“An urgent review has been ordered into the conduct of police in West Yorkshire who took a murder trial witness to a brothel and allowed him to take drugs.”
BBC News, 8th September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Magistrates and crown court judges could be asked to dock benefits from convicted criminals under preliminary proposals being drawn up by the government in response to the riots, the Guardian can reveal.”
The Guardian, 7th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Aspiring Chancery High Court judges will be considered straight from private practice for the first time, as part of a bid to widen the pool of Chancery specialists making it to the senior judiciary.”
Legal Week, 8th September 2011
Source: www.legalweek.com
“One of the first men to appear at a crown court after the August riots is to challenge his prison sentence in a case that could help determine how tough the court of appeal is going to be on looters and rioters in general.”
The Guardian, 7th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The lifetime ban on blood donations by men who have sex with men is expected to be lifted in the UK.”
BBC News, 8th September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The judiciary is not overreacting to unprecedented events – it is working on the basis of decades-old guidance.”
The Guardian, 8th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“After another night on call at Hastings police station, duty lawyer Kim Evans struggles to retain her Buddhist calm.”
The Guardian, 7th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
High Court (Chancery Division)
FHR European Ventures LLP & Ors v Mankarious & Ors [2011] EWHC 2308 (Ch) (05 September 2011)
Cadogan Petroleum Plc & Ors v Tolley & Ors [2011] EWHC 2286 (Ch) (07 September 2011)
Kleanthous v Paphitis & Ors [2011] EWHC 2287 (Ch) (07 September 2011)
High Court (Administrative Court)
DL & Anor v London Borough of Newham [2011] EWHC 1890 (Admin) (07 September 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org
“The attorney general has put himself at odds with the justice secretary, Kenneth Clarke, by suggesting that increasing the sentencing powers of magistrates would make courts more efficient.”
The Guardian, 7th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The first of the Guardian Law book club’s choices will probably define ‘the rule of law’ for a century. But the lecture it was based on went almost unnoticed.”
The Guardian, 7th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Crown Prosecution Service has today issued new guidance that sets out the legal elements of FGM and the challenges prosecutors may face in bringing a case to court, particularly when a victim may retract her evidence due to social and cultural pressures.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 7th September 2011
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
“An elderly shopkeeper who stabbed to death a burglar will not face charges, as prosecutors reassured homeowners they can use reasonable force to protect themselves, their families and their property.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th September 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A woman who drove 23 miles the wrong way along a motorway while twice the drink-drive limit has been jailed for nine months.”
The Guardian, 7th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Amendment) (England) Order 2011
The Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2011
The Town and Country Planning (Compensation) (England) Regulations 2011
The Authorised Investment Funds (Tax) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2011
The Pigs (Records, Identification and Movement) Order 2011
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
“Laws which could create substantial new powers for local authorities could come one step closer to passing when the House of Lords considers all proposed amendments today.”
OUT-LAW.com, 6th September 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“The High Court retains control of the Day List of applications at the Land Registry. Retrospective reinstatement can be ordered but ordinarily will not be where a third party interest has since arisen.”
Hardwicke Chambers, 5th September 2011
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
“The public would be likely to be confused if three original members of Bucks Fizz were allowed to register a trade mark that included the band’s name, the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 6th September 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
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