“City bankers hit hard by the credit crunch are desperately attempting to renegotiate costly divorce settlements they can no longer afford, according to top law firms.”
The Guardian, 11th February 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The law lords will rule today on whether the BBC should release an internal report on its coverage of the Middle East conflict.”
The Guardian, 11th February 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A young mother has been jailed for a ‘horrific’ campaign of cruelty against her helpless two-month-old son who died hours after her last attack, in a case that has echoes of ‘Baby P’.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th February 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“It has been revealed that at least 65,000 people have had their claims for the return of overdraft charges frozen in the court system.”
BBC News, 11th February 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The only remaining British resident held at the prison camp is at the centre of a row about allegations of torture. Revealed today, this is his account of the inhumane treatment he has received in the name of the war on terror.”
The Independent, 11th February 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“David Miliband has been asked to join Jacqui Smith in appearing before parliament’s human rights committee amid growing concern that the government may have breached international law by colluding in the alleged torture of British citizens in Pakistan.”
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The Guardian, 11th February 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A senior female executive at a City bank headed by the new Trade Minister was a victim of sexism in a department where meetings ended up in strip clubs, an employment tribunal was told yesterday.”
The Times, 11th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A female firefighter who who worked only 13 shifts in two years claimed she suffered sexist bullying after she refused to join male colleagues on strike has begun a fresh claim for compensation against her employers.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th February 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“London’s position as a leading centre for high-value commercial disputes was dealt a blow today by one of Europe’s highest courts.”
The Times, 10th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The powerful newspaper editor Paul Dacre recently railed against unelected judges for creating “a privacy law by stealth”. Though the UK has not, historically, had such a law, increased court intervention has led to the emergence of a makeshift precedent-based privacy law, which Dacre feels will undermine democracy and shackle an otherwise free press. However, it has developed at least partially because of the inadequacy of alternative processes for those that feel aggrieved.”
The Guardian, 10th February 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The cost to taxpayers of funding legal action brought by prisoners is almost 20 times higher than it was seven years ago, new figures have shown.”
BBC News, 10th February 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
” The wheels of justice famously grind slow – but these days there are limits even to judicial slowness. More than 2,000 judges in England and Wales have been issued with a deadline for delivering their judgments and if they are late, must explain why.”
The Times, 10th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A 22-year-old woman has used new legislation to protect herself from being married against her will in Pakistan.”
The Independent, 10th February 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Last month’s release of Lord Carter’s ‘interim’ Digital Britain report sparked howls of outrage from network wonks across the land. Even as Gordon Brown gushed about the potential of the internet to be as important to Britain’s industrial and economic future as roads and bridges, the Carter report’s recommendations proposed to turn tomorrow’s road-and-bridge infrastructure over to the selfish mismanagement of special interests who want to be sure that their buggies won’t be crowded off the digital byways.”
The Guardian, 10th February 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Ferguson v British Gas Trading Ltd. [2009] EWCA Civ 46 (10 February 2009)
Zipher Ltd v Markem Systems Ltd & Anor [2009] EWCA Civ 44 (10 February 2009)
Matuszowicz v Kingston Upon Hull City Council [2009] EWCA Civ 22 (10 February 2009)
Guy v Pannone Llp [2009] EWCA Civ 30 (10 February 2009)
Ugiagbe v London Borough of Southwark [2009] EWCA Civ 31 (10 February 2009)
Office of Communications & Anor v Floe Telecom Ltd [2009] EWCA Civ 47 (10 February 2009)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Mireskandari v The Law Society & Ors [2009] EWHC 185 (Ch) (09 February 2009)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Kamal XXVI, The Owners of v Ariela, The Owners of [2009] EWHC 177 (Comm) (10 February 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
” Fund managers accepted a public apology and ‘substantial’ undisclosed libel damages today over newspaper allegations that they intended to keep £1 billion of their investors’ money for themselves.”
The Times, 10th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“What happens when the rights of two people collide and how does the law deal with the issue?”
BBC News, 6th February 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Justice Minister Lord Bach has today made a written ministerial statement on a consultation on legal aid and prisoners.”
Ministry of Justice, 10th February 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“The regulation of credit and debit cards and other payment services will be tightened in the UK from November. New rules were laid before Parliament yesterday that aim to deliver greater competition in the market for payment services.”
OUT-LAW.com, 10th February 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
High Court (Chancery Division)
P, Re [2009] EWHC 163 (Ch) (09 February 2009)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Lord-Castle v Director of Public Prosecutions [2009] EWHC 87 (Admin) (23 January 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
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