Humberside police: ex-detective sentenced for sex assault on colleague – The Guardian
“Former policeman given curfew and community order in force’s third sexual offences case.”
The Guardian, 9th August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Aalihya Jordon-Fellows killing by uncle ‘preventable’ – BBC News
“The death of a four-month-old girl in Birmingham four years ago ‘could and should have been prevented’, according to a serious case review.”
BBC News, 9th August 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Coronation Street storyline encourages rape victim to report attack – Daily Telegraph
“A babysitter who raped an eight year old boy more than a decade ago was jailed after his victim went to the police after being inspired by a storyline on Coronation Street.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th August 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Kill list’ legal challenge brought by man who lost five relatives in missile strike – Daily Telegraph
“Britain’s alleged role in supplying information used by the US military to establish ‘kill lists’ in Afghanistan has been made the subject of a legal challenge.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th August 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Libor to be overhauled as part of reforms, says FSA – The Guardian
“Martin Wheatley, FSA boss, says Libor is ‘no longer fit for purpose’ and intends to make Libor manipulation a criminal offence.”
The Guardian, 10th August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Why giving polygraph tests to sex offenders is a terrible idea – The Guardian
“Polygraphs are notoriously unreliable and easy to fool, and sooner or later sex offenders will discover the truth about them.”
The Guardian, 10th August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Litvinenko inquest: Judge appointed to oversee inquest – BBC News
“A High Court judge has been appointed to hold the inquest into the death of Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, who was poisoned in London in 2006.”
BBC News, 9th August 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Is it still possible to scandalise the court? – Law Commission
“In a consultation opening today, the Law Commission is asking whether the offence of scandalising the court is still necessary or should be consigned to history.”
Law Commission, 10th August 2012
Teenager jailed for breaking into parents’ home to steal £7,500 – Daily Telegraph
“A teenager has been jailed for breaking into her wealthy parents’ home and stealing £7,500 cash from their bedroom, after the judge told her he wanted to give her a ‘short sharp shock’.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th August 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Judge rules that doctors can withhold treatment in ‘desperately sad’ case – Daily Telegraph
“A judge has allowed doctors to stop trying to treat a seriously ill hospital patient who has a needle phobia and physically resists help from medics, in what she called a ‘desperately sad’ case.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th August 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Twitter and the law: 10 legal risks in tweeting from or to the UK – OUT-LAW.com
“Debates in parliament, home visits from the police and distressed celebrities all seem a little unclear as to what is and what is not acceptable by law on Twitter. The list of those offending and those offended keeps growing with recent high profile reports referring to Louise Mensch, Tom Daley, Guy Adams, Steve Dorkland, Helen Skelton and Kevin Pietersen. This guide discusses 10 legal risks which apply, or potentially apply, to Twitter, in the context of recent media attention given to the lawfulness of tweets.”
OUT-LAW.com, 9th August 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Judges reject Abu Qatada decision claim – The Independent
“High Court judges today rejected a ‘gloomy prognosis’ that there could be another year or more of litigation before a final decision is made on deporting radical preacher Abu Qatada.”
The Independent, 9th August 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Judge attacks ‘awful’ soft justice as drivers who left woman, 25, crippled are jailed for 18 months – Daily Telegraph
“A judge has launched a strongly-worded attack on the justice system after he was powerless to hand longer sentences to two men who left a young woman crippled in a car crash as they fled from police.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th August 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Magistrates banned from standing in police commissioner elections – The Guardian
“Plans for the first police commissioner elections this autumn have been thrown into fresh disarray with the disclosure that magistrates – who make up a significant number of the candidates – have been banned from standing.”
The Guardian, 9th August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Aalihya Jordon-Fellows killing by uncle ‘preventable’ – BBC News
“The death of a four-month-old girl in Birmingham four years ago ‘could and should have been prevented’, according to a serious case review.”
BBC News, 9th August 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BBC does not have to hand over Mark Duggan footage, judge rules – The Guardian
“A judge has said the BBC does not have to disclose unbroadcast footage of the aftermath of the shooting of Mark Duggan to the Metropolitan police.”
The Guardian, 9th August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
BSkyB wins appeal against Ofcom over Sky Sports wholesale prices – The Guardian
“BSkyB has won its appeal against Ofcom’s decision to force the company to cut the amount it charges rivals to show its flagship Sky Sports channels.”
The Guardian, 8th August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Global Maritime Investments Ltd v STX Pan Ocean Co Ltd [2012] EWHC 2339 (Comm) (08 August 2012)
Source: www.bailii.org
Extreme porn trial: consensual sex and the state – The Guardian
“Despite Simon Walsh’s acquittal by a jury, the case raises questions about the right of the state to intrude on individual’s private and consensual sex lives.”
The Guardian, 8th August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
