“Prison officers warn of insufficient staff numbers to oversee justice secretary’s proposals for improving inmate rehabilitation.”
The Guardian, 12th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“There were ‘serious and extensive failures’ in the way Leeds City Council treated three children with special educational needs, a report has found.”
BBC News, 11th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
SK, R. v [2011] EWCA Crim 1691 (08 July 2011)
High Court (Administrative Court)
RWE Npower Renewables Ltd. v The Welsh Ministers [2011] EWHC 1778 (Admin) (08 July 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org
“EBay and other online marketplaces will be liable for sellers’ trade mark infringements if they promote infringing sales or help sellers to ‘optimise’ their pages, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 12th July 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) will look at five factors when considering whether corporate hospitality breach new anti-corruption laws, it has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th July 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“Peter Lodder QC, Chairman of the Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, has called for MPs to protect access to justice ahead of his appearance before the Public Bill Committee this afternoon.”
The Bar Council, 12th July 2011
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
“A new inquest is to be held in November into the death of a six-year-old boy who was killed when his father jumped from a hotel balcony in Greece while holding him.”
The Guardian, 11th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Private Eye editor Ian Hislop has said he is ‘worried’ by proposals to limit the use of juries in some libel trials.”
BBC News, 11th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Four British Christians with religious discrimination claims at the European Court of Human Rights have been backed by the UK’s equality watchdog.”
BBC News, 12th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Who will be appointed to head the inquiry into how the police investigated the phone-hacking scandal?”
The Guardian, 11th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder wanted in Sweden over accusations of sexual assault, will launch a fresh appeal on Tuesday against his extradition at the high court in London.”
The Guardian, 11th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The ransacking of legal aid means society’s most vulnerable will be left to fend for themselves.”
The Guardian, 11th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A mother has been warned she could be jailed after she admitted leaving her three young children in a car in ‘dangerously high heat’ last Monday.”
The Guardian, 11th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Jeremy Hunt, the Culture Secretary, wrote to Ofcom, the media regulator, and the Office of Fair Trading yesterday morning to ask whether the failure of News International, News Corp’s British newspaper arm, to properly manage the News of the World could mean the takeover should be blocked. Hours later, News Corp withdrew its proposal to spin off Sky News as a financially and editorially independent unit, which would have got the merger cleared by regulators, effectively forcing Mr Hunt to refer the bid to the Competition Commission.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“More than 900 police personnel were disciplined for unlawful data protection practices in the past three years, privacy campaigners have said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th July 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“A terror suspect appealing against a control order was trained in Syria from where he plotted a terror attack on the UK, the High Court has heard.”
BBC News, 11th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An unexpected ruling by a judge six years ago effectively covered up the chance to publicly expose evidence of the illegal targeting of Gordon Brown, which had been unearthed by a startled team of provincial detectives.”
The Guardian, 11th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
High Court (Chancery Division)
Humber Oil Terminals Trustee Ltd. v Associated British Ports [2011] EWHC 1790 (Ch) (27 June 2011)
KAR Oil Refining Ltd & Anor v Frion Ltd & Ors [2011] EWHC 1813 (Ch) (30 June 2011)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Sovarex SA v Romero Alvarez SA [2011] EWHC 1661 (Comm) (29 June 2011)
Standard Chartered Bank v Ceylon Petroleum Corporation [2011] EWHC 1785 (Comm) (11 July 2011)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Harrison & Ors v Shepherd Homes Ltd & Ors [2011] EWHC 1811 (TCC) (11 July 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org
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