“Earl Spencer and his former wife Caroline have opted to settle their bitterly contested divorce out of court to avoid details of their lives being revealed in the press.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th June 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A crack addict who stalked wealthy women in some of London’s most affluent areas before robbing them was warned that he faced life in prison yesterday.”
The Times, 25th June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Michael Shields says he is an innocent man. The Government has the power to pardon him – but risks provoking a diplomatic row.”
The Independent, 25th June 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Three soldiers have been fined after leaving an officer with ‘nasty’ injuries when they tied him up and carried him naked from his bedroom in a drunken ‘prank’.”
The Independent, 25th June 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“More than 12,000 men in low-paid jobs won the right to bring equal pay claims alongside thousands of women in a landmark ruling yesterday.”
The Times, 25th June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A student with a prosthetic arm was made to work in the stockroom of the retailer Abercrombie & Fitch because she did not fit its ‘look policy’, a tribunal was told yesterday.”
The Times, 25th June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Two thugs were jailed today after a “savage” gang attack on a man trying to stop a Chinese barman being racially abused.”
The Independent, 24th June 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
G(G) & Anor, R. v [2009] EWCA Crim 1207 (12 June 2009)
DT, R. v [2009] EWCA Crim 1213 (04 June 2009)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Central Bedfordshire Council v Taylor & Ors [2009] EWCA Civ 613 (23 June 2009)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Estafnous v London & Leeds Business Centres Ltd. [2009] EWHC 1308 (Ch) (15 June 2009)
MCP Pension Trustees Ltd v AON Pension Trustees Ltd [2009] EWHC 1351 (Ch) (18 June 2009)
Curtis & Ors v Pulbrook & Anor [2009] EWHC 1370 (Ch) (17 June 2009)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Onwuzulike v United States of America [2009] EWHC 1395 (Admin) (05 June 2009)
Schwartz v Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court [2009] EWHC 1397 (Admin) (03 June 2009)
Kallmi v Albania [2009] EWHC 1411 (Admin) (02 June 2009)
Tilson v New Zealand [2009] EWHC 1410 (Admin) (02 June 2009)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
North Midland Construction Plc v A E & E Lentjes UK Ltd [2009] EWHC 1371 (TCC) (18 June 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
“The old system of MPs’ self regulation is to end and a new system of robust, independent and transparent statutory regulation will be brought forward in urgent legislation introduced to Parliament today by Harriet Harman and Jack Straw.”
Ministry of Justice, 23rd June 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Jack Straw has given a speech at the 5th European Forum on Anti-corruption about improving the legal framework relating to bribery and corruption.”
Ministry of Justice, 23rd June 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
The Legislative Reform (Dangerous Wild Animals) (Licensing) Order 2009
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Special Exemption) Regulations 2009
The Air Navigation (Dangerous Goods) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The George Eliot Hospital National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 2009
The Packaging (Essential Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Products of Animal Origin (Disease Control) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Plant Health (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2009
The National Health Service Trusts (Originating Capital) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2009
The Contaminants in Food (Wales) Regulations 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
TRM Copy Centres Ltd v Lanwall Services Ltd
House of Lords
“The essence of hire was that the hirer acquired the use and possession of goods from the provider in return for a rent, whether payable in cash or kind.”
The Times, 24th June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Parliament’s joint committee on human rights has withheld its backing for government attempts to renew police powers to detain terrorism suspects without charge for up to 28 days, saying it breaches human rights agreements.”
The Guardian, 23rd June 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The future of free personal banking depends on the outcome of a renewed legal challenge by major high street banks, the Law Lords have been told.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th June 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Earl Spencer and his former wife, Caroline, were united yesterday in an attempt to oust the media from their battle for a divorce settlement at the High Court.”
The Times, 24th June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The managing director of a local authority did not mislead her employer when she failed to tell them that she had suffered from depression, the High Court has ruled. She will not have to repay the nearly £1 million claimed from her by the council.”
Full story
OUT-LAW.com, 23rd June 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“Since the 1950s, Mau Mau has often been synonymous with atavistic savagery. It was a grassroots movement that sought to end British rule in Kenya, and with it the privileges of an African minority loyal to colonialism. Comprised almost entirely of Kikuyu – Kenya’s largest ethnic group — Mau Mau perpetrated some heinous crimes. But, so, too, did the agents of British colonialism, and on an order of magnitude that dwarfed Mau Mau acts of violence.”
The Times, 23rd June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Gordon Brown and Tony Blair face being questioned in public over their roles in the run-up to the Iraq war after the chairman of the independent inquiry indicated that he is to summon the prime minister and his predecessor to give evidence.”
The Guardian, 23rd June 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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