“The father of Baby P has been awarded £75,000 in damages after the People falsely claimed he was a convicted sex offender.”
The Guardian, 5th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A businessman, cleared of three murder charges and drugs dealing, has been ordered to hand his home to the Serious and Organised Crime Agency (Soca).”
BBC News, 5th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A ‘deceptive and deceitful’ woman who disguised herself as a boy to date female Facebook friends has been jailed for two-and-a-half years.”
BBC News, 5th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Ofcom has launched an investigation into the use of the word ‘coloured’ in an ITV News report on racism in football. The offensive term was used during a report by Richard Pallot, an ITV News reporter, while covering the racism in football summit at Downing Street late last month.”
The Guardian, 5th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A couple have been jailed for life for torturing and drowning a teenage boy they accused of being a witch.”
The Guardian, 5th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A convicted rapist has been barred from going out in public after he spied on a girl in a Hull cinema toilet while on an escorted trip from a secure unit.”
BBC News, 2nd March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“It is ‘extremely surprising’ that some local authorities accept cheques from developers making planning applications to compensate for the effect of a development on green space, according to a report of the ruling.”
OUT-LAW.com, 2nd March 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“‘Localism’ is not a concept against which planning applications can be measured, the High Court has said in a decision which has quashed a decision letter which had refused planning application for a development.”
OUT-LAW.com, 2nd March 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“These are truly exhilarating times for the data protection world. Viviane Reding’s recent announcement of the Commission’s proposal for a fully harmonised European data protection framework had the connotations of an Olympic opening ceremony – the years of hard work in preparation for this moment, the sense of achievement in the face of challenge and the triumphant belief that something memorable is going to come out of this. Only the big drums and the flame were missing. The jury is now out but this is without a doubt the most significant global legislative development affecting the collection, use and protection of personal information of the past 15 years.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 2nd March 2012
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“The ringleader of a gang found guilty of plotting to import five tonnes of cocaine to the UK from Colombia, has been jailed for 20 years.”
BBC News, 2nd March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A care worker who assaulted two elderly residents at a nursing home in South Tyneside has been jailed for a year.”
BBC News, 2nd March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A gas fitter has been found guilty of killing a 24-year-old woman who was overcome by carbon monoxide fumes from a newly-fitted boiler.”
The Guardian, 2nd March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Each spring, tens of thousands of visitors a day — including the odd member of the Royal family — flock to the Gloucestershire stately home to enjoy three days of dressage, show-jumping and cross-country, not to mention the champagne receptions. Behind the scenes, however, a rather less harmonious atmosphere has developed, with a furious row pitting a businesswoman who was once America’s highest paid female executive against a leading light of the equestrian establishment. At stake have been the lucrative broadcasting rights to the trials.”
Daily Telegraph, 4th March 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A company in Carmarthenshire has been fined £25,000 after being found guilty of failing to protect its employees from asbestos.”
BBC News, 2nd March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Four men have been jailed for life for murdering a bouncer who was shot after refusing to allow a group into a club.”
BBC News, 2nd March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Senior police officers have strongly defended the radical extension of the role of private companies in policing, saying they should be involved in protecting the public and bringing offenders to justice.”
The Guardian, 4th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Introducing secret hearings into civil courts could backfire, leading to more claimants accessing sensitive information, according to the government’s own impact assessment of its justice and security green paper. Expanding the use of so-called ‘closed material proceedings’ (CMPs) may also result in jurors finding the vetting procedure intrusive, and in ‘resentment of the judicial process and unwillingness to participate in jury service’, the Ministry of Justice’s study warns.”
The Guardian, 4th March 2012
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Four trade-unionists who were accused of racism after drawing a satirical cartoon of the three wise monkeys who ‘see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil’ have won a four-and-a-half year legal battle.”
Daily Telegraph, 4th March 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Ex-New Zealand cricketer Chris Cairns, who is suing a former Indian Premier League boss over a Twitter posting, will have his case heard by the High Court today in the latest example of libel tourism.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th March 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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