“A Northamptonshire man has been sentenced to two years in prison for a scam that led 75 local children to believe they would be dancing at the closing ceremony at the Olympic Games – described by CPS East Midlands Senior Crown Prosecutor Ben Samples as ‘callous and deceitful’.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 17th July 2012
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
“Last week, a number of media commentators, politicians and others sought to subvert the second consultation of the Bill of Rights Commission. This consultation invites views on a number of key issues that form part of the Commission’s mandate. In the Daily Mail’s correspondent’s view, the Commission has committed an appalling transgression by asking potential respondents whether the UK Bill of Rights should include additional rights, referring amongst other things to socio-economic rights. This is echoed by the Sun which argues that the Commission has ‘suggested’ (which it clearly has not) that ‘all Brits be given handouts as a birth right’, and the Daily Express which suggests ‘Spongers can Sue to Claim Benefits’.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 17th July 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“The Government is to press ahead with plans to introduce fees for workers wishing to raise a claim with an employment tribunal from the summer of 2013, it has announced. Those on low incomes can apply for exemption from the proposed fees.”
OUT-LAW.com, 16th July 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Three activists were found guilty at Preston magistrates court on Tuesday on charges of aggravated trespass and assault after occupying a fracking rig in a Lancashire protest last year.”
The Guardian, 17th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Serco, a leading private contractor of public services, is failing to meet legal requirements to provide enough staff, train them properly or monitor their performance in the out-of-hours GP service it runs for the NHS in Cornwall.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An electrical engineer described by a judge as a ‘crank’ has been jailed for two-and-a-half years after admitting making explosives in a lock-up garage.”
BBC News, 17th July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Anna Parker, 50, the wife of actor Nathaniel Parker who plays Inspector Lynley in the BBC crime drama series, was cleared by a judge who told her she had ‘got away with it’ because she had faced the wrong charge.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th July 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Hoax caller Khadar Mohidin has been jailed for sparking a national terror alert by ringing police and claiming 15 suicide bombers were about to attack London on the day Hillary Clinton was to meet with David Cameron.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th July 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A TV campaign featuring stars including Katy Perry and Justin Bieber promoting a zit cream has been banned by the advertising watchdog.”
The Guardian, 18th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The advertising watchdog has criticised the Daily Star and Daily Express for running a front page reader offer of £5 off at Tesco, when the deal was in fact a standard offer available to anyone who shopped at one of the supermarket giant’s stores.”
The Guardian, 18th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The rules covering consultations on potential government policy changes are being loosened to allow a more ‘proportionate and targeted’ approach.”
BBC News, 17th July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The closure of the forensic science archive in England and Wales will cause miscarriages of justice and stop police solving crimes, senior politicians, scientists and lawyers have warned.”
BBC News, 18th July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A dental technician who threatened to kidnap Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone’s daughter Tamara in a £200,000 blackmail plot faces a substantial jail term.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th July 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Ambulance staff left an elderly man who had fallen over and sustained brain damage untreated for three quarters of an hour because paramedics were on a lunch break, an inquest has heard.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th July 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Khaira & Ors v Shergill & Ors [2012] EWCA Civ 983 (17 July 2012)
AB, (A Child), Re [2012] EWCA Civ 978 (17 July 2012)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Red Bull GmbH v Sun Mark Ltd & Anor [2012] EWHC 1929 (Ch) (17 July 2012)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
The Afghanistan (United Nations Measures) (Overseas Territories) Order 2012
The Al-Qaida (United Nations Measures) (Overseas Territories) Order 2012
The Air Navigation (Amendment) Order 2012
The Armed Forces Act (Continuation) Order 2012
The Gambling (Licence Fees) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2012
The Nitrate Pollution Prevention (Amendment) Regulations 2012
The Customs Disclosure of Information and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2012
The Education (School Government) (Terms of Reference) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012
The Pitcairn (Court of Appeal) Order 2012
The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 2012
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
“Rogue Traders presenter Dan Penteado has been jailed for council tax and housing benefit fraud totaling £24,000.”
The Independent, 17th July 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The High Court has recently handed down a judgment in a really interesting case concerning the legality of disclosures of census data by the UK Statistics Board. Every decade since 1801, householders in England and Wales have been required to complete a national census form. Failure to complete the form amounts to a criminal offence. The most recent census was conducted by the newly established UK Statistics Board (‘the Board’) in 2011. The Board was established by the Statistics and Registration Act 2007 (‘SRA’). Under s. 39(1) SRA, the Board’s employees are subject to a general duty not to disclose personal data acquired pursuant to the census. However, s. 39(4) creates a number of specific exemptions in respect of that general duty. Not least, under s. 39(4)(f), the Board has a specific power to disclose census data amounting to personal data (including sensitive personal data) where the disclosure is made ‘for the purposes of a criminal investigation or criminal proceedings (whether or not in the United Kingdom)’.”
Panopticon, 17th July 2012
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
“The information commissioner has accused David Cameron and other members of the political establishment of launching a damaging attack on the Freedom of Information Act which he says is encouraging civil servants to obscure the government from proper scrutiny.”
The Guardian, 16th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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