“Gym membership contracts that lasted for three years and could not be cancelled breached consumer protection laws, according to consumer protection regulator the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).”
OUT-LAW.com, 15th March 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
“A former Dresdner Kleinwort investment banker and his wife have been charged with insider dealing as part of an ongoing effort by the Financial Services Authority to crack down on market abuse, which the watchdog admitted over the weekend was still ‘unacceptably high’ in the City.”
The Guardian, 15th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A fifth member of staff at a comprehensive school involved in a scandal over sex with pupils has been jailed after he conducted an indecent relationship with a 15-year-old girl.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th March 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The government has pledged to scrap family court fees after an official review found evidence that the high cost was deterring some social service departments from applying to take abused and neglected children into care.”
The Guardian, 15th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“More than half a million retired Britons living abroad could be in line for payouts from the UK government if a European court today rules in their favour. After years of courtroom wrangling, 13 expatriates will learn if they have won their test case for the right to index-linked rises routinely paid to UK-based pensioners but denied to those who have settled in certain countries overseas.”
The Guardian, 16th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Failings in the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in London have allowed hundreds of defendants to go free without facing trial, inspectors have found.”
The Times, 16th March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The parents of a four-year-old abuse victim accepted money, which they used for a deposit on a new house, from their son’s attacker rather than reporting him to police.”
The Times, 16th March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
The Smoke Control Areas (Exempted Fireplaces) (England) Order 2010
The Smoke Control Areas (Authorised Fuels) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2010
The Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 (Commencement No. 7) Order 2010
The Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) (Amendment) (England) Order 2010
The Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (Commencement No.14) Order 2010
The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Moratorium) (Prescribed Steps) Order 2010
The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Penalty and Compensation Notices) Regulations 2010
The Housing Management Agreements (Break Clause)(England) Regulations 2010
The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Provisions) (No. 2) Order 2010
The Income Tax (Construction Industry Scheme) (Amendment) Regulations 2010
The Health Act 2009 (Powers in Relation to NHS Bodies—Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2010
The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment No. 4) Regulations 2010
The Policing and Crime Act 2009 (Consequential Provisions) (England) Order 2010
The Occupational Pension Schemes (Employer Debt and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2010
The Insolvency (Amendment) (No. 2) Rules 2010
The Diseases of Animals (Approved Disinfectants) (Fees) (England) Order 2010
The Tax Credits (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2010
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
“Britain’s low conviction rate for rape should continue to be highlighted according to the solicitor general despite the recommendations made in a report by Baroness Stern today.”
The Times, 15th March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Pupils are monitored by CCTV cameras as frequently as inmates in prisons and passengers at airports, research shows.”
The Guardian, 15th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
McKeown v British Horseracing Authority [2010] EWHC 508 (QB) (12 March 2010)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Raw, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Lambeth [2010] EWHC 507 (Admin) (12 March 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
“A mother’s battle to ensure that soldiers in war zones have their human rights protected will be challenged by the Government today as it argues that commanders will fear being sued for decisions made in the heat of battle.”
The Times, 15th March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Police forces were threatened with legal action today as the Government’s equality watchdog said black and Asian Britons were still being unfairly targeted for stop and searches.”
The Independent, 15th March 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Skills Training Conditionality Pilot) Regulations 2010
The Insolvency (Scotland) Amendment Rules 2010
The Insolvency (Amendment) Rules 2010
The Crime and Disorder (Formulation and Implementation of Strategy) (Amendment) Regulations 2010
The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Amendment) (England) Order 2010
The Town and Country Planning (Compensation) (England) Regulations 2010
The Crime and Disorder (Prescribed Information) (Amendment) Regulations 2010
The Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) (Amendment) Regulations 2010
The Occupational Pension Schemes (Levy Ceiling) Order 2010
The Pension Protection Fund (Pension Compensation Cap) Order 2010
The Criminal Defence Service (Funding) (Amendment) Order 2010
The Criminal Defence Service (Funding) (Police Station Advice and Assistance) Order 2010
The Conditional Fee Agreements (Amendment) Order 2010
Youth Rehabilitation Order (Review by Specified Courts) Order 2010
The Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006 (Directions to OFCOM) Order 2010
The Legislative Reform (Licensing) (Interim Authority Notices etc) Order 2010
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Supreme Court
“An English court was not required to apply a forum non conveniens test when considering whether it would be appropriate to make an order for financial relief following a divorce which had been granted in a foreign jurisdiction. The basis of the court’s power was that it might be appropriate for two jurisdictions to be involved, one for the divorce and the other for ancillary relief.”
The Times, 15th March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Anthony Pritchard feels furious and forgotten. Like many military relatives who have lost loved ones in Iraq and Afghanistan, he has a lot of unanswered questions about the death of his son in Basra in August 2003.”
The Times, 15th March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Campaigners have voiced concerns over a growing number of non-Muslims using Islamic law to resolve legal disputes in Britain despite controversy over the role of sharia law.”
The Guardian, 14th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A convicted animal rights activist is using freedom of information laws to force universities to reveal details of their animal experiments, raising fears that scientists involved could suffer renewed intimidation.”
The Guardian, 15th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Peers who have claimed hundreds of thousands of pounds for homes they rarely visit will escape prosecution through a House of Lords loophole.”
The Times, 13th March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A man has been ordered to pay £165 for calling his ex-girlfriend an offensive name on Facebook, in one of the first cases of its kind.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th March 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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