“Teachers won record amounts of compensation last year after suffering accidents, injuries or assaults at school, figures show.”
The Guardian, 29th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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“The former chief constable of West Yorkshire Police, Sir Norman Bettison, would
‘have a case to answer for gross misconduct’ over his dealings with his police
authority in the wake of the Hillsborough disaster, the police watchdog said
today.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th March 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A conman has been jailed for a minimum 40 years and told he will never be paroled after the cold-blooded murder of his parents to collect his £230,000 inheritance.”
The Guardian, 28th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Duncan Ranton, Solicitor and Consultant with Bishop & Sewell LLP, considers the impact of the 1996 Hague Convention and the first judgment in the English courts to consider the treaty.”
Family Law week, 27th March 2013
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
“Companies responsible for the operation of the sewer networks in England and
Wales can be found criminally liable for unlicensed depositing of controlled
waste even where that deposit of waste is unintentional, the High Court has
ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 27th March 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“New laws will give relatives of missing people help to deal with their loved ones’ affairs.”
Ministry of Justice, 27th March 2013
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“We have opened a consultation asking whether England and Wales should adopt conservation covenants.”
Full press release and consultation
Law Commission, 28th March 2013
Source: www.justice.gov.uk/lawcommission
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Dwr Cymru Cyfyngedig (Welsh Water) v Barratt Homes Ltd (Rev 1) [2013] EWCA Civ 233 (27 March 2013)
Day & Anor v Day [2013] EWCA Civ 280 (27 March 2013)
Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
High Court (Family Division)
LM (A Child), Re [2013] EWHC 646 (Fam) (27 March 2013)
High Court Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Vis Trading Co Ltd v Nazarov & Ors [2013] EWHC 491 (QB) (27 March 2013)
Source: www.bailii.org
The Non-Domestic Rating (Levy and Safety Net) Regulations 2013
The Local Government Finance Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2013
The Loss of Tax Credits Regulations 2013
The Climate Change Levy (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2013
The Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (England) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2013
The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Commencement No. 12) Order 2013
The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (England) (Amendment) Order 2013
The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Amendment) (England) Order 2013
The Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2013
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Parshall v Hackney: [2013] EWCA Civ 240; [2013] WLR (D) 124
“Where land was concurrently registered under two different titles, neither owner could be in adverse possession of the land for the purposes of the Limitation Act 1980 since such possession would not be unlawful.”
WLR Daily, 26th March 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“UK courts have ruled against sending Abu Qatada to Jordan, but now he might be charged for allegedly breaching bail conditions.”
The Guardian, 27th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A burglar was jailed for a minimum of 27 years on Wednesday for killing a street cleaner who tried to stop him with his broom as he fled from a house with a stolen laptop.”
The Guardian, 27th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Court of Protection has ruled that a 64-year-old woman who disappeared for months after she ran away with a neighbour and subsequently suffered a massive stroke should not be reunited with her family despite their fervent wish to see her again.”
The Independent, 27th March 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A self-styled Italian lawyer has been found guilty of tricking people into
thinking he was a bona fide legal professional.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th March 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A former prison officer has been jailed for selling information to a newspaper
on Jon Venables, one of Jamie Bulger’s killers.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th March 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A bigamist who has been married to four different women has avoided jail after
insisting that his extended family were financially dependent upon him.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th March 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“BSkyB and BT have successfully teamed up to force rival Virgin Media to drop an advert that claimed that its broadband is ‘unlimited’, after the advertising watchdog found that heavy users could find their download speeds cut by up to 50%.”
The Guardian, 27th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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