“A failed asylum seeker was due to be deported to Nigeria despite an ongoing police investigation into allegations that she was raped in Britain.”
The Guardian, 21st June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The UK’s extradition arrangements with the US and the EU must be overhauled to better protect rights of individuals, a committee of MPs and peers is arguing.”
BBC News, 22nd June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A British teenager suspected of masterminding a global computer hacking plot from his bedroom could face a fight against extradition to the US.”
The Independent, 21st June 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“David Cameron has announced plans to impose a surprise tough ‘two strikes and you’re out’ mandatory life sentence in a move that looks set to dash justice secretary Kenneth Clarke’s hopes of stabilising the record 85,000 prison population in England and Wales.”
The Guardian, 21st June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The National Trust is being sued for damages after a boy was killed when a two-ton tree branch collapsed on to a school party at a stately home.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd June 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Liberty director says justice secretary’s £350m budget cut leaves only footballers and criminal defendants able to get legal advice.”
The Guardian, 21st June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An internationally renowned children’s heart specialist won a High Court action yesterday to prevent hearsay evidence being used against him in a case involving allegations of child abuse.”
The Independent, 22nd June 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“BT and TalkTalk have been refused permission to appeal against their failed legal challenge of the Digital Economy Act.”
The Guardian, 21st June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Live coverage as controversial justice bill is accidentally published early.”
The Guardian, 21st June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The government has today confirmed its intention to press ahead with controversial reforms to legal aid with the publication of the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill. It also plans wholesale implementation of the Jackson reforms of civil litigation costs.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 21st June 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The Sunday Times has lost a court battle to force the commissioner of the Metropolitan police and the Serious Organised Crime Agency to disclose confidential documents which the newspaper could use as evidence in a libel trial next month.”
The Guardian, 21st June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The LSB is today publishing research into aptitude testing and the legal profession. The report, commissioned from Dr Chris Dewberry, Department of Organisational Psychology at Birkbeck College, University of London reviews the academic evidence for the effectiveness of aptitude testing. The review captures and summarises evidence from a wide range of studies charting the history of their development, their reliability and criteria for assessing effectiveness. The report concludes by setting out twelve recommendations any organisation seeking to use aptitude testing in legal services should consider.”
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Legal Services Board, 21st June 2011
Source: www.legalservicesboard.org.uk
“With not enough training contracts for all its students, the legal practice course needs to find ways of reducing its intake.”
The Guardian, 21st June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
HM Attorney General v Joanne Fraill and Jamie Sewart [2011] EWCA Crim B2 (16 June 2011)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
SW v CW [2011] EWCA Civ 703 (17 June 2011)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Derfshaw Ltd. & Ors, Re [2011] EWHC 1565 (Ch) (02 June 2011)
Sunwing Vacation Inc & Ors v E-Clear (UK) Plc & Ors [2011] EWHC 1544 (Ch) (03 June 2011)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Caplin v Associated Newspapers Ltd [2011] EWHC 1567 (QB) (20 June 2011)
BB & Ors v The Home Office [2011] EWHC 1446 (QB) (08 June 2011)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Yukos Capital SARL v OJSC Rosneft Oil Company [2011] EWHC 1461 (Comm) (14 June 2011)
Astrazeneca UK Ltd v Albemarle International Corp & Anor [2011] EWHC 1574 (Comm) (21 June 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org
“Under half of the general public trust lawyers, according to the results of a survey commissioned by consumer watchdog the Legal Services Consumer Panel.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 21st June 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The provisions of the Ofcom Broadcasting Code had to be interpreted, as well as being applied in a particular case, so as to comply with the requirements of the right to freedom of expression in article 10 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. The question whether the publication of a finding by the statutory regulator constituted a permissible interference with a claimed right to freedom of expression under the article demanded rigorous scrutiny.”
WLR Daily, 17th June 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“Businesses will be able to register website domain names with almost any ending and in any language from next year under plans approved by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).”
OUT-LAW.com, 20th June 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“The High Court has rejected legal challenges to the closures of Sittingbourne and Barry magistrates’ courts.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 20th June 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The former chief executive of the £357m shell company Langbar International, which collapsed six years ago leaving shareholders with big losses, has been sentenced to 12 months in jail and banned from being a company director for five years. The Serious Fraud Office said he was guilty of ‘fraud on a grand scale’.”
The Guardian, 20th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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