“Convicted murderers, rapists and stalkers are pursuing their victims through the family and civil courts via legal actions that are often funded by the public purse, say experts who are demanding an urgent change in the law.”
The Guardian, 3rd December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“British judges should be given the power to decide where cases should be tried to avoid drawn-out extradition rows, according to legal experts.”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd December 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange will make one further attempt to avert extradition to Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning over alleged sex crimes, when he asks judges on Monday to refer his case to Britain’s highest court.”
The Guardian, 5th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Judges, jurors and barristers are set to replace their traditional bundles of papers with iPad-style devices in an attempt to create paperless courts. Prosecutors will be given tablet devices that will contain all the evidence and documentation needed to conduct court hearings.”
The Guardian, 2nd December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“University lecturer Brian Dodgeon, who admitted possessing a hoard of Class A drugs at his house where a schoolgirl died, was spared jail today.”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd December 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Office of Fair Trading is to launch an investigation into Groupon after the daily deals website was found to have broken UK advertising regulations almost 50 times in less than a year.”
The Guardian, 2nd December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Model Katie Price has agreed to pay undisclosed libel damages to her ex-husband, the singer Peter Andre, over claims that he was unfaithful to her.”
BBC News, 2nd December 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Kenneth Clarke’s plans to slice £350m out of the annual legal aid budget appear to be losing momentum after the justice secretary unexpectedly announced a six-month delay to the programme.”
The Guardian, 1st December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The director of public prosecutions has been asked to consider bringing criminal charges against a Roman Catholic priest who was found to have witnessed the shocking condition of a group of prisoners in Iraq, which included Baha Mousa, who was tortured to death, but did nothing to raise the alarm.”
The Guardian, 1st December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Supreme Court
McGowan (Procurator Fiscal) v B (Scotland) [2011] UKSC 54 (23 November 2011)
Jude v Her Majesty’s Advocate (Scotland) (Rev 1) [2011] UKSC 55 (23 November 2011)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Samarenko v Dawn Hill House Ltd [2011] EWCA civ 1445 (01 December 2011)
Oso v Newham University Hospital NHS Trust [2011] EWCA Civ 1423 (01 December 2011)
Francis v London Borough of Southwark [2011] EWCA Civ 1418 (01 December 2011)
Proactive Sports Management Ltd v Rooney & Ors [2011] EWCA Civ 1444 (01 December 2011)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Aslam v R. [2011] EWCA Crim 2797 (01 December 2011)
Brown, R. v [2011] EWCA Crim 2796 (01 December 2011)
Gill, R. v [2011] EWCA Crim 2795 (01 December 2011)
Lyons v R [2011] EWCA Crim 2808 (01 December 2011)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
High Court (Patents Court)
ITV Broadcasting Ltd & Ors v TVcatchup Ltd & Anor [2011] EWHC 2977 (Pat) (14 November 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org
Abdulla and others v Birmingham City Council: [2011] EWCA Civ 1412; [2011] WLR (D) 342
“Where an equal pay claim under the Equal Pay Act 1970 was brought in an ordinary court within the six-year limitation period for bringing contract claims, the claim could not be struck out under section 2(3) of the 1970 Act on the grounds that it could be ‘more conveniently disposed of’ by an employment tribunal in circumstances where it was known to the court that the tribunal would have to decline jurisdiction to deal with the claim on the basis that it had been brought outside the six-month time limit for presenting an unequal pay complaint to the tribunal.”
WLR Daily, 29th November 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“The Government has announced new changes to the application procedure for consent regimes that fall outside the planning system, as suggested in a 2009 review of consents in England and Wales.”
OUT-LAW.com, 1st December 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“The CPS has today decided to discontinue proceedings in the trial of eight former police officers accused of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 1st December 2011
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
“The watchdog responsible for overseeing the NHS has come under fire on multiple fronts, with counsel for the public inquiry into the Mid Staffs hospital scandal calling into question its leadership and ‘unhealthy organisational culture’ while the National Audit Office said its failures had risked ‘unsafe or poor quality (patient) care.’ ”
The Guardian, 2nd December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Attorney General Dominic Grieve QC MP at City University London: ‘Contempt – A Balancing Act.
Balancing the freedom of the press with the fair administration of justice.’ ”
Attorney General’s Office, 1st December 2011
Source: www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk
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