“Vincent Tabak has been sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering his neighbour Joanna Yeates. The judge has ordered that he must spend at least 20 years in prison.”
The Guardian, 28th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A High Court judge struck out the American company’s allegations of libel and malicious falsehood, which were based on a stunt in the television series.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th October 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A Facebook user who urged young people to ‘put Manchester on the map’ by rioting during the summer disturbances has been jailed for three years.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th October 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The justice secretary has confirmed that a rule banning the payment of referral fees in personal injury cases will be introduced into the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill and debated next week in parliament.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 26th October 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Supreme Court
Gale & Anor v Serious Organised Crime Agency [2011] UKSC 49 (26 October 2011)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Dyson Ltd v Vax Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 1206 (27 October 2011)
Hunt v Harb & Anor [2011] EWCA Civ 1239 (27 October 2011)
Hertsmere Borough Council v Lovat [2011] EWCA Civ 1185 (27 October 2011)
Dawkins v Carnival Plc (t/a P & O Cruises) [2011] EWCA Civ 1237 (27 October 2011)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Global Marine Drillships Ltd v Landmark Solicitors LLP & Ors [2011] EWHC 2685 (Ch) (24 October 2011)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Systech International Ltd v PC Harrington Contractors Ltd [2011] EWHC 2722 (TCC) (27 October 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org
Nokia Oyj (Nokia Corpn) v IPCom GmbH & Co KG: [2011] EWHC 2719 (Pat); [2011] WLR (D) 303
“Section 63(2) of the Patents Act 1977 was not intended to act as a sanction against careless drafting or lack of good faith when those matters had no bearing on the damages or other remedy sought by the patentee.”
WLR Daily, 26th October 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Construction Industry Training Board v Beacon Roofing Ltd: [2011] EWCA Civ 1203; [2011] WLR (D) 302
“The issue as to whether the purpose of an agreement or arrangement between an employer and another person was wholly or mainly the provision of that or any other person’s services to the employer in his trade or business within the definition of a ‘labour-only agreement’ in article 2(1)(h) of the Industrial Training Levy (Construction Industry Training Board) Order 2009 was to be determined objectively by reference to the terms of the contract and the relevant background, and not by reference to the reasons of either or both of the parties for entering into the contract.”
WLR Daily, 26th October 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Developer Taylor Wimpey has won a High Court planning case against the Secretary of State to build more homes on its greenbelt development in Surrey.”
OUT-LAW.com, 27th October 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke has today announced a new sentencing regime.”
Ministry of Justice, 26th October 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Last night, Wycombe Wanderers became the first football club to sign the Charter against homophobia and transphobia in sport.”
Home Office, 26th October 2011
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“The public are to be asked their views on whether to introduce a scheme for disclosing information about an individual’s history of domestic violence to a new partner, the Home Secretary Theresa May announced today.”
Home Office, 25th October 2011
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“An alliance of organisations which represents the rights and needs of women, children, families and victims of domestic abuse and/or are engaged in the administration of family justice, has published a Manifesto for Family Justice, ahead of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders (LASPO) Bill moving into Report Stage in the House of Commons.”
The Bar Council, 24th October 2011
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
“Unlocking Disputes, the groundbreaking new industry-led campaign to promote London as the global dispute resolution centre, will be unveiled this evening at Rolls Building, London’s brand new court complex specialising in financial, business and property litigation.”
The Bar Council, 27th October 2011
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
“A woman who drove her car into her husband in Suffolk, killing him, has been given a suspended jail sentence.”
BBC News, 27th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Ministers have said attempts to reform the European Court of Human Rights will ‘take time’ as the UK must persuade 46 other nations of the need for change.”
BBC news, 27th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“In his speech earlier this week the Attorney General announced that he would appear in person before the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in two weeks’ time, when it hears Scoppola v Italy No2, a case concerning prisoner voting. The United Kingdom is due to intervene in this case, for reasons that readers of this blog will be fully aware of.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 27th October 2011
Source: http://ukhumanrightsblog.com
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