“Mental health patients are increasingly being locked up in hospitals without legal authority, a practice which may infringe human rights law, the health regulator said today.”
The Guardian, 27th October 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A binman has been jailed for life for luring a work colleague to a Hertfordshire country park and then battering him to death.”
BBC News, 26th October 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Catholic child welfare society which may face a multi-million damages claim over abuse at a school failed today to offload some of the liability.”
The Independent, 26th October 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Members of panel are believed to be concerned about damaging and conflicting evidence revealed since former PM’s last appearance.”
The Guardian, 26th October 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The High Court yesterday issued the order protecting the elderly couple from their son, but allowing him to stay with them, providing he doesn’t behave unlawfully towards them.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th October 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A high court challenge to bring to an immediate end the detention of children in immigration removal centres was launched today.”
The Guardian, 26th October 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Two nursery nurses have been sentenced to 16-weeks in jail suspended for 12 months for cruelty to a two-year-old boy at a Hertfordshire nursery.”
BBC News, 26th October 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Five animal rights activists who waged a relentless campaign of “violence and terror” against companies and individuals linked to Huntingdon Life Sciences were jailed today.”
The Guardian, 25th October 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The only field separating them from the waterside was protected from development by a covenant stating it could be ‘used only for the grazing of animals’.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th October 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Police acted correctly when searching for a missing girl later murdered by her father, an inquiry has found.”
BBC News, 25th October 2010
Spource: www.bbc.co.uk
“Most of the Equality Act came into force earlier this month. One key part, though, will not take effect until April. The trouble is that it could impose a huge obligation on organisations and give them almost no time to meet its demands.”
OUT-LAW.com, 26th October 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
“The UK privacy watchdog has launched an investigation into Google after it admitted copying household computer passwords and emails from unsecured wireless networks, when taking photographs for its Street View mapping service.”
The Guardian, 24th October 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Trade mark infringement can take place even if a buyer is only confused about one company appearing to be another at the very start of the purchasing process, the High Court has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 26th October 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
“New rules which make sure that Britons arrested abroad are informed of their rights in a language they understand are being negotiated in Brussels. The UK has announced its intention to participate in these negotiations.”
Ministry of Justice, 25th October 2010
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Peter Tatchell plans legal challenge in campaign by gay and mixed-sex couples calling for the same type of union.”
The Guardian, 24th October 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Consumers face many situations in which a trader has broken unfair trading regulations but they have no direct course of action, the Law Commission and Law Commission of Scotland have said. Laws that could cover consumers are too complex, they said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 25th October 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
“The collapse of the law firm Halliwells has mesmerised the profession – and raised the question: who’s next?”
The Guardian, 22nd October 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A proposed new quality assurance scheme for criminal advocates could prejudice solicitors because it places too much weight on the views of judges, an advocates’ group has warned.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 25th October 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A failed businessman who murdered a well-to-do elderly couple at their seaside home and stole from them to try to pay off his heavy debts was jailed for 30 years today.”
The Guardian, 21st October 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“When feminist campaigners saw a palpable threat to women in the coalition government’s spending plans, with the help of Yvette Cooper’s calculations they launched the first ever legal challenge to the budget.”
The Guardian, 22nd October 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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