“Teacher pursues seven-year battle to return to classroom after being acquitted of sexual assault.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th January 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A Kent rugby club has been fined £2,000 and deducted 50 points following a deliberate attack which left an opposing player blind in one eye.”
BBC News, 13th January 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A charity which runs a Herefordshire show has been fined £10,000 after an exhibitor was electrocuted at the site.”
BBC News, 13th January 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Press Complaints Commission today kicked off an investigation into the Daily Telegraph’s covert recording of Liberal Democrat ministers, following a formal complaint from the party’s president.”
The Guardian, 13th January 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Police watchdog called in to investigate reasons why prosecution fell apart.”
The Guardian, 13th January 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A social worker who failed to pass on details about the abuse of a toddler a week before she was murdered has been suspended for two years.”
BBC News, 12th January 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A rapist who broke into a Manchester hall of residence and attacked a terrified student at knifepoint has been jailed for life.”
BBC News, 12th January 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Twenty environmental activists are seeking to overturn recent criminal convictions in the wake of the Guardian’s revelations about a network of undercover police officers embedded deep in the movement.”
The Guardian, 13th January 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Metropolitan Police blocked legal action aimed at identifying all the alleged victims uncovered by its criminal investigation into phone hacking by the News of the World. Documents filed at the High Court in London show that Scotland Yard is resisting a claim for a judicial review of its handling of the case, on the basis that it does not have a public duty to contact everyone brought to the attention of detectives.”
The Independent, 13th January 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Workers will be automatically enrolled in a pension scheme under rules outline in the Pension Bill published today.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th January 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A man whose disabled sister was found dying in squalor in the North Tyneside home they shared has been jailed for her manslaughter.”
BBC News, 11th January 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A teacher was sacked after bringing a sledge into school and allowing two pupils to ride on it, a disciplinary hearing has heard.”
BBC News, 11th January 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Government will scrap the default retirement age (DRA) later this year, despite calls from business to continue to allow them to force workers to retire at 65.”
OUT-LAW.com, 13th January 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“Employers are under pressure to up their game when it comes to temporary placements.”
The Guardian, 13th January 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Desmond v The Chief Constable of Nottinghamshire Police [2011] EWCA Civ 3 (12 January 2011)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Guerrero & 30 Ors v Monterrico Metals Plc [2010] EWHC 3228 (QB) (15 December 2010)
Ganz v Childs & Ors [2011] EWHC 13 (QB) (11 January 2011)
Cambridge v Makin [2011] EWHC 12 (QB) (12 January 2011)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
“The culture secretary, Jeremy Hunt, said today he expects his decision on whether to allow the proposed takeover of BSkyB by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation to be judicially challenged whatever decision he comes to.”
The Guardian, 12th January 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Art 10 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms did not alter the settled law that the principle of open justice in criminal proceedings did not extend to a right for the press or the public to inspect documents or other exhibits placed before a court during such proceedings, or require the Criminal Procedure Rules 2010 to be interpreted as conferring any right of inspection of written evidence.”
WLR Daily, 12th January 2011
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“Rules may be changed so that strike is only lawful if a majority of those entitled to vote back the action.”
The Guardian, 12th January 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man has been convicted of common assault for throwing a snowball at a police community support officer.”
BBC News, 12th January 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Three prisons are to shut by July with the loss of 800 places, it was reported today.”
The Guardian, 13th January 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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