The stupidity of our copyright laws is finally laid bare – The Guardian
“A fresh inquiry into the UK’s intellectual property regime is surprisingly tough, intelligent and radical.”
The Guardian, 22nd May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Surrey facelift woman awarded £6m damages – BBC News
“A woman has won more than £6m damages against a plastic surgeon who she said decided to “play God” with her life.”
BBC News, 23rd May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Unpaid website intern celebrates court victory – The Guardian
“Keri Hudson should be happy about her recent victory. She is one of the first interns in the UK to take on their employer and win the right to be recognised as a paid worker. In January, after six weeks of interning without pay for the online review site My Village, Hudson, 21, resigned in disgust.”
The Guardian, 23rd May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
£25 million cost of ‘bribing’ foreign criminals to go home – Daily Telegraph
“Half of foreign prisoners kicked out of the country are now ‘bribed’ to go home costing the taxpayer millions of pounds, The Telegraph can disclose.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd May 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Twitter and WikiLeaks have made a mockery of the courts – The Guardian
“The first modern battle for commonsense press freedoms was fought and won over three decades ago as Margaret Thatcher and massed ranks of lawyers toiled to suppress Spycatcher and its revelations about MI5’s lurid history.”
The Guardian, 22nd May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Conservatives risking reputation on law and order, say ministers – The Guardian
“Senior Tories have raised concerns that the party is risking its reputation for being strong on law and order as the police unveiled plans for a summer campaign of protest against coalition cuts.”
The Guardian, 21st May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Judges challenge use of parliamentary privilege – The Guardian
“The most senior judges in England and Wales veered towards confrontation with parliament on Friday when they challenged the media over reporting statements made by MPs and peers to prise open privacy-protecting injunctions.”
The Guardian, 21st May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
30,000 Twitter users could face legal action over gag breaches – The Independent
“The attempt to use super-injunctions to gag the media in the internet age reached new levels of absurdity yesterday.”
The Independent, 23rd May 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Judges block Home Secretary from deporting convicted terrorist – Daily Telegraph
“A convicted terrorist banned from Britain for being a risk to national security has been stopped from being deported by the courts.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st May 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Twitter row prompts call for superinjunctions debate in parliament – The Guardian
“Judges face a furious backlash from MPs who have demanded a parliamentary debate over the widespread use of superinjunctions.”
The Guardian, 21st May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Injunction served in England – published in Scotland – The Guardian
“Scottish newspapers have a history of serving scoops on stories which have been the subject of gagging orders passed by English courts. This has been possible because of Scotland’s distinct legal system.”
The Guardian, 23rd May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court orders man out of London – The Independent
“A man security services say was the leading figure in ‘a close group of Islamic extremists based in north London’ must be moved out of the capital to protect the public, the High Court ruled today.”
The Independent, 20th May 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
CPS gave woman’s phone number to her alleged stalker – BBC News
“A woman from west London is suing the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) after a series of blunders, including her phone number being given to a man who was accused of stalking her.”
BBC News, 20th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Metropolitan Police pays damages over slave case women – BBC News
“The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) has been ordered to pay £5,000 each to four women for failing to investigate allegations of slavery.”
BBC News, 2oth May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Committee Reports Findings on “Super-injunctions” – Judiciary of England and Wales
“A Committee chaired by the Master of the Rolls, Lord Neuberger, has published its findings on super-injunctions, anonymity injunctions and open justice.Its report has been made to the Lord Chief Justice, the Lord Chancellor, and the Civil Procedure Rules Committee.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 20th May 2011
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Two jailed for raping 15-year-old girl in Manchester – BBC News
“Two men who picked a 15-year-old girl up from outside Manchester care home and raped her have been jailed.”
BBC News, 20th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Man who drove at Dali bar crowd in Rochdale jailed – BBC News
“A man who ploughed into a crowd of revellers outside a bar in Rochdale has been jailed indefinitely.”
BBC News, 20th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Elliot Morley jailed for cheating his expenses – Daily Telegraph
“Elliot Morley became the first former minister to be jailed for cheating his expenses when he was sentenced to 16 months today.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th May 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
PCC rules against magazine’s payment to ‘criminal associate’ – The Guardian
“The Press Complaints Commission has upheld a complaint against Pick Me Up magazine over a payment to a woman who slept with a criminal. The PCC ruled that by paying a fee to an associate of a criminal the magazine had breached the editors’ code of practice, which forbids all such payments.”
The Guardian, 20th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
