“A convict with ‘severe social phobia’ has taken a prison governor to court for refusing to let him finish his sentence in privacy of his own home.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th February 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A university worker was jailed today for planning to flood the market with fake sex-enhancing drugs.”
The Independent, 24th February 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“There is a serious mismatch between the government’s aim to commercialise forensic science and the requirement of courts for openness, according to a top forensic expert.”
BBC News, 25th February 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A law student who posted Islamic terrorist propaganda on the internet was facing jail today (24 February).”
The Independent, 24th February 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Cuts to legal aid will have ‘serious implications for the quality of justice’, the country’s most senior judge warned yesterday in a scathing attack on Kenneth Clarke’s plans.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th February 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Related link: Q&A: Legal Aid
“The likelihood of further News of the World (NotW) journalists being dragged into the phone-hacking scandal increased yesterday when a judge ruled that names believed to belong to the paper’s employees should no longer be blanked out on key documents.”
The Independent, 25th February 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The number of stops and searches by police under controversial counterterrorism laws has fallen sharply since the government curtailed the scope of the powers.”
The Guardian, 24th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Courts could grind to a standstill as hundreds of thousands of people represent themselves in legal cases, senior judges have warned.”
The Guardian, 24th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Austin & Anor, R v [2011] EWCA Crim 345 (24 February 2011)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Seeff & Anor v Dinh Nam Ho & Anor [2011] EWCA Civ 186 (24 February 2011)
Sita UK Ltd. v Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority [2011] EWCA Civ 156 (24 February 2011)
British Airways Plc v Mak & Ors [2011] EWCA Civ 184 (24 February 2011)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Phethean- Hubble v Coles [2011] EWHC 363 (QB) (24 February 2011)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Choy v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] EWHC 365 (Admin) (24 February 2011)
Popa v Regional Court In Plzen Mestro, Czech Republic [2011] EWHC 329 (Admin) (24 February 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org
“Read the judgment ordering the Wikileaks founder to be extradited to Sweden to face allegations of rape and sexual assault.”
The Guardian, 24th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Libraries are set to be a legal testing-ground for David Cameron’s vision of the ‘big society’, with lawyers arguing that the prime minister’s ‘vague notions’ are not enough to fulfil councils’ legal obligations to their library services.”
The Guardian, 24th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man killed a cat when he picked it up by a hind leg and swung it head-first into a wall at least four times, a court has heard.”
The Independent, 24th February 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should be extradited to Sweden to face sex offence charges, a judge ruled today.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th February 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A retired American millionaire who stabbed his wife to death as he battled to stop her benefiting from their impending divorce was convicted of murder today.”
The Independent, 24th February 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
High Court (Chancery Division)
Kingspan Group Plc & Anor v Rockwool Ltd [2011] EWHC 250 (Ch) (21 February 2011)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
“City litigators have questioned Justice Secretary Ken Clarke’s calls to reform the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in the wake of its ruling that serving prisoners should be given the right to vote.”
Legal Week, 22nd February 2011
Source: www.legalweek.com
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