“Half of foreign prisoners kicked out of the country are now ‘bribed’ to go home costing the taxpayer millions of pounds, The Telegraph can disclose.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd May 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The first modern battle for commonsense press freedoms was fought and won over three decades ago as Margaret Thatcher and massed ranks of lawyers toiled to suppress Spycatcher and its revelations about MI5’s lurid history.”
The Guardian, 22nd May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Senior Tories have raised concerns that the party is risking its reputation for being strong on law and order as the police unveiled plans for a summer campaign of protest against coalition cuts.”
The Guardian, 21st May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The most senior judges in England and Wales veered towards confrontation with parliament on Friday when they challenged the media over reporting statements made by MPs and peers to prise open privacy-protecting injunctions.”
The Guardian, 21st May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The attempt to use super-injunctions to gag the media in the internet age reached new levels of absurdity yesterday.”
The Independent, 23rd May 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A convicted terrorist banned from Britain for being a risk to national security has been stopped from being deported by the courts.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st May 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Judges face a furious backlash from MPs who have demanded a parliamentary debate over the widespread use of superinjunctions.”
The Guardian, 21st May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Scottish newspapers have a history of serving scoops on stories which have been the subject of gagging orders passed by English courts. This has been possible because of Scotland’s distinct legal system.”
The Guardian, 23rd May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man security services say was the leading figure in ‘a close group of Islamic extremists based in north London’ must be moved out of the capital to protect the public, the High Court ruled today.”
The Independent, 20th May 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A woman from west London is suing the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) after a series of blunders, including her phone number being given to a man who was accused of stalking her.”
BBC News, 20th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) has been ordered to pay £5,000 each to four women for failing to investigate allegations of slavery.”
BBC News, 2oth May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two men who picked a 15-year-old girl up from outside Manchester care home and raped her have been jailed.”
BBC News, 20th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man who ploughed into a crowd of revellers outside a bar in Rochdale has been jailed indefinitely.”
BBC News, 20th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Elliot Morley became the first former minister to be jailed for cheating his expenses when he was sentenced to 16 months today.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th May 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Press Complaints Commission has upheld a complaint against Pick Me Up magazine over a payment to a woman who slept with a criminal. The PCC ruled that by paying a fee to an associate of a criminal the magazine had breached the editors’ code of practice, which forbids all such payments.”
The Guardian, 20th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Musician Pete Doherty has been jailed for six months after pleading guilty to possession of cocaine.”
The Guardian, 20th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The former owner and manager of a care home in Southampton have had their convictions for neglecting elderly residents quashed on appeal.”
BBC News, 19th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Regina v D (N); Regina v P (A); Regina v U (S) [2011] WLR (D) 166
“Evidence that a defendant had viewed child pornography was capable of being adduced in evidence at trial under section 101(1)(d) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 to demonstrate a propensity for offences involving the sexual abuse of children.”
WLR Daily, 17th May 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed
“Mr Justice Tugendhat insisted anyone who uses the internet to breach a court order still leaves themselves open to a claim for damages.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th May 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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