“The home secretary, Theresa May, is coming under increasing pressure to use water cannon on the streets of mainland Britain for the first time after a third night of rioting in London left emergency services stretched.”
The Guardian, 9th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Hull city council has been sharply criticised by the local government ombudsman over its ‘failures’ to act on complaints that children were in danger from their mother’s ‘mentally ill, violent’ partner.”
The Guardian, 9th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A British bill of rights may complicate human rights law further, and that would help nobody but lawyers.”
The Guardian, 8th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Separate investigations into three deaths in immigration removal centres (IRC) in the past month have been launched by the police, amid growing concern about the treatment of detainees.”
The Guardian, 5th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A cleaner who beat an 82-year-old widower to death with a rounders bat for his money before burying him in her garden was jailed for life today.”
The Independent, 8th August 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A son’s battle to care for his elderly father made legal history on Monday when a judge ruled that his case against the local authority could be reported in ‘real time’.”
The Guardian, 8th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Critics claim that the spread of Sharia law is creating a parallel legal system that opposes equal rights. We get a rare glimpse of an Islamic court at work.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th August 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Leading human rights lawyer claims riot squad tactics were aimed at halting political protest.”
The Guardian, 6th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Council tenants who sub-let their homes could be jailed under tough new laws being floated by the Government.”
The Independent, 6th August 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Legal data collection should happen as a matter of course. Lawyers and judges often scold the media for its representation of legal cases. ‘There are lots of judgments that have been criticised where it’s quite apparent that people haven’t read them,’ Mr Justice Eady told legal journalist Joshua Rozenberg earlier this year.”
The Guardian, 8th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“David Cameron is chairing a meeting of ministers on Tuesday morning, with the government under pressure to bring in emergency measures to help contain the rioting that has engulfed London and spread to other cities around Britain.”
The Guardian, 9th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“One in three of Britain’s law centres, where solicitors provide legal advice to poorer communities, face closure because of the squeeze on public spending.”
The Independent, 9th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The first Briton to have his Twitter identity forcibly revealed by a court is seeking to sue the council that blew his anonymity and force a judicial review of the case.”
The Independent, 8th August 20111
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A bed and breakfast owner who spied on his guests through secret peepholes and made audio recordings of their intimate moments has been jailed for 18 weeks.”
The Guardian, 8th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A report has highlighted ‘serious shortcomings’ in the way Anglesey council deals with the needs of vulnerable children.”
BBC News, 8th August 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
High Court (Chancery Division)
Cherney & Ors v Neuman & Ors [2011] EWHC 2156 (Ch) (05 August 2011)
JSC BTA Bank v Solodchenko & Ors [2011] EWHC 2163 (Ch) (05 August 2011)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Steadman v London United Busways Ltd & Anor [2011] EWHC 2136 (QB) (05 August 2011)
Whiten v St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust [2011] EWHC 2066 (QB) (05 August 2011)
Bodey v Hall [2011] EWHC 2162 (QB) (05 August 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org
“Tougher community sentences will see offenders forced to spend longer in their homes – up to 16 hours each day for a whole year, Minister for Prisons and Probation Crispin Blunt confirmed today.”
Ministry of Justice, 8th August 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has decided that George Collier should be charged with gross negligence manslaughter in relation to the death of Meg Burgess on 26 July 2008 in Prestatyn, Wales.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 5th August 2011
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
“NHS hospitals risk being taken to court and sued for millions of pounds in the future for carrying out genetic tests based on techniques patented by private companies, it was warned yesterday (Friday).”
Daily Telegraph, 5th August 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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