“The government will attempt today to have a case about torture heard entirely behind closed doors in a move that some lawyers say would extend secrecy to a new area of hearings, overriding ancient principles of English law.”
The Guardian, 8th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A bus driver who used his single-decker bus to knock down and kill a man who tried to confront him over damage caused to his pick-up truck was jailed for seven and a half years yesterday.”
The Independent, 5th March 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The RSPCA has started an appeal five months after losing a court battle over a £2m estate left to it in a will.”
BBC News, 6th March 2010
“Vegans and atheists should have the same protection against discrimination as religious groups according to guidance on new equality laws proposed by Harriet Harman.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th March 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Did you hear the one about the mother banned from taking a snapshot of her baby in the pool? Or the student prevented from photographing Tower Bridge at sunset? Be warned. The authorities now have the power to confiscate your camera — or even arrest you — for daring to take a picture in public.”
The Times, 7th March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Total, the French oil group, may be forced to pay out around £100 million to rival oil company Shell to compensate it for damage caused by the Buncefield fire in 2005.”
The Times, 4th March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Two men and a woman who stole the identity of a dead child as part of a multiple fraud have been jailed.”
BBC News, 5th March 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The Census (England) Regulations 2010
The Medicines (Products for Human Use) (Fees) Regulations 2010
The Blood Safety and Quality (Fees Amendment) Regulations 2010
The Medical Devices (Fees Amendment) Regulations 2010
The Whole of Government Accounts (Specified Dates) Order 2010
The Special Annual Allowance Charge (Variation of Rate) Order 2010
The Finance Act 2009, Section 94 (Appointed Day) Order 2010
The Registered Pension Schemes (Provision of Information) (Amendment) Regulations 2010
The Child Trust Funds (Amendment) Regulations 2010
The Income Tax Act 2007 (Amendment) Order 2010
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
“Two men who shouted ‘scum, scum, scum’ at Muslim protestors during a soldiers’ homecoming parade have been convicted of committing a public order offence.”
BBC News, 5th March 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two brothers will inherit their father’s Norfolk farm following a High Court dispute that has left the family riven by ‘suspicion and distrust.’ ”
BBC News, 5th March 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Families of people who developed the incurable variant CJD today lost their high court battle to change what they saw as a flawed compensation scheme.”
The Guardian, 5th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A paramedic was jailed for 12 months today after being found guilty of telling a series of lies when he failed to resuscitate a 30-stone man.”
The Guardian, 5th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The wife of the convicted airliner bomb plotter Abdulla Ahmed Ali was today found not guilty of failing to pass on information that would be useful in preventing an act of terrorism.”
The Times, 5th March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A soldier who fled the country rather than redeploy to Afghanistan and who has since claimed the conflict is illegal was jailed for nine months today.”
The Times, 5th March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Houldsworth & Anor v Bridge Trustees Ltd & Anor [2010] EWCA Civ 179 (04 March 2010)
Malik v Kalyan [2010] EWCA Civ 113 (04 March 2010)
Shell UK Ltd & Ors v Total UK Ltd & Anor [2010] EWCA Civ 180 (04 March 2010)
Zeital & Anor v Kaye & Ors [2010] EWCA Civ 159 (05 March 2010)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Johnson, R. v [2010] EWCA Crim 385 (04 March 2010)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
High Court (Commercial Court)
High Court (Family Division)
Doctor A & Ors v Ward & Anor [2010] EWHC 205 (Fam) (09 February 2010)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Brown ( A Minor) v Emery [2010] EWHC 388 (QB) (04 March 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
The NHS Professionals Special Health Authority (Abolition) Order 2010
The Severn Bridges (Amendment) Regulations 2010
The Fire Safety (Employees’ Capabilities) (England) Regulations 2010
The Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Order of Council 2010
The Care Quality Commission (Specified Organisations etc) Order 2010
The South Downs National Park Authority (Establishment) Order 2010
The Town and Country Planning (Blight Provisions) (England) Order 2010
The Charities Act 2006 (Principal Regulators of Exempt Charities) Regulations 2010
The Lowestoft Sixth Form College (Incorporation) Order 2010
The Lowestoft Sixth Form College (Government) Regulations 2010
The Policing and Crime Act 2009 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2010
The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Sanctions for Failure to Attend) Regulations 2010
The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2010
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
“Courts will have the power to block access to entire websites from the UK because of allegations of copyright infringement under an amendment to Government legislation that has been adopted by the House of Lords.”
OUT-LAW.com, 4th March 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
“Solicitors who handled sick coal miners’ government compensation claims are set to appear before courts across the country, as the first known court actions for alleged undersettlement of such claims begin to emerge.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 4th March 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The success fees charged by lawyers in defamation cases will be cut by 90% after justice secretary Jack Straw laid an order to amend the laws on ‘no win, no fee’ agreements.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 5th March 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
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