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Human Rights Act helps fight terrorism says head of Supreme Court ? The Guardian

Posted on June 14, 2010
“The head of Britain’s highest court defends the Human Rights Act and responds to accusations that the act is hampering the fight against terrorism.” Full story The Guardian, 10th June 2010 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Farm parents launch legal action ? BBC News

Posted on June 14, 2010
“Lawyers representing 28 victims of last year’s E. coli outbreak at Godstone farm in Surrey are preparing to demand ‘substantial’ damages in a group legal action.” Full story BBC News, 11th June 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

EasyJet feud descends into court battle ? The Guardian

Posted on June 14, 2010
“War between budget airline and its largest shareholder moves to high court as Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou accuses easyJet of breaching branding agreement.” Full story The Guardian, 13th June 2010 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Village row at High Court costs millions in legal fees ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on June 14, 2010
“A trivial row over access to a school hall has finally been resolved after a long running High Court case costing millions of pounds and worthy of Charles Dickens’ Bleak House.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 11th June 2010 Source: www...

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Government targets reform of health and safety laws ? The Independent

Posted on June 14, 2010
“David Cameron has ordered a review of health and safety laws to tackle the “compensation culture” that has mushroomed in Britain in the past 10 years.” Full story The Independent, 14th June 2010 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Parliament Square eviction case a ?collision of rights? ? BBC News

Posted on June 14, 2010
“The High Court has heard the Mayor of London’s attempt to evict Parliament Square protesters is a ‘collision of rights’.” Full story BBC News, 14th June 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Policewoman awarded �275,000 over sex discrimination ? The Independent

Posted on June 14, 2010
“A policewoman who endured sexist comments at work has been awarded �275,000 in damages from her former force, it emerged today.” Full story The Independent, 14th June 2010 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Recent Statutory Instruments ? OPSI

Posted on June 11, 2010
The Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions Designation (No. 3) Order 2010 The Energy Act 2008 (Consequential Modifications) (Offshore Environmental Protection) Order 2010 Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

Ex Labour MPs and Tory peer lose expenses ruling ? BBC News

Posted on June 11, 2010
Three former MPs and a peer are set to stand trial over expenses fraud allegations after a judge ruled they could not claim parliamentary privilege to stop prosecution.” Full story BBC News, 11th June 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Ex-NHS boss jailed for �200,000 fraud ? The Independent

Posted on June 11, 2010
“A former senior NHS manager who doctored invoices totalling more than �200,000 to pay for the running of her stud farm business was today [10th June] jailed for two years and nine months.” Full story The Independent, 10th June 2010 Source: www...

Judge admits Court of Protection has ?more than fair share of setbacks? ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on June 11, 2010
“Denzil Lush, Senior Judge said the Government had failed to anticipate the volume of work that would ‘inundate’ the tribunal that rules on the financial affairs and medical treatment of the elderly and mentally ill, or the ‘burden’ �it would place on staff...

Court of Protection publishes first report ? Judiciary of England and Wales

Posted on June 11, 2010
“The Court of Protection today published its first report. It was set up in October 2007 and the report covers the 27 months to the end of 2009.” Full news release Report (PDF) Judiciary of England and Wales, 10th June 2010 Source: www.judiciary...

Michael Jackson bodyguard in libel trial challenge ? The Times

Posted on June 11, 2010
“A controversial decision that a high-profile libel trial must go ahead without a jury is to be challenged in the Court of Appeal today [10th June].” Full story The Times, 10th June 2010 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Vicar ?married hundreds in fraudulent ceremonies? ? The Independent

Posted on June 11, 2010
“An Anglican vicar deliberately breached Britain’s immigration laws by conducting hundreds of sham marriages between Africans and Europeans, a court heard yesterday.” Full story The Independent, 11th June 2010 Source: www.independent...

Ken Clarke sets up secret inquiry into police killing of Azelle Rodney ? The Guardian

Posted on June 11, 2010
“A ‘secret’ judicial inquiry is to be held into the death of Azelle Rodney, an unarmed 24-year-old black Londoner who was shot by a Metropolitan police marksman five years ago, the new justice secretary, Kenneth Clarke, has announced...

