George Evans jailed for drug dealing and money laundering – BBC News
“A great-grandfather has been jailed for 18 years after he was found guilty of drug dealing and money laundering.”
BBC News, 7th September 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Ambulance boss Robert King struck off after concealing murder conviction – BBC News
“An ambulance manager has been struck off by a health regulator after failing to declare a murder conviction.”
BBC New, 7th September 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Copycat criminal who tried to blackmail Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone jailed – Daily Telegraph
“A copycat criminal who tried to blackmail Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone for £200,000 in a ‘hopeless and hapless’ plot was jailed for five years today.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th September 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
New rules to end secrecy over safety of medical implants – Daily Telegraph
“New rules to end the secrecy over the safety of devices such as hip replacements and breast implants are being drawn up after a series of scandals.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th September 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Jealous teenager who stabbed girlfriend 60 times jailed for life – The Guardian
“A teenager brutally stabbed his 15-year-old girlfriend 60 times in her head, neck and upper chest with two different knives, following arguments over his jealousy. Andrew Hall, 18, who attended Stoke City academy, the youth development part of Stoke City Football Club, pleaded guilty to murder on Friday at Luton crown court. Judge Richard Foster jailed him for life, with a minimum of 10 years.”
The Guardian, 7th September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
This spying bill is against privacy and democracy. And it won’t work – The Observer
“Should the Communications Data Bill become law, it will be an intervention too far from the surveillance state.”
The Observer, 9th September 2012
Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk
Tony Nicklinson’s widow appeals over right-to-die ruling – BBC News
“The wife of Tony Nicklinson, a man with locked-in syndrome who died a week after losing a legal bid to end his life, is to appeal against the ruling.”
BBC News, 7th September 21012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Irfan Patel: Blackburn mosque torture teacher sentenced – BBC News
“A religious teacher at a Lancashire mosque who admitted using torture techniques on four children has been given a suspended sentence.”
BBC News, 7th September 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Royal Mail staff given access to confidential medical details – The Independent
“Confidential medical information from sick and disabled people applying for welfare benefits is opened and sorted by Royal Mail staff on behalf of the Government without the claimant’s knowledge or consent, The Independent can reveal.”
The Independent, 8th September 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Former Met chief launches attack on justice system – Daily Telegraph
“The former commissioner of the Metropolitan Police has launched a strong attack on Britain’s ‘perverse’ criminal justice system.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th September 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Teachers ‘face sack’ for refusing to endorse gay marriage – Daily Telegraph
“Schools will be within their statutory rights to dismiss staff that wilfully fail to use stories or textbooks promoting same-sex weddings, it is claimed. Aidan O’Neill, a senior QC and expert on religious freedom and human rights, also warned that parents who object to gay marriage being taught to their children will have no right to withdraw their child from lessons.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th September 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Ex police officer Matthew Cherry jailed for unborn baby attack – BBC News
“A former Dorset police officer has been jailed for 10 years for repeatedly punching his pregnant ex girlfriend in the abdomen to bring on a miscarriage.”
BBC News, 7th September 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Bogus blogger who posed as Met police officer jailed – The Independent
“A fantasist who blogged about his experiences as a police officer during last summer’s London riots was today jailed for five years.”
The Independent, 7th September 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
Keyu and others v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Secretary of State for Defence – WLR Daily
“There was no duty under article 2 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms on the Secretary of State to conduct an inquiry into deaths occurring before the Convention was adopted and the United Kingdom acceded to the Convention. Likewise because there was no common law right to an inquiry no duty arose under customary international humanitarian law.”
WLR Daily, 4th September 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Wilkinson v Fitzgerald and Churchill Insurance Company Ltd; Evans v Cockayne and Equity Claims Ltd, Secretary of State for Transport intervening – WLR Daily
“Where an insured driver permitted an uninsured driver to use his motor vehicle in which he then was injured as a passenger, the insured as passenger was entitled to receive sums from a judgment against the negligent driver and would not automatically be excluded from the benefit of his compulsory insurance, but any recovery by the insurer in respect of that judgment must be proportionate and determined on the basis of the circumstances of the case.”
WLR daily, 24th August 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Rahman and Others v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily
Rahman and Others v Secretary of State for the Home Department: Case C-83/11; [2012] WLR (D) 259
“Member states of the EU were not required to grant every application for entry or residence submitted by family members of a Union citizen who did not fall under the definition in article 2(2) of Parliament and Council Directive 2004/38/EC of 29 April 2004 , even if they showed, in accordance with article 10(2), that they were dependants of that citizen. It was, however, incumbent upon the member states to ensure that their legislation contained criteria which enabled those persons to obtain a decision on their application for entry and residence that was founded on an extensive examination of their personal circumstances and, in the event of refusal, was justified by reasons.”
WLR Daily, 5th September 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
In re Euromaster Ltd – WLR Daily
In re Euromaster Ltd: [2012] EWHC 2356 (Ch); [2012] WLR (D) 258
“If the appointment of an administrator was made in breach of the restriction in paragraph 28(2) of Schedule B1 to the Insolvency Act 1986, the appointment was irregular, but valid. In the case of an irregular (as opposed to a void) appointment of administrators the position was governed by rule 7.55 of the Insolvency Rules 1986.”
WLR Daily, 10th August 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
