“Proceedings in the UK Supreme Court can now be watched live over the internet in an effort to make the court more transparent and accessible.”
Legal Week, 16th May 2011
Source: www.legalweek.com
“Imogen Thomas, the former Big Brother contestant whose relationship with a married Premier League footballer was made the subject of a court gagging order, has failed in a joint bid with the Sun to overturn the injunction.”
The Guardian, 16th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Five teenagers have been found guilty of chasing down and killing a schoolboy at Victoria underground station in an attack organised on Facebook.”
The Guardian, 16th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“People and companies will be able to exchange the rights for using copyright material online if new changes to UK copyright law are implemented, according to a newspaper report.”
OUT-LAW.com, 16th May 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
High Court (Chancery Division)
Franbar Holdings Ltd v Casualty Plus Ltd [2011] EWHC 1161 (Ch) (11 May 2011)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
“Civil servants have been ordered to reconsider disclosing thousands of documents relating to a fund run by former MP George Galloway during Saddam Hussein’s regime.”
The Independent, 14th May 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Social networking sites based abroad are tonight (13 May) considering whether to comply with a British court ruling seeking to ban their members from revealing the identities of parties involved in sensitive legal proceedings in London.”
The Independent, 13th May 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The government’s legislative agenda appears to have slipped in the last six months as it publishes business plans showing 87 revised deadlines and targets missed.”
The Guardian, 13th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Proposals caricature our current system of aid and disadvantage most vulnerable, ministers are warned.”
The Guardian, 13th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A woman from west London who falsely branded a neighbour a paedophile in an ‘unseemly outburst’ must pay £1,500 in compensation for slander.”
BBC News, 13th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“James Hewitt, the former army officer who became famous for his affair with Princess Diana, is poised to sue the News of the World for invasion of privacy.”
The Guardian, 13th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Coalition government today rejected a ban on wild animals in circuses in favour of a new licensing regime.”
The Independent, 13th May 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Ministers are poised to set out details of how the ‘military covenant’ will be enshrined in law after David Cameron admitted the government had performed a U-turn on the issue after months of pressure from campaigners.”
The Guardian, 15th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The rich and the famous have obtained almost 80 gagging orders in British courts in six years, blocking the publication of intimate details about their private lives, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th May 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Two sisters and their boyfriends jailed for killing their father in his sleep have failed in a bid to have their jail terms reduced.”
BBC News, 13th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The UK’s ‘outdated’ drug laws could be doing more harm than good and are failing to recognise that banning some ‘legal highs’ may have negative consequences for public health, according to the leading independent panel set up to analyse drugs policy.”
The Guardian, 14th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“It was, according to the perpetrator, nothing more than a case of him ruffling a boy’s hair. But the gesture triggered a dispute that led all the way to the High Court.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th May 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The predominance of white men on court benches and calls for parliament to hold US-style confirmation hearings into the appointment of senior judges are to be investigated by peers.”
The Guardian, 13th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“New laws have been enforced by an East Yorkshire council to try and combat people jumping into the sea from a height or ‘tombstoning’.”
BBC News, 14th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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