Curry delivery man Abdul Samad’s murderer jailed – BBC News
“A man has been jailed for life for murdering a curry delivery man who was ambushed and hacked to death.”
BBC News, 21st March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Groom jailed for starting fire at his wedding – The Guardian
“A property developer who set fire to a country house on his wedding night, causing more than £5m-worth of damage, has been sentenced to six years in jail.”
The Guardian, 21st March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Man who racially abused Stan Collymore on Twitter spared prison – The Guardian
“A law student who bombarded the football commentator Stan Collymore with racist tweets has been sentenced to two years’ community service and ordered to pay £150 legal costs.”
The Guardian, 21st March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Traveller loses appeal against flat – The Independent
“An Irish traveller forced to leave an illegal site failed to persuade senior judges today that a local authority should be obliged to re-home him in a caravan.”
The Independent, 21st March 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Bigamist Emily Horne is spared jail after dressing as seventh ‘husband’ to obtain prescription – The Guardian
“A serial bigamist who fooled a doctor into giving her sleeping pills by dressing as her seventh husband has been spared a jail sentence.”
The Guardian, 21st March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Flood v The Times: Reynolds privilege defence is back – The Guardian
“The supreme court’s unanimous decision in Flood v Times Newspapers, handed down on Wednesday, gives some comfort to the media in what are otherwise gloomy times for journalists when the reputation of the news gathering and reporting trade, mid-Leveson inquiry, is hanging by a thread and the threat of statutory regulation looms large.”
The Guardian, 21st March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Cartels and law reform – a conspiracy against the public – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
“Adam Smith is often quoted for his comment on cartels:
‘People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices’.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 21st March 2012
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Supreme Court
Tesco Stores Ltd v Dundee City Council (Scotland) [2012] UKSC 13 (21 March 2012)
Flood v Times Newspapers Ltd [2012] UKSC 11 (21 March 2012)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Mohamed v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] EWCA Civ 331 (20 March 2012)
Kennedy v Charity Commission [2012] EWCA Civ 317 (20 March 2012)
Hutchinson & Anor v Neale & Anor [2012] EWCA Civ 345 (20 March 2012)
Al Sanea v Saad Investments Co Ltd [2012] EWCA Civ 313 (20 March 2012)
Tasneem v Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust [2012] EWCA Civ 329 (21 March 2012)
Crabtree v Ng [2012] EWCA Civ 333 (21 March 2012)
Burnett v Lynch [2012] EWCA Civ 347 (21 March 2012)
Fortune & Ors v Wiltshire Council & Anor [2012] EWCA Civ 334 (20 March 2012)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Gittins v Serco Home Affairs [2012] EWHC 651 (Ch) (20 March 2012)
Groveholt Ltd v Hughes & Anor [2012] EWHC 686 (Ch) (21 March 2012)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Wright v Argentina [2012] EWHC 669 (Admin) (20 March 2012)
Ujam v General Medical Council [2012] EWHC 683 (Admin) (20 March 2012)
Source: www.bailii.org
Nominet rules prevent findings of abusive domain name registrations being re-heard in court, High Court rules – OUT-LAW.com
“Those registering ‘.uk’ domain names are not entitled to a fresh hearing in court to assess whether they have abusively registered those domains if the issue has already been determined through an industry dispute resolution service, the High Court has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 21st March 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Beaches ‘can be village greens’ – The Independent
“Beaches are capable of being registered as “village greens”, a High Court judge declared today.”
The Independent, 21st March 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Occupy Cardiff protesters claim victory after CPS drops case – The Guardian
“Two Occupy protesters who were arrested and charged when they attempted to set up camp in Cardiff are claiming victory after a case against them was unexpectedly dropped.”
The Guardian, 20th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Attend our handbook and entity regulation roadshows – Bar Standards Board
“We have launched a consultation on a new Code of Conduct for barristers, which includes our proposals for regulating new types of business structure.”
Bar Standards Board, 20th March 2012
Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk
Porsche ‘joyrider’ who killed boy, 8, jailed for six years – The Guardian
“A former Kwik Fit mechanic who killed an eight-year-old boy while driving a customer’s Porsche 911 has been jailed for six-and-a-half years.”
The Guardian, 20th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Advertising watchdog clears NSPCC publicity – BBC News
“The advertising watchdog has cleared publicity material for the NSPCC after complaints that its reference to child abuse was ‘disturbing and offensive’.”
BBC News, 21st March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The right to receive information; journalists and inquiries – UK Human Rights Blog
“Tangled web, this one, but an important one. Many will remember George Galloway’s Mariam Appeal launched in response to sanctions imposed on Iraq in 1998, and the famous picture of GG with Saddam Hussein. Well, the Appeal was then inquired into by the Charity Commission, and this case concerns an attempt by a journalist, unsuccessful so far, to get hold of the documents which the Inquiry saw. But the Commission took the 5th amendment – or rather, in UK terms, a provision in the Freedom of Information Act (s.32(2))which exempted from disclosure any document placed in the custody of or created by an inquiry. Cue Article 10 ECHR, and in particular the bits which include the freedom to receive information.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 21st March 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Should the veil always be allowed in court?- The Guardian
“The curious episode of the juror asked to withdraw from a crown court case because she was wearing a niqab, or full veil, raises a number of questions.”
The Guardian, 20th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Eco-friendly’ fur ad banned – The Guardian
“An ad campaign claiming that it is ‘eco-friendly to wear fur’ has been banned, after the advertising watchdog dismissed assertions that choosing fur is good because it ‘lasts a lifetime’ and ‘helps conservation’.”
The Guardian, 21st March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Females make up just 20 per cent of honorary silk nominations – The Lawyer
“Just 20 per cent of the people nominated for the honorary QC title in the past three years were women, The Lawyer can reveal.”
The Lawyer, 20th March 2012
Source: www.thelawyer.com
Work and Pensions and Health prosecutors to join Crown Prosecution Service – Attorney General’s Office
“The Attorney General Dominic Grieve QC MP has agreed to transfer the conduct of prosecutions from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and the Department of Health (DH) to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).”
Attorney General’s Office, 20th March 2012
Source: www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk
