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Judge slams police after teacher is acquitted of kissing a friend ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on August 16, 2010
“A judge has criticised the police after a part-time teacher was put on trial for giving a female friend an unwanted kiss, telling officers they should be concentrating on catching robbers and violent thugs.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 13th August 2010 Source: www...

Solicitors battle to continue forced marriages work ? The Independent

Posted on August 16, 2010
“A firm of solicitors is fighting to continue its work helping victims of forced marriages after being told it no longer qualifies for legal aid funding.” Full story The Independent, 13th August 2010 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Sons of man killed by German locum GP face prosecution ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on August 16, 2010
“The sons of a man killed after being given ten times the recommended dose of painkiller by a German locum doctor face prosecution for calling him a ‘killer’ and a ‘charlatan’.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 14th August 2010 Source: www...

30 years? jail for double-murder businessman ? The Independent

Posted on August 16, 2010
“A businessman who murdered his ex-girlfriend and her new partner in a ‘frenzied and violent attack’ was jailed for a minimum of 30 years today (13 August).” Full story The Independent, 13th August 2010 Source: www.independent...

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Mansfield has to rewrite memoirs after libelling killer ? The Independent

Posted on August 16, 2010
“In the courtroom, Michael Mansfield’s eye for detail has helped forge his reputation as one of Britain’s most eminent barristers. But a curious case involving the QC’s memoirs and gruesome multiple murders that never happened have called into question his powers of recollection...

Sion Jenkins: the Home Office decides that ?not guilty? is different from ?innocent? ? The Guardian

Posted on August 16, 2010
“The government decides compensation should be paid only to those who wrongly spend time in prison if new evidence has proved them innocent.” Full story The Guardian, 15th August 2010 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on August 13, 2010
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division) VL (A Child) v Oxfordshire County Council [2010] EWHC 2091 (QB) (05 August 2010) High Court (Chancery Division) Abbar & Anor v Saudi Economic & Development Company (Sedco) Real Estate Ltd & Ors [2010] EWHC 2132 (Ch) (05 August 2010) High Court (Administrative Court) Grimsby Institute of Further and Higher [...

VHCC Scheme from July 2010 ? The Bar Council

Posted on August 13, 2010
“The criminal Very High Cost Cases (VHCC) Panel Scheme expired on the 13th July and has been replaced with an individual case contract arrangement.” Full story The Bar Council, 11th August 2010 Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk

Driving test fraudster jailed after ?repeatedly failing client exams? ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on August 13, 2010
“A fraudster, Gageen Preet Singh, repeatedly failed driving tests he took on behalf of candidates across Britain despite being paid hundreds of pounds for each exam he sat, a court heard.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 13th August 2010 Source: www...

Parliament must clarify privacy law, legal experts demand ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on August 13, 2010
“Privacy laws are being introduced by the back door due to a lack of Parliamentary guidance on the issue, legal experts warned yesterday after Colin Montgomerie became the latest celebrity to obtain an injunction over allegations about his private life...

Anti-terrorism law arrests fail to secure convictions ? The Independent

Posted on August 13, 2010
“Just one person in eight arrested under anti-terror laws is eventually found guilty and the proportion was even lower last year, new research has disclosed.” Full story The Independent, 13th August 2010 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Terror suspects get ?shadow justice?, says Amnesty ? BBC News

Posted on August 13, 2010
“The UK is operating a ‘parallel, unfair and secretive shadow justice system’ for terror suspects, according to human rights campaigners.” Full story BBC News, 12th August 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Experts call for David Kelly inquest ? The Guardian

Posted on August 13, 2010
“A group of prominent legal and medical experts called today for a full inquest into the death of the government scientist David Kelly in 2003.” Full story The Guardian, 13th August 2010 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Horror film paedophile jailed indefinitely ? BBC News

Posted on August 13, 2010
“A paedophile from Lancashire who created a horror film set at his home to try to lure children has been jailed indefinitely.” Full story BBC News, 12th August 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Will Charles Taylor end up in a British jail? ? BBC News

Posted on August 12, 2010
“The war crimes trial of the former Liberian President, Charles Taylor, has hit the headlines in the UK after the dramatic evidence of supermodel Naomi Campbell and her former agent, Carole White. If convicted, Mr Taylor will serve his sentence in a British jail...

