“A solicitor involved in a ‘land banking’ scheme which cost investors their life savings was struck off by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal last week.”
Law Society’s Gazette. 10th March 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The way premium phone rate companies are investigated for breaches of the industry code will be changed this spring, regulator PhonepayPlus (PPP) has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 10th March 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“Telecoms firms will be banned from automatically signing customers up to renewed contracts with minimum contract periods, telecoms regulator has said. It said that 15% of home phone users are tied into such contracts.”
OUT-LAW.com, 10th March 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“Following the conviction of Terence Brown, Moira Macmillan, CPS Counter Terrorism Division lawyer said: ‘Terence Brown made money from producing and selling CD-Roms which contained details of step-by-step instructions that could be used by anyone planning or committing a terrorist attack.’ ”
Crown Prosecution Service, 9th March 2011
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
“Two beauty therapists who suffered repetitive strain injury after giving hours of massages to Virgin Atlantic passengers have been awarded damages.”
BBC News, 10th March 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A police civilian worker who lied to friends and colleagues by telling them she was dying of liver cancer has been jailed for 15 months for fraud.”
BBC News, 10th March 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A former council chairman and his wife have been jailed for the ‘deplorable’ fraud of an elderly relative, which funded their lavish lifestyle and teddy bear collection.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th March 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The existence of the injunction was revealed by John Hemming, a back-bench Liberal Democrat MP, during a business debate in the House of Commons yesterday morning. His comments are protected by parliamentary privilege, which means he cannot face court proceedings for revealing the injunction’s existence.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th March 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The independence of the legal profession is being threatened by government ‘diktats’ ordering that the websites of three legal quangos be closed, the chair of the Legal Services Consumer Panel (LSCP) told a House of Lords debate this week.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 10th March 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A woman was killed by a convicted sex offender after a series of failings by the agencies involved in his release, an inquest jury has ruled.”
BBC News, 10th March 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Nick Hardwick, the chief inspector of prisons, signalled he was in favour of some prisoners being given the vote, despite admitting he has not come across a single inmate who wants it.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th March 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Three youths face life sentences after being found guilty today of murdering schoolboy Nicholas Pearton.”
The Independent, 10th March 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Most women lawyers believe their male colleagues earn more than they do, research has suggested.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 10th March 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
The Stamp Duty and Stamp Duty Reserve Tax (LCH.Clearnet Limited) Regulations 2011
The Stamp Duty and Stamp Duty Reserve Tax (SIX X-CLEAR AG) Regulations 2011
The Social Security (Deferral of Retirement Pensions) Regulations 2011
The Children’s Homes (Amendment) Regulations 2011
The Childcare (Exemptions from Registration) (Amendment) Order 2011
The Adoption Agencies and Independent Review of Determinations (Amendment) Regulations 2011
The Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (Contingency Planning) (Amendment) Regulations 2011
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency Trading Fund (Revocation) Order 2011
The Tribunal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2011
The Stamp Duty and Stamp Duty Reserve Tax (Eurex Clearing AG) Regulations 2011
The Fostering Services (England) Regulations 2011
The Climate Change Levy (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2011
The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Amendment Regulations 2011
The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2011
The Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2011
The Pension Protection Fund (Prescribed Payments and Investment Costs – Amendment) Regulations 2011
The Welfare Reform Act 2009 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2011
The Pensions Act 2008 (Commencement No. 9) Order 2011
The Stamp Duty and Stamp Duty Reserve Tax (European Central Counterparty Limited) Regulations 2011
The Insurance Premium Tax (Discounted Insurance Premiums: Higher Rate) Order 2011
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Everclear Ltd (BVI) v Agrest & Anor [2011] EWCA Civ 232 (09 March 2011)
Secretary of State for the Home Department v Abdi [2011] EWCA Civ 242 (09 March 2011)
Pitt & Anor v Holt & Anor [2011] EWCA Civ 197 (09 March 2011)
North Shore Ventures Ltd v Anstead Holdings, Inc & Ors [2011] EWCA Civ 230 (09 March 2011)
Bank of Scotland v Pereira & Ors [2011] EWCA Civ 241 (09 March 2011)
Nunn v Royal Mail Group Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 244 (10 March 2011)
British Telecommunications Plc v Office of Communications & Anor [2011] EWCA Civ 245 (10 March 2011)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
MNB v News Group Newspapers Ltd [2011] EWHC 528 (QB) (09 March 2011)
Jeffers v The Labour Party [2011] EWHC 529 (QB) (10 March 2011)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Hawksford Trustees Jersey Ltd v Stella Global UK Ltd & Anor [2011] EWHC 503 (Ch) (09 March 2011)
White & Ors v Williams & Ors [2011] EWHC 494 (Ch) (10 March 2011)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Gujra, R (on the application of) v Crown Prosecution Service [2011] EWHC 472 (Admin) (09 March 2011)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Argo Systems FZE v Liberty Insurance (PTE) & Anor [2011] EWHC 301 (Comm) (21 February 2011)
Camarata Property Inc v Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Ltd [2011] EWHC 479 (Comm) (09 March 2011)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Irvin v Robertson [2010] EWHC 3723 (TCC) (21 December 2010)
Michael Phillips Architects Ltd v Riklin & Anor [2011] EWHC 27 (TCC) (12 January 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org
“Today, Lord Justice Leveson appeared on BBC Radio 5 Live’s Victoria Derbyshire show to talk about the work of the Sentencing Council, discuss how sentencing works, clear up common misconceptions about it, and debate related issues with callers. You can listen to the show here until 15 March.”
Sentencing Council, 8th March 2011
Source: www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk
“Victims of rape and sexual violence will receive the specialist help they need following Ministry of Justice funding for four new support centres in Hereford, Trafford, Dorset and Devon said Justice Minister, Crispin Blunt.”
Ministry of Justice, 9th March 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“The Citizenship Foundation, in partnership with the Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, the Faculty of Advocates in Scotland and the Bar Council of Northern Ireland, is gearing up for the 20th annual final of the Bar National Mock Trial Competition.”
The Bar Council, 10th March 2011
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
“The Charities Bill was published today, consolidating existing charities legislation into one Act of Parliament. The consolidation bill aims to make it easier to follow charities legislation.”
Cabinet Office, 4th March 2011
Source: www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk
Ministry of Defence v Wallis and another [2011] EWCA Civ 231; [2011] WLR (D) 76
“The employment tribunal had jurisdiction to hear discrimination and unfair dismissal claims brought by claimants who had been employed by the Ministry of Defence in the British section of international schools in Belgium and the Netherlands.”
WLR Daily, 9th March 2011
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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