“A key teenage witness in a murder trial went online within minutes of giving evidence to mock the defendant, a court heard.”
Daily Telegraph, 4th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A man accused of raping a teenage girl walked free from court today after successfully arguing he could not stop himself from having sex while asleep.”
The Guardian, 4th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The government has published data on the number of late abortions carried out in England and Wales, after the High Court ordered it to do so.”
BBC News, 4th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Activists accused of occupying the luxury London food retailer Fortnum & Mason during tax avoidance protests in March are expected to plead not guilty to charges of aggravated trespass on Tuesday.”
The Guardian, 5th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Pressure is mounting on Government ministers to introduce tougher laws to protect whistleblowers as health professionals and MPs speak out against a ‘code of silence’ in the NHS.”
The Independent, 5th July 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Rule 7.55 of the Insolvency Rules 1986 could not be used by the court to waive defects of a relatively technical nature in the out of court appointment of administrators and such a change should only be brought about by legislation.”
WLR Daily, 30th June 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Pryor v Chief Constable of the Greater Manchester Police [2011] EWCA Civ 749; [2011] WLR (D) 214
“Where the police exercised powers to seize the vehicle of a driver who was driving a friend’s car, but who was in fact insured to drive the vehicle in question and had the written permission of the owner to do so, the seizure could found liability in tort.”
WLR Daily, 30th June 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“The government has no intention of removing legal help from people detained at police stations, justice minister Jonathan Djanogly confirmed today.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 4th July 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Emergency legislation designed to reverse a controversial judgement on police bail will go before MPs on Thursday.”
BBC News, 4th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The UK Government is to abide by a European ruling on the use of gender in insurance, although it says the judgment goes against common sense.”
OUT-LAW.com, 4th July 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“A couple who say they were driven out of their family farm by the ‘nightmare’ hum of wind turbines have mounted a ground-breaking £2.5 million compensation bid in London’s High Court.”
Daily Telegraph, 4th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Any further ‘rebalancing’ of our justice system in favour of the accused risks imperilling the right to fair trial.”
The Guardian, 4th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The compensation that music artists and film producers are due when their copyrighted material is made temporarily available to the public should not be exclusively based on set fees, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 4th July 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“High-profile cases against multinational corporations may have to be scrapped under the government’s new litigation regime, lawyers suggested today.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 4th July 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
A district judge says the case of a man who threw a chicken bone across a road and caused a four-car pile-up is the most bizarre he has ever known.
BBC News, 4th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Mitchell & Anor v R. [2011] EWCA Crim 1652 (01 July 2011)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Wardle v Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank [2011] EWCA Civ 770 (01 July 2011)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Charles Terence Estates Ltd v The Cornwall Council [2011] EWHC 1683 (QB) (28 June 2011)
Bristol Alliance Ltd v Williams & Anor [2011] EWHC 1657 (QB) (01 July 2011)
Jani-King (Gb) Ltd. v Alan James Manchett [2011] EWHC 1659 (QB) (01 July 2011)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Admiralty Division)
Source: www.bailii.org
“Enrolments on the LPC have plummeted across the market, with the University of Huddersfield seeing a 68 per cent drop in student numbers for the 2010-11 academic year.”
The Lawyer, 4th July 2011
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“A leading solicitor says cuts to the legal aid budget being debated in Parliament could ‘clog up’ the court system in Wales.”
BBC News, 4th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Suspected paedophiles, rapists and violent offenders will have their bail conditions dropped as early as this week, unless the police are successful in suspending a high court ruling.”
The Guardian, 2nd July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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