“The office of the Information Commissioner has confirmed it is investigating claims that the Conservative minister Oliver Letwin has been disposing of government documents in bins in a park close to Downing Street.”
The Guardian, 14th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Regulator Ofcom gives TalkTalk until mid-November to respond to allegations of ‘persistent’ silent calls, when it could levy a fine of up to £2m.”
The Guardian, 14th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Independent schools have won a long-running legal battle with the Charity Commission on what schools must do to justify their charitable status.”
BBC News, 14th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Government has changed the drafting of proposed new laws on Olympic advertising to prohibit advertising on the human body at events during the 2012 Games in London.”
OUT-LAW.com, 14th October 2011
Source: www.out-law,com
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Bloom & Ors v The Pensions Regulator & Ors [2011] EWCA Civ 1124 (14 October 2011)
HM Revenue and Customs v Marks and Spencer Plc [2011] EWCA Civ 1156 (14 October 2011)
Estafnous v London & Leeds Business Centres Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 1157 (14 October 2011)
Williams & Anor v Hinton & Anor [2011] EWCA Civ 1123 (14 October 2011)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Stewart & Ors, R v [2011] EWCA Crim 2296 (14 October 2011)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Cowderoy v Cranfield [2011] EWHC 2628 (Ch) (13 October 2011)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Rimpacific Navigation Inc v Daehan Shipbuilding CoLtd [2011] EWHC 2618 (Comm) (14 October 2011)
WMS Gaming Inc v B Plus Giocolegale Ltd [2011] EWHC 2620 (Comm) (13 October 2011)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Omni Laboratories Inc v Eden Energy Ltd [2011] EWHC 2626 (TCC) (14 October 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org
The Finance Act 2011, Section 42 (Appointed Day) Order 2011
The Agricultural Holdings (Units of Production) (England) Order 2011
The Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Mauritius) Order 2011
The Belarus (Restrictive Measures) (Overseas Territories) Order 2011
The Iraq (United Nations Sanctions) (Amendment) Order 2011
The International Tax Enforcement (Aruba) Order 2011
The International Tax Enforcement (Liberia) Order 2011
The International Tax Enforcement (Curaçao, Sint Maarten and BES Islands) Order 2011
The Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions Designation Order 2011
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
“Immigration Minister Damian Green has informed Parliament that the UK will not be opting in to two EU asylum directives.”
Home Office, 13th September 2011
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“A rogue dealer has been jailed after engineering a £180,000 scam where he told fine art fakes to galleries across Britain.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th October 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Supreme Court has ruled that the Home Secretary’s refusal to grant visas to non-resident spouses under a certain age breached their right to family life under Article 8 of the Convention. A strong dissent from Lord Brown touches on the raw nerve of judicial competence and the role of Article 8 in policy making.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 13th October 2011
Source: http://ukhumanrightsblog.com
“The Home Secretary Theresa May was lambasted last week for an inaccurate reference to cats, but the more general view expressed by her and most of the media that the Human Rights Act is routinely getting in the way of national security interests is also arguably misleading.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 12th October 2011
Source: http://ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Wayne Rooney will miss England’s 2012 European Championship group matches after being banned for three matches for his red card against Montenegro.”
BBC News, 13th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A West Yorkshire teacher has been jailed for four years after having a sexual relationship with a pupil.”
BBC News, 13th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Leveson inquiry into press regulation and media standards will not start hearing evidence from witnesses until November. It had hoped to get under way in October but will now start ‘before the second week in November’.”
The Guardian, 13th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Lady Gaga may call her fans ‘little monsters’ but it appears she has no love for Moshi Monsters, after taking legal action in an effort to stop the children’s social network using an animated character, singer Lady Goo Goo. The Paparazzi singer gained an interim injunction against the parent company of the wildly popular Moshi Monsters, banning Lady Goo Goo from performing songs on YouTube, the Guardian has learned.”
The Guardian, 13th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“In the light of the summer riots James Brokenshire launched a consultation today to consider how to give the police more tools to tackle disorder.”
Home Office, 13th October 2011
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“Abusive troublemakers who call British soldiers murderers or burn poppies on Remembrance Day could escape prosecution under moves to scrap ‘insulting behaviour’ as a criminal offence.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th October 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A two year inquiry will be launched that will investigate gang-related sexual exploitation of British children amid fears more than 10,000 young people are being abused.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th October 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A student who stole his family’s £10,000 yacht and needed to be rescued by a lifeboat crew has been jailed for nine months after his mother reported him to police.”
The Guardian, 13th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Plans to raise the state pension age to 66 in 2020 will be delayed by six months to address concerns thousands of women will be unfairly disadvantaged.”
BBC News, 13th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Royal Navy medic who refused to attend rifle training because of his objection to the war in Afghanistan has lost an appeal against his detention.”
BBC News, 13th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
© Inner Temple Library 2025