‘Operation Elveden was prompted by the Leveson Inquiry – evidence heard at the Inquiry suggested there was a culture of tabloid newspapers paying public officials for stories. At a time when the tabloid press was being vilified for intruding in people’s private lives through phone hacking, this was seen as further evidence of out-of- control journalists, ignoring the law for their own gain.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 24th April 2015
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘A father who repeatedly raped his daughter over a four-year period resulting in her having a baby has been jailed for life.’
BBC News, 24th April 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A nightclub bouncer has been found guilty of the manslaughter of a man who died more than two years after he felled him with a single punch.’
BBC News, 24th April 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A 70-year-old man who skippered a yacht across the Atlantic in a calamity-riddled £200m cocaine smuggling operation has been jailed for 10 years.’
BBC News, 24th April 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘It is five years since the schoolboy was murdered in Victoria Station. His mother Naima talks to Joshi Herrmann about that terrible day.’
The Independent, 25th April 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘An attempt to ban the possession of the toxic “diet drug” DNP has failed, it has emerged just days after student Eloise Parry became the fifth person in three years to die after taking the pill bought over the internet.’
The Guardian, 24th April 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A serial criminal who was brought to the ground by the owner of a shop during a failed axe raid has been jailed for six years.’
The Guardian, 24th April 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Two soldiers, including one who is now a guard at Buckingham Palace, have been spared jail after they brutally assaulted two men in an unprovoked attack after a night out in Darlington, County Durham.’
The Independent, 24th April 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The judge who disqualified Lutfur Rahman is one of the country’s leading electoral law practitioners and has handed down previous, scathing judgments resulting in councillors being removed from office.’
The Guardian, 24th April 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A chip shop owner has lost his Court of Appeal challenge over what he claimed were “unfair, unlawful and disproportionate” parking charges.’
BBC News, 23rd April 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Court hears University of Birmingham student Imran Uddin, 25, used a keyboard spying device to steal staff passwords and then upped five exam marks ‘
Daily Telegraph, 24th April 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘This year’s DLA conference will take place in London on Monday 26th October 2015. The keynote speaker will be Judge Brian Doyle, President of the Employment Tribunals (England & Wales).’
Date: 26th October 2015
Location: Baker & Mackenzie solicitor
Charge: See website for details
More information can be found here.
‘Some of the UK’s most senior judges have said it is necessary to review how the so-called ‘illegality defence’ should be applied.’
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OUT-LAW.com, 24th April 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Nigel Farage is quoted yesterday as preferring immigrants to be Australians and Indians rather than EU citizens, because they probably speak English and “understand common law.”’
UK Human Rights Blog, 23rd April 2015
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘Director of Public Prosecutions claims she made correct decision not to bring case against Labour peer as she urges critics to challenge her in court ‘
Daily Telegraph, 23rd April 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘This case concerned the rights of transgender women, and their families, in particular the right to keep private the fact that they are transgender.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 23rd April 2015
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘The number of Eritrean refugees arriving in the UK doubled last year to become the highest total from any single country. But could new Home Office guidance mean many others are refused asylum?’
BBC News, 24th April 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The master of the rolls has called for further simplification of the Civil Procedure Rules to reduce delays in the justice system.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 23rd April 2015
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
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