“The Sunday Times editor John Witherow and a partner from the law firm Carter-Ruck are among those who have been appointed to a government panel considering changes to the law on libel, the lord chancellor, Jack Straw, said today.”
The Times, 27th January 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A university unit involved in a row over stolen e-mails on climate research breached rules by withholding data, the Information Commissioner’s Office says.”
BBC News, 28th January 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“One of the men whose financial freedom was restored by the Supreme Court is a UN-designated terrorist suspect with links to the airline bomb plotters.”
The Times, 28th January 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Chilcot inquiry will question Tony Blair about the Iraq war. So might we see the real truth emerge at last?”
The Guardian, 28th January 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A mother whose home resembled a ‘murder scene’ after a midwife ‘randomly hacked’ at her with a pair of scissors has called for a change in the law to force independent midwives to take out insurance.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th January 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A man who torched his wife’s home after accusing her of wanting to ‘cop off’ with a taxi driver was jailed for 12 years today for the manslaughter of their three children.”
The Indpendent, 27th January 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Musician Pete Doherty has been fined for taking 13 wraps of heroin to court in his coat pocket.”
BBC News, 27th January 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The way Britain is governed has gone wrong and is in urgent need of reform, a group of former Whitehall chiefs has warned in a highly critical report.”
BBC News, 27th January 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Radio presenter claims Ofcom breached right to free speech by upholding complaints about on-air comments.”
The Guardian, 27th January 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Ministers’ efforts to combat terrorism were dealt a fresh blow today when the UK’s highest court quashed measures to freeze the assets of terror suspects imposed without the approval of Parliament.”
The Times, 27th January 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Murder victims’ relatives will be the first to benefit from a service to help people afflicted by crime, Justice Secretary Jack Straw is to announce.”
BBC News, 27th January 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Hines v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] EWHC Civ 69 (Admin) (26 January 2010)
High Court (Commercial court)
Source: www.bailii.org
Land Securities plc and Others v Fladgate Fielder (a Firm)
Court of appeal
“Property developers could not sue a party, who had challenged the grant of planning permission, for abuse of process or bringing proceedings maliciously, even if the motive of the challenger was to achieve a collateral objective.”
The Times, 27th January 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A man found guilty of murdering his wife’s GP lover in South Yorkshire has been jailed for life.”
BBC News, 26th January 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The leaders of a gang which ran a multi-million pound cannabis operation in Nottinghamshire have been sentenced.”
BBC News, 26th January 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A financier who bought a £1.9m family home on the banks of the Thames is taking the previous owners to court, claiming they failed to warn him that the garden flooded as many as 80 times a year.”
The Independent, 27th January 2010
Source; www.independent.co.uk
“BSkyB, the satellite broadcaster, won a landmark court ruling yesterday against an information technology supplier that it had accused of lying to win a £50 million tender.”
The Times, 27th January 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Confidential medical evidence about the death of David Kelly, the expert in biological warfare, is to be released. Lord Hutton, the retired law lord who chaired the inquiry into Dr Kelly’s death, has indicated that he will release to a group of doctors the medical records and results of the post-mortem examination that have to date remained unpublished. His 2004 report, commissioned by Tony Blair, concluded that Dr Kelly killed himself by cutting his wrist with a blunt gardening knife.”
The Times, 27th January 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“An optician who performed a sex act on himself while giving a vision test to a 14-year-old girl has been jailed.”
BBC News, 26th January 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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