“A transsexual has launched a legal challenge after the NHS refused to pay for a breast enlargement operation, claiming the decision breaches her human rights.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th May 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The consumer watchdog’s reliance on whistleblowers as the bedrock of anti-cartel cases is under scrutiny following the embarrassing collapse of the British Airways price-fixing trial. Legal experts warned that offering immunity in exchange for full co-operation with an investigation threatened to undermine Office of Fair Trading prosecutions by giving whistleblowers influence over evidence gathering and fostering complacency among investigators.”
The Guardian, 12th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A West Yorkshire woman who was secretly taped confessing to smothering her grandmother has lost an appeal against her murder conviction.”
BBC News, 11th May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Shropshire firm has been fined £75,000 after a worker was left partially blind and deaf when he was thrown from a machine.”
BBC News, 11th May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Security service accused of involvement in abuse of Birmingham businessman Gulam Mustafa, who was arrested in Dhaka.”
The Guardian, 11th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An acid attacker who left a 25-year-old man severely disfigured in a horrific plot to avenge his family’s ‘dishonour’ was jailed for 30 years today.”
The Times, 11th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The uncle of a four-year-old boy who was mauled to death by a pit-bull has pleaded guilty to breeding and owning a dangerous dog.”
BBC News, 11th May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man who sustained extensive injuries in a road crash in Wiltshire has been awarded millions of pounds in damages.”
BBC News, 10th May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A prison officer from Suffolk has been jailed for three years for sexually abusing a 17-year-old in a young offenders’ institute.”
BBC News, 10th May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Huntley & Anor v Armes [2010] EWCA Civ 396 (11 May 2010)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Crown Prosecution Service v Neish [2010] EWCA Crim 1011 (06 May 2010)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Ahmed & Ors v Murphy [2010] EWHC 453 (Admin) (10 May 2010)
High Court (Family Division)
PM v KH & Anor [2010] EWHC 870 (Fam) (30 April 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
In re Frankice (Golders Green) Ltd and others; [2010] WLR (D) 118
“The words ‘legal process’ in para 43(6) of Sch B1 to the Insolvency Act 1986 meant something with a defined beginning and an ascertainable outcome, involving the compulsive power of the law, which, in the interim, was governed by a recognisable procedure which was legal or quasi-legal in nature.”
WLR Daily, 10th May 2010
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.
“S 2(3) of the Superannuation Act 1972 as amended conferred protection in relation to all entitlements in the principal civil service pension scheme (‘PCSPS’) and the civil service compensation scheme (‘CSCS’) referable to length of service and contributions paid, whether they constituted legal entitlements in the full sense or entitlements as a matter of established and declared administrative practice as set out in any relevant scheme under s 1 of the 1972 Act.”
WLR Daily, 10th May 2010
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.
“12 tuns of wine, horse provender and a robe allowance, speech by Lord Neuberger at Lincoln’s Inn on 10th May 2010.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 11th May 2010
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“A grandmother has won the legal right to be paid as a foster carer for looking after her granddaughter.”
BBC News, 10th May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Three people have been found guilty of attacking a man in London by dousing him with acid in revenge for an alleged online affair with a married woman.”
BBC News, 10th May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man who pretended to be al-Qa’ida’s ’emir’ in Britain by publicly calling for the murder of Gordon Brown and Tony Blair pleaded guilty to a string of terrorism offences yesterday.”
The Independent, 11th May 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The advertising regulator has received more than 400 complaints about an ad which shows sight-impaired footballers mistakenly kicking a cat.”
The Guardian, 11th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A trainee accountant who made a joke bomb threat on Twitter after his local airport was closed by heavy snow was found guilty yesterday of sending a menacing electronic message.”
The Times, 11th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Police officers have been given the right to take days off to dance naked on the solstices, celebrate fertility rituals and burn Yule logs if they profess pagan beliefs.”
The Times, 11th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The London-based law firm which pursued the action against oil trading giant Trafigura over the alleged dumping of toxic waste in the Ivory Coast has claimed a record £105 million in costs.”
The Independent, 10th May 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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