“The £441,000 audit was launched last year after a series of major blunders by detectives investigating rape cases. But the decision to shelve it was taken after Theresa May, the Home Secretary, was asked to identify budget savings.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th September 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A mother who brought men into the country to work as ‘slaves’ in her award-winning Indian restaurant has been jailed for three years.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th September 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Boxing TV host Jim Rosenthal lost a legal bout with chef Heston Blumenthal today as a judge ruled he should not be refunded for a £1,300 meal which left him ‘disastrously’ sick.”
The Independent, 14th September 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Mr Justice Eady, whose rulings form much of the backbone of UK privacy law, is to hand over responsibility for defamation and privacy cases. From the beginning of October, his role as the senior media judge in England and Wales will be inherited by Mr Justice Tugendhat.”
The Independent, 15th September 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“MPs are assessing whether UK gun laws are ‘fit for purpose’ after recent killings in Cumbria and on Tyneside.”
BBC News, 14th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A BBC presenter who admitted wasting police time after claiming on air that he smothered his dying lover has been given a suspended prison sentence.”
BBC News, 14th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“George Michael was today sentenced to eight weeks in prison for a drug-driving offence.”
The Guardian, 14th September 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A school IT technician from North Yorkshire has been jailed for two years and eight months after pleading guilty to several child pornography charges.”
BBC News, 14th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Three former Labour MPs facing criminal trials over expenses-fiddling allegations have been cleared to go to the Supreme Court in their bid to have the charges thrown out.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th September 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
High Court (Chancery Division)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Omega Proteins Ltd v Aspen Insurance UK Ltd [2010] EWHC 2280 (Comm) (10 September 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2010
The Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Amendment No. 2) (England) Regulations 2010
The Police Pensions (Additional Voluntary Contributions) (Amendment) Regulations 2010
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
“A 31-year-old care worker at Broadmoor high-security psychiatric hospital in Berkshire has admitted having sex with a mentally-ill patient.”
BBC News, 13th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Law Society is investigating a legal aptitude test to stem the tide of solicitors entering the profession.”
The Guardian, 14th September 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Two businessmen earned £250,000 through an illegal fertility company providing women with access to sperm donors, a court heard today. In the first case of its kind, a jury was told that Nigel Woodforth, 43, ran the firm from the basement of his home in Reading, Berkshire, with 49-year-old Ricky Gage.”
The Guardian, 13th September 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A police officer who was jailed for six months after he was caught on CCTV throwing a woman into a cell has been granted bail pending an appeal.”
BBC News, 13th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A former senior Metropolitan Police officer has issued judicial review proceedings against the force over newspaper phone-hacking claims.”
BBC News, 13th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A foreign office high-flier appointed as Britain’s deputy ambassador to Kazakhstan has had her posting revoked after officials ruled that her deafness makes it too expensive to send her abroad. Jane Cordell, who was lauded for her work championing disability rights during a previous diplomatic role in Poland, is suing the Foreign Office for discrimination after being told that the additional cost of providing her with trained ‘lip speakers’ to enable her to work can no longer be justified from the public purse.”
The Independent, 14th September 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Guardian to go to tribunal to gain access to letters to ministers, while Act amendments may mean 20-year block on letters.”
The Guardian, 13th September 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Ministry of Defence is refusing to disclose whether any individuals have died in British military custody in Afghanistan, raising concerns that a number of people may have been killed during interrogation.”
The Guardian, 13th September 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A tiny Cornish community has won a partial victory in its fight against a leading public school.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th September 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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