“Yesterday’s narrative verdict in the Sean Rigg inquest revealed devastating failings by the police, mental health services, and the IPCC. Leslie Thomas reflects on the case and asks when will lessons be learnt by those trusted with public confidence?”
Garden Court Chambers Blog, 2nd August 2012
Source: www.gclaw.wordpress.com
“The jailed leader of a Rochdale sex ring has received a further term of 22 years for 30 child rape charges.”
BBC News, 2nd August 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Mr Justice Ryder’s report into the modernisation of Family Justice is published today (30 July) containing a series of proposals to improve the workings of Family Courts.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 30th July 2012
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“Many remand prisoners had a poorer regime and less support than sentenced prisoners, said Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons, publishing a short thematic review.”
HM Inspectorate of Prisons, 2nd August 2012
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Dorothea Gartland, barrister, 4 Paper Buildings and Penny Logan, principal lawyer, Cafcass, consider the lessons to be learned from T (Children).”
Family Law Week, 1st August 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.com
Hughes and others v Bourne and others [2012] EWHC 2232 (Ch); [2012] WLR (D) 242
“The personal representatives’ power of appropriation under section 41(1) of the Administration of Estates Act 1925 was not confined to transactions of a contractual or quasi-contractual nature.”
WLR Daily, 27th July 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“A year after the UK riots, insurers have called on the government to reform legislation relating to claims for riot damage after more than half the claims they submitted to police authorities were declined.”
The Guardian, 2nd August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Law Society is to challenge by judicial review a Legal Services Commission decision to meet just one-third of the costs of an expert witness report ordered by a county court on behalf of a child.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 2nd August 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Woodward v Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust [2012] EWHC 2167 (QB) (01 August 2012)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander Ltd, Re: the Insolvency Act 1986 [2012] EWHC 2235 (Ch) (31 July 2012)
E.ON UK Plc v Gilesports Ltd [2012] EWHC 2172 (Ch) (31 July 2012)
Fine & Country Ltd & Ors v Okotoks Ltd & Anor [2012] EWHC 2230 (Ch) (31 July 2012)
Quick Draw LP v Global Live Events LLP & Ors [2012] EWHC 2105 (Ch) (30 July 2012)
Lloyds TSB Bank Plc v Crowborough Properties Ltd & Ors [2012] EWHC 2234 (Ch) (23 July 2012)
Lloyds TSB Bank Plc v Crowborough Properties Ltd & Ors [2012] EWHC 2233 (Ch) (23 July 2012)
High Court (Family Division)
CA (A Baby), Re [2012] EWHC 2190 (Fam) (30 July 2012)
NHS Trust v Baby X & Ors [2012] EWHC 2188 (Fam) (30 July 2012)
High Court (Administrative Court)
C, R (on the application of) v North Tyneside Council [2012] EWHC 2222 (Admin) (01 August 2012)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Access Bank Plc v Akingbola & Ors [2012] EWHC 2148 (Comm) (31 July 2012)
Aston Hill Financial Inc & Ors v African Minerals Finance Ltd [2012] EWHC 2173 (Comm) (31 July 2012)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Brit Inns Ltd & Ors v BDW Trading Ltd [2012] EWHC 2143 (TCC) (31 July 2012)
Whessoe Oil & Gas Ltd & Anor v Dale [2012] EWHC 2270 (TCC) (26 July 2012)
Eagle Ltd v Falcon Ltd [2012] EWHC 2261 (TCC) (Hearing 17 July 2012)
Source: www.bailii.org
“A disabled woman from South Yorkshire has lost her legal challenge against an elected mayor over library funding.”
BBC News, 1st August 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Investors who held in shares in Northern Rock before it was nationalised by Labour in February 2008 have reacted angrily to a long awaited decision by the European court of human rights to dismiss their argument that they should be granted compensation by the UK government.”
The Guardian, 1st August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Duncan Campbell reports from the east London court for the first conviction of a racially aggravated offence at the Games.”
The Guardian, 1st August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Hans Rausing, one of Britain’s richest men, avoided a jail sentence today after he admitted preventing the lawful and decent burial of his wife Eva’s body.”
The Independent, 1st August 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“An inquest jury has concluded that police used unsuitable and unnecessary force on a man who died in custody, with officers failing to uphold the detained man’s basic rights as he collapsed after being pinned down for eight minutes.”
The Guardian, 1st August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A woman who says she feels like a freak because of the effect on her growth of an undiagnosed tumour has won almost £1.3m damages.”
The Guardian, 1st August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Lawyers have called for extra guidance after claiming a judicial announcement on damages raises more questions than answers.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 2nd August 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A Lithuanian man who gave a Nazi salute during an Olympic basketball match has become the first person to be convicted of a racially aggravated offence at the Games and fined £2,500. He was told that his behaviour and that of other Lithuanian fans was ‘despicable’.”
The Guardian, 1st August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Tens of thousands of remand prisoners who are yet to be convicted are treated far worse in jails in England and Wales than sentenced prisoners, according to an official watchdog report.”
The Guardian, 2nd August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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