Basis of Copyright Tribunal royalty ruling flawed, says High Court ? OUT-LAW.com

Posted on August 12, 2010
“The Copyright Tribunal did not have a sound basis for the royalty rate it set in a dispute between rights holders and a music TV broadcaster, the High Court has said. The Tribunal set a new rate on spurious grounds and misunderstood evidence, it said...

Recent Statutory Instruments ? OPSI

Posted on August 12, 2010
The Aviation Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Regulations 2010 The Export Control (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2010 Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on August 12, 2010
Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Hudson Bay Apparel Brands LLC v Umbro International Ltd [2010] EWCA Civ 949 (11 August 2010) High Court (Chancery Division) Leyland Printing Company Ltd v Leyprint Ltd [2010] EWHC 2105 (Ch) (11 August 2010) High Court (Family Division) Warwickshire County Council v TE & Ors [2010] EWHC B19 (Fam) (11 [...

Life for hitman hired by husband to murder ex-wife for fortune in her will ? The Guardian

Posted on August 12, 2010
“A hitman who flew from Thailand to murder a frail Surrey woman on behalf of her former husband was told today that he was likely to spend the rest of his life behind bars.” Full story The Guardian, 11th August 2010 Source: www.guardian.co...

Coroners? service reform review delaying inquests ? BBC News

Posted on August 12, 2010
“Promised reforms to speed up coroners’ courts have been put on hold leaving many bereaved families waiting months or years for verdicts.” Full story BBC News, 12th August 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Celebrities use British laws regarded as toughest in the world ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on August 12, 2010
“Britain?s defamation laws are so tough that it is regarded as an international centre for ‘libel tourism’.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 11th August 2010 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

High Court backs boy who rejected father ? The Independent

Posted on August 12, 2010
“A schoolboy who was told by a judge that he must live with the father he claimed to hate yesterday succeeded in forcing the High Court to reverse its decision.” Full story The Independent, 12th August 2010 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Cocaine smuggler jailed for 20 years after drug-laced rum killed drinker ? The Guardian

Posted on August 12, 2010
“A smuggler has been jailed for 20 years for the manslaughter of a taxi driver who died after unwittingly drinking a shot of rum from a bottle heavily laced with cocaine.” Full story The Guardian, 11th August 2010 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Christian Wandsworth Council worker loses sacking claim ? BBC News

Posted on August 12, 2010
“A housing official sacked after suggesting a woman with an incurable illness ‘put her faith in God’ has lost his legal challenge.” Full story BBC News, 11th August 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Ken Clarke?s enthusiasm for cuts in the justice system comes at a high price ? The Guardian

Posted on August 12, 2010
“The lord chancellor should be sticking up for his department. Our courts lie at the very heart of our democracy.” Full story The Guardian, 11th August 2010 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

What can councils use by-laws for? ? BBC News

Posted on August 12, 2010
“David Cameron is backing an idea put forward by Greater Manchester councils to ban cheap booze using a by-law. But how ambitious can councils be when they are drawing up by-laws?” Full story BBC News, 12th August 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Advocates to face tougher regulation under new proposals ? Law Society?s Gazette

Posted on August 12, 2010
“Solicitor-advocates and barristers could be forced to work for longer in the lower courts before being granted higher court rights, under proposals put forward by the Joint Advocacy Group (JAG).” Full story Law Society’s Gazette, 12th August 2010 Source: www...

Campaigner drowns grey squirrel ? The Independent

Posted on August 12, 2010
“A wildlife campaigner has drowned a grey squirrel to challenge the RSPCA to prosecute him.” Full story The Independent, 12th August 2010 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Four police officers to face charge of causing actual bodily harm to Babar Ahmad ? Crown Prosecution Service

Posted on August 12, 2010
“The Crown Prosecution Service has decided that four officers of the Metropolitan Police Service’s Territorial Support Group should be charged with causing actual bodily harm to Babar Ahmad during his arrest on 2 December 2003.” Full story Crown Prosecution Service, 12th August 2010 Source: www...

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on August 11, 2010
High Court (Chancery Division) CSC Media Group Ltd v Video Performance Ltd [2010] EWHC 2094 (Ch) (10 August 2010) High Court (Administrative Court) Celtic Energy Ltd, R (on the application of) v The Welsh Ministers [2010] EWHC 2095 (Admin) (29 July 2010) High Court (Technology and Construction Court) Aedifice Partnership Ltd v Shah [2010] EWHC [...

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