“It is an irony of the Bloody Sunday inquiry that the most expensive and long judicial investigation in history was chaired by a judge chosen for his efficiency.”
The Times, 14th June 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A London taxi driver jailed indefinitely for drugging and sexually assaulting female passengers in his black cab is launching an appeal against his sentence.”
BBC News, 15th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Social workers failed to properly investigate a case of two five-year-old boys found engaging in sexual activity at Yarl’s Wood detention centre and concerns an older child may have abused one of them, an official report found today.”
The Guardian, 14th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Witnesses in the Chelsea Barracks case ‘concocted an untrue story’ to cover up the involvement of the Prince of Wales and the Emir of Qatar in the cancellation of an £81 million modernist housing project, the High Court was told yesterday.”
The Times, 15th June 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Personal injury lawyers and insurers are not the greatest of friends. Lawyers often see insurers as obstructive and just trying to weasel out of paying. Insurers see lawyers as equally obstructive and just trying to squeeze as much money as they can for themselves out of the compensation process.”
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The Guardian, 15th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A teenager who raped two young boys has been sentenced to a community rehabilitation order, police said today.”
The Independent, 14th June 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Doctors have agreed to breach their duty of medical confidentiality to patients who own guns if they fear they have become so seriously mentally ill they may use their weapons on themselves or the public, the Guardian has learned.”
The Guardian, 14th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The High Court has heard the Mayor of London’s attempt to evict Parliament Square protesters is a ‘collision of rights’.”
BBC News, 14th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A policewoman who endured sexist comments at work has been awarded £275,000 in damages from her former force, it emerged today.”
The Independent, 14th June 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Prison reformers today welcomed what appeared to be a major shift in the approach to penal policy outlined by the new justice secretary, Ken Clarke, over the weekend.”
The Guardian, 14th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Is the referral fee debate over? Two reports submitted recently to the Legal Services Board (LSB) would make one think that it is, even though the board itself has still to reach a final decision.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 14th June 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Bank Mellat v HM Treasury [2010] EWHC 1332 (QB) (11 June 2010)
High Court (Administrative Court)
TTM v London Borough of Hackney & Ors [2010] EWHC 1349 (Admin) (11 June 2010)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
“A GP will appear before the General Medical Council today accused of failing to investigate whether Baby P was suffering abuse after the little boy attended his surgery with bruises and other injuries.”
The Independent, 14th June 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Thousands of former military personnel are being arrested in Britain each month, many for violent crimes, new figures obtained by the Guardian suggest.”
The Guardian, 13th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A prolific offender who raped a woman in her Sheffield home in front of her young daughter 29 years ago has been given a 12th life sentence.”
BBC News, 10th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Equality and Human Rights Commission is to launch a probe into disability hate crimes and harassment after figures revealed that a person appears in court every working day charged with abusing the disabled – often violently.”
The Guardian, 14th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Court of Appeal has upheld a High Court decision that said the libel case Fiddes v Channel Four and ors should be heard without a jury.”
The Lawyer, 10th June 2010
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“The Government has no plans to raise the age of criminal responsibility despite the outcry that followed the conviction of two boys for attempting to rape an eight-year-old girl, justice minister Lord McNally said today.”
The Independent, 10th June 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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