“A science teacher who attacked a 14-year-old pupil with a dumbbell was sacked from his job, a union said. Peter Harvey, 50, was handed a two year community order on Monday at Nottingham Crown Court after he admitted bludgeoning the boy at All Saints’ Roman Catholic School in Mansfield.”
The Independent, 27th May 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The British Medical Association, the doctors’ trade union body, today turned its back on reforms designed to protect patients from another killer doctor like the GP Harold Shipman. It rejected a detailed set of proposals from the profession’s regulatory body, the General Medical Council. While it supported in principle the concept of revalidation – doctors proving their fitness to practise on a five-yearly basis – it had a number of serious objections.”
The Guardian, 27th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“ASA to assess criticism of TV campaign for sexual health charity Marie Stopes.”
The Guardian, 28th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Sir Geoff Hurst won a High Court fight yesterday over a £600,000 investment in Spanish property. The England World Cup hero, along with six other investors, sued Mark Cordner, their former financial adviser, for misrepresenting terms of a £2 million deal for off-plan villas in 2003 and 2004.”
The Times, 28th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“With the Archbishop of Canterbury listed as a patron alongside MPs and aristocrats there was a willing stream of celebrities ready to support a charity helping prisoners after their release. Jeffrey Archer donated royalties from his prison diary to the People’s Opportunity to Work (POW) Trust, which has helped hundreds of former inmates rebuild their lives. The charity was founded by Peter Sainsbury, a financier who used his inheritance to fund its work after his release from jail for a £3 million fraud. However, Sainsbury was back in prison last night starting another five-year sentence after convicted of another series of banking frauds to raise £2.5 million to support the charity when his money ran out.”
The Times, 28th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“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
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