“More than 100 companies could lose their licence unless they comply with OFT rules after the watchdog discovered misleading advertising and poor advice were rife.”
The Guardian, 28th September 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The former Labour government’s top legal adviser during the Iraq war has questioned whether the British military justice system is fit for purpose.”
BBC News, 27th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The UK information commissioner is investigating the leak of thousands of emails containing personal information from the controversial solicitors’ firm ACS:Law after the company’s website came under sustained attack by online activists.”
The Guardian, 27th September 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A magistrate has been removed from office after he fell asleep on the bench, causing an assault trial to collapse, the Office for Judicial Complaints said yesterday.”
The Independent, 28th September 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The mother of Sarah Payne has welcomed the introduction of ‘Sarah’s Law’ in Sussex, the county where her daughter was murdered by a paedophile in 2000.”
BBC News, 28th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The coalition government appeared to be heading for a clash with the country’s official human rights watchdog today after insisting its newly-published guidance on torture does not breach UK or international law.”
The Guardian, 27th September 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Millions of pounds in compensation is being paid to migrants who have been traumatised after being locked up in detention centres across the UK, the Guardian has learned.”
The Guardian, 26th September 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Coalition must safeguard separation of powers and the rule of law when considering status of UK supreme court.”
BBC News, 24th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A trainee accountant from Doncaster who posted a message on Twitter threatening to blow up an airport has started an appeal against his conviction.”
BBC News, 24th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The UK’s official human rights watchdog has warned the government that its newly published guidance on torture may be unlawful and open to challenge in the courts.”
The Guardian, 27th September 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The case against a former approved school housemaster accused of sexual abuse was thrown out by a judge today – amid stinging criticism of police investigators.”
The Independent, 24th September 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“An illegal minicab driver was jailed for eight years today for raping a passenger.”
The Independent, 24th September 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A former MP who was arrested on suspicion of assaulting his teenage son and daughter has received damages and an apology from the police.”
BBC News, 24th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A postman from Cornwall who used social-networking websites to abuse hundreds of children has been jailed for eight-and-a-half years.”
BBC News, 24th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The schoolgirl who was ‘abducted’ from her father’s home in Canada by her English mother won the right not to return after telling judges: “I never, never in my whole life want to go back there. The 13-year-old made clear her determination to stay in the Teesside town when Lord Justice Thorpe and Lady Justice Smith took the unique step of holding a private interview with her halfway through a hearing at London’s Civil Appeal Court.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th September 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A man has been jailed for life for murdering his wife of five months and hiding her body in their garage.”
BBC News, 21st September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Polish dairy worker serving a life sentence for murdering a colleague and burying her body in a Wrexham field has failed to overturn the conviction.”
BBC News, 22nd September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
High Court (Administrative Court)
Hertel v The Government of Canada & Anor [2010] EWHC 2305 (Admin) (17 September 2010)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Ark & Ors v Kaur & Ors [2010] EWHC 2314 (Ch) (17 September 2010)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Brandeaux Advisers (UK) Ltd v Chadwick [2010] EWHC 2370 (QB) (22 September 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
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