IPCC takes over investigation into Cyril Smith claim – BBC News
‘The police watchdog has taken charge of an inquiry into the handling of an alleged incident involving Cyril Smith.’
BBC News, 27th March 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Financial Conduct Authority v Capital Alternatives Ltd and others – WLR Daily
‘The critical question in deciding whether property was “managed as a whole” within section 235(3)(b) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 was whether a characteristic feature of the arrangements under the scheme was that the property to which those arrangements related was managed as a whole. Whether that condition was satisfied required an overall assessment and evaluation of the relevant facts.’
WLR Daily, 25th March 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Society of Lloyd’s v Noel – WLR Daily
Society of Lloyd’s v Noel [2015] EWHC 734 (QB); [2015] WLR (D) 142
‘In considering whether “a party had persistently issued claims or made claims which are totally without merit” for the purpose of meeting the criteria for the making an extended civil restraint order in accordance with paragraph 3.1 of Practice Direction 3C supplementing CPR r 3.11, the court was entitled to have regard to all such claims and applications made by the litigant, including those made prior to the making of an earlier extended civil restraint order.’
WLR Daily, 20th March 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
ITV plc and others v Pensions Regulator and another – WLR Daily
ITV plc and others v Pensions Regulator and another [2015] EWCA Civ 228; [2015] WLR (D) 139
‘The Upper Tribunal had a discretion to allow the Pensions Regulator to raise new allegations on a reference which were not contained in a warning notice issued pursuant to section 96 of the Pensions Act 2004. The discretion should be exercised based on a consideration of all the relevant factors in the case, weighing up all the facts and circumstances, and not just the narrow question whether the Pensions Regulator had good reason for seeking to enlarge its case.’
WLR Daily, 24th March 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Google loses UK appeal court battle over ‘clandestine’ tracking – The Guardian
‘Google has failed in its attempt in the court of appeal to prevent British consumers having the right to sue the internet firm in the UK.’
The Guardian, 27th March 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Herbal doctors will not be regulated, despite pleas from Prince Charles – Daily Telegraph
‘Despite lobbying from Prince Charles, health officials have decided there is not enough evidence herbal medicines work to justify regulating the ancient practices.’
Daily Telegraph, 27th March 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Dark Justice sting paedophile John Rudd jailed – BBC News
‘A man who thought he was meeting a 14-year-old girl but was being tricked by a group of internet paedophile hunters has been jailed for a year.’
BBC News, 27th March 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Former solicitor is told he should be ‘grateful’ that vigilante paedophile hunter caught him – Daily Telegraph
‘Martin Currier, 51, went to meet a 13-year-old girl he met online but was confronted by famed paedophile vigilante Stinson Hunter who reported him to police.’
Daily Telegraph, 27th March 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Operation Elveden: Court quashes reporter’s conviction – BBC News
‘An ex-News of the World reporter who was found guilty of paying a prison officer for information has had their conviction quashed.’
BBC News, 27th March 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Woman given suspended sentence for funding jihadi boyfriend in Syria – The Guardian
‘An “immature and naive” young woman who was strung along by her jihadi boyfriend wept in court as she was told she would not go to prison for agreeing to send him money.’
The Guardian, 27th March 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Father who insisted he had a right to smack his children has son and daughter taken into care – Daily Telegraph
‘The father, from Rotherham, was completely open with social workers about his conviction that children benefit from corporal punishment.’
Daily Telegraph, 27th March 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Human rights law has no place on the battlefield’ – Policy exchange report – The Guardian
‘Britain should withdraw from the European convention on human rights during wartime because troops cannot fight under the yoke of “judicial imperialism”, according to a centre-right thinktank.’
The Guardian, 30th March 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Catholic priest Anthony McSweeney jailed for sex abuse – BBC News
‘A “voyeuristic” Catholic priest who sexually assaulted a teenage boy at a children’s home in west London has been jailed for three years.’
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BBC News, 27th March 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Cathedral sues NHS after worshipper tripped and injured foot – Daily Telegraph
‘Lawyers claim injury was much worse than it would have been with appropriate treatment.’
Daily Telegraph, 28th March 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Man jailed after shooting a police officer – BBC News
‘A man has been jailed for 12 years for shooting a police officer in south-east London following a car crash.’
BBC News, 28th March 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Child sex abuse victims ‘should get online image payouts’ – Daily Telegraph
‘Child sex abuse victims should have the right to seek compensation from those found in possession of related images, say children’s charities.’
Daily Telegraph, 29th March 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Care Quality Commission scraps ‘judgmental’ GP practice bandings – The Guardian
‘The NHS regulator has abandoned its system of bandings for GP practices, after criticism from doctors’ representatives.’
The Guardian, 27th March 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Wee will make them clean it up themselves, vows town plagued by public urination – Daily Telegraph
‘The restorative justice plan, introduced in Eastleigh, Hampshire, is believed to be the first of its kind in the country.’
Daily Telegraph, 29th March 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Inside Europe’s biggest sex offenders’ prison – BBC News
‘Europe’s biggest prison for sex offenders is in Nottinghamshire. How does it try to rehabilitate the inmates, asks Rex Bloomstein.’
BBC News, 30th March 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
