“A postman has been convicted of racism after calling Andy Murray, the Scottish tennis player, a ‘useless Jock’.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd August 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“They may not have known it, but users of MP3 players, CDs or DVDs have probably been breaking the law for years as they transferred their favourite song from one format to another.”
Full story
The Independent, 3rd August 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The killer of Milly Dowler is suing the prison service for £30,000 after he was assaulted in jail, it has been reported.”
The Guardian, 3rd August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A former drugs counsellor who visited schools to warn youngsters about the dangers has been jailed for 12 years for his role in a £1.3 million heroin smuggling plot.”
The Independent, 2nd August 2011
“Vince Cable, the business secretary, will say on Wednesday that government plans to block illegal filesharing websites under the controversial Digital Economy Act are in effect unworkable.”
The Guardian, 2nd August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man who threw a plate of shaving foam at News Corporation chairman Rupert Murdoch has been jailed for six weeks.”
BBC News, 2nd August 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“It is certainly not a truism that legislation which is given the closest possible scrutiny is thereafter free from doubt – consider, for example, the Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provsions) Act 1989, which we always used to call the mysterious provisions Act because nobody was quite sure what its ambit was (as has subsequently proved to be the case).”
The Guardian, 2nd August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The supreme court has rejected applications by the Department for Education and Haringey council to challenge a landmark ruling that Sharon Shoesmith was unfairly sacked following the death of Baby P.”
The Guardian, 2nd August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Two London solicitors have been fined and suspended for three months by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal for sending intimidating letters accusing people of illegal filesharing.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 2nd August 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Two bungling drivers have been jailed for hatching a ‘ridiculously unsophisticated’ plot to get one of them a licence.”
Full story
The Guardian, 2nd August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Costello & Anor v MacDonald & Ors [2011] EWCA Civ 930 (29 July 2011)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Warner-Lambert Company LLC v Teva UK Ltd & Ors [2011] EWHC 2018 (Ch) (22 July 2011)
Payless Cash & Carry Ltd v Patel & Ors [2011] EWHC 2112 (Ch) (29 July 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org
Hayes v Chief Constable of Merseyside Police [2011] EWCA Civ 911; [2011] WLR (D) 269
“Where a police constable had exercised the ower of summary arrest provided by section 24 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, it had to be shown, inter alia, that the constable had actually believed that the arrest was necessary, and for a permissible reason, and that objectively that belief was reasonable.”
WLR Daily, 29th July 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
MacDonald and others v Costello and another [2011] EWCA Civ 930; [2011] WLR (D) 268
“Where building work was carried out pursuant to a contract made with a company for the benefit of its shareholders and directors, they were not liable in restitution for unjust enrichment when the company failed to make payments under the contract.”
WLR Daily, 29th July 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Rupert Murdoch’s News International may have to continue funding the legal defence for the convicted phone hacker Glenn Mulcaire, despite the company’s promise to cut off the funds that have so far allowed him not to name the News of the World executives who commissioned him.”
The Independent, 1st August 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“There was a collective sigh of relief last week as the Supreme Court overturned an appellate court ruling to find that arbitrators cannot be classed as employees and therefore are not subject to UK equality rules.”
The Lawyer, 1st August 2011
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“New laws are needed to give consumers better rights to take private action against businesses that adopt unfair commercial practices, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 1st August 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“A casino worker was sentenced today for laundering thousands of pounds of drug money with her father, police said.”
The Independent, 1st August 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The use and scope of privacy injunctions will be formally monitored from today (1 August) under a pilot scheme launched by the Master of the Rolls, Lord Neuberger.”
Legal Week, 1st August 2011
Source: www.legalweek.com
“A pro bono clinic is helping clients who have never sought legal advice before – and cuts to legal aid will mean more work still.”
The Guardian, 1st August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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