‘Moosun, & Ors v HSBC Bank Plc (t/a First Direct) [2015] EWHC 3308 (Ch). This was a part – surely now the end part – of a long running saga of a mortgage possession and sale. The novel (if unsurprising) point of law concerned the “Ors” in this claim. You will have to read on – or skip to the end of the post, for that.’
Nearly Legal, 18th November 2015
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk/blog/
‘A stalker terrorised a best-selling author for seven-years after when she sat next to him on a trans-Atlantic flight.’
Daily Telegraph, 17th November 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A litigant in person’s bid to sue HSBC and their solicitors Shoosmiths on behalf of two dogs has led the High Court to describe her as “one of those very rare litigants” against whom a two-year general civil restraint order had to be made.’
Litigation Futures, 16th November 2015
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Judge speaks of frustration at only being able to jail a stalker, who drove female GP to a mental breakdown, for five years.’
Daily Telegraph, 26th May 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A woman who stalked an anti-child abuse campaigner by “bombarding” her with Twitter messages has been given a restraining order for five years.’
BBC News, 18th April 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Military historian Kenneth Ward who was jailed in 2011 for exposing himself to a female neighbour is told he can move back to his former home after a restraining order is relaxed.’
Daily Telegraph, 6th April 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A woman who poured scalding water over her husband after he failed to satisfy her “unrealistic” financial demands has been jailed for four years.’
The Guardian, 24th March 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Married father Michael Nartey sentenced after terrorising five lovers – some of whom also had children by him – in vile campaign of abusive text messages.’
Daily Telegraph, 22nd March 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Regina v Chinegwundoh [2014] EWCA Crim 2649; [2015] WLR (D) 18
‘A finding that a person under a disability had done the acts charged against him was not an acquittal and did not therefore give the court the power to make a restraining order under section 5A of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997.’
WLR Daily, 20th January 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘A 21-year-old man is believed to have become the first person in the UK to be jailed for posting revenge porn online.’
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The Guardian, 14th November 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A man who plotted to have his pregnant lover beaten up in order to get rid of their unborn child has been jailed.’
BBC News, 12th August 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Director of the Serious Fraud Office v B [2014] UKSC 23; [2014] WLR (D) 151
‘A person who had been extradited to the United Kingdom for trial on a criminal charge, and who prior to his extradition had been guilty of contempt of court by disobeying a court order, could be punished for the contempt notwithstanding that it was not the basis of his extradition.’
WLR Daily, 2nd April 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘A man who pointed a pistol at police before carrying out a four-hour siege, trapping his estranged wife and a young boy in a flat, has been jailed.’
BBC News, 3rd December 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A judge has refused to allow husband and wife to rekindle their marriage despite them both pleading for a restraining order to be lifted, saying they must first prove they can get on over the phone.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th September 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A ‘highly intelligent’ schoolboy has been sentenced to a minimum of seven years for attempting to murder a 12-year-old girl by “gutting her like a pig” with a blunt pen-knife after she spurned his sexual advances.”
The Independent, 14th August 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“An advocacy group for stalking victims in England and Wales – the first of its kind – is to be launched later.”
BBC News, 11th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A huntsman who was cleared of shooting his former lover outside her country home has been jailed for eight months for possessing a firearm without a licence.”
The Independent, 18th March 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Regina v Kenny: [2013] EWCA Crim 1; [2013] WLR (D) 37
“Neither authority nor principle required that the offence of perverting the course of justice was confined to acts which gave rise to some other independent criminal wrong-doing.”
WLR Daily, 30th January 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina v Smith (Mark) [2012] EWCA Crim 2566; [2012] WLR (D) 362
“The court had to identify the potential victim in a restraining order under section 5A of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 to reflect the underlying purpose of the provision to protect that person or class of persons from an acquitted defendant and could only impose an order if satisfied that the defendant was likely to pursue a course of conduct which amounted to harassment within the meaning of section 1 of the Act.”
WLR Daily, 29th November 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“A widow who subjected a hospital manger to a stalking ordeal during a campaign of revenge following the death of her husband has been jailed.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th September 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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