Barry George, who spent eight years in prison after being wrongly convicted of the murder of the TV presenter Jill Dando, today launched a test case bid to overturn a ‘defective’ decision denying him compensation.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th October 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Oil firm loses attempt to extend gagging order preventing former logistics head disclosing documents alleging corruption.”
The Guardian, 16th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Solicitors Regulation Authority has successfully appealed to the High Court to have a lawyer struck off the roll for dishonesty, overturning an ‘unduly lenient’ Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal verdict.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 16th October 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
MA v Camden & Ors [2012] EWCA Civ 1340 (16 October 2012)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Ezeemo & Ors v R. [2012] EWCA Crim 2064 (16 October 2012)
High Court (Chancery Division)
FW Farnsworth Ltd & Anor v Lacy & Ors [2012] EWHC 2830 (Ch) (16 October 2012)
Ojsc Tnk-BP Holding & Anor v Lazurenko [2012] EWHC 2781 (Ch) (16 October 2012)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Phaestos Ltd & Anor v Ho [2012] EWHC 2756 (QB) (16 October 2012)
Source: www.bailii.org
The Capital Allowances (Environmentally Beneficial Plant and Machinery) (Amendment No. 2) Order 2012
The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Commencement No. 29 and Saving Provisions) Order 2012
The Agricultural Holdings (Units of Production) (England) Order 2012
The Oxfordshire Learning Disability National Health Service Trust (Dissolution) Order 2012
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
“Statement by Home Secretary Theresa May on extradition made on 16 October 2012.”
Home Office, 16th October 2012
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“R (on the application of the Metropolitan Police Service) v the Chairman of the Inquiry into the Death of Azelle Rodney and Interested Parties [2012] EWHA 2783 (Admin).
The public inquiry into the death of Azelle Rodney, which commenced in 2010, was still under way when it was interrupted by the present dispute. It concerned the issue whether police surveillance footage taken from the air, showing Azelle Rodney’s movements in the two hours before his death, should be disclosed to the legal team representing his mother at the Inquiry.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 16th October 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Theresa May must have found it galling to use the despised Human Rights Act as a get-out-of-jail-free card for Gary McKinnon. But there was no alternative to her using article 3 of the human rights convention, which says that no one shall be subjected to inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.”
The Guardian, 16th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The US government and its intelligence agencies were influential in the UK government decision to introduce a highly controversial new generation of secret courts, the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation has told MPs and peers.”
The Guardian, 16th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Revised proposals have been published for the shape of future parliamentary boundaries in England.”
BBC News, 16th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An 18-year-old man who stabbed a 64-year-old widower 72 times in his bungalow after meeting him on a website has been jailed for life for murder.”
BBC News, 16th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A former Foreign office manager is facing jail after he today admitted faking a visa application to bring a Nigerian nanny into the country to work for just £300 a month.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th October 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Science teacher Patricia Davies has been granted permission to take her case to the Appeal Court six years after she was sacked for allegedly simulating a sex act in class.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th October 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Conservative MP Liam Fox is suing the Dubai businessman who helped reveal the former defence secretary’s unusual working relationship with Adam Werritty.”
The Guardian, 16th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A Boots ad for an ‘organic’ baby shampoo has been banned after a watchdog found that fewer than 5% of the ingredients in the product were natural.”
The Guardian, 17th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Plans to monitor all Britons’ online activity risk uncovering ‘incompetent criminals and accidental anarchists’ rather than serious offenders, the information commissioner has warned.”
BBC News, 16th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A temporary suspension of live animal exports from the Port of Ramsgate has been overturned by the High Court.”
BBC News, 16th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The judge who led the inquiry into serial killer Harold Shipman will chair an investigation into Sir Jimmy Savile’s alleged abuse of children at the BBC.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th October 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“New figures show the level of fraud convictions have risen by more than 40 per cent amid a new crackdown on benefit cheats.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th October 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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