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Prosecution of Philip Woolas not in public interest ? Crown Prosecution Service

Posted on March 22, 2011
“Former MP Philip Woolas will not be prosecuted in relation to statements he made about an opponent during the 2010 General Election in Oldham East and Saddleworth.” Full story Crown Prosecution Service, 21st March 2011 Source: www.cps.gov...

G20 protesters challenge police kettling tactics in court ? The Guardian

Posted on March 22, 2011
“Police officers used punches to the face, slaps and shields against demonstrators whom police chiefs accept had nothing to do with violence, the high court will hear today.” Full story The Guardian, 21st March 2011 Source: www.guardian.co...

Man jailed for breaching ?Ł2m Asbo? challenges order ? BBC News

Posted on March 22, 2011
“A man who has been repeatedly jailed for the past eight years for defying an anti-social behaviour order (Asbo) is seeking to have it overturned.” Full story BBC News, 21st March 2011 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Drink drivers lose right to demand blood tests ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on March 22, 2011
“Motorists who are marginally over the limit are to lose the right to demand a blood test under the biggest changes to drink-drive law in over 40 years.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 21st March 2011 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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David Chaytor seeks cut in prison sentence ? The Guardian

Posted on March 22, 2011
“The former Labour MP David Chaytor has launched a high court bid to reduce his 18-month prison sentence for fiddling his parliamentary expenses.” Full story The Guardian, 22nd March 2011 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Deutsche Lufthansa AG v Kumpan ? WLR Daily

Posted on March 21, 2011
Deutsche Lufthansa AG v Kumpan (Case C-109/09); [2011] WLR (D) 90 “Where an employee was first employed on a contract for an indefinite period and then subsequently employed by the same employer to carry out the same work on successive fixed-term contracts over a period of several years, clause 5(1) of the Framework Agreement on [...

Patmalniece v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (AIRE Centre intervening) ? WLR Daily

Posted on March 21, 2011
Patmalniece v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (AIRE Centre intervening) [2011] UKSC 11; [2011] WLR (D) 91 “The conditions for entitlement to state pension credit, which included a requirement that a claimant had a right to reside in the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland, constituted indirect discrimination against nationals of other [...

Standard Life Assurance Ltd and another v Topland Col Ltd and others ? WLR Daily

Posted on March 21, 2011
Standard Life Assurance Ltd and another v Topland Col Ltd and others [2010] EWHC 1781 (Ch); [2011] WLR (D) 92 “The disclosure of information by a person to the Serious Fraud Office (‘SFO’) pursuant to the latter?s statutory powers under the Criminal Justice Act 1987 did not give rise to any implied undertaking to any [...

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on March 21, 2011
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) Haddock, R v [2011] EWCA Crim 303 (07 February 2011) M, R v [2011] EWCA Crim 648 (18 March 2011) Takkar v R. [2011] EWCA Crim 646 (18 March 2011) Attorney Generals Reference No. 73, 75 & 03 of 2010 [2011] EWCA Crim 633 (03 March 2011) Court of Appeal [...

Security guards given police powers ? The Independent

Posted on March 21, 2011
“Private security guards are gaining limited policing powers today under a Government scheme to relieve the petty crime burden on forces.” Full story The Independent, 21st March 2011 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Commission on a UK Bill of Rights launched ? Ministry of Justice

Posted on March 21, 2011
“An independent Commission to investigate the case for a UK Bill of Rights has been launched today by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Secretary of State for Justice Kenneth Clarke.” Full story Ministry of Justice, 18th March 2011 Source: www...

Regina (Parsipoor) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; Regina (Salih and another) v Same ? WLR Daily

Posted on March 21, 2011
Regina (Parsipoor) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; Regina (Salih and another) v Same [2011] EWCA Civ 276; [2011] WLR (D) 97 “A claimant in a claim for judicial review was entitled to an oral hearing even where the claims were academic...

Milebush Properties Ltd v Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council and another ? WLR Daily

Posted on March 21, 2011
Milebush Properties Ltd v Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council and another [2011] EWCA Civ 270; [2011] WLR (D) 96 “Although the court had a wide discretion to grant declaratory relief in diverse circumstances in both public and private law proceedings, where a party who was not a party to the contract brought private proceedings seeking declaratory [...

Regina (Medical Justice) v Secretary of State for the Home Department ? WLR Daily

Posted on March 21, 2011
Regina (Medical Justice) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] EWCA Civ 269; [2011] WLR (D) 95 “Where a party sought permission to appeal from a judge and permission was granted on terms, that party had no right to appeal against those terms by reason of section 54(4) of the Access to Justice [...

