“A woman who says prison doctors failed to spot potentially fatal breast cancer when she was in prison has launched a bid for damages at the High Court.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th December 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A newspaper publisher was not liable for user comments posted after an online article and will not have to pay out libel damages, the High Court has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 8th December
Source: www.out-law.com
“The owner of a tanning salon where a schoolgirl was badly burned on a sunbed has been told to pay £6,000 costs.”
BBC News, 8th December 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man who killed a three-year-old girl in a house fire during a revenge attack at the home of his former girlfriend’s family was today jailed for life for murder.”
The Guardian, 8th December 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
The Nitrate Pollution Prevention (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Accreditation Regulations 2009
The Thurrock and Basildon College (Dissolution) Order 2009
The Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council (School Meals) Order 2009
The Traffic Management (London Borough of Brent) Permit Scheme Order 2009
The Traffic Management (London Borough of Barnet) Permit Scheme Order 2009
The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data and National Implementation Measures Regulations 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Patel and Another v Keles and Another
Court of Appeal
“Where a landlord opposed an application for renewal of a business tenancy but it was shown that were he to regain the lease he was highly likely to sell, he did not have the requisite intention to occupy the premises for the purpose of carrying on his business.”
The Times, 8th December 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Regina (Boggis and Another) v Natural England
Court of Appeal
“The notification of a site of special scientific interest by English Nature was not a plan or project requiring an assessment of its conservation implications on any special protection area which it might affect.”
The Times, 8th December 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Christian and Nick Candy, property developers … claim Qatari Diar Real Estate Investments broke a £119 million contract after an alleged intervention by the Prince of Wales.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th December 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A senior family judge took the extraordinary step of leaving court to calm down because he was so angered by two local authorities who ‘abandoned’ a sick boy to save money.”
The Times, 8th December 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Children will be warned not to hand over intimate details to strangers they meet online, in the country’s first ‘green cross code’ for the internet which will be launched by the Government today.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th December 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A couple have lost a High Court battle against a government immigration policy aimed at combating forced marriages.”
BBC News, 7th December 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A prison psychologist found dismembered Barbie dolls lying next to her car as part of a campaign of intimidation to drive her out of her job, a tribunal has heard.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th December 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A distant US relative of Dr Hawley Crippen, executed in London in 1910 for murdering his wife, has failed … to secure a posthumous pardon for him.”
BBC News, 7th December 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Government has published the details of the powers it will award to a consumer champion to take class action-style lawsuits against companies on behalf of large numbers of consumers.”
OUT-LAW.com, 7th December 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
” A former royal harpist was found guilty today [7th December] of handling stolen goods while battling a drug addiction.”
The Guardian, 7th December 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A drunken teenager was condemned by a district judge today for apparently urinating on a war memorial.”
The Independent, 7th December 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“With Mr Justice Eady defending the current state of libel law, its reform is likely to be complex, controversial and some way off.”
The Guardian, 7th December 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Prison Officers Association v Iqbal (Rev 1) [2009] EWCA Civ 1312 (04 December 2009)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Commercial Court)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
May (A Child) v Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust [2009] EWHC 3175 (QB) (04 December 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
Iqbal v Prison Officers Association [2009] EWCA Civ 1310; [2009] WLR (D) 355
“A claim for false imprisonment did not lie against prison officers who took unlawful strike action which resulted in a prisoner, who would otherwise have been permitted by the prison governor to leave his cell for the purpose of working, exercise and health care, being confined to his cell.”
WLR Daily, 4th December 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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