Torbay Council agrees to pay £25,000 to ‘suicidal’ man – BBC News
“A council in Devon has agreed to compensate a ‘suicidal’ man after its actions resulted in him going bankrupt.”
BBC News, 17th May 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A council in Devon has agreed to compensate a ‘suicidal’ man after its actions resulted in him going bankrupt.”
BBC News, 17th May 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Doyle & Ors v R [2012] EWCA Crim 995 (16 May 2012)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Rehill v Rider Holdings Ltd [2012] EWCA Civ 628 (16 May 2012)
Sucafina SA v Rotenberg [2012] EWCA Civ 637 (16 May 2012)
JSC BTA Bank v Ablyazov [2012] EWCA Civ 639 (16 May 2012)
Durden v Aston [2012] EWCA Civ 636 (16 May 2012)
Ibrahim v Barclays Bank Plc & Anor [2012] EWCA Civ 640 (16 May 2012)
Telchadder v Wickland (Holdings) Ltd [2012] EWCA Civ 635 (16 May 2012)
Supreme Court
Humphreys v Revenue and Customs [2012] UKSC 18 (16 May 2012)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Shah & Anor v HSBC Private Bank (UK) Ltd [2012] EWHC 1283 (QB) (16 May 2012)
Secretary of State for Justice v LSM Professional Ltd & Anor [2012] EWHC 1280 (QB) (16 May 2012)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
“Media organisations have won a High Court battle over police orders to hand over film of the evictions from the traveller site at Dale Farm in Essex.”
BBC News, 17th May 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“There appears to be an emerging consensus on Halsbury’s Law Exchange that jury trials are a good thing – see previous blogs here and here. This may be so, but the four mainstream arguments commonly advanced to support jury trials, and repeated in previous articles, do not stand serious scrutiny.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 16th May 2012
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“The numbers of family and commercial mediations are growing – but while an elite group of commercial mediators is earning six figures, newcomers in both fields are finding it hard to gain the experience to break into the market. CEDR’s fifth mediation audit, published this week, shows the top commercial mediator earned £700,000 last year in a market dominated by about 100 mediators – mostly lawyers – doing 85% of the non-scheme mediations and averaging about £300,000.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 17th May 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“In an interesting ruling on a strike-out action against a libel claim, a High Court judge has delineated the scope for defamation in blog posts and discussion threads where the audience is small and the libel limited.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 16th May 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“A law banning ‘insulting’ words or behaviour should be removed in an effort to protect free speech, MPs and civil rights groups have said.”
BBC News, 16th May 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Supreme court justice’s speech heralds the growing self-confidence of judges when addressing foreign policy issues.”
The Guardian, 16th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A boy of 15 is facing a life sentence after being found guilty yesterday of murdering a student who was stabbed in a row over conkers.”
Independent, 17th May 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Sam Hallam became one of the youngest victims of a miscarriage of justice on Wednesday when the court of appeal released him after he served seven years for murder.”
The Guardian, 16th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Center Parcs has been rapped by the advertising watchdog for running a TV ad campaign featuring families enjoying a cheap break – but did not allow bookings during school holidays when children are free to go away.”
The Guardian, 16th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The advertising watchdog has given Greenpeace a dressing down for running an ‘irresponsible’ ad campaign to raise funds to takeover and deface property to make environmental protests.”
The Guardian, 16th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
” The privately-owned children’s home accused of failing to protect a victim of the Rochdale sex abuse ring is being investigated by standards watchdogs.”
The Independent, 16th May 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A private care home was criticised by a judge today as he sentenced a mentally ill resident to life for killing an innocent schoolboy.”
The Independent, 16th May 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Source: www.bailii.org
“In determining which local authority was to be the designated authority in care order proceedings governing a child, where the mother was herself a child in care, the ‘disregard provision’ contained within section 105(6) of the Children Act 1989 did not apply to the mother. It applied only to the child who was the subject of the care order proceedings.”
WLR Daily, 14th May 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Employers have been given a boost as a new approach to equality cuts through red tape.”
Home Office, 15th May 2012
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“Foreign nationals refused a visa for a short visit to see family members in the UK will lose the full right to appeal the decision in the courts, saving tens of millions of pounds and freeing up tribunals to deal with more serious cases.”
Home Office, 12th May 2012
Source: www.homeoffice,gov.uk