Kautilya Pruthi jailed for UK’s biggest Ponzi scam worth £115m – BBC News
“A corrupt businessman who masterminded the UK’s biggest Ponzi scam has been jailed for more than 14 years.”
BBC News, 8th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Kevin Nunes killing: Five cleared at appeal court – BBC News
“Five men jailed for a gangland murder have been cleared on appeal. Kevin Nunes, 20, a drug dealer, was seized at gunpoint and shot dead in Staffordshire in September 2002. The Crown Prosecution Service said it did ‘not seek to uphold the convictions’ of the men nor press for a retrial.”
BBC News, 8th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
2 men and 1 women on shortlist for UK’s next judge at human rights court – The Guardian
“The UK’s next judge on the European court of human rights (ECtHR) will be elected from a shortlist of candidates including a prominent human rights lawyer, a commercial barrister and a Strasbourg veteran.”
The Guardian, 8th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Forensics blunder ‘may endanger convictions’ – The Guardian
“Scores of convictions for serious crimes may have to be reviewed after a serious blunder by a leading private forensics firm led to a suspected rapist being acquitted, the Guardian has learned. The company, LGC Forensics, has admitted that a sample at one of its laboratories became so contaminated it could not be offered in evidence.”
The Guardian, 8th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Council faces £70,000 legal bill over warden health and safety sign injury – Daily Telegraph
“A council faces having to pay out tens of thousands of pounds after a park warden fell and injured himself while putting up health and safety signs.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th March 2012
Source: www.telegrph.co.uk
Gay actor and City high-flier fight over separation payout – Daily Telegraph
“Lawyers for Peter Lawrence told the Court of Appeal that his former civil partner, Donald Gallagher, an actor, was not entitled to a £1.7 million payout because they had ‘dual careers’. The case is one of the first times that a court has adjudicated in a civil partnership separation involving two parties who had very different levels of wealth.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th March 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Sir Malcolm Arnold’s carer wins battle on final music score – BBC News
“A carer who looked after the composer of the music for the Bridge On the River Kwai has won a High Court battle over his final work.”
BBC News, 8th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Paedophile-ring members have jail sentences increased – BBC News
“Three people jailed for their part in a Portsmouth-based paedophile ring have had their sentences increased.”
BBC News, 8th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Ofcom steps up test of James Murdoch’s fitness to keep BSkyB role – The Guardian
“Ofcom has stepped up its investigation into whether James Murdoch is a ‘fit and proper’ person to sit on the board of BSkyB, forming a project team to examine evidence of phone hacking and corrupt payments emerging from the police and the Leveson inquiry.”
The Guardian, 8th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Adoption process will be made fairer and faster, says David Cameron – The Guardian
“Prime minister announces shakeup of rules, including moves to make it easier for white parents to adopt black children.”
The Guardian, 9th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Appeal upheld over rare vintage Bentley – BBC News
“A vintage car can still be considered authentic even following a substantial rebuild where many of its original parts are replaced, an appeal court heard yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th March 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
EDF to payout £4.5m to customers following Ofgem investigation – Daily Telegraph
“Ofgem’s investigation found that EDF Energy’s processes led to breaches of its marketing licence conditions. The energy giant has now offered to pay a £4.5 million package to help vulnerable consumers and its actions mark an important step forward by the company in improving consumers trust.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th March 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Change of work location under TUPE transfer can give rise to automatic unfair dismissal, tribunal rules – OUT-LAW.com
“A movement of workers to another location as a result of a change in employer is a ‘substantial change’ in working conditions which can give rise to successful claims for automatic unfair dismissal, an employment tribunal has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 8th March 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Whitehall’s worries about Freedom of Information case – BBC News
“Could publishing a Whitehall document outlining the possible risks of the NHS shake-up pose a risk to good governance? That’s been the argument made in an appeal against a Freedom of Information ruling in central London this week.”
BBC News, 8th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Secrecy for torture evidence – analysis – UK Human Rights Blog
“As we reported in our summary of the decision earlier, the Supreme Court has confirmed that the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) has the power to order that certain witness evidence may be produced in conditions of absolute and irreversible secrecy.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 8th March 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Press Complaints Commission to close in wake of phone-hacking scandal – The Guardian
“The Press Complaints Commission is to be shut down after 21 years, closing the chapter on one of the most controversial periods of self regulation of the UK newspaper industry.”
The Guardian, 8th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
The Role of Alternative Dispute Resolution In Furthering The Aims of The Civil Litigation Costs Review – Speech by Lord Justice Jackson
Speech by Lord Justice Jackson
RICS Expert Witness Conference, 8th March 2012
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Regina (British Telecommunications plc and another) v Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport – WLR Daily
“The online infringement copyright provisions contained in sections 124A to 124N of the Communications Act 2003, as inserted, were not incompatible with European Union law.”
WLR Daily, 6th March 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina v Ahmad and another – WLR Daily
Regina v Ahmad and another [2012] EWCA Crim 391; [2012] WLR (D) 62
“Sums banked as the result of the sale or purported sale of goods by a buffer company in the course of a carousel fraud generating false claims for the repayment of VAT were not property obtained ‘in connection with [the] commission’ of the offence within section 71(4) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988.”
WLR Daily, 2nd March 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
