“The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published guidelines to businesses today to underline that companies remain responsible for how personal data is looked after, even if they pass it to cloud network providers.”
Information Commissioner’s Office, 27th September 2012
“Charges for cleaning and maintenance in respect of a commercial property lease may be treated as part of the rental of that property, and therefore exempt from value added tax (VAT), where the two charges are ‘closely linked’, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 27th September 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Will-writing, estate administration and probate should only be carried out by regulated legal professionals to give greater protection to consumers, the Legal Services Board has proposed.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 27th September 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Moira Sofaer, barrister and mediator, of Goldsmith Chambers, considers the protection afforded by the courts to vulnerable adults who are outside the ambit of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 in the light of the Court of Appeal’s judgment in DL.”
Family Law Week, 27th September 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
“A gang including a 16-year-old boy have been sentenced after stealing Chinese art worth up to £15m from a museum in an act of ‘cultural vandalism’.”
BBC News, 27th September 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A murderer and rapist has been given a total of 23 life terms, following new sentences for a sex attack on a woman in her home.”
BBC News, 27th September 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The case leaves observers believing either an innocent man is being unfairly punished or a guilty man has escaped justice.”
The Guardian, 27th September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Police forces in England and Wales have begun a large-scale operation to collect DNA samples from about 12,000 serious offenders who are not on the national DNA database.”
BBC News, 27th September 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A 21-year-old man squatting in a London property has become the first person to be jailed under a new law.”
BBC News, 27th September 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Lord Chief Justice held his annual press conference on Thursday 27th September 2012 at the Royal Courts of Justice.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 27th September 2012
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“Maths teacher Jeremy Forrest, who disappeared with one of his 15-year-old pupils, might not have been identified to the public under controversial laws that come into force next week.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th September 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Britain’s private motor insurance market has been referred to the Competition Commission to investigate whether drivers are being hit with artificially high car hire and repair charges.”
The Guardian, 28th September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Martin Wheatley’s 10-point plan includes stripping the BBA of its role and making Libor manipulation a criminal offence.”
The Guardian, 28th September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An advert for a computer game that contained ‘scenes of graphic violence’ involving fighting between a man and several women wearing ‘sexually provocative clothing’ was not likely to cause widespread offence or distress to viewers, was not socially irresponsible and did not glamorise violence against women, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 27th September 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“The most senior judge in the country has spoken of his ‘fury’ that cases like Abu Hamza are allowed to drag on for years.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th September 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Lawyers acting for more than 170 alleged phone-hacking victims, including Cherie Blair and Wayne Rooney, have dropped their claim for exemplary damages, the high court has been told, as News International accused them of seeking ‘windfall’ payouts.”
The Guardian, 27th September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Courts would have the power to order website operators to remove comments that have already been ruled to be defamatory even if those website operators did not post the comments themselves, according to the latest revisions to the Defamation Bill.”
OUT-LAW.com, 27th September 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Ministry of Justice (MoJ) plans to pilot Sunday magistrates’ courts have been hit by a technical hitch after prisons said they could not accept new prisoners on that day, writes Elizabeth Davidson. However, its pilot of full-day Saturday courts is still on schedule to begin in the Manchester area this weekend, despite vocal opposition from local criminal lawyers, some of whom claim taking part could leave them vulnerable to expensive employment tribunal claims.”
LegalVoice, 27th September 2012
Source: www.legalvoice.org.uk
“Facebook has been criticised by a judge for encouraging violence because people feel more they can post offensive messages they would never say face to face.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th September 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Britain’s senior judge has stressed that criminals who break into homes are committing offences against the person as well as offences against property.”
The Guardian, 27th September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
© Inner Temple Library 2025