“The announcement by Jack Straw that the media are to be given access to the courts at all levels is likely to be welcomed by the judiciary. At last they will be able show the world at large that there is no conspiracy or injustice going on.”
The Times, 18th December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The inquest into the death of Jean Charles de Menezes illustrates dramatically a serious flaw in the framework governing coroners’ investigations — the inclusion in inquest findings of short-form verdicts such as accidental death, misadventure, natural causes, lawful killing and unlawful killing.”
The Times, 18th December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A 55-year-old man whose DNA linked him to two sex attacks committed nine years apart has been jailed for life.”
BBC News, 17th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“England’s highest judges have given rich people who marry someone poorer a way to avoid an expensive divorce. In future, husbands will be urged to wait until after the honeymoon to negotiate a ‘post-nuptial’ deal. If it is signed without pressure and with legal advice, judges will treat it as binding.”
The Independent, 18th December 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A woman who tried to frame two men for rape after a row with her boyfriend has been jailed for four months.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th December 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A man has been given an Asbo for playing loud rap music for up to 22 hours a day.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th December 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Madonna claimed today that a statement issued by her own spokeswoman that she had agreed to pay £60 million to her former husband Guy Ritchie as part of the couple’s divorce was ‘misleading and inaccurate’.”
The Times, 17th December 2008
source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A gay father whose son was ‘snatched’ away by his lesbian mother during family court proceedings was finally able to appeal publicly for his safe return yesterday after restrictions on identifying the parties was lifted.”
The Times, 18th December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A father was yesterday convicted of causing the deaths of four of his children when the Land Rover he had ‘incompetently’ modified plunged into a river.”
The Guardian, 18th December 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The attorney general is considering asking the courts to clamp down on high-profile, direct-action protests on issues such as climate change, the Guardian can exclusively reveal.”
The Guardian, 18th December 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) is asking whether laws on copyright exceptions and the current system for rights clearance are too complicated. A consultation on reforming the regime was published today.”
OUT-LAW.com, 16th December 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“The Government plans to extend the term of copyright for performers from 50 years to ‘something like 70 years,’ according to Culture Secretary Andy Burnham. That proposal was criticised today as ‘silly and out of touch’ by former FT editor Andrew Gowers.”
OUT-LAW.com, 15th December 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“A 55-year-old man has been jailed for stabbing his partner to death on their houseboat on the River Medway in Kent.”
BBC News, 17th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two Somerset men jailed for life for killing a Cornish couple have lost their appeal against their convictions.”
BBC News, 17th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A mother fighting breast cancer has been cleared of failing to send her son to school after a court was told the teenager stayed at home to look after her.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th December 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A hospital nurse who was found guilty of murdering two of his patients is to appeal against his conviction.”
BBC News, 17th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Jailed Liverpool fan Michael Shields has won an important battle at the High Court in London in his bid for a free pardon.”
BBC News, 17th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Britain’s opt-out from the EU’s 48-hour working week was soundly defeated in a vote by the European Parliament today, with many Labour MEPs voting against the Government’s attempts to keep the measure first won by John Major in 1993.”
The Times, 17th December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“An NHS doctor who plotted car bomb attacks in London and Glasgow was today sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 32 years.”
The Guardian, 17th December 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
MA v Merck Sharp & DOHME Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 1426 (16 December 2008)
Animatrix Ltd & Ors v O’Kelly [2008] EWCA Civ 1415 (16 December 2008)
Calvert v William Hill Credit Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 1427 (16 December 2008)
Allan v Johnson Controls Automative (UK) Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 1377 (16 December 2008)
Smith & Anor v Muller & Ors [2008] EWCA Civ 1425 (17 December 2008)
Piper & Anor v Wakeford & anor [2008] EWCA Civ 1378 (17 December 2008)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Tiscali UK Ltd v British Telecommunications Plc [2008] EWHC 3129 (QB) (16 December 2008)
Beesley v New Century Group Ltd [2008] EWHC 3033 (QB) (16 December 2008)
Romantiek BVBA v Simms & Ors [2008] EWHC 3099 (QB) (16 December 2008)
High Court (Patents Court)
Ratiopharm GMBH v NAPP Pharmaceutical Holdings Ltd [2008] EWHC 3070 (Pat) (16 December 2008)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Barton v The Church Commissioners for England [2008] EWHC 3091 (Ch) (15 December 2008)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
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