“The Court of Appeal has decided that a failure to provide a life sentence prisoner with a minimum of one hour in the open air each day did not constitute a breach of his human rights under Article 8 of the European Convention of Human Rights (‘ECHR’).”
UK Human Rights Blog, 20th December 2011
Source: http://ukhumanrightsblog.com
“More than 500 viewers who complained that a television advert showing a ghost-like girl was ‘distressing’ have had their complaints rejected.”
BBC News, 21st December 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The family of a former public schoolboy gunned down in a pub have been refused in their request to find out if his killer was in the country legally – to protect his privacy.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st December 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Justice Secretary said officials were working on a joint proposal with the Swiss that would ‘pave the way’ on what claims would be allowed to go to Strasbourg.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st December 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Police have passed 16 cases linked to the clearance of theUK’s largest travellers’ site to the Crown Prosecution Service.”
The Independent, 20th December 2011
Source: www.independent,co.uk
“A skip hire firm boss has been given a year’s suspended sentence for illegally dumping waste which saved him up to £1.5m in charges.”
BBC News, 20th December 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“News International said it had settled seven privacy claims against News Group Newspapers, the publisher of the now-defunct News of the World. The phone-hacking claims that have been settled have been brought by Mark Oaten, Ulrika Jonsson, Abi Titmuss, Michelle Milburn, Paul Dadge, James Hewitt and Calum Best.”
The Guardian, 20th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“UK-US extradition often works quicker from the US to the UK than vice versa, says the former judge who reviewed the controversial treaty. Sir Scott Baker says there is not a ’tissue paper’ between the way the treaty works in both countries. He told MPs there were human rights issues affecting the extradition of alleged hacker Gary McKinnon.”
BBC News, 20th December 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A woman and four men have been jailed for their part in an international paedophile ring that committed ‘horrific’ crimes against two young children in the UK and one in Australia.”
The Guardian, 20th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A father and the two sons he recruited for a ‘mission to murder’ a business associate have been jailed for life.”
The Guardian, 20th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A coroner has said the death of a two-year-old boy from Cheshire in 2007 could have been avoided if police and social services had acted differently.”
BBC News, 20th December 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Nottinghamshire Police Authority will not pay out for damage incurred during summer riots because of a definition in a piece of Victorian legislation.”
BBC News, 20th December 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The media regulator has set down rules on psychic TV services that ban the casting of spells and other ‘occult-related practices’ including satanism, and offer guidance on the correct use of chicken bones and crystal balls.”
The Guardian, 20th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Police should be given clear rules about when they can use water cannon and plastic bullets against rioters, a watchdog has said.”
BBC News, 20th December 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two male judges have been appointed as justices of the UK’s supreme court, dashing campaigners’ hopes for an increase in the number of women on the country’s most senior bench.”
The Guardian, 20th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Supreme Court
Gnango, R. v [2011] UKSC 59 (14 December 2011)
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v Payne & Anor [2011] UKSC 60 (14 December 2011)
Edwards v Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust [2011] UKSC 58 (14 December 2011)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Revenue And Customs v Lansdowne Partners Ltd Partnership [2011] EWCA Civ 1578 (20 December 2011)
Ablyazov & Ors v JSC BTA Bank [2011] EWCA Civ 1588 (20 December 2011)
Hosso v European Credit Management Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 1589 (20 December 2011)
Key2Law (Surrey) LLP v De’ Antiquis [2011] EWCA Civ 1567 (20 December 2011)
SS (Libya) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] EWCA Civ 1547 (19 December 2011)
Hutcheson v Popdog Ltd & Anor [2011] EWCA Civ 1580 (19 December 2011)
Solomon v Cromwell Group Plc [2011] EWCA Civ 1584 (19 December 2011)
Sayce v TNT (UK) Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 1583 (19 December 2011)
Ali v Esure Services Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 1582 (19 December 2011)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Linden Homes Ltd v Bromley Borough Council [2011] EWHC 3430 (Admin) (19 December 2011)
High Court (Commercial Court)
RGI International Ltd & Anor v Synergy Classic Ltd & Ors [2011] EWHC 3417 (Comm) (19 December 2011)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Cherrilow Ltd v Osmond Solicitors Ltd & Anor [2011] EWHC 3443 (QB) (20 December 2011)
AB v Barristers Benevolent Association Ltd [2011] EWHC 3413 (QB) (19 December 2011)
Grant & Anor v The Ministry of Justice [2011] EWHC 3379 (QB) (19 December 2011)
Customer Systems Plc v Ranson & Ors [2011] EWHC 3304 (QB) (16 December 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org
“It was not unlawful for the Government to introduce new laws that gave greater development rights for houses in multiple occupation (HMO) without consulting councils for a second time, the Court of Appeal has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 19th December 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
The Crime and Security Act 2010 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2011
The Crime and Security Act 2010 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2011
The Transfer of Functions (Food) Regulations 2011
The Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2011
The Trading with the Enemy (Revocation) Order in Council 2011
The Parliamentary Constituencies and Assembly Electoral Regions (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2011
The South Gloucestershire and Stroud College (Government) Regulations 2011
The South Gloucestershire and Stroud College (Incorporation) Order 2011
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
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