‘A migrant who entered the UK illegally raped a “terrified” woman on her morning commute to work just months after he was allowed to stay.’
Daily Telegraph, 1st August 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Loose Women has been cleared by Ofcom over an incident which saw Katie Price’s disabled son, Harvey, swear live on air.’
BBC News, 1st August 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who attacked Tube passengers with a knife in London and tried to behead one of them has been jailed for life.’
BBC News, 1st August 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A domestic violence victim who was jailed for retracting an allegation of rape, which was actually true, will have her compensation increased after an appeal judge ruled she had been unfairly punished for failing to fully cooperate with police.’
The Guardian, 1st August 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A teenager who was filmed raping a girl while she was “completely comatose” has been jailed.’
The Independent, 2nd August 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A high court judge is to rule on whether a preventive treatment for HIV that charities say is a “game changer” should be funded by the NHS.’
The Guardian, 2nd August 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Money which an agent personally owed to its principal at the point the former became insolvent is not held on “constructive trust” for the principal, instead forming part of the assets of the insolvent business to be divided up between all creditors in a proportionate way, the UK’s highest court has ruled.’
OUT-LAW.com, 29th July 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Swift & Ors v Fred Olsen Cruise Lines [2016] EWCA Civ 785 (29 July 2016)
W (A Child) [2016] EWCA Civ 793 (29 July 2016)
C (A Child) [2016] EWCA Civ 798 (29 July 2016)
Carder v The University of Exeter [2016] EWCA Civ 790 (29 July 2016)
Goyal v Goyal [2016] EWCA Civ 792 (29 July 2016)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Murray v R [2016] EWCA Crim 1051 (29 July 2016)
High Court (Administrative Court)
The Secretary of State for the Home Department v EB [2016] EWHC 1970 (Admin) (29 July 2016)
KK v Director of Public Prosecutions [2016] EWHC 1976 (Admin) (29 July 2016)
Czach & Anor v Poland [2016] EWHC 1993 (Admin) (29 July 2016)
Gray v The Police Appeals Tribunal [2016] EWHC 1239 (Admin) (29 July 2016)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Iiyama (UK) Ld ) & Ors v Samsung Electronics Co Ltd & Ors [2016] EWHC 1980 (Ch) (29 July 2016)
Ready Rentals Ltd v Ahmed & Anor [2016] EWHC 1996 (Ch) (29 July 2016)
BHS Ltd, Re [2016] EWHC 1965 (Ch) (29 July 2016)
High Court (Commercial Court)
C v D [2016] EWHC 1893 (Comm) (29 July 2016)
High Court (Family Division)
West Sussex County Council v Alma [2016] EWHC 2009 (Fam) (28 July 2016)
High Court (Patents Court)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Bailey & Ors v Glaxosmithkline (UK) Ltd [2016] EWHC 1975 (QB) (29 July 2016)
Warne v Vinters-Armstrongs Ltd [2016] EWHC 1971 (QB) (29 July 2016)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Energysolutions EU Ltd v Nuclear Decommissioning Authority [2016] EWHC 1988 (TCC) (29 July 2016)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘We have put together a list of misleading statements which demonstrate some of the types of advertising and marketing that is not compliant with our rules.’
Ministry of Justice, 29th July 2016
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
‘A claimant who only beat his part 36 offer because of the fall in the value of sterling since the Brexit vote has been denied the usual benefits of enhanced interest, indemnity costs and an additional payment that would have been the maximum £75,000 given the sums at stake.’
Litigation Futures, 29th July 2016
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘An independent review into the effectiveness of the criminal justice provisions in the Modern Slavery Act 2015 one year after coming into effect.’
Home Office, 31st July 2016
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
‘A 16-year-old has been sentenced to 14 years in custody for the murder of 22-year-old Tom Webb, who was stabbed to death in the centre of Derby in January 2016.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 29th July 2016
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘Fraudster Sean Benson, who went by the screen name “Sir King Cash”, has been ordered to pay back £554,000 by a judge at Southwark Crown Court. Benson now has three months in which to pay back the money or face a further five years in jail. All of the money will be paid back to the victims of the fraud.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 29th July 2016
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘The High Court has decided against making what would have been an unprecedented order in relation to e-disclosure in an action brought over the behaviour of a mining company in Peru.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 29th July 2016
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A telematics-based motor insurer has claimed a first after data from a “black box” recorder was successfully used in a defence at a collision liability trial.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 1st August 2016
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A “childish” man who cost the economy £28 million when he brought the M1 to a standstill for 28 hours has been jailed for two years after he caused hundreds of holidaymakers to miss their flights.’
Daily Telegraph, 29th July 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A man who murdered his six-year-old daughter was described as displaying a “pattern of impulsive violence” months before she died, it has been revealed.’
BBC News, 30th July 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A High Court judge has said a police force was wrong not to reinstate a former detective wrongly jailed for raping a woman in 2011. Trevor Gray’s wife Alison told BBC News how her family won a five-year, £150,000 battle to clear his name.’
BBC news, 30th July 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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