“The deputy prime minister has broken Government ranks to set up a Liberal Democrat review amid fears the Conservatives will not reform the controversial act. Sir Menzies Campbell, who is a QC, is to chair a panel to examine how the arrangements could be reformed.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th November 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Foreign criminals are having children with different mothers to use ‘human rights laws’ to avoid being deported from Britain, the Home Office has warned.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th November 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An Oxford boy left brain damaged after complications during his birth has been given £1m compensation.”
BBC News, 19th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The rights of thousands of women working as lap dancers are to be tested after a judge ruled that an appeal tribunal should establish whether Stringfellows ’employed’ its performers.”
The Guardian, 18th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Rise in misconduct cases prompts regulator to publish advice on professional boundaries for staff.”
The Guardian, 21st November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An independent inquiry is expected to criticise failings by mental health services which could have prevented the deaths of an elderly couple from Swindon, who were killed by their son. Their bereaved daughter Janice Lawrence tells how she fears crucial lessons will not be learnt.”
Daily Teelgraph, 20th November 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Swearing at police is not a crime because officers hear foul language ‘too frequently’ to be offended, a judge has ruled.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st November 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Former Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt and Mohammed Amir are to begin appeals against their sentences for a spot-fixing scam next week.”
BBC News, 18th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A driver with a history of epilepsy caused the death of a woman by playing ‘Russian roulette’ with his condition, police have said.”
BBC News, 18th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Munir Patel, a court clerk, made legal history today as he became the first person to be jailed under new bribery legislation.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th November 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The judge hit out while sentencing Damian Gough, 49, a grandfather who spent 14 years with a scout troop and an altar server who took children’s liturgy services at his local Catholic church, who was found with hundreds of child sex pictures and videos on his home computer and on DVDs at his house. He was allowed to walk free from court.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th November 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An injunction was granted to the mother of actor Hugh Grant’s baby because paparazzi were making her life ‘unbearable’, a judge has explained.”
BBC News, 18th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A cartoonist is suing the BBC for £2m over claims that the corporation copied his animations and used them in a CBeebies show.”
The Guardian, 18th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Five gang members have been jailed for 26 years for possessing firearms after flaunting them in a rap video posted on YouTube.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th November 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
High Court (Commercial Court)
Petromec Inc & Anor v Petroleo Brasileiro SA & Ors [2011] EWHC 2997 (Comm) (17 November 2011)
JSC BTA Bank v Ablyazov & Ors [2011] EWHC 2988 (Comm) (17 November 2011)
Polymer Vision R & D Ltd & Ors v Van Dooren [2011] EWHC 2951 (Comm) (17 November 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org
“An internet streaming company does reproduce ‘a substantial part’ of films in ‘memory buffers’ contained on its servers when it relays films to users of its service, the High Court has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 17th November 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“Investment banks and financial traders in the UK must now record the mobile phone conversations of their staff following the closure of a regulatory loophole.”
OUT-LAW.com, 17th November 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“The General Dental Council was under no obligation to obtain an order of the court for permission to use and disclose dental records of patients for the purposes of investigating allegations of professional misconduct against a registered dentist even where the patients in question objected to the disclosure or did not consent to it.”
WLR Daily, 16th November 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Zarb and another v Parry and another: [2011] EWCA Civ 1306; [2011] WLR (D) 331
“To defeat a claim to title to land by adverse possession under the Land Registration Act 2002 on the basis of an interruption which stopped time running, the paper title owner was required to show possession to the exclusion of the person claiming adverse possession.”
WLR Daily, 15th November 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
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