“The BBC and commercial radio broadcasters will have to take more care with sexually explicit lyrics, particularly in songs by rap artists, as part of a continuing crackdown by Ofcom on content that is inappropriate for children.”
The Guardian, 31st October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“BT and TalkTalk have a ‘real prospect of success’ in arguing that the UK’s Digital Economy Act (DEA) violates EU laws on liability for communications made over the internet, a UK judge has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 31st October 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“The former girlfriend of an internet stalker jailed on Monday for posting sexual images of her online in a year-long campaign of harassment said his sentence ‘will never make up for the hurt he has put me through’.”
The Guardian, 31st October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“David Cameron has no plans to change laws which require the government to seek Prince Charles’s permission to pass legislation which could affect his private interests, Downing Street says.”
BBC News, 31st October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The main parties take it in turns to pass unnecessary legislation to show how responsive they are to the public mood.”
The Guardian, 31st October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Court of Appeal heard joined appeals considering the impact of insolvency on the right to make an order for possession and order for money judgment. Sharples concerned a possession claim brought under Ground 8 Housing Act 1988 (a mandatory ground for possession) and was a case in which the tenant had become bankrupt. Godfrey was a case in which possession was sought on discretionary grounds and the court of first instance had made a suspended possession order on terms of repayment of the arrears and granted money judgment; the order was made although the arrears were included within a debt relief order ‘DRO’.”
Hardwicke Chambers, 28th October 2011
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
“A window cleaner was jailed for six years today for poisoning his wife’s hot chocolate and trying to hire a hitman to kill her.”
The Independent, 28th October 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2011
The Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) (Amendment) Order 2011
The Care Quality Commission (Membership) (Amendment) Regulations 2011
The Budget Responsibility and National Audit Act 2011 (Commencement No.2) Order 2011
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
“Britain’s largest police force is operating covert surveillance technology that can masquerade as a mobile phone network, transmitting a signal that allows authorities to shut off phones remotely, intercept communications and gather data about thousands of users in a targeted area.”
The Guardian, 30th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Ofgem has handed npower a £2 million penalty for breaching regulations in handling customer complaints.”
Daily Telegraph, 31st October 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The media won an important victory for press freedom following an attempt to block the publication of Vincent Tabak’s sordid sex life and interest in violent pornography, it can be disclosed today (28 October).”
The Independent, 28th October 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Lovat v Hertsmere Borough Council [2011] EWCA Civ 1185; [2011] WLR (D) 306
“In the definition of ‘an excluded tenancy’ for the purposes of the additional right to enfranchisement applicable to tenancies not at a low rent under section 1AA of the Leasehold Reform Act 1967, the phrase ‘the house which the tenant occupies under the tenancy’ in section 1AA(3)(a) was to be construed as referring solely to the ‘house’ as defined in section 2(1) of the 1967 Act (that is, excluding any grounds); and the term ‘adjoining land’ in section 1AA(3)(b) meant neighbouring land that might, but did not necessarily, touch or physically adjoin the house.”
WLR Daily, 27th October 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Brüstle v Greenpeace eV (Case C-34/10); [2011] WLR (D) 305
“Any human ovum after fertilisation, any non-fertilised human ovum into which the cell nucleus from a mature human cell had been transplanted, and any non-fertilised human ovum whose division and further development had been stimulated by parthenogenesis constituted a ‘human embryo’ within the meaning of article 6(2)(c) of Parliament and Council Directive 98/44/EC of 6 July 1998 on the legal protection of biotechnological inventions (OJ 1998 L 213, p 13) and could not therefore be patented.”
WLR Daily, 18th October 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“‘Good regulation is a good thing’ is the trite introduction to the government’s red tape challenge, before saying we have too much of the other sort. The proposition is that reducing the quantity of regulation is the answer. This is myopic because if quantity is one possible burden on business, so is poor quality law. Poor quality is not about political or policy disagreements, but simply the production of badly-drafted law that is difficult to understand, because it is too complex or simply unclear.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 28th October 2011
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“Ministers are drawing up plans to rein in ‘outrageous’ human rights rulings by judges, it can be disclosed.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th October 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is taking steps to close down a company which claims to process thousands of loan applications a week.”
BBC News, 29th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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