“St Paul’s Cathedral has suspended legal action against the protest camp on its doorstep following the resignation of two senior members of its clergy.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st November 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Judgment approved by the Court for handing down.
Julian Assange v. Swedish Prosecution Authority (pdf)
Judiciary of England and Wales, 2nd November 2011
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“The WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, has lost his high court appeal against extradition to Sweden to face rape allegations.”
The Guardian, 2nd November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man has been sentenced to six years in prison for killing a man during a fishing trip off the Cornish coast.”
BBC News, 1st November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“As many as 400 extra teenagers could be given custodial sentences every year because of changes to knife crime laws announced last week, according to a government impact assessment.”
BBC News, 1st November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“On the eve of Lord Justice Leveson’s inquiry into phone hacking and the ethics of journalism, the British Institute of Human Rights (BIHR) with 1 Crown Office Row hosted a roundtable discussion to examine how to reconcile the right to privacy with freedom of expression.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 1st November 2011
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif have been found guilty of their part in a ‘spot-fixing’ scam after a trial at Southwark Crown Court.”
BBC News, 1st November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two teenagers have begun a case in the high court against the government’s decision to let universities almost treble tuition fees next year.”
The Guardian, 1st November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Squatting in residential buildings is to become a criminal offence for the first time, the Government has announced.”
OUT-LAW.com, 1st November 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“The publisher of the Daily Mail has agreed to pay ‘substantial’ damages to Carole Caplin, the former lifestyle guru to Cherie Blair, over an article that falsely suggested she would disclose the Blairs’ “sex secrets” for £1m.”
The Guardian, 1st November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Trott, R. v [2011] EWCA Crim 2395 (07 October 2011)
Williams, R v [2011] EWCA Crim 2198 (23 September 2011)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Tesla Motors Ltd & Anor v British Broadcasting Corporation [2011] EWHC 2760 (QB) (28 October 2011)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Soeximex SAS v Agrocorp International PTE Ltd [2011] EWHC 2743 (Comm) (31 October 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org
“Although a complaint of disability discrimination was an eligible complaint to be made to the Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education (“OIA”) under the Higher Education Act 2004, the task and duty of the OIA on a complaint of disability discrimination against a higher education institution was confined to whether the conduct of the university was reasonable or not and what recommendation should be made in response to the complaint and the office was not obliged to rule whether there had been a disability discrimination.”
WLR Daily, 27th October 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Third Lecture in the Implementation Programme (PDF)
Speech by Lord Justice Jackson
Judiciary of England and Wales, 31st October 2011
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“Watch live coverage of debate on the remaining stages of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill for the second day on 1 November 2011 from 2.30pm.”
BBC News, 31st October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“‘Lawyers leave no stone unturned when it comes to arguing about costs,’ the architect of the civil justice reforms being introduced by government said this week.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 1st November 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A cross-party group of MPs is demanding a full Commons debate on the UK’s extradition rules.”
BBC News, 1st November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Personal injury claimants could suffer from a ban on referral fees while insurers and lawyers would incur no extra costs, according to the government department proposing the ban.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 31st October 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Companies that act anti-competitively should face greater maximum fines, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 31st October 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“Half of all Twitter users do not consider the legal risks before tweeting, according to a new report.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st November 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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