“Mike Tindall has been fined £25,000 by the Rugby Football Union (RFU) and removed from England’s elite player squad for his World Cup conduct.”
BBC News, 11th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two severely disabled adults have won a landmark high court battle over cost-cutting by their local authority when a judge ruled that Isle of Wight council’s plans to reduce its adult social care budget are unlawful.”
The Guardian, 11th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Sun has apologised and paid a substantial sum in damages to a man it falsely claimed had been deported from Thailand over child sex offences.”
The Guardian, 11th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A mother of four who admitted biting her boyfriend’s scrotum during a drunken row has been given a suspended jail term.”
BBC News, 11th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A mother who force-fed her baby girl who later died has been jailed.”
BBC News, 11th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
” A former soldier who raped a nine-year-old girl while serving in Germany 24 years ago was today jailed for seven years after justice finally caught up with him.”
The Independent, 10th November 2011
Source: www.indpendent.co.uk
“Official admits he issued indefinite visas to people who should not have been allowed to stay in the UK.”
The Guardian, 10th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A system where newspaper stories can be ‘locked away’ but not entirely deleted from archives under new data protection law proposals could be used to ensure a balance is struck between privacy and free speech rights, a media law expert has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 10th November 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
SA, R (on the application of) v Kent County Council [2011] EWCA Civ 1303 (10 November 2011)
Berry v Ashtead Plant Hire Co Ltd & Ors [2011] EWCA Civ 1304 (10 November 2011)
Bubb v London Borough of Wandsworth [2011] EWCA Civ 1285 (09 November 2011)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Mears & Anor, R. v [2011] EWCA Crim 2651 (10 November 2011)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Cherwell District Council v Anwar [2011] EWHC 2943 (Admin) (10 November 2011)
High Court (Chancery Division)
JSC BTA Bank v Shalabayev & Anor [2011] EWHC 2915 (Ch) (10 November 2011)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Germany v Flatman [2011] EWHC 2945 (QB) (10 November 2011)
Fortune v Roe [2011] EWHC 2953 (QB) (10 November 2011)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Carillion Construction Ltd. v Stephen Andrew Smith [2011] EWHC 2910 (TCC) (10 November 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org
Bubb v Wandsworth London Borough Council: [2011] EWCA Civ 1285; [2011] WLR (D) 323
“A county court judge hearing an appeal on a point of law under section 204 of the Housing Act 1996, against a review of whether a local housing authority owed a duty to a homeless person under the 1996 Act, had no jurisdiction to find the relevant primary facts for himself. The judge’s function was to consider whether the reviewing officer’s decision should be quashed on judicial review grounds.”
WLR Daily, 9th November 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“A coalition of UK solar companies has initiated legal action against the government in response to its plans to more than halve solar subsidies.”
The Guardian, 10th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man has been found guilty of helping an international gun runner to smuggle dozens of handguns into Britain on commercial transatlantic flights.”
The Guardian, 10th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
The Legislative Reform (Industrial and Provident Societies and Credit Unions) Order 2011
The Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) (No.4) Order 2011
The Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Approved Premises) (Amendment) Regulations 2011
The Public Service Vehicles (Community Licences) Regulations 2011
The Goods Vehicles (Community Licences) Regulations 2011
The Road Transport Operator Regulations 2011
The Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products (Amendment) Regulations 2011
The Export Control (Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions) Regulations 2011
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
“An optional system of European contract law advice to the UK Government published.”
Law Commission, 10th November 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk/lawcommission
“CPS takes on the prosecution of Bobby and Moira Roberts over mistreatment of circus elephant.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 10th November 2011
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
“A ‘jealous and possessive’ man has been jailed for life for murdering a six-year-old girl who died in a Sussex house fire seven years ago.”
BBC News, 10th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Metropolitan Police chief inspector has been sacked after boasting on a dating website of committing a sexual offence and taking drugs.”
BBC News, 10th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Revenue & Customs could claw back more than £100m after European court ruling on VAT for slot machines and bingo games.”
The Guardian, 10th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Intelligence documents showing how British officials were involved in the secret rendition of UK residents to Guantánamo Bay and other jails – where they say they were abused and tortured – must be disclosed, an information tribunal was told on Thursday.”
The Guardian, 10th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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