Jeremy Hunt: Olympics wrong time for PCS border staff strike – BBC News
“The government is urging Border Agency workers not to hold a strike on the eve of the Olympics, arguing it is the ‘wrong time.’ ”
BBC News, 25th July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Father’s rights breached by mother ‘too upset’ to let him see children – Daily Telegraph
“A father who was denied access to his children for three years because it upset their mother suffered a breach of his parental rights, the Court of Appeal ruled yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th July 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Former Dale Farm travellers face new eviction attempt – The Guardian
“Basildon council is preparing to bring back bailiffs after travellers removed from Europe’s largest illegal site at Dale Farm in Essex moved to a neighbouring settlement.”
The Guardian, 25th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Police protest tactics ‘give officers excessive and disproportionate control’ – The Guardian
“Pre-emptive arrests, confinement by kettling and the gathering of personal data give police officers ‘excessive and disproportionate’ control over public protests, a report by a coalition of police monitoring groups has warned.”
The Guardian, 24th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Public school teacher Bruce Roth jailed for sexual abuse – BBC News
“A teacher has been jailed for 11 years for sexually abusing five boys at public schools in Berkshire and Kent.”
BBC News, 24th July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Tottenham Court Road siege: Man jailed for office bomb hoax – BBC News
“A bomb hoaxer who caused the closure of London’s Tottenham Court Road after throwing equipment from the fifth floor of an office block has been jailed.”
BBC News, 24th july 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Inquest hears lessons learnt about IEDs after deaths in Helmand – The Independent
” Two Royal Marines who died in Afghanistan last May were unlawfully killed by an improvised explosive device (IED), an inquest has ruled.”
The Independent, 25th July 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Gabby Agbonlahor’s ex-girlfriend spared jail – Daily Telegraph
“The former girlfriend of Premier League striker Gabby Agbonlahor has escaped a prison sentence for harassing his current partner for four years.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th July 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
High Court rules on the history of the caravan – Daily Telegraph
“A senior judge wrote a brief history of the caravan after the Court of Appeal ruled on a planning dispute.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th July 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Leeds United win high court ruling over police costs at Elland Road – The Guardian
“Leeds United have won their high court action over who should pay for policing of matches at Elland Road. The Championship side asked for a decision on which of the services deployed by West Yorkshire Police for the last three seasons were special police services, and whether it was entitled to be repaid for services wrongly categorised.”
The Guardian, 24th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Benefit fraud Lottery winner Edward Putman jailed – The Independent
” A convicted rapist who won nearly £5 million on the lottery but continued to fraudulently claim benefits has been jailed for nine months.”
The Independent, 24th July 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Operation Weeting – CPS charging decisions – Crown Prosecution Service
“Statement from Alison Levitt QC, Principal Legal Advisor to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP): This statement is made in the interests of transparency and accountability to explain the decisions reached in relation to Operation Weeting.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 24th July 2012
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
Gary McKinnon extradition decision due in October – BBC News
“The home secretary will decide whether to order computer hacker Gary McKinnon’s extradition to the US by mid-October, the High Court has heard.”
BBC News, 24th July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Amy Hofmeister car chase crash killers sent to prison – BBC News
“Two drivers have been sent to prison after being convicted of killing a 13-year-old girl during a car chase through Taunton.”
BBC News, 24th July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
ABS offers barristers at £75 an hour – Law Society’s Gazette
“A new law firm which promises clients fixed fees and immediate face-to-face meetings with barristers has become the latest alternative business structure (ABS). Red Bar Law was formed in September last year and applied to the Solicitors Regulation Authority for ABS status in January. Today the SRA confirmed it has become the ninth organisation to be granted a licence, which will be effective from 10 July.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 23rd July 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Export Control (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2012
The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 2012
The Health Act 2009 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2012
The Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Authority to Carry) Regulations 2012
The Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Commencement No. 14) Order 2012
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
S (A Child), Re [2012] EWCA Civ 1031 (24 July 2012)
Itochu Corporation v Johann M.K. Blumenthal GmbH & Co Kg & Anor [2012] EWCA Civ 996 (24 July 2012)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Red Bull GmbH v Sun Mark Ltd & Anor [2012] EWHC 2046 (Ch) (24 July 2012)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Source: www.bailii. org
Maidment v Attwood and others – WLR Daily
Maidment v Attwood and others: [2012] EWCA Civ 998; [2012] WLR (D) 220
“Where a minority shareholder had brought a petition under section 994 of the Companies Act alleging that remuneration paid to a director of a now insolvent company in liquidation was excessive and therefore unfairly prejudicial, there was no basis in the statutory provisions or in principle or in authority to impose a requirement for diligence on shareholders in regards to the company’s filed accounts.”
WLR Daily, 19th July 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
