Council breached information law – BBC News
“A council has been told it breached the Freedom of Information Act by failing to provide an AM details about the cost of employing education consultants.”
BBC News, 14th May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: news
Reading transsexual to wait for NHS breast op ruling – BBC News
“A transsexual who started a High Court battle for the legal right to NHS funding for breast augmentation surgery will have to wait for a judgement.”
BBC News, 13th May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Teesside hammer killer refused Guardian interview – BBC News
“A psychopath who bludgeoned a Teesside doctor to death with a hammer has been refused the right to a face-to-face interview with a newspaper journalist.”
BBC News, 14th May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Girl, 8, admits she lied about sexual assault – The Independent
“An eight-year-old girl who told her mother that two 10-year-old boys had sexually assaulted her, yesterday said in court that she had lied about the incident because she had been ‘naughty’ and was worried she would not get any sweets.”
The Independent, 14th May 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Ban on lawyer who aided boiler rooms – The Times
“A solicitor with a double first from Cambridge and a spell at Rothschild’s on his CV was fined £200,000 and banned from the City yesterday for his role in helping boiler room scammers to terrorise and rip off at least 130 people.”
The Times, 14th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
City of London security guards told to report ‘suspicious’ photographers – The Guardian
“More than 5,000 security guards in London’s financial district have been instructed by police to report people taking photographs, recording footage or even making sketches near buildings, the Guardian has learned. City of London police’s previously unseen advice singles out people who may appear to be ‘legitimate tourists’ to prevent reconnaissance by al-Qaida. The document, obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, helps explain a number of recent cases in which photographers have been stopped and searched by police using section 44 of the Terrorism Act, after first being approached by security guards.”
The Guardian, 13th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Judge throws out libel action over Baader-Meinhof link in journalist’s blog – The Times
“A political activist today failed in her libel action over a journalist’s blog which referred to her ‘Baader-Meinhof’ link. In a ruling that gives bloggers some protection against libel actions, Mr Justice Eady rejected a claim by Johanna Kaschke , a Tower Hamlets-based Conservative, against David Osler, a Labour Party member, over an article that was written in April 2007.”
The Times, 13th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Autistic pianist makes legal history after UK’s last secret court opens – The Times
“A severely disabled piano virtuoso has made legal history after the country’s last remaining secret court was opened for the first time.”
The Times, 14th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Sentence of ‘prank’ carjacker from Northampton is cut – BBC News
“A drunk man jailed for a ‘prank’ attempted carjacking with an imitation gun has had his sentence cut at the Appeal Court in London.”
BBC News, 13th May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
IPCC clear police over Thames Valley death – BBC News
“Thames Valley Police has been cleared of misconduct after a Buckinghamshire woman who was taken into custody killed herself a day after being released.”
BBC News, 13th May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Man jailed for brutal drug murder – The Independent
“A drug addict was sentenced to life in prison today for murdering a ‘vulnerable’ and ‘much loved’ father-of-three in a ‘vicious and brutal’ attack.”
The Independent, 13th May 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Whistleblower wins appeal against jail term in Greek medical corruption case – The Times
“A former senior healthcare executive who helped pay more than £4.5 million in bribes to Greek officials to win contracts and then turned whistleblower has won his appeal against a 12-month jail term.”
The Times, 13th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Ken Clarke is a good fit for the Ministry of Justice – The Guardian
“Conservative stalwart has quality of reliability that suggests he is not prepared to be pushed around by officials or lawyers.”
The Guardian, 13th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Men jailed for Essex Pin number murder – BBC News
“Two men who bound, gagged, strangled and stabbed a man who refused to give them his bank card details have been jailed for life for his murder.”
BBC News, 13th May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Eversheds to fight employment tribunal bias ruling – Law Society’s Gazette
“National firm Eversheds last week lodged an appeal against an Employment Tribunal ruling that it must pay £123,300 in compensation to a male associate who suffered sexual discrimination during the firm’s 2009 redundancy programme.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 13th May 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Does the Law Society know that there’s an internet generation? – The Times
“In 1996 senior figures in the Law Society said that I should not be allowed to speak in public. I had been predicting that most lawyers and clients would soon communicate by e-mail and the feeling was that I had failed to understand confidentiality and was bringing the profession into disrepute. Do we now have a more enlightened Law Society? To judge by its recent consultation document, Access to Justice Review, the answer is not clear. Although the title is promising, the report appears to be about finding new ways of funding old-fashioned lawyers.”
The Times, 13th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Woman loses privacy case over Bebo pictures published in magazine – OUT-LAW.com
“A magazine did not intrude into a young woman’s privacy when it published photos that she had uploaded to social networking site Bebo when she was 15 because the images had already been widely circulated online.”
OUT-LAW.com, 13th May 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
Man guilty of murdering Skelmersdale landlord – BBC News
“A man who stabbed his landlord 83 times before going to buy alcohol with blood-stained bank notes has been found guilty of murder.”
BBC News, 12th May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Solicitors’ insurance: is it time to stop insuring rogue lawyers? – The Times
“If you failed to pay your car insurance or lied in your proposal for home insurance, you can expect your insurer to take a dim view and void your policy. But for those insurers who cover solicitors, they can take as dim a view as they want but they cannot escape having to pay out on claims under the policies.”
The Times, 13th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Teenager will not face charges over neighbour’s fatal stabbing – The Times
“A teenage schoolboy who stabbed his neighbour to death while defending his mother from an unprovoked knife attack will not face any criminal charge, police said yesterday.”
The Times, 13th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
