“Companies signed up to a self-regulatory code on online behavioural advertising may still not be compliant with EU laws on cookies, EU privacy watchdogs have said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 29th August 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“The home secretary has agreed to a police request to ban the far-right English Defence League from staging a march through one of the UK’s biggest Muslim communities in east London.”
The Guardian, 26th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The UK will ‘opt in’ to new EU laws that will set out the minimum rights of crime victims, the Government has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 29th August 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“The husband of a woman who died in one of Britain’s best-known hospitals is taking its management and the health secretary Andrew Lansley to court, alleging an illegal use of ‘do not resuscitate’ orders.”
The Guardian, 26th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Related link: Patient Concern demands national policy on ‘do not resuscitate’ orders
“Thousands of the worst serial criminals are being let off with cautions every year in a trend that has almost trebled in a decade.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th August 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A military historian who faked an illustrious Army career has been jailed for three years.”
BBC News, 26th August 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An unprecedented public inquiry into the conduct of British soldiers in Iraq is expected to contain damning criticism of senior army officers and their legal advisers, and highlight the failure of commanders to ensure orders were passed down.”
The Guardian, 28th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The number of libel cases in which claimants say they have been defamed online has more than doubled in a year – and the growth of social media may be a cause of the surge, according to new research.”
The Independent, 26th August 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Private security firm G4S has sacked two members of staff who tagged a man’s false leg, allowing him to remove it and flout a court-imposed curfew.”
The Guardian, 29th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A court has decided to name a young person for his involvement in the recent riots. This is unusual in all but the most serious cases, such as the notorious Bulger murder.”
The Guardian, 26th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A (A Child), Re [2011] EWCA Civ 1037 (25 August 2011)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Deutsche Bank Ag v Tongkah Harbour Public Company Ltd [2011] EWHC 2251 (QB) (24 August 2011)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
Ramzan v Brookwide Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 985; [2011] WLR (D) 278
“Where an owner of property was unable to use part of his property due to its misappropriation by another, it was not appropriate to award in addition to damages for loss of profits arising from the inability to use the property, damages for breach of trust and mesne profits, since those heads of damages overlapped.”
WLR Daily, 19th August 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“The Annual Youth Justice Convention is the leading policy and networking event for all those committed to tackling youth crime.”
Youth Justice Board, 25th August 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“A failed asylum seeker who committed more than 25 crimes within six years of arriving in the UK is in line for ‘substantial’ damages after a judge ruled he had been unlawfully detained by immigration authorities.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th August 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Non-trial advocates will be excluded from higher court work by the quality assurance scheme for advocates (QASA), a leading solicitor advocate has warned.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 25th August 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The government is facing a £500m litigation suit from an American firm that was stripped of its contract to develop the country’s e-border system after ministers said it had failed to deliver.”
The Guardian, 25th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“This interesting decision of the First-Tier Tribunal (not linked to this post, for reasons I shall explain below) goes to the circumstances in which a public authority can refuse under environmental information rules to disclose legal advice received by it.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 25th August 2011
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
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