Man who drove at Dali bar crowd in Rochdale jailed – BBC News
“A man who ploughed into a crowd of revellers outside a bar in Rochdale has been jailed indefinitely.”
BBC News, 20th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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Elliot Morley jailed for cheating his expenses – Daily Telegraph
“Elliot Morley became the first former minister to be jailed for cheating his expenses when he was sentenced to 16 months today.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th May 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
PCC rules against magazine’s payment to ‘criminal associate’ – The Guardian
“The Press Complaints Commission has upheld a complaint against Pick Me Up magazine over a payment to a woman who slept with a criminal. The PCC ruled that by paying a fee to an associate of a criminal the magazine had breached the editors’ code of practice, which forbids all such payments.”
The Guardian, 20th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Pete Doherty jailed for possessing cocaine – The Guardian
“Musician Pete Doherty has been jailed for six months after pleading guilty to possession of cocaine.”
The Guardian, 20th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Southampton Briars care home bosses win neglect appeal – BBC News
“The former owner and manager of a care home in Southampton have had their convictions for neglecting elderly residents quashed on appeal.”
BBC News, 19th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Regina v D (N); Regina v P (A); Regina v U (S) – WLR Daily
Regina v D (N); Regina v P (A); Regina v U (S) [2011] WLR (D) 166
“Evidence that a defendant had viewed child pornography was capable of being adduced in evidence at trial under section 101(1)(d) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 to demonstrate a propensity for offences involving the sexual abuse of children.”
WLR Daily, 17th May 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed
Twitter does not render injunctions pointless, judge warns – Daily Telegraph
“Mr Justice Tugendhat insisted anyone who uses the internet to breach a court order still leaves themselves open to a claim for damages.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th May 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Playboy claim that videos were too explicit for ATVOD regulation fails – OUT-LAW.com
“Sexually explicit videos available on-demand on pornographic websites is ‘television-like’ content and is subject to UK video on demand regulations, Ofcom has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 19th May 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
CPS under fire over advocate panels – Law Society’s Gazette
“The Crown Prosecution Service faced pressure from both its own inspectorate and the Bar Council this week over its procurement of external advocates. The Gazette has learned that the Bar Council is seeking advice on a judicial review of the CPS’s new advocate panels.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 19th May 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Kenneth Clarke delays announcement of sentencing reforms – The Guardian
“The justice secretary, Kenneth Clarke, has postponed plans to announce his sentencing reforms, including the controversial move to increase discounts for early guilty pleas, until after the Whitsun break. Clarke had hoped to announce the sentencing package designed to stabilise the record prison population next Tuesday, but that has been delayed for a few weeks while ministers look again at the impact of the controversial proposal.”
The Guardian, 20th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
High Court judge approves commercial surrogacy – BBC News
“A serving High Court judge has told the BBC that he is approving commercial surrogacy agreements made by British couples abroad.”
BBC News, 19th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Media concession expected in injunction report – BBC News
“A report by a top judge is likely to recommend the media are allowed into court when injunctions and so-called super-injunctions are being sought.”
BBC News, 20th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
High Court: Council must not axe care for elderly – Daily Telegraph
“Britain’s biggest council has been told its plans to cut care services for elderly and severely disabled people are ‘unlawful’ and must be scrapped, in a landmark High Court judgement with wide-ranging implications for social care.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th May 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
No privacy law to gag press, Jeremy Hunt says – Daily Telegraph
“The Government will not introduce a privacy law, Jeremy Hunt, the Culture Secretary, has said. Instead, Parliament will consider producing more detailed guidance for judges to interpret the Human Rights Act.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th May 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Immigration appeal system tightened – The Independent
“Migrants from outside the EU who want to stay in the UK will be banned from using the appeals system as a cheap second chance to supply evidence they should have used in their original application, the immigration minister said today.”
The Independent, 20th May 2011
Soruce: www.independent.co.uk
Max Mosley, the media and UK privacy laws – Law Society’s Gazette
“What better evening to launch the second edition of Tugendhat and Christie’s The Law of Privacy and the Media than the day on which the European Court of Human Rights handed down its hotly anticipated decision in Mosley v the United Kingdom? On 10 May, the publishers Oxford University Press must have been slapping themselves on the back for their good timing. The judges and senior practitioners present talked of little else.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 19th May 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Peer raises Fred Goodwin injunction in Lords – BBC News
“A Lib Dem peer has used Parliamentary rules to reveal more details of the injunction relating to former bank boss Sir Fred Goodwin.”
BBC News, 19th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Birmingham City Council care cuts ruling expected – BBC News
“High Court judges are to make a ruling on council care cuts that will have implications for all local authorities in England and Wales.”
BBC News, 19th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Hospitals face £665,000 fines for putting men and women on same wards – Daily Telegraph
“Hospitals will be fined £665,000 for leaving men and women in the same wards as a tough new regime comes into force.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th May 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Stephen Lawrence: reporting of new murder trial proves court is intent on open justice – The Guardian
“In allowing the media to report that Gary Dobson and David Norris will stand trial at the Old Bailey in November for the murder in 1993 of Stephen Lawrence, the court of appeal has recognised the public interest in open justice.”
The Guardian, 18th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
