“Child protection social workers should be freed up from box-ticking bureaucracy to give them more time to work with families and at-risk youngsters, a government-commissioned report was due to say on Tuesday.”
The Guardian, 10th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Related link: The Munro Review of Child Protection, CM 8062 (PDF)
“The NHS has paid £112 million in compensation over the past five years after doctors failed to spot deadly blood clots, according to research.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th May 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Disabled people are using the courts to challenge multimillion-pound spending cuts which they say will hit them hardest.”
The Guardian, 10th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Human rights judges are due to rule on ex-Formula One boss Max Mosley’s attempt to force newspapers to warn people before exposing their private lives.”
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The Guardian, 10th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Government and other members of the Judicial Diversity Taskforce today [9 May] re-emphasised their commitment to a more diverse and representative judiciary.”
Ministry of Justice, 9th May 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“A senior Metropolitan police officer has been found to have ‘recklessly’ misled two pathologists over the possible cause of Ian Tomlinson’s death at the G20 protests in London.”
The Guardian, 9th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A leading children’s charity this week warned of the dangers of government plans to repeal the anti-social behaviour order (asbo).”
Law Society’s Gazette, 9th May 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Judges should be drawn from across our communities. We are trying hard to achieve that, but could do better.”
The Guardian, 9th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A Devon couple whose stillborn baby was cremated without their knowledge are calling for the law regarding cremation to be changed.”
BBC News, 9th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Metropolitan police has paid out more than £250,000 in damages to people arrested in connection with the G20 protests in London in 2009, the bulk of it to 66 activists held during a controversial raid on a squatted building.”
The Guardian, 9th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Bajwa & Ors, R v [2011] EWCA Crim 1093 (06 May 2011)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
TG, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Lambeth [2011] EWCA Civ 526 (06 May 2011)
C (A Child), Re [2011] EWCA Civ 521 (06 May 2011)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Potts v Densley & Anor [2011] EWHC 1144 (QB) (06 May 2011)
Bacon v Automattic Inc & Ors [2011] EWHC 1072 (QB) (06 May 2011)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Suggitt v Suggitt & Anor [2011] EWHC 903 (Ch) (20 April 2011)
Rodenstock GmbH (The “Scheme Company”), Re [2011] EWHC 1104 (Ch) (06 May 2011)
Oliver & Anor v Symons & Anor [2011] EWHC B9 (Ch) (14 April 2011)
Brown & Anor v Button & Ors [2011] EWHC 1034 (Ch) (04 May 2011)
Peoples Phone Ltd v Nicolaou [2011] EWHC 1129 (Ch) (06 May 2011)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Saverymuttu v The General Medical Council [2011] EWHC 1139 (Admin) (06 May 2011)
High Court (Commercial Court)
MMP GmbH v Antal International Network Ltd [2011] EWHC 1120 (Comm) (06 May 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org
“Hundreds of dangerous offenders, including those assessed as likely killers, are being released into society under a scheme condemned by the probation service as ‘scandalous’.”
The Guardian, 8th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A year on from its parliamentary approval the Digital Economy Act leaves a lot to be desired, reports Jemima Kiss.”
The Guardian, 9th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
RK (Zimbabwe) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] EWCA Civ 456; [2011] WLR (D) 147
“There was no general rule to the effect that any returned asylum seeker who would be in a position to avoid risk of persecution only by falsely claiming to support the regime in his home country would be entitled to asylum; rather, it was necessary to make a close examination of the particular circumstances of the individual, as each case would turn on its own facts.”
WLR Daily, 20th April 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.
“A national competition authority, having examined whether there was an abuse of a dominant position pursuant to its own national law and pursuant to article 102FEU of the FEU Treaty (ex article 82EC of the EC Treaty), was not entitled to take a decision stating that there had been no breach of article 102FEU of the FEU Treaty.”
WLR Daily, 3rd 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.
“People who sell tickets for profit on websites such as Viagogo and Seatwave could risk being ‘named and shamed’ and even face possible legal action if UK sports bodies and event promoters decide to take advantage of a landmark court ruling.”
The Guardian, 7th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Britain’s most senior judges will decide this week whether hundreds of people whose wrongful convictions have been quashed by the court of appeal are truly innocent. In a landmark ruling, the supreme court will define the meaning of a miscarriage of justice and decide when individuals are entitled to official compensation.”
The Guardian, 8th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Related link: What price 14 years in jail for a murder conviction that was overturned?
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