“Two former Labour defence ministers are to be questioned at a public inquiry about the alleged abuse of Iraqi prisoners by British troops.”
BBC News, 27th May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Read Lord Steyn’s Boydell lecture on defamation law and privacy in full.”
The Guardian, 27th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A taxi driver who was convicted of causing the death of a teenager by careless driving after the 18-year-old jumped from his moving cab was spared jail today.”
The Independent, 27th May 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A motorist has embarked on a landmark legal battle against speed cameras, claiming that Gatso units may issue false tickets in cold weather.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th May 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A horse trader who went on the run while awaiting sentence for what the RSPCA described as the worst case of animal cruelty it had even seen started an eight-month jail sentence today.”
The Guardian, 27th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Two frontline social workers at the centre of the Baby P tragedy have been cleared to resume their professional careers within months.”
The Times, 26th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Devotees of the television series Ashes to Ashes are familiar with the scene. With management and unions at BA locked in confrontation, it may look and feel like 1983 but, in the real world, trade union legislation has changed the rules fundamentally from the days when a show of hands around a burning brazier was enough to close a workplace.”
The Times, 27th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Supreme Court
OB v Aventis Pasteur SA [2010] UKSC 23 (26 May 2010
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Penner, R. v [2010] EWCA Crim 1155 (05 May 2010)
Gill, R. v [2010] EWCA Crim 1154 (07 May 2010)
Miller v R [2010] EWCA Crim 1153 (26 May 2010)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Shiner & Anor, R (on the application of) v HM Revenue & Customs [2010] EWCA Civ 558 (26 May 2010)
Edwards v Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust [2010] EWCA Civ 571 (26 May 2010)
AT (Pakistan) & Anor v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] EWCA Civ 567 (26 May 2010)
Kernott v Jones [2010] EWCA Civ 578 (26 May 2010)
High Court (Queen’s Bench)
Brady v Norman [2010] EWHC 1215 (QB) (26 May 2010)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Franbar Holdings Ltd v Casualty Plus Ltd [2010] EWHC 1164 (Ch) (26 May 2010)
High Court (Family Division)
DH NHS Foundation Trust v PS [2010] EWHC 1217 (Fam) (26 May 2010)
High Court (Commercial Court)
ACG Acquisition XX LLC v Olympic Airlines SA [2010] EWHC 923 (Comm) (21 April 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
Court of Appeal
“It was not appropriate to adopt an over-literal interpretation of a poorly drafted section which might defeat the policy behind the relevant Act.”
The Times, 26th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Court of Appeal
“A landlord was entitled to serve notice to quit on a tenant who lost her protected tenancy by carrying out improvements in the property which resulted in its rent exceeding the assured protected tenancy limit.”
The Times, 26th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Regina (Public and Commercial Services Union) v Minister for the Civil Service
Queen’s Bench Division
“The consent of members of the Civil Service Compensation Scheme was required before valid changes could be made which deprived them of rights which had accrued in respect of redundancy and compulsory early retirement.”
The Times, 24th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Legal Services Board’s proximity to government could threaten the independence of the legal profession, Law Society president Robert Heslett warned last night.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 26th May 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A disabled former rock drummer walked free from court today after being convicted of growing cannabis which he took to treat a medical condition.”
The Independent, 26th May 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A £200m scheme to treat some of Britain’s most dangerous killers should be abandoned as it is too expensive with no positive results, and in some cases left prisoners more aggressive than before they entered jail, according to a leading academic.”
The Guardian, 26th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Ministers face paying out hundreds of thousands of pounds to defendants who have been cleared in the courts because of a legislative drafting blunder, The Times has learnt.”
The Times, 27th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Unmarried couples who buy homes together could be entitled to an equal share of the property if they split up even if only one party has paid the mortgage and maintained the home, the appeal court ruled yesterday.”
The Independent, 27th May 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Home secretary to publish legislation to give the Home Office the power to scrap ID cards within a month of it reaching the statute book and to cancel the national identity register.”
The Guardian, 27th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A fierce legal battle over a £100 million art collection has been reopened by descendants of Lord Beaverbrook, the press baron.”
The Times, 27th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A boy of 15 who fatally stabbed one of his former friends over a ‘loss of face’ after they traded insults on Facebook was convicted of murder yesterday.”
The Independent, 27th May 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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