“Rape and torture victims were turned away from the collapsed Immigration Advisory Service last week, a former employee has told the Gazette.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 18th July 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Legal advisers have been stunned by the Metropolitan Police requesting rock-bottom hourly rates in its latest panel review, at a time when it faces an increasing chance of court action over its handling of the News International phone-hacking scandal.”
The Lawyer, 18th July 2011
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“Thousands of people are being ripped off by companies providing unregulated services such as will writing, claims the first Legal Ombudsman.”
BBC News, 18th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“For the first time, The Sun newspaper was last night dragged into the phone-hacking scandal after it emerged that the actor Jude Law is suing Rupert Murdoch’s best-selling daily title over the alleged interception of his voicemails while Rebekah Brooks was editor.”
The Independent, 15th July 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A landmark hearing on Tuesday will mark the first judicial review into proposed library closures in Britain as disgruntled campaigners prepare to take their case to the courts.”
The Independent, 17th July 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Innocent people will be forced to pay thousands of pounds for their own defence lawyers after a controversial coalition U-turn on legal aid.”
The Guardian, 17th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Britain’s surveillance watchdog has reprimanded police forces, councils and government departments for overusing powers intended to clamp down on terrorism to snoop on members of the public.”
The Independent, 17th July 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Police would be able to warn women if a new partner had a violent past under plans to reduce the number of deaths and injuries from domestic abuse being considered by the home secretary, Theresa May.”
The Guardian, 17th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Two acts vying for the right to use the name Bucks Fizz must wait for up to six weeks to discover which has triumphed.”
BBC News, 15th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An elderly woman with dementia left in an unclean and unhygienic home in Worcestershire has got compensation.”
BBC News, 14th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Charlie Gilmour, son of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour, has been jailed for 16 months for a rampage at a student fees protest in central London.”
BBC News, 15th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A crackdown on offshore gambling companies that operate in the UK has been launched by the government in a move that is expected to clear the way for a tax grab by the Treasury.”
The Guardian, 14th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
The Chief Land Registrar v Silkstone & Ors [2011] EWCA Civ 801 (14 July 2011)
TE v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] EWCA Civ 811 (14 July 2011)
Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd v Revenue and Customs [2011] EWCA Civ 810 (14 July 2011)
FM v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Rev 1) [2011] EWCA Civ 807 (14 July 2011)
High Court (Chancery Division)
F&C Alternative Investments (Holdings) Ltd. v Barthelemy & Anor [2011] EWHC 1851 (Ch) (14 July 2011)
Inversiones Frieira SL & Anor v Colyzeo Investors II LP & Anor [2011] EWHC 1762 (Ch) (14 July 2011)
F&C Alternative Investments (Holdings) Ltd v Barthelemy & Anor [2011] EWHC 1731 (Ch) (14 July 2011)
High Court Commercial Court)
PT Thiess Contractors Indonesia v PT Kaltim Prima Coal & Anor [2011] EWHC 1842 (Comm) (14 July 2011)
Glory Wealth Shipping Pte Ltd. v Korea Line Corporation [2011] EWHC 1819 (Comm) (14 July 2011)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Reliance Globalcom Ltd v OTE International Solutions SA [2011] EWHC 1848 (QB) (15 July 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org
St Prix v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2011] EWCA Civ 806; [2011] WLR (D) 226
“A Union citizen who, when within the United Kingdom, ceased to work in circumstances other than those set out in paragraphs (a) to (d) of article 7(3) of the Citizenship Directive was not a ‘worker’ entitled to the relevant ‘right of residence’ for the purposes of article 7(1)(a) of the Directive; and pregnancy had deliberately been excluded from the conditions in which the status of worker was retained despite a cessation of work.”
WLR Daily, 13th July 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2011
The Horserace Betting and Olympic Lottery Act 2004 (Commencement No.5) Order 2011
The Horserace Betting and Olympic Lottery Act 2004 (Appointed Day) Order 2011
The International Tax Enforcement (San Marino) Order 2011
The International Tax Enforcement (Dominica) Order 2011
The International Tax Enforcement (Grenada) Order 2011
The International Tax Enforcement (Belize) Order 2011
The Double Taxation Relief (Qatar) Order 2011
The Egypt (Restrictive Measures) (Overseas Territories) Order 2011
The Syria (Restrictive Measures) (Overseas Territories) Order 2011
The Olympic Route Network Designation (Amendment) Order 2011
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
“Home Office Statistical Bulletin 11/11 presents police recorded crime statistics on the levels and trends in detections and detection rates in England & Wales for the financial year 2010/11.”
Home Office, 14th July 2011
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“Companies that set up websites to charge for free Government services could be in breach of consumer protection laws, The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 14th July 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“The deaths of two schoolchildren in a crash in Cumbria could have been avoided if they had been wearing seatbelts, a coroner has said.”
BBC News, 14th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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