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More than 200 patients sue Liverpool Women?s Hospital ? BBC News

Posted on May 12, 2010
“More than 200 patients are preparing to sue Liverpool Women’s Hospital over the poor treatment they allege they received from a doctor.” Full story BBC News, 12th May 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Boys aged 10 and 11 go on trial for rape ? The Times

Posted on May 12, 2010
“Two of the youngest children ever to be charged with rape in England and Wales went on trial at the Old Bailey today. The boys, both aged 10 at the time of the alleged crime, are accused of forcing an eight-year-old girl to have sex with them repeatedly, in a hallway, a lift, a dustbin [...

Mauled boy?s uncle pleads guilty over Wavertree death ? BBC News

Posted on May 11, 2010
“The uncle of a four-year-old boy who was mauled to death by a pit-bull has pleaded guilty to breeding and owning a dangerous dog.” Full story BBC News, 11th May 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Man injured in Wiltshire crash is awarded millions ? BBC News

Posted on May 11, 2010
“A man who sustained extensive injuries in a road crash in Wiltshire has been awarded millions of pounds in damages.” Full story BBC News, 10th May 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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Jail for Suffolk sex abuse prison officer ? BBC News

Posted on May 11, 2010
“A prison officer from Suffolk has been jailed for three years for sexually abusing a 17-year-old in a young offenders’ institute.” Full story BBC News, 10th May 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on May 11, 2010
Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Huntley & Anor v Armes [2010] EWCA Civ 396 (11 May 2010) Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) Crown Prosecution Service v Neish [2010] EWCA Crim 1011 (06 May 2010) High Court (Administrative Court) Ahmed & Ors v Murphy [2010] EWHC 453 (Admin) (10 May 2010) High Court (Family Division) PM [...

In re Frankice (Golders Green) Ltd and others ? WLR daily

Posted on May 11, 2010
In re Frankice (Golders Green) Ltd and others; [2010] WLR (D) 118 “The words ‘legal process’ in para 43(6) of Sch B1 to the Insolvency Act 1986 meant something with a defined beginning and an ascertainable outcome, involving the compulsive power of the law, which, in the interim, was governed by a recognisable procedure which [...

Regina (Public and Commercial Services Union) v Minister for the Civil Service ? WLR Daily

Posted on May 11, 2010
Regina (Public and Commercial Services Union) v Minister for the Civil Service [2010] EWHC 1027 (Admin); [2010] WLR (D) 117 “S 2(3) of the Superannuation Act 1972 as amended conferred protection in relation to all entitlements in the principal civil service pension scheme (‘PCSPS’) and the civil service compensation scheme (‘CSCS’) referable to length of [...

12 tuns of wine, horse provender and a robe allowance ? spech by Lord Neuberger, Master of the Rolls

Posted on May 11, 2010
�”12 tuns of wine, horse provender and a robe allowance, speech by Lord Neuberger at Lincoln’s Inn on 10th May 2010.” Full speech Judiciary of England and Wales, 11th May 2010 Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk

Grandmother wins Kent County Council foster care ruling ? BBC News

Posted on May 11, 2010
“A grandmother has won the legal right to be paid as a foster carer for looking after her granddaughter.” Full story BBC News, 10th May 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Men guilty of ?web affair? revenge acid attack ? BBC News

Posted on May 11, 2010
“Three people have been found guilty of attacking a man in London by dousing him with acid in revenge for an alleged online affair with a married woman.” Full story BBC News, 10th May 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Man who called for murder of PM pleads guilty to terror charge ? The Independent

Posted on May 11, 2010
“A man who pretended to be al-Qa’ida’s ‘emir’ in Britain by publicly calling for the murder of Gordon Brown and Tony Blair pleaded guilty to a string of terrorism offences yesterday.” Full story The Independent, 11th May 2010 Source: www...

ASA to investigate ?offensive? Paddy Power football TV ad ? The Guardian

Posted on May 11, 2010
“The advertising regulator has received more than 400 complaints about an ad which shows sight-impaired footballers mistakenly kicking a cat.” Full story The Guardian, 11th May 2010 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Twitter user fined for tweeting joke airport bomb threat ? The Times

Posted on May 11, 2010
“A trainee accountant who made a joke bomb threat on Twitter after his local airport was closed by heavy snow was found guilty yesterday of sending a menacing electronic message.” Full story The Times, 11th May 2010 Source: www.timesonline...

