Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
AJ v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] EWCA Civ 1081 (21 September 2011)
High Court ) Family Division)
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council v Watson [2011] EWHC 2376 (Fam) (01 September 2011)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Hackney Empire Ltd v Aviva Insurance UK Ltd [2011] EWHC 2378 (TCC) (21 September 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org
“A major motor insurer has been ‘boosting profits’ beyond the actual costs it incurs carrying out repairs, a County Court judge has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 20th September 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“Following our post last week HHJ Altman has revised his guidance to take account of the need to apply for prior authority as a pre-condition of exceeding the prescribed maximum rates for experts.”
Legal Aid Handbook Blog, 20th September 2011
Source: www: http://legalaidhandbook.com
“The Metropolitan police has dropped its attempt to force the Guardian to reveal confidential sources for stories relating to the phone-hacking scandal.”
The Guardian, 20th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Families who celebrated a last-gasp reprieve which prevented their eviction from a Travellers’ site at Dale Farm in Essex on Monday have been warned they will be hit with a bill for the costs of the delay, should the temporary injunction be cancelled at a second hearing on Friday.”
The Independent, 21st September 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The press watchdog has upheld a complaint from Louise Mensch about three New Statesman articles that claimed the Conservative MP ‘identifies closely’ with the Tea Party politician Sarah Palin.”
The Guardian, 20th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Former environment minister Elliot Morley has been freed from prison after serving a quarter of his 16-month sentence for fiddling his parliamentary expenses, sources said.”
The Independent, 20th September 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Met police have turned to the Official Secrets Act to obtain Guardian phone hacking material. In 2000 they lost a similar case relating to former MI5 spy David Shayler.”
The Guardian, 20th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Home Office’s ability to deport individuals who have committed crimes may be curtailed by a European court judgment banning the removal of a Nigerian man convicted of rape.”
The Guardian, 20th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The home secretary, Theresa May, has defended her decision to exclude the Palestinian political activist Sheikh Raed Salah from Britain, insisting that she will take pre-emptive action against those who encourage extremism. A high court judge is to decide whether Salah’s arrest and detention was illegal and if he should be entitled to damages for false imprisonment.”
The Guardian, 20th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A judge has criticised the Home Office after a mother was separated from her two Nottingham children by being deported to her native Africa.”
BBC News, 20th September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An equal pay claim by hundreds of women working at Sheffield City Council has been settled before it reached a Supreme Court hearing next month.”
BBC News, 19th September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Doctors fear their private lives and personal beliefs will soon come under increasing scrutiny from regulators, as a Christian GP who prayed with a patient faces a formal hearing.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th September 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records and Registration) (Isle of Man) Regulations 2011
The Alien and Locally Absent Species in Aquaculture (England and Wales) Regulations 2011
The Crime and Security Act 2010 (Domestic Violence: Pilot Schemes) Order (No. 2) 2011
The Air Traffic Controller Licensing (National Supervisory Authority) Regulations 2011
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
“During a visit to the US the Home Secretary gave a speech to the Council on Foreign Relations.”
Home Office, 17th September 2011
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“The Community Legal Service (Funding) (Amendment No. 2) Order 2011 and the Criminal Defence Service (Funding) (Amendment) Order 2011 were laid on 24 August 2011.”
The Bar Council, 19th September 2011
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
“It is important for bereaved families to know how and why their loved ones died. It is equally important that we hold corporate bodies to account for any failures which lead to unnecessary loss of life. The investigation into the deaths at Gleision Colliery is reported to be focussing on forensic testing at the scene. Meanwhile, vital proof of whether or not this was a corporate manslaughter, by systemic failure or not, will be sitting in the offices of the private owner and needs to be obtained and analysed.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 19th September 2011
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“Scotland Yard officers failed to consult either the director of public prosecutions or the attorney general before invoking the Official Secrets Act to try to force the Guardian to reveal journalistic sources, it has been revealed.”
The Guardian, 19th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Scotland Yard’s supergrass system has been called into question after a judge ruled a key criminal witness was a ‘pathological liar’ for the second time in six months.”
The Guardian, 20th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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