“Two Christian guesthouse owners are considering taking their legal fight against rulings of discrimination to the Supreme Court.”
BBC News, 12th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Civilian staff at GCHQ risk being prosecuted for war crimes as a result of a legal action being launched tomorrow over the alleged use of British intelligence in the CIA’s ‘targeted killing’ programme.”
The Guardian, 11th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man branded a war criminal by a judge has been allowed to stay in Britain because of his human rights.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th March 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Stalking victims have attacked new laws designed to protect them, saying they fail to recognise that many women are left psychologically devastated by the crime.”
The Guardian, 11th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The mother of a 14-year-old boy who was headbutted and assaulted by a Metropolitan police constable said the officer should be kicked out of the force for attacking a child.”
The Guardian, 9th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The devastating scale of sexual violence against women in Britain is exposed today by new research which indicates that the vast majority of victims do not report perpetrators to the police.”
The Independent, 12th March 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A high court judge is to rule on whether a case brought by a man with ‘locked-in syndrome’ who wants his ‘suffering to end’ should be allowed to proceed.”
The Guardian, 12th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
” Two men were jailed for life today for killing an unemployed plumber who was beaten to death after cashing in stolen scrap metal for £105.”
The Independent, 9th March 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Mirror Group Newspapers denied permission to appeal against £50,000 fine for its coverage of Christopher Jefferies and the Joanna Yeates case.”
The Guardian, 9th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“He swore at officers after going berserk and headbutting Tory MP Stuart Andrew and councillor Ben Maney. The suspended Labour party member was warned he could face prison for the attacks. But chief magistrate Howard Riddle fined him £3,000 and ordered him to pay £1,400 to victims after he entered early guilty pleas.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th March 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Government has lost its appeal to keep the NHS risk register from being published, days before MPs get their last chance to debate and vote on its controversial health reforms.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th March 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims (Amendment) Act 2012 published
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Consumer Insurance (Disclosure and Representations) Act 2012 published
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
“The Court of Appeal has upheld a wasted costs order against a Buckinghamshire firm, ruling that it was ‘complicit’ in its client’s ‘manipulation’ of the court process by failing to give reasons for opposing a hearsay notice in a criminal trial.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 8th March 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Woodland v Essex County Council [2012] EWCA Civ 239 (09 March 2012)
Hussain & Anor v Bank of Scotland Plc [2012] EWCA Civ 264 (08 March 2012)
Whitehead v Trustees of the Chatsworth Settlement [2012] EWCA Civ 263 (08 March 2012)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Lambert & Anor v R. [2012] EWCA Crim 421 (08 March 2012)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Murphy v Media Protection Services Ltd [2012] EWHC 529 (Admin) (08 March 2012)
High Court (Chancery Division)
High Court (Commercial Court)
British Waterways v Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Plc [2012] EWHC 460 (Comm) (07 March 2012)
Source: www.bailii.org
Whitehead v Trustees of the Chatsworth Settlement: [2012] EWCA Civ 263; [2012] WLR (D) 65
“Reasonable practicability was, at least in part, relevant to the assessment of both limbs of the duty on an employer, under regulation 12(1) of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998, to take measures to ensure that the exposure of a person using work equipment to any risk to his health or safety from a regulation 12(3) hazard was either prevented, or, where that was not reasonably practicable, adequately controlled.”
WLR Daily, 8th March 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Tonight’s topic is Free Speech and how privacy and libel law may impact on this cherished right.”
Charon QC, 9th March 2012
Source: www.charonqc.wordpress.com
“Charon QC” is the blogging pseudonym of Mike Semple Piggot, editor of insitelaw newswire.
The Budget Responsibility and National Audit Act 2011 (Appointed Day) Order 2012
The Budget Responsibility and National Audit Act 2011 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2012
The Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (Estimates and Accounts) Order 2012
The Child Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2012
The Competition Act 1998 (Public Policy Exclusion) Order 2012
The Localism Act 2011 (Housing and Regeneration Functions in Greater London) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) (No. 2) Order 2012The Individual Savings Account (Amendment) Regulations 2012
The Transfer of Tenancies and Right to Acquire (Exclusion) Regulations 2012
The Flexible Tenancies (Review Procedures) Regulations 2012
The Education (School Teachers’ Prescribed Qualifications, etc) (Amendment) Order 2012
The Authorised Officers (Meat Inspection) (Revocation) (England) Regulations 2012
The Police (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2012
The Consistent Financial Reporting (England) Regulations 2012
The Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme (Amendment) Order 2012
The National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) Amendment (England) Regulations 2012
The Judicial Pensions (Contributions) Regulations 2012
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
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