“Employers that offer generous maternity pay packages could land themselves in legal hot water if they fail to extend the benefit to fathers, experts have warned.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th May 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Time for the latest instalment in the enduring battle against excessive DNA retention. We have a new supreme court judgment, almost 10 years since the law was changed, on 11 May 2001, to permit the police to hold forever the DNA of everyone arrested, irrespective of their guilt. One of the most pernicious consequences of this policy has been the massive over-representation of black people on the DNA database.”
The Guardian, 18th May 2011
Source: www.gurdian.co.uk
“Kenneth Clarke, the justice secretary, is expected to announce a climbdown over his plan for sentence discounts of up to 50% for early guilty pleas after he provoked a row by appearing to suggest that some rapes are more serious than others.”
The Guardian, 18th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The owners of a Ceredigion holiday park have won a court ruling over the right to use their 42 chalets all year round.”
BBC News, 16th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Hogan Lovells senior litigator Christopher Grierson has been dismissed from the partnership after claiming over £1m in false expenses over the course of four years.”
The Lawyer, 17th May 2011
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“The ‘Big Four’ accountancy firms are to face regulatory intervention for anti-competitive behaviour, which would severely curb the industry’s most powerful companies and cost them hundreds of millions in revenue.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th May 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Police guidelines allowing forces to retain the fingerprints and DNA samples of innocent people are unlawful, a panel of leading British judges ruled today. The ruling was made by the Supreme Court in London nearly three years after the European Court of Human Rights reached a similar conclusion.”
The Independent, 18th May 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The owner of a Staffordshire bull terrier that attacked a nine-year-old girl in Bedfordshire has had his sentence reduced.”
BBC News, 18th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A firm has been fined £125,000 after admitting responsibility for the death of a man working on a Wiltshire farm.”
BBC News, 17th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two men are to stand trial accused of being part of a racist white gang that ‘targeted and killed’ the black teenager Stephen Lawrence because of the colour of his skin, the appeal court has said.”
The Guardian, 18th May 2011
Source; www.guardian.co.uk
Supreme Court
GC v The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [2011] UKSC 21 (18 May 2011)
McCaughey & Anor, Re Application for Judicial Review [2011] UKSC 20 (18 May 2011)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Khatib v Ramco International & Ors [2011] EWCA Civ 605 (18 May 2011)
Digicel (St. Lucia) Ltd & Ors v Cable & Wireless Plc & Ors [2011] EWCA Civ 606 (18 May 2011)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Davies, R. v [2011] EWCA Crim 1177 (17 May 2011)
DL v R. [2011] EWCA Crim 1259 (18 May 2011)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Lehman Brothers v International (Europe), Re [2011] EWHC 1233 (Ch) (17 May 2011)
High Court (Commercial Court)
A Nelson & Co Ltd & Anor. v Guna SPA [2011] EWHC 1202 (Comm) (16 May 2011)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Landmark Brickwork Ltd v Sutcliffe & Ors [2011] EWHC 1239 (QB) (17 May 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org
“A member state was precluded under article 10a of Directive 85/337/EEC from withholding, from a non-governmental organisation promoting environmental protection, the right to rely before a national court on the infringement of a rule flowing from the environmental law of the European Union on the ground that that rule only protected the interests of the general public and not the interests of individuals. Such a non-governmental organisation could derive from article 10a the right to rely, before the courts, on the infringement of rules of national law flowing from Council Directive 92/43/EC even where national law did not permit this.”
WLR Daily, 12th May 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“Nick Clegg has unveiled sweeping plans for elected members to take seats in a reformed House of Lords in the next parliament. The deputy prime minister announced proposals for a cut-down second chamber, with 80% of its 300 members elected by proportional representation.”
The Guardian, 17th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Justice secretary says he will consider legislation, but admits there may be quicker, less controversial ways of tackling issue.”
The Guardian, 17th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Plans to strengthen the UK’s reputation as a world leader in legal services were unveiled by Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke and Minister for Trade and Investment Lord Green today.”
Ministry of Justice, 16th May 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Theresa May, the Home Secretary and minister for women and equalities, today backed a consultation on modernising Britain’s workplace laws.”
Home Office, 16th May 2011
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“The sexual grooming of children in the UK is a much bigger problem than has previously been recognised, the government has said.”
The Guardian, 17th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Law Society accuses ministers of ignoring consultation by pressing ahead with plans to remove legal help for vulnerable.”
The Guardian, 18th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A benefits cheat who was caught on CCTV brawling with police, despite claiming he could not leave home without a walking stick, has been jailed.”
BBC News, 17th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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