“Thousands of ‘faceless’ officials should lose the right to gain entry to people’s homes without a warrant, under legal changes demanded by the House of Lords tonight.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th February 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Supreme Court is to hear a case challenging the way councils in England can consider their finances when assessing people for social care.”
BBC News, 7th February 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Home Office clashed openly with judges on Monday when it criticised a decision to free on bail within days the radical Islamist cleric Abu Qatada, who is accused of posing a grave threat to British national security.”
The Guardian, 6th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The General Medical Council is launching its first ever guidelines on assisted suicide.”
BBC News, 6th February 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The BBC, ITN and Sky have joined forces in an unprecedented letter to David Cameron and the other main party leaders calling for the ban on cameras in courtrooms to be lifted.”
The Guardian, 6th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A Roman Catholic priest has been found guilty of committing sexual offences against seven boys between 1975 and 1993.”
The Independent, 6th February 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A council has apologised for installing a ‘robo-camera’ in a housing estate garden which indiscriminately takes pictures of anyone entering, residents included, before warning them they are in a restricted area and face prosecution.”
The Guardian, 6th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Building on land contaminated by industrial pollution or even asbestos will be made easier after government regulations are published today, experts claim.”
The Guardian, 7th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Brereton, R v [2012] EWCA Crim 85 (03 February 2012)
Rollings, R v [2012] EWCA Crim 86 (03 February 2012)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Marley v Rawlings & Anr [2012] EWCA Civ 61 (02 February 2012)
Inframatrix Investments Ltd v Dean Construction Ltd [2012] EWCA Civ 64 (03 February 2012)
Burke v The College of Law & Anor [2012] EWCA Civ 37 (03 February 2012)
High Court (Chancery Division)
High Court (Family Division)
Young v Young [2012] EWHC 138 (Fam) (03 February 2012)
Source: www.bailii.org
“The Court of Appeal has thrown out a disability discrimination claim brought against the College of Law (CoL) over its examination provision.”
The Lawyer, 3rd February 2012
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“The Supreme Court, the highest court in the land, will start to tweet from today, issuing news about its latest judgments.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th February 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Regina v Armstrong [2012] EWCA Crim 83; [2012] WLR (D) 22
“If in the military courts a judge did not approve of a course that a military prosecutor intended to take the proper course for the judge was to ask for the matter to be referred either to the Director of Service Prosecutions or to the Attorney General, as might be appropriate.”
WLR Daily, 1st February 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“The suspension or withdrawal of a general (student) sponsor licence granted to a United Kingdom college to sponsor and enrol students from non-European Economic Area countries on point based immigration control, to study in the college, was not an infringement of the college’s Convention right to its possessions within the meaning of article 1 of the First Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, so as to be protected under that article.”
WLR Daily, 2nd February 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Ken Clarke, the justice secretary, is to publish proposals to give stronger rights to divorced and separated fathers to see their children as part of an overhaul of the family justice system.”
The Guardian, 6th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man accused of being complicit in war crimes in the former Yugoslavia has been allowed to stay in Britain on the grounds of human rights.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th February 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A former police community support officer has been jailed for 10 years for the rape of a 12-year-old girl.”
The Independent, 3rd February 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Victims of stalkers could win new protection following completion of a major inquiry, which will this week recommend that a specific offence of stalking be created to combat the problem.”
The Guardian, 5th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Solicitor General, Edward Garnier QC MP, today welcomed the doubling of the prison sentence originally given to 23 year old Zephen Rollings for possession of a loaded firearm with intent to enable another to endanger life, from five to 10 years.”
Attorney General’s Office, 3rd February 2012
Source: www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk
“A bogus therapist and his wife who told women they could diagnose and treat cancer have been found guilty of sexual assault and fraud.”
BBC News, 3rd February 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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