“An Anglican vicar deliberately breached Britain’s immigration laws by conducting hundreds of sham marriages between Africans and Europeans, a court heard yesterday.”
The Independent, 11th June 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A ‘secret’ judicial inquiry is to be held into the death of Azelle Rodney, an unarmed 24-year-old black Londoner who was shot by a Metropolitan police marksman five years ago, the new justice secretary, Kenneth Clarke, has announced.”
The Guardian, 10th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Three people, including 13-year-old twins, are to be paid compensation by police after they were stopped and searched unlawfully at a climate camp demonstration.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th June 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Bloody Sunday inquiry sat between April 1998 and January 2005. Much of the evidence was new, some contradictory. Here are some of the most significant disclosures.”
The Guardian, 11th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The long-awaited report into the Bloody Sunday massacre will conclude that a number of the fatal shootings of civilians by British soldiers were unlawful killings.”
The Guardian, 10th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal
“Any right there might be to withdraw licence to a visitor to remain in one’s house and to use reasonable force to eject her therefrom could not be extended to one’s motor vehicle.”
The Times, 10th June 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Divison)
Dhorajiwala, R v [2010] EWCA Crim 1237 (09 June 2010)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Morge, R (on the application of) v Hampshire County Council [2010] EWCA Civ 608 (10 June 2010)
Beechwood Birmingham Ltd v Hoyer Group UK Ltd [2010] EWCA Civ 647 (10 June 2010)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Baxter & Ors v McCann [2010] EWHC 1330 (QB) (10 June 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
“Thousands of people across the UK might have been stopped and searched illegally, figures released by the Home Office suggest.”
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BBC News, 10th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A young professional poker player lost £156,000 at the High Court today when a judge ruled he must pay a rabbi who placed spread bets for him on the Dow Jones index.”
The Independent, 10th June 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“People convicted of knife-carrying offences are now less likely to go to jail, Ministry of Justice figures show.”
BBC News, 10th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Landlords and letting agents will not be subject to greater regulation because this would introduce too much additional red tape, the government said today.”
The Guardian, 10th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Cherie Blair will not be disciplined after she was cleared over comments she made while sparing a violent offender jail.”
The Independent, 10th June 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The coalition government is reviewing key reforms to legal complaints handling and the introduction of alternative business structures, as part of a wider review of regulatory measures inherited from the previous administration.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 10th June 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Judges are too quick to make wills for mentally ill or elderly people in favour of ‘Johnny-come-lately’ relatives, according to a legal expert.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th June 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An independent review of child protection and social work in England has been ordered by the government.”
BBC News, 10th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The coalition government’s decision to hold an inquiry into the UK’s involvement in torture and rendition was today hailed by the Council of Europe as ‘a proper response’ which could offer an example to other nations.”
The Guardian, 9th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The wife of the celebrity chef Marco Pierre White was due to enter the divorce courts on her own next week, without lawyers, to battle for a share of her husband’s estimated £50 million wealth. But publicity in The Times about her case has prompted a potential rescuer — in the unlikely shape of a criminal set of barristers’ chambers.”
The Times, 10th June 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Soon, perhaps as early as October next year, provision of legal services in England and Wales is set to change radically with the introduction of alternative business structures (ABS). Ownership of legal services providers – currently restricted to lawyers – will be open to anyone deemed ‘fit or proper’. This could be an insurance company or a supermarket – hence the sobriquet ‘Tesco law’.”
The Guardian, 9th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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