“The government is considering a change in the law after the BBC revealed a south London councillor had a gun crime conviction but could not be sacked.”
BBC News, 22nd February 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Cornish pasty has become a protected food following a long campaign to prevent it being copied by imitators.”
The Guardian, 22nd February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A Royal Mail worker from Hampshire who was sacked when he was charged with murdering his married lover has lost his case for unfair dismissal.”
BBC News, 22nd February 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Divorcing couples will be referred to mediation to sort out most disputes before they are allowed to use the courts, the government is announcing.”
BBC News, 23rd February 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Facebook is threatening legal action against the Daily Mail amid a dispute over the headline of a front page story that named the social networking website in the context of a story about a paedophile gang operating in Devon.”
The Guardian, 22nd February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Details of the European Commission’s objections to the Data Protection Act (DPA) have been revealed for the first time. A document has been published outlining why the Commission thinks the DPA fails to implement the EU’s Data Protection Directive.”
OUT-LAW.com, 22nd February 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“The OFT has ordered Money Advice Direct Limited (MADL), a firm that introduces struggling borrowers to debt management companies, to stop using misleading advertising that presents it as a source of free help.”
The Guardian, 22nd February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Home owners who were sold mortgages during the property boom that they couldn’t afford are to be given compensation following a ruling by the City watchdog.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd February 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Solicitors believe it will take a high-profile fatal accident to test the ability of prosecutors to hold big companies to account.”
The Guardian, 22nd February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A couple have been reunited with their children after a family court’s decision to separate them was overturned by a judge who criticised the ‘brisk’ nature of the original hearing.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd February 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A student who suffers from the chronic sleep disorder narcolepsy is to have her case heard by the Court of Appeal in London on Thursday, following a six-year battle against what she perceives to be disability discrimination by her university.”
The Independent, 22nd February 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Werynski v Mediatel 4B spólka z o o (Case C-283/09); [2011] WLR (D) 50
“In respect of acts which had been adopted in the field of Title IV of the EC Treaty, since December 1 2009 the Court of Justice of the European Union has had jurisdiction to hear and determine a reference for a preliminary ruling from a court against whose decision there was a judicial remedy under national law even where the reference was lodged prior to that date. In determining whether the question referred to the Court of Justice was necessary to enable the referring court to ‘give judgment’ pursuant to article 267FEU of the FEU Treaty, ‘give judgment’ referred to the entire process of creating the judgment, including all issues relating to the responsibility for the costs of proceedings. Where the examination of a witness by a court was at issue there was a direct connection between the question referred for a preliminary ruling and the performance by the referring court of a judicial function. A requested court was not entitled pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 1206/2001 on cooperation between the courts of the member states in the taking of evidence in civil or commercial matters (OJ 2001 L 174, p 1), to make the examination of a witness conditional on prior payment of an advance from the requesting court covering his witness expense and there was no obligation upon the requesting court to pay such an advance nor was the requesting court obliged to reimburse the expenses paid to the witness examined.”
WLR Daily, 21st February 2011
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“Three convicted killers have been given concurrent life sentences for a revenge attack on a former Bosnian Serb general in a British high-security jail.”
The Guardian, 21st February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Former Lord Chief Justice Lord Woolf warns of conflict between European convention on human rights and proposed British bill of rights.”
The Guardian, 21st February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“New guidance will tell social workers that they should allow white couples to adopt black and ethnic minority children, it was revealed today.”
The Independent, 19th February 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“‘BN’, the asylum seeker who escaped deportation to Uganda by claiming to be a lesbian, is the subject of a new legal appeal – which hinges not on her sexuality but on the publicity surrounding the case.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th February 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Government is playing Russian roulette with public safety and the criminal justice system is heading for meltdown, the Prison Officers’ Association warned.”
The Independent, 20th February 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The justice secretary Kenneth Clarke said he will seek to reform the European Court of Human Rights after it ruled in favour of giving prisoners the right to vote.”
The Guardian, 20th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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