DPP responds to Louise Casey report with enhanced service to bereaved families – Crown Prosecution Service
“The Crown Prosecution Service is extending its service for bereaved families at court, announced the Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC, today. He also welcomed the Victims Commissioners report: Review into the Needs of Families Bereaved by Homicide.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 6th July 2011
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
Milly Dowler phone hacking: Speaker grants emergency Commons debate – The Guardian
“The Speaker has granted a rare emergency Commons debate on Wednesday into calls for a public inquiry into phone hacking by News International journalists, and a potential cover up by its senior executives.”
The Guardian, 5th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Vereniging van Educatieve en Wetenschappelijke Auteurs (VEWA) v Belgische Staat – WLR Daily
“National legislation establishing a system under which the remuneration payable to authors in the event of public lending was calculated exclusively according to the number of borrowers registered with public establishments on the basis of a flat-rate amount fixed per borrower and per year was contrary to article 5(1) of Council Directive 92/100/EEC of 19 November 1992 on rental right and lending right and on certain rights related to copyright in the field of intellectual property (OJ 2006 L376, p28).”
WLR Daily, 30th June 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
War of the rose: Rival breweries fight legal battle – The Independent
“More than 700 years after the Plantagenet’s death, his floral emblem has become the subject of a struggle as lawyers representing two neighbouring Yorkshire brewers – one large, one small – square up in the High Court to argue their claims over the right to use the symbol in what has been dubbed the civil war of the rose.”
The Independent, 6th July 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Life term for wife killer Malcolm Webster – The Independent
“A man who murdered his first wife in a staged car crash and tried to kill his second in a copycat smash was jailed for life today.”
The Independent, 5th July 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Met police kettled pupils aged 11 during fee protests, court told – The Guardian
“Metropolitan police officers illegally detained children as young as 11 for more than six hours during a ‘kettling’ operation against tuition fee protesters, the high court has been told.”
The Guardian, 5th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Ex-ballerina Elaine McDonald to hear carer decision – BBC News
“A former ballerina from west London left disabled by a stroke is to learn the outcome of her legal battle to get an overnight carer.”
BBC News, 6th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Sun and Daily Mirror articles ‘could have impeded trial’ in Yeates case – The Guardian
“The Sun and Daily Mirror published three stories after the arrest of a suspect in the hunt for the killer of Joanna Yeates that could have ‘prejudiced’ and ‘impeded’ a trial, the attorney general, Dominic Grieve QC, told the high court on Tuesday.”
The Guardian, 5th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Are insurance referral fees a racket? – BBC News
“Amid the recent publicity about legal referral fees relating to car insurance claims, there has been more heat than light.”
BBC News, 6th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Navy ‘objector’ jailed – The Independent
“A Royal Navy medic was sentenced to seven months’ detention in a military correction facility today after he was found guilty of disobeying a legal order by refusing to attend rifle training because of his ‘moral objection’ to bearing arms and the war in Afghanistan.”
The Independent, 5th July 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Murder victims’ families treated awfully in court warns Louise Casey – The Guardian
“The families of murder victims receive worse treatment from the courts than the rich and wealthy who want to protect their privacy and they need a statutory ‘victims’ law’ to protect their rights.”
The Guardian, 5th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Prosecutors to drop ‘significant’ number of Fortnum protest cases – The Independent
“A ‘significant’ number of the hundreds of cases bought against UK Uncut activists who stormed a central London department store in March are expected to be dropped, according to prosecutors.”
The Independent, 6th July 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Fast food worker jailed for four years for sexually abusing girls – The Guardian
“A fast-food worker who groomed and sexually abused 18 girls, some as young as 12, has been jailed for four years.”
The Guardian, 5th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Contempt of court rules are designed to avoid trial by media – The Guardian
“The arrest of Christopher Jefferies on 30 December automatically obliged the media to restrict reporting of legal proceedings against the retired Bristol schoolteacher.”
The Guardian, 5th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
MI5 admits to wrongful surveillance of innocent people, new report says – OUT-LAW.com
“The UK’s Security Service wrongly gathered information about innocent telephone users during criminal surveillance, a report into the interception of communications has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 5th July 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
Rio Ferdinand: Sunday Mirror ‘kiss and tell’ was gross invasion of privacy – The Guardian
“Rio Ferdinand, the Manchester United and England footballer, told a high court judge on Tuesday how a ‘kiss and tell’ Sunday Mirror story put a strain on his relationship with his wife and caused him hurt and distress.”
The Guardian, 5th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Queen appoints five Appeal Court justices – The Lawyer
“The Queen has approved the appointment of five Court of Appeal justices following the elevation of Lord Justice Wilson to the Supreme Court and Lord Justice Thomas’s appointment as president of the Queen’s Bench Division.”
The Lawyer, 5th July 2011
Source: www.thelawyer.com
Warrington husband Michael Meanwell jailed for gangrene death – BBC News
“A man who left his collapsed wife lying on the floor of their Warrington home for at least four days has been jailed for 15 months for her manslaughter.”
BBC News, 5th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
UK judge Sir Nicolas Bratza gets top human rights job – BBC News
“A British judge has been appointed to the highest post at the European Court of Human Rights.”
BBC News, 5th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
