“Campaigners condemn decision not to include ‘murky’ issue of detainee transfers in investigation as ‘only doing half the job’.”
The Independent, 15th May 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Land Registry, the government department that logs land and property ownership in England and Wales, has paid out more than £26m since 2006 compensating victims of a recurring property fraud.”
The Guardian, 15th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The government is to begin consulting on plans to give both parents an extra month of leave during a baby’s first year and share out caring responsibilities.”
The Guardian, 16th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A college lecturer who had a six-month relationship with a teenage student was today jailed for eight months.”
The Independent, 13th May 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A man who caused a major security alert when a chemical leaked from his holdall in the baggage area at Luton Airport has been given a suspended sentence.”
BBC News, 13th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Thames Water radio advert has been banned after the firm failed to honour a promise not to back-date bills for people taking part in an amnesty.”
BBC News, 12th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Owners of a nursing home in Cornwall have been told to “improve standards of care” or face enforcement action, by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).”
BBC News, 13th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A County Durham man who wrongly spent 27 years in jail for murder and rape has been given a three-year community order for sexual assault.”
BBC News, 13th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Actor Sienna Miller accepted £100,000 compensation from News of the World on Friday after the paper accepted unconditional liability for all her phone-hacking claims.”
The Guardian, 13th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Four men who believe the News of the World hacked their phones have applied to the High Court again for a judicial review into the police inquiry.”
BBC News, 12th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A drama teacher who took advantage of a vulnerable pupil and had a lesbian affair with her has been jailed for three years.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th May 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Rail infrastructure company Network Rail (NR) was fined £3 million today for safety failings over the 2002 Potters Bar train crash which claimed seven lives.”
The Independent, 13th May 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
High Court (Chancery Division)
Humber Oil Terminals Trustee Ltd v Associated British Ports [2011] EWHC 1184 (Ch) (11 May 2011)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
MJN v News Group Newspapers Ltd [2011] EWHC 1192 (QB) (11 May 2011)
Clynes v O’ Connor [2011] EWHC 1201 (QB) (13 May 2011)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Harry Yearsley Ltd v Secretary of State for Justice [2011] EWHC 1160 (TCC) (12 May 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org
“The RSPCA has welcomed prison sentences and a ban on keeping animals handed out to a couple who admitted causing unnecessary suffering to two dogs.”
BBC News, 12th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man who threw a holidaymaker off a pier at Ilfracombe, Devon, has been given four years in a young offenders’ institution.”
BBC News, 12th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Law Society is set to launch legal proceedings against the owner of Solicitors from Hell, the website that blacklists law firms and solicitors. Chancery Lane will seek two injunctions against the site and its owner Rick Kordowski: one on behalf of solicitors and firms named on the site, and a second on behalf of the wider profession.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 12th May 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Software companies should be entitled to bigger damages for the use of copied software, industry lobby group the Business Software Alliance (BSA) has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 13th May 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“Original pan-EU plans to collect passenger name record data (PNR) applied only to flights to and from EU countries from outside the EU. The Government has opted in to the process only after receiving the support of 15 other countries for its amendment to the plan so that it applied to some flights within the EU.”
OUT-LAW.com, 12th May 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
K v L [2011] EWCA Civ 550 (13 May 2011)
AXA Sunlife Services Plc v Campbell Martin Ltd & Ors [2011] EWCA Civ 549 (12 May 2011)
Kennedy v The Information Commissioner & Anor [2011] EWCA Civ 367 (12 May 2011)
DM v Secretary of State for Justice [2011] EWCA Civ 522 (12 May 2011)
Amos v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] EWCA Civ 552 (12 May 2011)
Fraenkl -Rietti v Cheltenham & Gloucester Plc [2011] EWCA Civ 524 (12 May 2011)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Young, R. v [2011] EWCA Crim 1176 (12 May 2011)
Twist & Ors v R. [2011] EWCA Crim 1143 (12 May 2011)
Bond, R v [2011] EWCA Crim 1197 (13 May 2011)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Evans, R (on the application of) v The Lord Chancellor & Anor [2011] EWHC 1146 (Admin) (12 May 2011)
A, R (on the application of) v Lewisham Youth Court & Anor [2011] EWHC 1193 (Admin) (12 May 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org
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