“An Army veteran who crashed a tanker laden with 2,000 litres of fuel into his estranged wife’s home in an attempt to destroy it has been jailed for seven years.”
The Independent, 30th April 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A Welsh health board has become the first NHS body to be fined for breaching the Data Protection Act after it released sensitive data about a patient to the wrong person.”
BBC News, 30th April 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Clark, R v [2012] EWCA Crim 696 (8 March 2012)
Ibrahim, R v [2012] EWCA Crim 837 (27 April 2012)
King & Ors v R [2012] EWCA Crim 805 (27 April 2012)
Flisher & Ors v R [2012] EWCA Crim 794 (27 April 2012)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Barbudev v Eurocom Cable Management Bulgaria Eood & Ors [2012] EWCA Civ 548 (27 April 2012)
AE, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Croydon [2012] EWCA Civ 547 (27 April 2012)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
WXY v Gewanter & Ors [2012] EWHC 1071 (QB) (27 April 2012)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Iles v Iles [2012] EWHC 919 (Ch) (27 April 2012)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Commercial Court)
ACG Acquisition XX LLC v Olympic Airlines [2012] EWHC 1070 (Comm) (30 April 2012)
Source: www.bailii.org
Adams and others v Ford and others [2012] EWCA Civ 544; [2012] WLR (D) 125
“It was not right to lay down a categorical rule that the issue of proceedings without valid authority from a claimant ought necessarily to amount to an abuse of the process of the court. The principle in Presentaciones Musicales SA v Secunda [1994] Ch 271, that a claimant could ratify and adopt proceedings started in his name by a solicitor without authority, remained binding on the court.”
WLR Daily, 26th April 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“The UK’s data protection watchdog has defended its policy of issuing fines after newly released figures suggested private sector organisations are issued with disproportionately fewer fines than local Government ones.”
OUT-LAW.com, 27th April 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“More football clubs in England may go into administration in the next few years if football authorities elect to fine clubs for spending beyond their means, a sports law expert has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 27th April 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Britain risks losing influence in the European Court of Human Rights law following the departure of a leading judge, an expert has warned.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th April 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The UK’s intellectual property (IP) framework is one of the worst in the world in terms of serving the interests of the public, a new report has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 27th April 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“A serving High Court judge who is launching a public campaign this week to defend marriage said most couples who appear in Hello! magazine end up in his divorce court ‘within a year or two.'”
Daily Telegraph, 30th April 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A lap dancer has won the right to be considered an employee in a decision that could affect thousands of performers in the industry.”
The Independent, 27th April 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“It is surprising how many Liberal Democrat peers cravenly toed the government line when voting on the legal aid bill.”
The Guardian, 27th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The government is to announce tough immigration requirements that would ban non-EU citizens who have been accused of serious human rights abuses, including torture or murder, from visiting the UK.”
The Guardian, 28th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Unions are furious with government plans that will see offenders released from prison and those serving community sentences reporting to electronic kiosks rather than probation officers.”
The Guardian, 28th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Two men have been jailed for seven years each for a total of 114 burglaries across Wales and England over a 14 month period.”
BBC News, 27th April 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
” A former leader of the Union of Democratic Mineworkers has been jailed for four years for stealing almost £150,000 from a charity which cared for elderly miners.”
The Independent, 27th April 2012
Source: www.indepndent.co.uk
“The former News of the World chief reporter, Neville Thurlbeck, will not be prosecuted over claims of witness intimidation relating to the phone-hacking scandal, the Crown Prosecution Service has said.”
The Guardian, 27th April 2012
Source: ww
“A man has been jailed for eight years for raping a McDonald’s worker in Berkshire in 1986.”
BBC News, 27th April 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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