“A disabled woman suffered appalling burns when careworkers lowering her into a scalding bath mistook her distress for an epileptic fit, the High Court heard today.”
The Independent, 3rd February 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A farmer and pet shop owner has been banned from keeping animals for five years after he was convicted of 39 welfare offences.”
BBC News, 2nd February 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Five men have been jailed for their roles in a scam which invited dozens of elderly people to invest in property near the Olympic site in east London.”
BBC News, 2nd February 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Government has delayed the implementation of the Bribery Act. It will not now come into force in April as planned but will be put on hold while the Government rewrites guidance for businesses on how to comply with the 2010 law.”
OUT-LAW.com, 31st January 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“A series of linked scratchcard promotion companies must fundamentally change the way they do business or stop operating after the High Court ruled their promotions were unlawful.”
OUT-LAW.com, 3rd February 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“The Supreme Court has today given the ‘green light’ to allow people to ‘tweet’ from inside the courtroom. It has issued guidance on the use of live text-based communication by legal teams, journalists and members of the public of what is going on in court.”
Law Society’s Gazette. 3rd February 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A law firm that gave negligent advice to a bank before the bank lost £28m in loans advanced to two local authorities does not have to reimburse those losses, the Court of Appeal ruled last week.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 3rd February 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Solicitors have welcomed a Supreme Court ruling that domestic violence extends beyond physical contact to include other forms of violent conduct.”
Law Society’s Gazette. 3rd February 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A married GP from Suffolk who had affairs with two female patients has been found guilty of misconduct.”
BBC News, 2nd February 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Cornishman left paralysed in an It’s A Knockout-style game staged by the RAF has won the right to sue for damages.”
BBC News, 2nd February 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A knifeman who stabbed to death a promising teenage footballer as he tried to help his friends was jailed for life today with a minimum term of 19 years.”
The Independent, 2nd February 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Attorney general argues pictures of murder trial defendant ‘posing with a gun’ created risk of prejudice in court case.”
The Guardian, 2nd February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A leading GP who was made an MBE last month for his work with violent patients has been suspended for six months for plagiarising another doctor’s work.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd February 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A married TV personality has been granted continued anonymity by the High Court in the latest in a long line of privacy cases.”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd February 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A man has been jailed for a year for causing a crash which left a coach on its side on an embankment on the M40 in Buckinghamshire.”
BBC News, 2nd February 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man who babysat for a family is facing a lengthy prison sentence after admitting a string of sex attacks on young children.”
BBC News, 2nd February 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An ad for Yves Saint Laurent’s Opium perfume that featured a woman who appeared to be under the influence of drugs has been banned by the advertising watchdog.”
The Guardian, 2nd February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Former Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein corporate financier Christian Littlewood has been jailed for three years and four months for his role at the centre of an eight-year insider dealing ring involving his wife and her best friend.”
The Guardian, 2nd February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Cohabiting couples who split up should get new legal rights to share property and money, according to Britain’s most senior family judge.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd February 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A Mexican woman has accused the BBC programme Top Gear of racism and instructed lawyers to bring a test case against the show after remarks made by the presenters characterised Mexicans as lazy and oafish.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd February 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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