“The Metropolitan police and the Crown Prosecution Service fear suspects in the phone-hacking criminal investigation could try to sabotage prosecutions, it has emerged.”
The Guardian, 26th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The UK’s supreme court is not always ‘supreme’ because it has to follow the lead of the European court of human rights in Strasbourg, whose rulings are sometimes too narrow in scope, according to the country’s most senior judge, Lord Phillips.”
The Guardian, 26th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Two brothers jailed after being accused of conning thousands of customers into visiting what they claimed was a Lapland-style theme park had their convictions overturned by appeal judges today.”
The Independent, 26th October 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“People who feel threatened in their own homes will no longer have to flee and can stay to defend both themselves and their property under Government plans.”
The Independent, 27th October 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke announced tough measures to better protect people from intruders, dangerous criminals and excessive no-win no-fee legal costs.”
Ministry of Justice, 26th October 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“An insurer cannot refuse to pay fees for an insured’s choice of solicitor solely because the solicitor’s rates are higher than a limit stipulated by the insurers, a court has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 26th October 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“Jeremy Clarkson, the Top Gear presenter, took out a far-reaching injunction to prevent the publication of allegations that he had an affair with his first wife while married to his second, it has emerged.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th October 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Employment lawyers have hit back at a leaked government paper that proposes abolishing unfair dismissal claims for ’unproductive workers’, stressing it would rob all employees of basic legal protection.”
The Lawyer, 26th October 2011
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“BT has been given 14 days to block access to a website accused of promoting illegal filesharing ‘on a grand scale’ by Hollywood studios, in the first high court ruling of its kind under UK copyright law.”
The Guardian, 26th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Courts should have the power to punish people breaching the Data Protection Act with prison sentences, MPs on the justice select committee have said.”
BBC News, 27th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Automatic jail sentences will be introduced for 16 and 17-year-olds who commit knife crimes in a sweeping law and order package announced last night by Kenneth Clarke, the Justice Secretary.”
The Independent, 27th October 2011
Souce: www.independent.co.uk
“The separation of judiciary and legislature will bring about a more confrontational relationship between judges and ministers.”
The Guardian, 26th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Drug dealers from Liverpool and London who plotted to flood the UK with £4bn of cocaine have been jailed.”
BBC News, 26th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The number of foreign prisoners who have come to the end of their sentences but cannot be deported has passed the 5,000 mark, despite repeated pledges by Home Office ministers to speed up removals.”
The Guardian, 27th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Three senior judges have granted permission to the Guardian to challenge a court’s decision to keep secret a set of documents.”
The Guardian, 26th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Morrissey spoke of his ‘delight’ after a judge ruled yesterday that he had the right to sue the music magazine NME over an article which he claims branded him as a racist.”
The Independent, 27th October 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Heys, R. v [2011] EWCA Crim 2112 (09 August 2011)
Reid, R. v [2011] EWCA Crim 2162 (20 September 2011)
Archer, R. v [2011] EWCA Crim 2252 (27 September 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org
“Two years after its founding, five supreme court justices explain how they reach judgments of national significance.”
The Guardian, 25th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A teenage mother has lost her fight to be allowed to bring up the daughter she gave birth to when she was just 14 years old.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th October 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Ken Clarke, the justice secretary, is heading for a fresh clash with his cabinet colleague, Theresa May and Tory backbenchers after publicly criticising moves to impose mandatory prison sentences on teenagers found with a knife.”
The Guardian, 25th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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