Police officer jailed over relationships with vulnerable women – The Guardian
‘A police officer who seduced and slept with vulnerable women while on duty has been jailed for 18 months.’
The Guardian, 24th June 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Category: news
Do not comment on hacking trial until all verdicts are in, judge tells MPs – Daily Telegraph
‘Politicians are warned by judge not to comment upon the outcome of the hacking trial until the jury has returned all its verdicts.’
Daily Telegraph, 24th June 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
High Court to decide the fate of the Warburg Institute’s historic library – The Independent
‘The fate of one of the “most important libraries in the world” which houses thousands of historic volumes saved from the Nazis, is to be decided in the High Court.’
The Independent, 24th June 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Right-to-die Supreme Court judgement due – BBC News
‘The UK’s highest court will give its judgement later on the cases of two severely disabled men who want others to be able to help them die.’
BBC News, 25th June 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Man who died in custody should have been in hospital, says Birmingham jury – The Guardian
‘A police force has apologised to the family of a man who died of a heart attack after being taken into custody amid concerns for his welfare.’
The Guardian, 24th June 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Hacking trial: Brooks cleared of charges, Coulson guilty – BBC News
‘Ex-News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks has been cleared of all charges in the phone-hacking trial.’
BBC News, 24th June 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Judge jails ‘worst car thief he has ever seen’ – Daily Telegraph
‘Ian Liversidge, 47, jumped into a grandmother’s Nissan Micra and sped off as she was getting her granddaughter out of the vehicle, before hitting a taxi.’
Daily Telegraph, 23rd June 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Tribunal upholds decision to overturn ICO fine for unsolicited marketing activities – OUT-LAW.com
‘The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has lost its appeal against a decision to overturn a £300,000 monetary penalty it served on an individual for his part in what the watchdog claimed was a serious breach of UK privacy laws.’
OUT-LAW.com, 23rd June 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
Leicester fire deaths: Eight people found guilty – BBC News
‘Seven men and a teenager have been convicted for their part in a revenge arson attack that killed four people.’
BBC News,
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
High Court grants relief despite “deliberate and non-trivial” breach – Litigation Futures
‘A High Court judge has granted relief from sanctions despite finding that the non-compliance was non-trivial and deliberate, and that there was some delay in lodging the application for relief – using instead powers to impose conditions on the order.’
Litigation Futures, 24th June 2014
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
High Court: provision of reference containing details of uncompleted disciplinary action was “unfair” use of personal data – OUT-LAW.com
‘Whether it is “fair” to share an individual’s personal data for lawful public policy reasons requires a careful balancing of the interests of that individual and the interests of others, including the public interests, the High Court in England has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 23rd June 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
Woman who took selfies next to dead body cleared of murder – The Guardian
‘A man has been jailed for life after he was found guilty of murdering a former teacher, but a woman who took selfies next to the corpse has been cleared.’
The Guardian, 23rd June 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Sham marriages ‘double in four years’, Home Office figures show – Daily Telegraph
‘The number of suspected sham marriages being reported by registrars has doubled in four years, official Home Office figures show.’
Daily Telegraph, 23rd June 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Two men guilty of murdering a mother and children in botched revenge attack – The Guardian
‘Two men have been found guilty of murdering a mother and her three children in a botched revenge attack.’
The Guardian, 23rd June 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Sex abuse victim has post traumatic stress from court questioning – BBC News
‘A sex abuse victim says a cross-examination in court in Jersey was so aggressive she has been diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).’
BBC News, 23rd June 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Fall in number of offenders barred from working with children – The Guardian
‘The number of people who have committed child sex offences and have been barred from working with children has fallen by nearly 10,000 over the past three years, according to freedom of information disclosures.’
The Guardian, 24th June 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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English landlords will not need to re-comply with tenancy deposit requirements when tenancy ‘rolls over’ – OUT-LAW.com
‘English landlords that secured deposits from fixed-term tenants would not have to re-comply with the deposit protection rules if that tenancy later ‘rolls over’ to become a statutory periodic tenancy or if the landlord enters into a new tenancy with the same tenant for the same premises, the UK government has proposed.’
OUT-LAW.com, 20th June 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
Peterborough ‘Facebook grooming’ sex attackers jailed – BBC News
‘Two sex attackers from Peterborough who targeted teenage girls via Facebook have been jailed.’
BBC News, 20th June 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
High Court ruling shows the importance of a properly drafted dispute resolution clause, says expert – OUT-LAW.com
‘A clause which said that parties to a contract would “endeavour” to resolve any dispute through Swiss arbitration, failing which the English courts would have non-exclusive jurisdiction, was not a valid arbitration agreement within the meaning of the Arbitration Act, the English High Court has ruled.’
OUT-LAW.com, 20th June 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
