‘More than 500 of the world’s leading authors, including five Nobel prize winners, have condemned the scale of state surveillance revealed by the whistleblower Edward Snowden and warned that spy agencies are undermining democracy and must be curbed by a new international charter.’
The Guardian, 10th December 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Around 500 patients could be dying each year because of an “astonishing” lack of training in the use of intravenous drips, health experts have warned.’
Daily Telegraph, 10th December 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘An ill-judged tweet can land you in a whole lot of legal bother, as Peaches Geldof and Sally Bercow know only too well. So the attorney general’s new guidelines are essential reading.’
The Guardian, 4th December 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Jurors should face up to two years in prison if they search the internet for information about cases beyond what is revealed in court, the Law Commission has recommended.’
The Guardian, 9th December 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Trenton Oldfield, an Australian protester who leapt into the Thames to disrupt the Oxford versus Cambridge boat race, will not be sent back to Australia, an immigration judge has said.”
The Guardian, 9th December 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Jessica Craigs, senior solicitor and David Salter, Joint Head of Family Law at Mills & Reeve LLP analyse the financial remedies and divorce news and cases published in November.’
Family Law Week, 6th December 2013
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘Guidelines should be given on the use of computer-generated exhibits, Dr Gareth Norris writes.’
Criminal Law and Justice Weekly,
Source: www.criminallawandjustice.co.uk
Nordecon AS and another v Rahandusministeerium (Case C-561/12); [2013] WLR (D) 470
‘Article 30(2) of Parliament and Council Directive 2004/18/EC did not allow a contracting authority to negotiate with tenderers tenders that did not comply with the mandatory requirements laid down in the technical specifications of the contract as published.’
WLR Daily, 5th December 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal will soon be delivering judgment in a high-profile clash between the head of Thailand’s football federation, Dato Worawi Makudi, and Lord Triesman, the former chairman of the FA, which raises an issue of high constitutional importance.’
Sports Law Bulletin from Blackstone Chambers, 9th December 2013
Source: www.sportslawbulletin.org
‘A drug courier who supplied a grandmother with heroin which she hid among her supply of Cornish pasties has been jailed for three years.’
The Independent, 7th December 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A High Court judge has ruled that a council has the power to provide support for a disabled child even when his Roma Gypsy family are working in different parts of the country and outside the council’s borders.’
Local Government Lawyer, 6th December 2013
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal, in TalkTalk v Ofcom [2013] EWCA Civ 1318, recently gave an important reminder to all competition practitioners that market definitions are a tool rather than an end: what matters is substance not form.’
Competition Bulletin from Blackstone Chambers, 9th December 2013
Source: www.competitionbulletin.com
‘The Court of Appeal has ruled that the secretary of state for the Home Department had the power to detain an immigration detainee in hospital to ensure that he received appropriate medical treatment pending his removal from the United Kingdom.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 6th December 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘Spencer v Taylor [2013] EWCA Civ 1600. This case was flagged recently on the Arden Chambers eflash service. This flash gave some bare bones details and led to much debate on the internal NL email discussion list. However, we now have the vital transcript and so we can give a proper report.’
NearlyLegal, 8th December 2013
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
‘A panel of Britain’s most senior judges are preparing to make a landmark ruling over attempts to introduce a ”right to die” under human rights legislation.’
Daily Telegraph, 8th December 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A violent rapist has been jailed for life after a landmark legal ruling in which his original acquittal for the offence was quashed by the court of appeal.’
The Guardian, 7th December 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A senior High Court judge has argued that couples should not have children until they are ready to wed.’
The Independent, 8th December 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Three members of a self-styled “Muslim Patrol” vigilante group have been jailed for harassing, intimidating and assaulting people on the streets of east London while claiming they were enforcing sharia law.’
The Guardian, 6th December 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Royal Marine filmed executing injured Taliban insurgent in cold blood is given ten year minimum jail sentence, as judge tells him: “You have betrayed all British service personnel. ” ‘
Daily Telegraph, 6th December 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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