“The College of Law has thrown its support behind Lord Browne’s review of student funding, which could see the removal of the cap on UK university fees.”
Legal Week, 12th October 2010
Source:www.legalweek.com
“Three men were facing life sentences today for killing an IT expert after snatching his girlfriend’s Halloween hat.”
The Independent, 12th October 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Two men who netted £250,000 after providing women with access to sperm through an illegal fertility company were spared an immediate jail term today.”
The Guardian, 12th October 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Do advertisements for ‘no win, no fee’ personal injury (PI) services need curbing? They may not exactly be what John Logie Baird had in mind when he first transmitted moving images, but tackiness should not on its own be enough to shut down a route to injured people gaining access to justice. Nor to close off a lucrative source of income for the cash-strapped advertising industry.”
The Guardian, 12th October 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Prison governors are to call tomorrow for the immediate release of more than 2,500 inmates who remain behind bars beyond their official release date. Eoin McLennan-Murray, president of the Prison Governors Association, will describe the situation of inmates serving a sentence of imprisonment for public protection (IPP) as ‘a blatant injustice’.”
The Guardian, 12th October 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Lawyers predict that he implementation of the Equality Act will lead to a rise in employment disputes as they take to the courts to test the boundaries of the legislation.”
The Lawyer, 11th October 2010
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“The number of High Court defamation claims has risen to the highest level since the Woolf reforms, figures have shown.”
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Law Society’s Gazette, 11th October 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Stereotyping and bias are preventing women and black and minority ethnic (BME) solicitors from furthering their careers, a report funded by the Legal Services Board has found.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 7th October 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Sir Paul Stephenson, the commissioner of the Metropolitan police, has privately lobbied the home secretary to make it harder for people to take legal action against his force, the Guardian has learned.”
The Guardian, 10th October 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A Christian minister is bringing a legal test case to try to prevent a radical Islamic preacher coming to Britain.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th October 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Severe restrictions on scientists’ freedom to study bones and skulls from ancient graves are putting archaeological research in Britain at risk, according to experts.”
The Guardian, 10th October 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Magistrates ordered a pregnant Muslim woman to remove her veil while she gave evidence against her violent ex-partner.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th October 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Inquests into the deaths of the 52 innocent people killed in the 7/7 bombings will begin today.”
The Guardian, 11th October 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A 35-year-old mother from Norfolk has been jailed for nine months for defrauding the state of about £60,000 in benefits.”
BBC News, 8th October 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A health care worker contracted hepatitis C after injuring herself on a needle, it has emerged.”
BBC News, 8th October 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Complex police guidelines on the use of firearms should be simplified, a coroner has told the home secretary, Theresa May, in the wake of the Mark Saunders inquest.”
The Guardian, 8th October 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A mother has failed in a bid to be reunited with her daughter, despite the appeal court in London recognising the bond between them.”
BBC News, 7th October 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Regina (TA Gwillim & Sons) v Welsh Ministers 2010] EWCA Civ 1048; [2010] WLR (D) 243
“In calculating financial support for farmers under the single payment scheme in Council Regulation (EC) No 1872/2003, a farmer could qualify as a hardship case within art 40 of that Regulation if his ‘production was adversely affected’ in the reference period 2000–2002. He could establish that his production had been adversely affected by reason of agri-environmental commitments not only where he had suffered a dip or reduction in production, but also if he could show that such commitments had prevented or restricted an increase in production.”
WLR Daily, 7th October 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Gard Marine and Energy Ltd v Tunnicliffe and others [2010] EWCA Civ 1052; [2010] WLR (D) 242
“Where, by reference to the Lugano Convention and art 6(1) of the Judgments Regulation, one was considering whether it was expedient to hear and determine claims within the jurisdiction order to avoid the risk of irreconcilable judgments resulting from separate proceedings, regard was to be had, inter alia, to the question whether the claims arose out of the same situation in law and fact.”
WLR Daily, 7th October 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“A drug smuggler has been jailed for 6 years after he was caught at Manchester Airport with cocaine and cannabis hidden in a cigarette carton.”
UK Border Agency, 7th October 2010
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
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