order 2012, SI 2012/1944 (‘the Order’), made and coming into force on 17 July 2012, pursuant to Sections 35 and 36 of the Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 (‘the 2009 Act’), gives effect to proposals for local Electoral Registration Officers (“EROs”) to run data matching pilot schemes.”
Panopticon, 1st August 2012
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
“The biggest hotel chain in the world and two online travel agents may have breached UK competition law by entering into agreements that limited the ability of those agents to discount the price of room-only offers, a UK regulator has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 31st July 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“More than 100 Albanian nationals who are prisoners in British jails face being sent back to their country under a compulsory transfer agreement signed on Tuesday.”
The Guardian, 31st July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A judge has ruled that a severely brain-damaged baby boy can be allowed to die even though his devoutly religious parents wanted him to be kept on a life-support system.”
Daily Telegraph, 31st July 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Two high court judges have dismissed a fresh attempt by the radical Islamist preacher Abu Qatada to be released from a maximum-security prison on bail pending his deportation back to Jordan.”
The Guardian, 31st July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Welsh National Opera unfairly dismissed its former principal oboist, the Court of Appeal has ruled.”
BBC News, 31st July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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