“The former archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Carey, today [7th May] backed the saying of prayers before council meetings as a pressure group prepared to launch a legal battle on the issue.”
The Guardian, 7th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Laws which mean gay and lesbian asylum seekers can be returned to countries where they face persecution will be challenged tomorrow [10th May] in the UK’s highest court.”
The Guardian, 9th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An Algerian terror suspect has been allowed to stay in Britain because attempts to remove him have taken so long his children are now settled here.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th May 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Competition Commission has given the all clear to a merger between two live music companies for the second time. Its first decision in the case was quashed by the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT).”
OUT-LAW.com, 7th May 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
“In October 2005, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights decided that it is a breach of the European Convention on Human Rights for this country to disenfranchise all prisoners from voting in parliamentary and local elections. At today’s general election, four and a half years later, that absolute ban persists.”
The Times, 6th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“England football fan Garry Mann was left ‘devastated’ today as he lost his final legal battle against extradition to Portugal, where he faces a two-year jail sentence.”
The Independent, 7th May 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Regina (Clue) v Birmingham City Council and Others
Court of Appeal
“A local authority was not entitled to decide how the Secretary of State for the Home Department might dispose of an application for leave to remain in the United Kingdom.”
The Times, 7th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A steelworker has been jailed for three years after killing a financial adviser who was out fundraising with his friends for a local football team.”
BBC News,6th May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A traffic warden and ex-rugby referee has been jailed for two-and-a-half years for sexually abusing two girls.”
BBC News, 6th May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man banned from wearing skirts or showing bare legs on school days has been found guilty of breaching an Asbo.”
BBC News, 6th May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A key lieutenant of Sir Fred Goodwin at Royal Bank of Scotland is facing a formal City ban in the wake of a long-running investigation into his conduct. The Financial Services Authority is understood to be close to publishing an enforcement ruling on Johnny Cameron, who ran RBS’s investment banking division in the run-up to its collapse in 2008.”
The Times, 7th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The family of a man who died in agony after doctors repeatedly mistook a fatal bowel infection for a groin strain are to sue the NHS.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th May 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The pushchair manufacturer Maclaren has agreed to pay compensation to more than 40 British children who suffered injuries in their buggies.”
The Times, 6th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Librarians, digital activists, ISPs, music managers and other associations and trade bodies have called for the relaxing of copyright law in the EU to allow more people to access and re-use copyrighted material.”
OUT-LAW.com, 6th May 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
“The Law Society has been granted permission to intervene in a Court of Appeal case that could see legal professional privilege (LPP) extended to non-lawyers.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 6th May 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A man who killed his newborn daughter the first time he was left alone with her has been jailed for five years.”
The Guardian, 6th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“This week judges struck a blow for openness. They rejected attempts by government and security service lawyers to hold a secret trial to defend a claim for damages being mounted by former Guantánamo detainees. They ruled that such a move would undermine the right of a party to know the case against him, one of the ‘most fundamental principles of the common law’.”
The Times, 5th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Two more crown court trials without a jury may be held, just over a month after the first juryless trial for centuries, the BBC has learned.”
BBC News, 5th May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“It was championed as a great victory — opening up the closed, secretive world of the family courts. A year ago, thousands of hearings held behind closed doors on removing children into care or on contact with parents were opened to the media after a sustained campaign by fathers’ groups, politicians and the media, led by The Times.”
The Times, 6th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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