Boundary changes: Revised proposals for English constituencies – BBC News
“Revised proposals have been published for the shape of future parliamentary boundaries in England.”
BBC News, 16th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Pentyrch web date killer Bleddyn King given 28 years – BBC News
“An 18-year-old man who stabbed a 64-year-old widower 72 times in his bungalow after meeting him on a website has been jailed for life for murder.”
BBC News, 16th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Former Foreign Office manager faces jail after faking visa application for nanny – Daily Telegraph
“A former Foreign office manager is facing jail after he today admitted faking a visa application to bring a Nigerian nanny into the country to work for just £300 a month.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th October 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Teacher sacked over ‘lewd act’ with broomstick may have been set up – Daily Telegraph
“Science teacher Patricia Davies has been granted permission to take her case to the Appeal Court six years after she was sacked for allegedly simulating a sex act in class.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th October 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Liam Fox sues over Adam Werritty claims – The Guardian
“Conservative MP Liam Fox is suing the Dubai businessman who helped reveal the former defence secretary’s unusual working relationship with Adam Werritty.”
The Guardian, 16th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Boots baby shampoo ad banned as less than 5% is organic – The Guardian
“A Boots ad for an ‘organic’ baby shampoo has been banned after a watchdog found that fewer than 5% of the ingredients in the product were natural.”
The Guardian, 17th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Draft Communications Bill: Powers may uncover ‘wrong targets’ – BBC News
“Plans to monitor all Britons’ online activity risk uncovering ‘incompetent criminals and accidental anarchists’ rather than serious offenders, the information commissioner has warned.”
BBC News, 16th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Live animal export suspension at Ramsgate overturned – BBC News
“A temporary suspension of live animal exports from the Port of Ramsgate has been overturned by the High Court.”
BBC News, 16th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BBC’s Jimmy Savile probe to be led by Harold Shipman inquiry judge – Daily Telegraph
“The judge who led the inquiry into serial killer Harold Shipman will chair an investigation into Sir Jimmy Savile’s alleged abuse of children at the BBC.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th October 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Benefit fraud convictions rise after officials get new powers – Daily Telegraph
“New figures show the level of fraud convictions have risen by more than 40 per cent amid a new crackdown on benefit cheats.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th October 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Gary McKinnon extradition to US blocked by Theresa May – BBC News
“British computer hacker Gary McKinnon will not be extradited to the US, Home Secretary Theresa May has announced.”
BBC News, 16th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Attorney General vetoes release of Prince of Wales correspondence – Attorney General’s Office
“The Attorney General today issued a certificate under the Freedom of Information Act, both as it applies for the purposes of the Act and as it applies to the Environmental Information Regulations 2004, vetoing the disclosure of correspondence between HRH the Prince of Wales and ministers in seven government departments.”
Attorney General’s Office, 16th October 2012
Source: www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk
New inquest to be held into the deaths of 96 Liverpool fans killed in the Hillsborough disaster – The Independent
“Attorney General announced that he would apply to the High Court to have the original verdicts overturned in order that new inquests can be held.”
The Independent, 16th October 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Police force fined £120,000 after theft of unencrypted memory stick – The Guardian
“A police force has been fined £120,000 following the theft of a memory stick containing names of members of the public who gave statements in drug investigations.”
The Guardian, 16th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Stepping Hill Hospital pays £10m over brain damaged man – BBC News
“A hospital has agreed to fund lifetime care costing around £10m for a man who was brain damaged after being treated for croup as a baby.”
BBC News, 16th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
BUQ v HRE [2012] EWHC 2827 (QB) (15 October 2012)
Source: www.bailii.org
Price v Cheshire East Borough Council – WLR daily
Price v Cheshire East Borough Council: [2012] WLR (D) 275
“It was wrong in law, when determining mode of trial, for justices to directly apply Sentencing Council guidelines for a different offence to that faced by the defendant unless the sentencing guidelines were directly analogous or if there was a similar level of seriousness.”
WLR Daily, 11th October 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