Pagan police get right to take festivals as holiday ? The Times

Posted on May 11, 2010
“Police officers have been given the right to take days off to dance naked on the solstices, celebrate fertility rituals and burn Yule logs if they profess pagan beliefs.” Full story The Times, 11th May 2010 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Ex-coach jailed for drug rape attempt on girl, 12 ? BBC News

Posted on May 11, 2010
“A former girls’ football team coach has been jailed for six years for spiking a girl’s drink with a drug during a day trip to a theme park.” Full story BBC News, 1oth May 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Woman who smothered grandmother loses murder appeal ? BBC News

Posted on May 11, 2010
“A West Yorkshire woman who was secretly taped confessing to smothering her grandmother has lost an appeal against her murder conviction.” Full story BBC News, 11th May 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Telford worker injury firm fined �75,000 ? BBC News

Posted on May 11, 2010
“A Shropshire firm has been fined �75,000 after a worker was left partially blind and deaf when he was thrown from a machine.” Full story BBC News, 11th May 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

MI5 faces allegations over torture of British man in Bangladesh ? The Guardian

Posted on May 11, 2010
“Security service accused of involvement in abuse of Birmingham businessman Gulam Mustafa, who was arrested in Dhaka.” Full story The Guardian, 11th May 2010 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Acid attacker jailed for 30 years for avenging family?s ?dishonour? ? The Times

Posted on May 11, 2010
“An acid attacker who left a 25-year-old man severely disfigured in a horrific plot to avenge his family?s ‘dishonour’ was jailed for 30 years today.” Full story The Times, 11th May 2010 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Cardiff man jailed for stealing car with baby inside ? BBC News

Posted on May 10, 2010
“A man who stole a car without realising a one-year-old girl was asleep in the back has been jailed for 34 months.” Full story BBC News, 7th May 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Victims of sex abuse in Catholic children?s homes set to win damages ? The Observer

Posted on May 10, 2010
“One of the longest-running legal cases in UK history, centred on systemic sexual abuse at children’s homes in the north-west of England, is poised to end after a judge found in favour of two men who claimed they had been sexually assaulted while in care...

Draft law opens way for first women bishops by 2014 ? The Sunday Times

Posted on May 10, 2010
“The Church of England has paved the way for ordination of its first women bishops with new legislation that it hopes will prevent Anglicans splitting over the issue.” Full story The Sunday Times, 9th May 2010 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

BA price-fixing trial collapses ? The Guardian

Posted on May 10, 2010
“Serious and significant failings by the Office of Fair Trading led to the collapse of the trial of senior British Airways executives over allegations of price-fixing with Virgin Atlantic.” Full story The Guardian, 10th May 2010 Source: www...

Tycoon?s wife gives taxman secret files ? The Sunday Times

Posted on May 10, 2010
“Michelle Young, 45, who is divorcing her husband Scot, is to give HM Revenue & Customs a computer disk containing hundreds of pages of emails and other documents outlining his dealings in property, shares and film companies over the past five years...

Jailed Cazenove partner ordered to pay over �500,000 ? The Times

Posted on May 10, 2010
“A former partner at the Queen?s stockbroker Cazenove, who was jailed for insider trading, has been ordered to pay over half a million pounds in confiscation and costs or spend more time behind bars.” Full story The Times, 7th May 2010 Source: www...

Lord Carey intervenes in council prayers battle ? The Guardian

Posted on May 10, 2010
“The former archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Carey, today [7th May] backed the saying of prayers before council meetings as a pressure group prepared to launch a legal battle on the issue.” Full story The Guardian, 7th May 2010 Source: www.guardian...

UK policy on gay and lesbian asylum seekers challenged in Supreme Court ? The Guardian

Posted on May 10, 2010
“Laws which mean gay and lesbian asylum seekers can be returned to countries where they face persecution will be challenged tomorrow [10th May] in the UK’s highest court. Full story The Guardian, 9th May 2010 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Algerian terror suspect allowed to stay for children ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on May 10, 2010
“An Algerian terror suspect has been allowed to stay in Britain because attempts to remove him have taken so long his children are now settled here.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 9th�May 2010 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Competition Commission clears music biz merger ? OUT-LAW.com

Posted on May 10, 2010
“The Competition Commission has given the all clear to a merger between two live music companies for the second time. Its first decision in the case was quashed by the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT).” Full story OUT-LAW.com, 7th May 2010 Source: www...

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