Negligence claims against GPs rising – The Guardian
“Payouts to patients or their families hit unprecedented levels according to Medical Defence Union.”
The Guardian, 29th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Teacher who attacked pupil with dumbbell banned for life – The Guardian
“A science teacher who attacked a 14-year-old pupil with a dumbbell has been banned from teaching for life.
Peter Harvey, now 51, had been provoked by pupils during a lesson in July 2009 when they called him a ‘psycho’ and ‘bald-headed bastard’. He lost control and hit the teenager about the head with the 3kg weight while shouting ‘die, die, die’.”
The Guardian, 30th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Natural History Museum thief ordered to pay thousands – BBC News
“A student who stole 299 rare bird skins from a Hertfordshire museum had been ordered to pay £125,150 under the Proceeds of Crime Act.”
BBC News, 30th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Lawyers ‘furious’ over criticism in hacking scandal – The Independent
“Senior lawyers at royal solicitors Harbottle & Lewis are ‘furious’ at the way they have been blamed by Rupert Murdoch and others in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal, The Independent on Sunday has learned. They will meet the Metropolitan Police to explain their position ‘in the next few days’.
The Independent, 31st July 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Court forces property tycoon to give houses to mistress – Daily Telegraph
“One of the world’s richest men has been forced to hand over multi-million pound homes to his mistress after the High Court ruled he had lied that his lover was a ‘top dog’ secretary.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Police launch investigation into computer hacking – Daily Telegraph
“The Metropolitan Police said it is considering a number of breach of privacy allegations received since January. The new team, to be formed under Deputy Assistant Commissioner Sue Akers, will examine matters not covered by the force’s phone-hacking inquiry, Operation Weeting.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
UK judges say they cannot free Afghanistan detainee – BBC News
“High Court judges have refused to free a man in Afghanistan after the charity Reprieve sought his release under one of the England’s most ancient laws.”
BBC News, 29th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Ethiopian billionaire wins libel action in UK – BBC News
“An Ethiopian-born billionaire has won £175,000 in libel damages over allegations he had hunted his daughter down so she could be stoned to death.”
BBC News, 29th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court upholds decision to impose control order on terror suspect – The Guardian
“A decision by the home secretary, Theresa May, to impose a control order on a terror suspect who is banned from London has been upheld by the high court.”
The Guardian, 29th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
PCC confirms Baroness Buscombe is to step down – The Guardian
“Chair will not seek to extend her three-year term, after criticism of her handling of the News of the World phone-hacking affair.”
The Guardian, 29th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Jonnie Marbles’ guilty of pie assault on Rupert Murdoch – Daily Telegraph
“Jonathan May-Bowles, the comedian who threw a foam pie at media mogul Rupert Murdoch, has been convicted of assault and causing harassment, alarm or distress.”
Daiy Telegraph, 29th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Paedophile jailed for 13 years for King’s Lynn assaults – BBC News
“A 52-year-old man has been jailed for 13 years after being convicted of sex assaults on children in West Norfolk between 1975 and 1990.”
BBC News, 27th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Eight newspapers pay libel damages to Christopher Jefferies – The Guardian
“Eight national newspapers have made public apologies today to Christopher Jefferies for the libellous allegations made against him following the murder of Joanna Yeates. The titles – The Sun, Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror, Daily Record, Daily Mail, Daily Star, The Scotsman and Daily Express – have also agreed to pay him substantial libel damages, thought to total six figures.”
The Guardian, 29th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Companies fined after man dragged through machine – BBC News
“Two companies have been fined a total of £75,000 after a man was dragged through a 5in (13cm) gap in machinery.”
BBC News, 27th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Baby powder heroin plot men jailed at Hull court – BBC News
“Two men from Hull have been jailed for their parts in an operation to smuggle heroin with a street value of £13m in packets of baby powder.”
BBC News, 28th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Meares v Medway Primary Care Trust [2011] EWCA Civ 897 (28 July 2011)
Lait v Evening Standard Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 859 (28 July 2011)
St Helens & Knowsley Hospitals NHS Trust v Brownbill & Ors [2011] EWCA Civ 903 (28 July 2011)
Mew & Anor v Tristmire Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 912 (28 July 2011)
Towers v Premier Waste Management Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 923 (28 July 2011)
Gayle v Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust [2011] EWCA Civ 924 (28 July 2011)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Sulaiman v General Medical Council [2011] EWHC 1903 (Admin) (28 July 2011)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Williams v Lawrence & Anor [2011] EWHC 2001 (Ch) (28 July 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org
Clippings ruling could derail much online publishing, says expert – OUT-LAW.com
“OPINION: Are you reading this at work? Are you sure you are not breaking copyright law by doing so? If OUT-LAW.COM copied most websites’ terms and conditions you probably would be, if the Court of Appeal is to be believed. Yesterday it said that the users of a clippings service infringed newspaper publishers’ copyrights when they clicked on links to view articles on web pages. But a fairly obscure spat over business information has the potential to derail much of the basis of online publishing.”
OUT-LAW.com, 28th July 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
Clippings services users must have licence or infringe newspapers’ copyright, says court – OUT-LAW.com
“Users of a clippings service must have a licence from newspaper publishers to click on links taking them to newspaper website pages to avoid infringing the publishers’ copyrights, the Court of Appeal has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 27th July 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
Swift 1st Ltd v Colin and others – WLR Daily
Swift 1st Ltd v Colin and others [2011] WLR (D) 262
“The holder of a charge over a property had full power of sale under the Law of Property Act 1925 irrespective of the fact that the charge had not been substantially registered. All that was required to exercise that power was for the mortgage to have been executed by deed.”
WLR Daily, 27th July 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
