“A paedophile described by police as the UK’s most prolific hoarder of pictures of child abuse was today given an indeterminate prison sentence.”
The Independent, 4th August 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Grimes v Hawkins & Anor [2011] EWHC 2004 (QB) (03 August 2011)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Boghani v Nathoo [2011] EWHC 2101 (Ch) (02 August 2011)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
Tristmire Ltd v Mew and another [2011] EWCA Civ 912; [2011] WLR (D) 271
“A houseboat placed on a supporting platform in a harbour did not have a degree of permanence such as to make it part of the plot on which the platform stood so that a tenancy or licence of the plot would extend to the houseboat.”
WLR Daily, 28th July 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina v Jones and another [2011] WLR (D) 270
“When a person deposited material on land the question whether the material constituted ‘waste’ for the purposes of section 33 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 depended on that person’s conduct immediately prior to depositing the material and the landowner’s purpose in receiving it.”
WLR Daily, 27th August 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Lawyers’ groups have come together in an informal coalition to lobby the government over its legal aid and civil costs reforms, which they claim will ‘threaten the entire legal advice network’.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 3rd August 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“At least a third of law centres will close if government plans to cut legal aid funding go ahead this autumn, solicitors have predicted.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 4th August 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Internet users who risk being blacklisted as illegal file-sharers will have to pay £20 to appeal against warning letters they receive about their behaviour, the Government has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 3rd August 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“The legal complaints process, in as far as it applies to large corporate clients, has always been a thorny issue, as top City law firms have long asserted that their clients are intelligent buyers of legal services with little need for pointers when it comes complaining.”
Legal Week, 4th August 2011
Source: www.legalweek.com
“MPs must not shy away from debating capital punishment if a groundswell of voters backs a petition demanding it be returned to the statute books, the Commons leader has said.”
The Guardian, 4th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The incoming global head of diversity and inclusion at City giant Herbert Smith has warned that some law firms still need to do much more to create an ‘inclusive culture’.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 4th August 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Philippa Cunniff, family law partner at Turcan Connell, has some distinctly unromantic but potentially invaluable advice.”
The Guardian, 4th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Thousands of pieces of information about public services, from warnings of delays on the railways to details of jobs landed by new graduates, will be thrown open to scrutiny under plans for a ‘transparency revolution’ announced today by the Government.”
The Independent, 4th August 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Campaigners and lawyers acting for former detainees say they will boycott an inquiry into the alleged torture and mistreatment of UK terror suspects.”
BBC News, 4th August 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The UK’s intellectual property (IP) laws sometimes hamper business growth, the Government has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 3rd August 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“Saudi Arabia’s interior minister has accepted undisclosed damages over an article in The Independent newspaper accusing him of ordering police to shoot and kill unarmed protesters.”
BBC News, 3rd August 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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