“The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) has criticised the government for ignoring Law Commission recommendations to increase general damages in personal injury cases.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 15th February 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The Government must provide more detail on exactly how alleged copyright infringers will be cut off from the internet before a file-sharing disconnection law is passed, according to a parliamentary committee.”
OUT-LAW.com, 15th February 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
“A Metropolitan Police officer praised by ex-London Mayor Ken Livingstone for his handling of a racist attack on him has lost a race discrimination claim.”
BBC News, 15th February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Four fans have been given football banning orders following the violence in Southampton after the FA Cup tie against rivals Portsmouth.”
BBC News, 15th February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Ministers should act immediately to ensure that the use of full-body scanners at British airports is lawful, the Equalities and Human Rights Commission has warned.”
The Guardian, 16th February 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A lonely churchgoer submitted her female priest to a terrifying harassment campaign after fixating on her as a mother figure, a court heard.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th February 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An ‘eye in the sky’ arrest of a teenager fleeing from a stolen car using a surveillance drone could land police in court after it emerged it did not have permission to be in the air.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th February 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A former Playboy Model of the Year walked free from court yesterday after being given a suspended sentence for attacking a woman in a nightclub toilet cubicle in a jealous row over her husband.”
The Independent, 16th February 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Disgraced officer, jailed for four years, is to appeal against conviction for corruption, says legal team.”
The Guardian, 15th February 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The News of the World is believed to be planning to settle a court case which threatens to disclose further evidence of the involvement of its journalists in illegal information-gathering by private investigators. According to one source at the paper, executives have devised a plan to block the case by offering money to the celebrity PR agent Max Clifford to persuade him to settle his legal action over the illegal interception of his voicemail messages.”
The Guardian, 15th February 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Britain’s senior judges will rethink this week their controversial decision to excise damning criticism of MI5 from a ruling published last week. Lawyers for leading British and American media organisations have written to the Court of Appeal asking the judges to reinstate a paragraph — which disclosed how much M15 had been told about the torture of the Guantánamo Bay detainee, Binyam Mohamed — that they removed from their draft judgment after representations from the Foreign Secretary.”
The Times, 16th February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The widow of a solicitor who died while being treated for respiratory failure in hospital has been awarded an undisclosed six-figure sum in damages.”
BBC News, 15th February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The two barons of the European budget airline industry are to see each other in court after Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, the founder of easyJet, yesterday instructed Schillings, the libel lawyers, to serve a writ on Michael O’Leary, the chief executive of Ryanair. In a statement released last night, Sir Stelios, the largest shareholder in easyJet, said: ‘My lawyers have today commenced High Court proceedings against Michael O’Leary and Ryanair for libelling me. Full details of my claim against them will be published later this month. It was about time someone was willing to spend the money to take this arrogant man to court for his despicable behaviour.’ ”
The Times, 13th February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“There have been calls for the UK’s treason laws to be used against radical Muslim groups such as Islam4UK in response to their protests about the British army’s campaign in Afghanistan. But how relevant is legislation which dates back to the 14th century?”
BBC News, 15th February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Terrorism and deportation cases have fuelled the first rise for seven years in court cases using the Human Rights Act, figures published today show.”
The Times, 15th February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The British National party today voted to scrap its whites-only membership policy in a move dismissed by anti-racist campaigners as ‘cosmetic’. At an extraordinary general meeting held in Essex, members of the far-right party voted in favour of changes to its constitution that would theoretically allow black and Asian people to join.”
The Guardian, 14th February 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Serious and Organised Crime Agency is assessing the scale of corruption within the British police after concerns were raised by senior internal investigators, the Guardian can reveal.”
The Guardian, 14th February 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Two men have been jailed after being found guilty of murdering a man in his Lancashire home.”
BBC News, 12th February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An ‘inseparable trio of hardcore criminal gang members’ who stole more than £1 million from a Securitas van and conspired to murder a 40-year-old man were jailed for life today.”
The Independent, 12th February 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A man convicted of helping torture to death his ex-lover’s partner in County Durham has been sentenced to life in prison, with a minimum of 20 years.”
BBC News, 12th February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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