‘James Addison fined £6,000 after admitting he sent pornographic videos and stills to colleagues using WhatsApp.’
The Guardian, 14th May 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A man who killed his crying baby by throwing him so violently into his cot that he suffered massive head injuries has been jailed.’
BBC News, 14th May 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Award-winning line-dancing teacher Val Myers given apology in High Court after rival falsely accused him of assault and harassing members of the line-dancing community.’
Daily Telegraph, 14th May 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A High Court judge will decide this week whether doctors should stop feeding a brain damaged man and allow him to die.’
The Independent, 14th May 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘David Miranda, partner of the former Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald, has been granted permission to appeal against a ruling that he was lawfully detained under counter-terrorism powers at Heathrow airport. The case – which also involves a challenge to the police seizure of computer material related to the US National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden – will now go to the court of appeal.’
The Guardian, 15th May 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A teacher who kissed and cuddled a pupil has been banned from the profession for life.’
BBC News, 14th May 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘There has been a large increase in unrepresented claimants, outbreaks of courtroom violence, extra litigation and increased costs, according to senior judges who have criticised the impact of legal aid cuts in the family courts.’
The Guardian, 14th May 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
S (Children, W & T), Re [2014] EWCA Civ 638 (14 May 2014)
JKX Oil & Gas Plc & Ors v Eclairs Group Ltd [2014] EWCA Civ 640 (13 May 2014)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Source: www.bailii.org
Supreme Court, 14th May 2014
‘Why were drug courts set up?
The introduction of drug courts in the UK has followed a slightly different trajectory to other jurisdictions, where drug courts filled an important gap in the range of community-based sanctions available to the courts to deal with drug-related crime.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 13th May 2014
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘The government has said letting agents in England face a new obligation to display full details of their fees both on their websites and in their offices.’
BBC News, 14th May 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The tide of interest (among those who care about these things) in the idea of a written, codified constitution for the United Kingdom rises and falls. At the moment the tide is quite high, but certainly not high enough to flow into the estuaries of government policy making.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 14th May 2014
Source: www.ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘Privacy campaigners are seeking to stop GCHQ using “unlawful hacking” to help its surveillance efforts.’
Full story
BBC News, 13th May 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who groomed girls as young as 12 on social networking sites and watched them strip on Skype has escaped a jail sentence. MPs and charities branded the sentence “appalling”. The case has been referred to Attorney General Dominic Grieve.’
The Independent, 14th May 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘There are mixed reactions in the press to a ruling by European judges over what has been dubbed the “right to be forgotten” on the internet.’
BBC News, 14th May 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Allegations that British troops were responsible for a series of war crimes after the invasion of Iraq are to be examined by the international criminal court (ICC) at The Hague, the specialist tribunal has announced.’
The Guardian, 13th May 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Supreme Court
A v British Broadcasting Corporation (Scotland) [2014] UKSC 25 (08 May 2014)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
R (A Child) [2014] EWCA Civ 597 (08 May 2014)
High Court (Administrative Court)
P, R (on the application of) v Thames Valley Police [2014] EWHC 1436 (Admin) (08 May 2014)
Ramsanahie v East Midlands Strategic Health Authority [2014] EWHC 1451 (Admin) (09 May 2014)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Atkins v The Lord Chancellor [2014] EWHC 1387 (QB) (08 May 2014)
Dillard v F&C Commercial Property Holdings Ltd [2014] EWHC 1391 (QB) (08 May 2014)
AVB v TDD [2014] EWHC 1442 (QB) (12 May 2014)
McGregor v Genco (FC) Ltd [2014] EWHC 1376 (QB) (08 May 2014)
Rainford v Lawrenson [2014] EWHC 1188 (QB) (15 April 2014)
High Court (Chancery Division)
The Pensions Regulator v A Admin Ltd & Ors [2014] EWHC 1378 (Ch) (08 May 2014)
High Court (Family Division)
London Borough of Ealing v JM & Ors [2014] EWHC 1467 (Fam) (29 April 2014)
Family Court Decisions (High Court Judges)
Rapisarda v Colladon [2014] EWFC 1406 (08 May 2014)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘Irresponsible dog owners who allow their dog to attack people or assistance dogs will face tougher prison sentences from today.’
Home Office, 13th May 2014
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
The Immigration (Restrictions on Employment) (Codes of Practice and Amendment) Order 2014
The Harrogate Stray Act 1985 (Tour de France) Order 2014
The Legal Services Act 2007 (Levy) (No. 2) (Amendment) Rules 2014
The Premium Savings Bonds (Maximum Holdings) (Amendment) Regulations 2014
The Television Broadcasting Regulations 2014
The Offender Management Act 2007 (Approved Premises) Regulations 2014
The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Bodies) (England) Order 2014
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
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