“It was one of the first cases to be heard by the new transparent Supreme Court — and it was shrouded in secrecy. But yesterday the justices struck a blow for openness, in line with its much-vaunted visibility as the UK’s highest court.”
The Times, 28th January 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The doctor who first suggested the link between MMR vaccinations and autism is to hear whether he is guilty of unethical research practices.”
BBC News, 28th January 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Court of Appeals has asked Europe’s highest court to rule on whether UK authorities can seize counterfeit goods passing through the UK and allow brand owners to take legal action against the companies behind the fakes.”
OUT-LAW.com, 27th January 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
“Today I am talking to Carl Gardner, a former government lawyer in Tony Blair’s administration and author of the Head of Legal blog, about the legality of the War in Iraq.”
Charon QC, 27th January 2010
Source: www.charonqc.wordpress.com
“Charon QC” is the blogging pseudonym of Mike Semple Piggot, editor of insitelaw newswire.
“Paul Mendelle, QC, is one of those barristers the public loves to hate. He defends the indefensible, those accused of rape, murder, unspeakable acts of cruelty. His last big case was acting for Baby P’s mother, Tracey Connelly.”
The Times, 28th January 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The radio presenter Jon Gaunt won his battle today to take the media regulator Ofcom to a judicial review over a live interview in which he called a councillor a ‘Nazi’.”
The Guardian, 27th January 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“All peers will have to relinquish their ‘non-domiciled’ tax status and become UK taxpayers if they want to remain in Parliament, under a new Government law.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th January 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Two brothers who were jailed for brutally torturing two young boys are to have their sentences reconsidered, it was announced yesterday.”
The Times, 27th January 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Sunday Times editor John Witherow and a partner from the law firm Carter-Ruck are among those who have been appointed to a government panel considering changes to the law on libel, the lord chancellor, Jack Straw, said today.”
The Times, 27th January 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A university unit involved in a row over stolen e-mails on climate research breached rules by withholding data, the Information Commissioner’s Office says.”
BBC News, 28th January 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“One of the men whose financial freedom was restored by the Supreme Court is a UN-designated terrorist suspect with links to the airline bomb plotters.”
The Times, 28th January 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Chilcot inquiry will question Tony Blair about the Iraq war. So might we see the real truth emerge at last?”
The Guardian, 28th January 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A mother whose home resembled a ‘murder scene’ after a midwife ‘randomly hacked’ at her with a pair of scissors has called for a change in the law to force independent midwives to take out insurance.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th January 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A man who torched his wife’s home after accusing her of wanting to ‘cop off’ with a taxi driver was jailed for 12 years today for the manslaughter of their three children.”
The Indpendent, 27th January 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Musician Pete Doherty has been fined for taking 13 wraps of heroin to court in his coat pocket.”
BBC News, 27th January 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The way Britain is governed has gone wrong and is in urgent need of reform, a group of former Whitehall chiefs has warned in a highly critical report.”
BBC News, 27th January 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Radio presenter claims Ofcom breached right to free speech by upholding complaints about on-air comments.”
The Guardian, 27th January 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Ministers’ efforts to combat terrorism were dealt a fresh blow today when the UK’s highest court quashed measures to freeze the assets of terror suspects imposed without the approval of Parliament.”
The Times, 27th January 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Murder victims’ relatives will be the first to benefit from a service to help people afflicted by crime, Justice Secretary Jack Straw is to announce.”
BBC News, 27th January 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Hines v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] EWHC Civ 69 (Admin) (26 January 2010)
High Court (Commercial court)
Source: www.bailii.org
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