Kingsnorth protesters compensated for unlawful police search ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on June 11, 2010
“Three people, including 13-year-old twins, are to be paid compensation by police after they were stopped and searched unlawfully at a climate camp demonstration.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 11th June 2010 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Saville inquiry: key evidence from Bloody Sunday ? The Guardian

Posted on June 11, 2010
“The Bloody Sunday inquiry sat between April 1998 and January 2005. Much of the evidence was new, some contradictory. Here are some of the most significant disclosures.” Full story The Guardian, 11th June 2010 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Bloody Sunday killings to be ruled unlawful ? The Guardian

Posted on June 11, 2010
“The long-awaited report into the Bloody Sunday massacre will conclude that a number of the fatal shootings of civilians by British soldiers were unlawful killings.” Full story The Guardian, 10th June 2010 Source:� www.guardian.co.uk

Bar Council Chairman Sets Out ?Radical and Progressive Vision? for the Future of the Bar ? The Bar Council

Posted on June 11, 2010
“Nicholas Green QC, the Chairman of the Bar Council, which represents over 15,000 practising barristers in England and Wales, has set out what he has called a radical and progressive vision for the future of the Bar.” Full Press Release The Bar Council, 11th June 2010 Source: www...

Regina v Burns ? Times Law Reports

Posted on June 11, 2010
Regina v Burns Court of Appeal “Any right there might be to withdraw licence to a visitor to remain in one?s house and to use reasonable force to eject her therefrom could not be extended to one?s motor vehicle.” The Times, 10th June 2010 Source: www...

Ofcom will take over regulation of all participation TV ? OUT-LAW.com

Posted on June 11, 2010
“Media and telecoms regulator Ofcom will take over the regulation of televised gambling, message board and dating services which earn revenue through premium rate phone lines from September.” Full story OUT-LAW.com, 11th June 2010 Source: www...

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on June 11, 2010
Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Geldof Metaalconstructie NV v Simon Carves Ltd [2010] EWCA Civ 667 (11 June 2010) High Court (Administrative Court) The Judicial Authority of the Court of First Instance, Hasselt, Belgium v Bartlett [2010] EWHC 1390 (Admin) (11 June 2010) Mullally, R (on the application of) v HMP Lindholme [2010] EWHC 1356 [...

Cherie Blair cleared over court comment complaints ? The Independent

Posted on June 10, 2010
“Cherie Blair will not be disciplined after she was cleared over comments she made while sparing a violent offender jail.” Full story The Independent, 10th June 2010 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Coalition government to review legal services reforms ? Law Society?s Gazette

Posted on June 10, 2010
“The coalition government is reviewing key reforms to legal complaints handling and the introduction of alternative business structures, as part of a wider review of regulatory measures inherited from the previous administration.” Full story Law Society’s Gazette, 10th June 2010 Source: www...

Judges keen to make wills in favour of ?Johnny-come-lately? relatives ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on June 10, 2010
“Judges are too quick to make wills for mentally ill or elderly people in favour of ‘Johnny-come-lately’ relatives, according to a legal expert.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 10th June 2010 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Government orders review of child protection in England ? BBC News

Posted on June 10, 2010
“An independent review of child protection and social work in England has been ordered by the government.” Full story BBC News, 10th June 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Council of Europe welcomes UK inquiry into torture and rendition ? The Guardian

Posted on June 10, 2010
“The coalition government’s decision to hold an inquiry into the UK’s involvement in torture and rendition was today hailed by the Council of Europe as “a proper response” which could offer an example to other nations.” Full story The Guardian, 9th June 2010 Source: www...

Barristers turn brokers as credit crunch hits divorce ? The Times

Posted on June 10, 2010
“The wife of the celebrity chef Marco Pierre White was due to enter the divorce courts on her own next week, without lawyers, to battle for a share of her husband?s estimated �50 million wealth. But publicity in The Times about her case has prompted a potential rescuer ? in the unlikely shape of a [...

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on June 10, 2010
Court of Appeal (Criminal Divison) Dhorajiwala, R v [2010] EWCA Crim 1237 (09 June 2010) Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Morge, R (on the application of) v Hampshire County Council [2010] EWCA Civ 608 (10 June 2010) Beechwood Birmingham Ltd v Hoyer Group UK Ltd [2010] EWCA Civ 647 (10 June 2010) High Court (Queen’s [...

Thousands of anti-terror searches were illegal ? BBC News

Posted on June 10, 2010
“Thousands of people across the UK might have been stopped and searched illegally, figures released by the Home Office suggest.” Full story BBC News, 10th June 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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