‘Couple, who have three children, showed a united front in court and claim they still love each other and want to put the crash behind them.’
Daily Telegraph, 10th December 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A couple of years ago a lot of lawyers practising in housing, immigration and welfare benefits got very excited by the case of Ruiz Zambrano (European citizenship) [2011] EUECJ C-34/09. The reason for this excitement was that the ECJ said that art.20, of the Treaty, required member states to grant a right of residence to a third country national, who was the primary carer of an EU national, if a refusal to would result in the EU national being forced to leave the EU..More excitingly, this applied to EU nationals who had not left their member state, i.e. it would apply to the parents of British nationals.’
NearlyLegal, 9th December 2013
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
‘I can’t help but smile at the thought of the furore that would ensue if (or when) the European Court of Human Rights were to decide that we English are far too uptight and ought not to be offended by nudity.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 10th December 2013
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘The first same-sex weddings in England and Wales will be able to take place from 29 March 2014, Equalities Minister Maria Miller says.’
BBC News, 10th December 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Supreme Court is expected to rule tomorrow (11 December) on whether a couple can marry at a scientologist chapel.’
Local Government Lawyer, 10th December 2013
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The recent confirmation by the Supreme Court that it was unlawful discrimination for Christian hotel owners to refuse a double-bedded room to a same-sex couple was of considerable interest as the latest in a string of high-profile cases involving religious belief and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation (and the first such judgment involving the highest court in the land). We have already provided a summary of the facts and judgment here, and our post on the Court of Appeal ruling can be found here.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 11th December 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘Heroin addict had more than 50 previous convictions and stole a church collection among other things from a pensioner’s home.’
Daily Telegraph, 10th December 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Fifteen soldiers have been jailed after a court martial for staging a “sit-in” in protest at being “led by muppets”.’
BBC News, 10th December 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Grandparents of child taken into care by Essex County Council tell of their anguish at not having legal rights to be her guardian.’
Daily Telegraph, 11th December 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Three murderers were sentenced to life imprisonment on one day. The minimum terms set were 18, 27 and 40 years. Why were they so different?’
BBC News, 11th December 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Three Sikh men and a woman have received lengthy jail sentences after being convicted of slashing an elderly Indian general in the neck.”
The Guardian, 10th December 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘In an emergency ruling in the Family Division of the High Court, Mr Justice Mostyn has ordered that a three-year-old boy undergo a bone marrow transplant against the wishes of the father.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 10th December 2013
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘A man in charge of a fireworks display held on the night of a motorway crash in which seven people died has been cleared of breaching health and safety laws.’
BBC News, 10th December 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The recent allegations and arrests made in relation to match fixing in football have served as an important wake up call for those involved in sport in the UK, and in English football in particular.’
Sports Law Bulletin from Blackstone Chambers, 10th December 2013
Source: www.sportslawbulletin.org
‘People who fall prey to criminals will now receive more support than ever before to help bring offenders to justice and move on with their lives, Justice Secretary Chris Grayling has announced.’
Ministry of Justice, 10th December 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
‘A London borough is thought to have brought the first successful prosecution of a salon owner under the Sunbeds (Regulation) Act 2010 following the failure of a test purchase.’
Local Government Lawyer, 9th December 2013
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Our monthly summary of key costs-related court decisions.’
Litigation Futures, 9th December 2013
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘In a report published today we make recommendations to reform elements of the law governing contempt of court.’
Law Commission, 9th December 2013
Source: www.justice.gov.uk/lawcommission
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