“Six former Guantanamo Bay detainees are to hear if an appeal has succeeded against government use of secret evidence to fight their damages claim.”
BBC News, 4th May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Allegations that Britain was complicit in the use of chemical weapons linked to an upsurge in child deformity cases in Iraq, are being investigated by the Ministry of Defence.”
The Independent, 4th May 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The court battle between the wife and former mistress of an accountant over the £3.2 million property portfolio he built up came to an abrupt halt today (30 April).”
The Independent, 30th April 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Football fixture lists are protected by database copyright but not by the EU’s database right, the High Court has said. The ruling means that sporting bodies can charge users of their fixture lists licence fees.”
OUT-LAW.com, 30th April 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
“A pensioner was cleared yesterday of murdering his wife of 50 years, whom he stabbed to death in a failed suicide pact after she became mentally ill.”
The Guardian, 30th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Dr Claire Nelson said she was ‘deeply remorseful’ after being placed on probation for 18 months and banned from driving for two years.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th April 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A teenage milkman who was prepared to ‘die fighting’ for an ultra rightwing group called the Aryan Task Force was convicted on three terrorism charges today.”
The Guardian, 30th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The McFarlane judgment raises fundamental questions about church and state, says Michael Nazir-Ali.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th April 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“As a lawyer, I can recognise Lord Laws’ judgment in the McFarlane case as stinging rebuke to Lord Carey.”
The Guardian, 30th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A doctor has been banned from prescribing drugs and told to take down part of her website after appearing before the General Medical Council.”
BBC News, 29th April 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A teenager accused of stabbing a man to death after a snowball fight near his Denbighshire home has been jailed for life for murder at Mold Crown Court.”
BBC News, 29th April 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A massage parlour boss who offered ‘happy endings’ has been cleared of running a brothel from her bungalow.”
BBC News, 29th April 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A student pub-crawl organiser has been given a suspended jail sentence for punching a 61-year-old man unconscious after he expressed concerns about noise during an event involving 1,000 students.”
The Guardian, 29th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Families are suing a hospital where two babies died following an E.coli outbreak after it emerged that staff may have spread the infection by not washing their hands.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The former archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey today accused judges of moving towards a new ‘secular state’ that would downgrade the rights of religious believers. Attacking a ‘deeply worrying’ court ruling, Carey claimed the judiciary was now tipping the legal balance against believers in ‘a deeply unedifying collision of human rights’.”
The Guardian, 29th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The competition watchdog has said it is dropping some allegations of price fixing against Tesco as part of a dairy investigation that has seen rival firms handed fines of around £70 million.”
The Guardian, 30th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The family of a psychiatric patient who committed suicide by jumping in front of a train has won £10,000 compensation from the NHS Trust on the grounds that it failed to protect her.”
The Times, 29th April 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Social services repeatedly missed opportunities to protect a 14-year-old girl from her parents despite concerns about the family and reports of physical abuse.”
The Times, 30th April 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A new government should call a halt to the ‘torrent’ of legislation that has made the legal system incomprehensible to judges and the public alike, a senior judge has said.”
The Times, 29th April 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A teacher who snapped and attacked a pupil who had been goading him has been cleared of attempted murder and causing grievous bodily harm with intent.”
The Guardian, 29th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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