“James Murdoch and News Corp could face corporate legal battles on both sides of the Atlantic that involve criminal charges, fines and forfeiture of assets as the escalating phone-hacking scandal risks damaging his chances of taking control of Rupert Murdoch’s US-based media empire.”
The Guardian, 8th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Journalists dismissed by the News of the World who are unable to find new jobs and fear their professional reputations have been damaged by the phone hacking scandal could have legal grounds for suing News International, according to employment specialists.”
The Guardian, 10th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A social worker from the Vale of Glamorgan has been found guilty of misconduct, after failing to properly warn a foster family about the risks posed by a teenager he placed in their care.”
BBC News, 7th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An investigation by the Financial Services Authority has found no evidence that insurers discriminated against black and ethnic minority law firms during last year’s professional indemnity insurance renewal.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 7th July 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A Nottingham man who worked at a school has been jailed for raping a 13-year-old girl. Mikhail Mohammad, 45, of Radford, was sentenced to 10 years for rape and nine months for fraud for failing to disclose a previous conviction.”
BBC News, 8th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man who killed his girlfriend and slashed another woman less than six months after being cleared of murder has been jailed.”
BBC News, 8th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“National Grid is battling in London’s high court for access to secret documents relating to its £235m cartel case against a group of Europe’s top engineering companies.”
The Guardian, 7th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Prime Minister David Cameron today promised action to ‘get to the bottom’ of the phone hacking scandal but said it was not just about the press but about the police and ‘about how politics works too’. ”
The Independent, 8th July 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Reports from the Business, Innovation and Skills, Defence, Foreign Affairs and International Development Committees session 2010-11: strategic export control Her Majesty’s Government’s annual report for 2009, quarterly reports for 2010, licensing policy and parliamentary scrutiny response of the Secretaries of State for Defence, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, International Development and Business, Innovation and Skills, Cm 8079 (PDF)
Wales Office annual report 2010-11, Cm 8107 (PDF)
Source: www.official-documents.gov.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Lowe & Anor v W Machell Joinery Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 794 (08 July 2011)
Hossack, R (on the application of) v Legal Services Commission [2011] EWCA Civ 788 (08 July 2011)
Lowe & Anor v W Machell Joinery Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 798 (08 July 2011)
Relational LLC v Hodges [2011] EWCA Civ 774 (07 July 2011)
Fox v Foundation Piling Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 790 (07 July 2011)
MK v CK [2011] EWCA Civ 793 (07 July 2011)
The Chief Land Registrar v Franks & Ors [2011] EWCA Civ 772 (07 July 2011)
Hufton v Somerset County Council [2011] EWCA Civ 789 (07 July 2011)
Hayden& Anor v Charlton (Rev 1) [2011] EWCA Civ 791 (07 July 2011)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Horn & ors v Commercial Acceptances Ltd [2011] EWHC 1757 (Ch) (08 July 2011)
Berezovsky v Hine & Ors [2011] EWHC 1716 (Ch) (07 July 2011)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Berezovsky v Hine & Ors [2011] EWHC 1718 (Comm) (07 July 2011)
High Court (Patents Court)
Medimmune Ltd v Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd & Anor [2011] EWHC 1669 (Pat) (05 July 2011)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
White v Lynch [2011] EWHC 1664 (QB) (07 July 2011)
KJO v XIM [2011] EWHC 1768 (QB) (07 July 2011)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Broster & Ors v Galliard Docklands Ltd & Anor [2011] EWHC 1722 (TCC) (07 July 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org
“A High Court ruling has reasserted the independence of children’s guardians from state control. In a landmark judgment, Sir Nicholas Wall said the court-appointed guardians were a vital element in protecting children.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 7th July 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A solicitor dismissed for failing to meet billing targets has won the right to bring an age discrimination claim against his former employer.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 7th July 2011
Soruce: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Towards a European law? Australian Bar Association Conference – Berlin – Speech by Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, Master of the Rolls, 7th July 2011.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 7th July 2011
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“The first man to be convicted of trafficking females out of the UK, in a case involving two Nigerian girls, has been jailed.”
BBC news, 7th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Detainees claim they have been strangled, beaten and dropped down aircraft steps while being deported by private security firms, according to a damning report that calls for a ‘complete and radical overhaul’ of the government’s removals process.”
The Guardian, 7th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Robert Halfon MP claimed that he had uncovered a way for people to enter the UK without their passports being checked.Immigration and special branch officers had complained that extremists were able to use a ‘Common Area Travel Channel’ which allows people access to this country without their passports being checked, he said.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An 80-year-old woman accused of hurling anti-Semitic, racist and homophobic abuse at neighbours has been given an Anti-social Behaviour Order (Asbo).”
BBC News, 7th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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