Brent London Borough Council v Fuller ? WLR Daily

Posted on March 21, 2011
Brent London Borough Council v Fuller [2011] EWCA Civ 267; [2011] WLR (D) “It bore repetition that in unfair dismissal disputes it was for the employer to take the decision whether or not to dismiss an employee; for the employment tribunal to find the facts and decide whether, on an objective basis, the dismissal was [...

Koelzsch v État du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ? WLR Daily

Posted on March 21, 2011
Koelzsch v État du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg (Case C-29/10); [2011] WLR (D) 93 “Where an employee carries out activities in more than one contracting state the country in which the employee ‘habitually carries out his work in performance of the contract’, within the meaning of article 6(2)(a) of the Rome Convention on the law applicable [...

Pressure prompts review of ?domestic violence? legal aid definition ? Law Society?s Gazette

Posted on March 21, 2011
“The government has delayed its plans to respond to the legal aid and civil costs consultations until after Easter, and will ?review? the definition of domestic violence, the legal aid minister said last week.” Full story Law Society’s Gazette, 21st March 2011 Source: www...

Greater Manchester Police criticised over David Askew case ? BBC News

Posted on March 21, 2011
“Police have been criticised for their handling of the case of a man with learning difficulties who died after being harassed in Greater Manchester.” Full story BBC News, 21st March 2011 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Oxford exam-fail law student loses compensation bid ? BBC News

Posted on March 21, 2011
“An Oxford graduate who sued a law college after failing her exams has lost a bid for damages and was told her own lack of aptitude was to blame.” Full story BBC News, 18th March 2011 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Digital Economy Act: ?rushed? anti-piracy laws delayed until 2012 ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on March 21, 2011
“The Government has admitted that it cannot implement legislation to curb internet piracy until spring 2012 at the earliest, as it prepares for a legal battle in the High Court.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 21st March 2011 Source: www.telegraph...

Bar Standards Board pushes back introduction of BPTC aptitude test ? Legal Week

Posted on March 21, 2011
“The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has confirmed a new timetable for the introduction of an aptitude test for the Bar Vocational Training Course (BPTC).” Full story Legal Week, 18th March 2011 Source: www.legalweek.com

British hacker jailed over Ł7m virtual gaming chips scam ? The Guardian

Posted on March 21, 2011
“A British computer hacker who stole 400bn virtual gaming chips from an international gaming company has been jailed for two years.” Full story The Guardian, 18th March 2011 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Ofgem to tackle ?complex and unfair energy bills? ? BBC News

Posted on March 21, 2011
“Regulator Ofgem has told energy firms they must offer simpler tariffs to help consumers compare prices.” Full story BBC News, 21st March 2011 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

.xxx adult entertainment domain approved by internet regulators ? The Guardian

Posted on March 21, 2011
“Plans to establish a new internet domain specifically for pornography are to proceed after internet regulators approved the .xxx suffix for adult entertainment sites, three years on from a decision to block the move.” Full story The Guardian, 19th March 2011 Source: www...

PCSO jailed after laundering cash from brothel ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on March 21, 2011
“A police community support officer (PCSO) has been jailed for nine months after he laundered tens of thousands of pounds from a brothel run by his prostitute wife.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 21st March 2011 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Warning over national insurance and income tax merger plans ? The Guardian

Posted on March 21, 2011
“Government plans to merge national insurance and income tax expected in this week’s budget could be ‘politically explosive’ and create a new system of winners and losers, tax experts have warned.” Full story The Guardian, 20th March 2011 Source: www...

Sacked West Yorkshire officer loses legal battle ? BBC News

Posted on March 21, 2011
“A Wakefield Pc sacked for inappropriate behaviour, including flirting with a drugs suspect, has failed in her High Court bid to get her job back.” Full story BBC News, 18th March 2011 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Barristers? clerks to Bar Standards Board: regulate us ? The Lawyer

Posted on March 21, 2011
“The Institute?of Barristers? Clerks (IBC) is lobbying the Bar Standards Board (BSB) to start regulating the work clerks do, as it strives to have the job recognised as a profession in its own right.” Full story The Lawyer, 21st March 2011 Source: www...

Ali Dizaei witness is arrested on suspicion of fraud ? The Guardian

Posted on March 21, 2011
“The man whose evidence led to the jailing of a police chief has been arrested on suspicion of fraud days before the crown will try to convince judges that he is still a reliable witness, the Guardian has learned.” Full story The Guardian, 20th March 2011 Source: www...

Edward Chopping spared jail for manslaughter of wife ? BBC News

Posted on March 21, 2011
“An 84-year-old man from east London who killed his wife so she did not have to go to a care home has been spared jail.” Full story BBC News, 18th March 2011 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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