” Privacy & freedom of expression: a delicate balance – Speech by Lord Neuberger, Master of the Rolls, at Eton on 28th April 2010.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 29th April 2010
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“A teenager accused of stabbing a man to death after a snowball fight near his Denbighshire home has been jailed for life for murder at Mold Crown Court.”
BBC News, 29th April 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A massage parlour boss who offered ‘happy endings’ has been cleared of running a brothel from her bungalow.”
BBC News, 29th April 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A student pub-crawl organiser has been given a suspended jail sentence for punching a 61-year-old man unconscious after he expressed concerns about noise during an event involving 1,000 students.”
The Guardian, 29th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Families are suing a hospital where two babies died following an E.coli outbreak after it emerged that staff may have spread the infection by not washing their hands.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The former archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey today accused judges of moving towards a new ‘secular state’ that would downgrade the rights of religious believers. Attacking a ‘deeply worrying’ court ruling, Carey claimed the judiciary was now tipping the legal balance against believers in ‘a deeply unedifying collision of human rights’.”
The Guardian, 29th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The competition watchdog has said it is dropping some allegations of price fixing against Tesco as part of a dairy investigation that has seen rival firms handed fines of around £70 million.”
The Guardian, 30th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The family of a psychiatric patient who committed suicide by jumping in front of a train has won £10,000 compensation from the NHS Trust on the grounds that it failed to protect her.”
The Times, 29th April 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Social services repeatedly missed opportunities to protect a 14-year-old girl from her parents despite concerns about the family and reports of physical abuse.”
The Times, 30th April 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Appleby, R. v [2010] EWCA Crim 926 (29 April 2010)
Jones, R. v [2010] EWCA Crim 925 (29 April 2010)
Kazantzis, R. v [2010] EWCA Crim 712 (16 March 2010)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
RW v SW [2010] EWCA Civ 457 (29 April 2010)
Birmingham City Council v Clue [2010] EWCA Civ 460 (29 April 2010)
McFarlane v Relate Avon Ltd [2010] EWCA Civ B1 (29 April 2010)
Southall v The General Medical Council [2010] EWCA Civ 407 (20 April 2010)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Interflora Inc & Anor v Marks and Spencer Plc & Anor [2010] EWHC 925 (Ch) (29 April 2010)
High Court (Administrative Court)
TG, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Lambeth [2010] EWHC 907 (Admin) (29 April 2010)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Parbulk AS v Kristen Marine SA & Anor [2010] EWHC 900 (Comm) (29 April 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
“A new government should call a halt to the ‘torrent’ of legislation that has made the legal system incomprehensible to judges and the public alike, a senior judge has said.”
The Times, 29th April 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A teacher who snapped and attacked a pupil who had been goading him has been cleared of attempted murder and causing grievous bodily harm with intent.”
The Guardian, 29th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A great-grandmother fitted with an electronic tag after a goldfish was sold to a teenager at her pet shop has had her sentence quashed.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th April 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An armed woman who was shot dead by a police marksman in Kent was lawfully killed, an inquest jury has ruled.”
BBC News, 29th April 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Restrictions on the payment of welfare benefits to wives of terror suspects imposed by Ed Balls when he was a Treasury minister have been ruled illegal by the European court of justice.”
The Guardian, 29th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A millionaire has won a fight with planners to build a luxury eco-home on his own south coast island.”
The Independent, 29th April 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Football fan Garry Mann has won permission to continue his legal battle against extradition to Portugal, where he was sentenced to two years in prison for his role in a riot at the Euro 2004 tournament.”
The Guardian, 29th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A marriage guidance counsellor’s bid to challenge his sacking for refusing to give sex therapy to homosexuals has led to a serious clash between the Christian lobby and the judiciary.”
The Guardian, 29th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Richards, R. v [2010] EWCA Crim 835 (09 March 2010)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Aviva Life & Pensions UK Ltd v Strand Street Properties Ltd [2010] EWCA Civ 444 (29 April 2010)
Geofizika DD v MMB International Ltd & Anor [2010] EWCA Civ 459 (28 April 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
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