“Ministers have ruled out banning members of the British National party from the teaching profession, after an independent inquiry into racism in schools decided such a move would be disproportionate. The issue of whether those who belong to racist organisations should be prevented from teaching – as they are from working as police or prison officers – will be reviewed annually.”
The Guardian, 12th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The UK Border Agency has failed to properly investigate claims of mistreatment by failed asylum seekers, including a woman handcuffed while undergoing a biopsy on a breast lump, according to an official inquiry report published today.”
The Guardian, 12th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Malcolm Calvert, a former partner in Cazenove, has been sentenced to 21 months imprisonment for insider dealing in the shares of three UK companies.”
The Times, 11th March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Three Labour MPs and a Conservative peer insisted yesterday that they should not be tried in the courts when they appeared before a judge on charges of expenses fraud.”
The Times, 12th March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A gang who kidnapped and tortured a 16-year-old boy have been jailed for 40 years, it was confirmed today.”
The Independent, 11th March 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Consumers bought free-range and organic eggs from Britain’s biggest supermarkets, believing they were the best quality and that hens enjoyed the highest of standards. But, for an 18-month period from June 2004, over 100 million of these supposedly ‘premium’ eggs on sale in supermarkets, such as Tesco and Sainsbury, and corner shops were from chickens reared in battery cages. The scale of the racket was described at Worcester Crown Court today when Keith Owen, mastermind of the scam, former managing director of Heart of England Eggs of Bromsgrove, was jailed for three years and ordered to pay £3 million in confiscation of his assets after admitting three charges of false accounting.”
The Times, 11th March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Pete Doherty was given a 12-month driving ban and fined £500 today after he admitted allowing his manager to use his Daimler without insurance.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th March 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A soldier who was jailed after refusing to return to Afghanistan is appealing against his sentence.”
BBC News, 11th March 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Pink Floyd have won a court battle with record label EMI over how their music is sold over the internet.”
BBC News, 11th March 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Solicitors Regulation Authority has referred two solicitors from London firm Davenport Lyons to the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal over claims that the firm sent ‘bullying’ letters accusing hundreds of people of illegal file-sharing.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 11th March 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Children in family proceedings should be called to give live evidence in court if the advantage it would bring in deciding the case outweighs the risk of harm to the welfare of the child, the Supreme Court ruled last week.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 11th March 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Agbaje v Agbaje [2010] UKSC 13; [2010] WLR (D) 71
“An English court considering under Pt III of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 whether it would be appropriate to make an order for financial relief on the application of a party to a foreign divorce was not required to apply a forum non conveniens test and decide which of two jurisdictions was the appropriate one. The whole basis of Pt III was that it might be appropriate for two jurisdictions to be involved, one for the divorce and the other for ancillary relief.”
WLR Daily, 10th March 2010
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.
“Plans to introduce a law that will force internet service providers (ISPs) to block access to websites accused of hosting copyright-infringing content have been condemned by ISPs, publishers, consumer groups, user rights groups and academics.”
OUT-LAW.com, 10th March 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
“A Devon toiletries company has been fined £8,000 after admitted polluting a river in an incident which killed about 1,000 fish.”
BBC News, 10th March 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Four men have been jailed for life for the murder of a cyclist who was killed in a drive-by shooting in Liverpool.”
BBC News, 10th March 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“It is almost 25 years since the Roskill Report published its radical recommendations for improving the way complex fraud, corruption and financial market crimes are tackled.”
The Times, 11th March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Jack Straw’s frustrations with the running of the £2.1 billion a year legal aid scheme were laid bare this week along with the policy clashes that have led to the demise of the body in charge.”
The Times, 11th March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“England’s libel laws have been used to silence scientific critics of lie detection technology on which the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has spent £2.4 million.”
The Times, 11th March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A 48-year-old man has been found guilty of murdering his teenage daughter.”
BBC News, 10th March 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Greater Manchester Police has been told it failed a woman murdered by her ex-boyfriend as a report graded it as one of the worst in England and Wales.”
BBC News, 11th March 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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