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Tribunal rejects financier?s Ł4m harassment claim ? The Times

Posted on May 04, 2010
“A high-flying financier who accused her boss of sexual harassment, bringing prostitutes to business meetings and trying to have her killed by Russian hitmen has had her Ł4 million compensation claim dismissed by an employment tribunal.” Full story The Times, 4th May 2010 Source: www...

Guantanamo damages claimants to hear evidence ruling ? BBC News

Posted on May 04, 2010
“Six former Guantanamo Bay detainees are to hear if an appeal has succeeded against government use of secret evidence to fight their damages claim.” Full story BBC News, 4th May 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Army to be sued for war crimes over its role in Fallujah attacks ? The Independent

Posted on May 04, 2010
“Allegations that Britain was complicit in the use of chemical weapons linked to an upsurge in child deformity cases in Iraq, are being investigated by the Ministry of Defence.” Full story The Independent, 4th May 2010 Source: www.independent...

Controversial paediatrician David Southall wins appeal ? The Guardian

Posted on May 04, 2010
“Controversial paediatrician David Southall was today restored to the medical register after the court of appeal rejected a decision of the General Medical Council (GMC) to strike him off.” Full story The Guardian, 4th May 2010 Source: www...

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Court battle of wife and mistress settled ? The Independent

Posted on May 01, 2010
“The court battle between the wife and former mistress of an accountant over the Ł3.2 million property portfolio he built up came to an abrupt halt today (30 April).” Full story The Independent, 30th April 2010 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Football fixtures protected by copyright but not database right, says High Court ? OUT-LAW.com

Posted on May 01, 2010
“Football fixture lists are protected by database copyright but not by the EU’s database right, the High Court has said. The ruling means that sporting bodies can charge users of their fixture lists licence fees.” Full story OUT-LAW...

Pensioner cleared of killing wife of 50 years in failed suicide pact ? The Guardian

Posted on May 01, 2010
“A pensioner was cleared yesterday of murdering his wife of 50 years, whom he stabbed to death in a failed suicide pact after she became mentally ill.” Full story The Guardian, 30th April 2010 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

GP drove on motorway while almost five times drink-drive limit ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on April 30, 2010
“Dr Claire Nelson said she was ‘deeply remorsefu’ after being placed on probation for 18 months and banned from driving for two years.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 30th April 2010 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Teenager convicted of ultra rightwing terror plot ? The Guardian

Posted on April 30, 2010
“A teenage milkman who was prepared to ‘die fighting’ for an ultra rightwing group called the Aryan Task Force was convicted on three terrorism charges today.” Full story The Guardian, 30th April 2010 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

The legal threat to our spiritual tradition ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on April 30, 2010
“The McFarlane judgment raises fundamental questions about church and state, says Michael Nazir-Ali.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 30th April 2010 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Carey?s intervention backfires ? The Guardian

Posted on April 30, 2010
“As a lawyer, I can recognise Lord Laws’ judgment in the McFarlane case as stinging rebuke to Lord Carey.” Full story The Guardian, 30th April 2010 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Private Powys GP banned from prescribing drugs by GMC ? BBC News

Posted on April 30, 2010
“A doctor has been banned from prescribing drugs and told to take down part of her website after appearing before the General Medical Council.” Full story BBC News, 29th April 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on April 30, 2010
High Court (Administrative Court) Craik, Chief Constable of Northumbria Police, R (on the application of) v Newcastle Upon Tyne Magistrates’ Court [2010] EWHC 935 (Admin) (30 April 2010) Source: www.bailii.org

Muuse v Secretary of State for the Home Department ? WLR Daily

Posted on April 30, 2010
Muuse v Secretary of State for the Home Department; [2010] EWCA Civ 453;; [2010] WLR (D) 108 “When considering an award of exemplary damages in respect of the oppressive, arbitrary or unconstitutional conduct of government officials where the conduct complained of was considered by the court to be outrageous, it was not necessary to show [...

HH (Somalia) v Secretary of State for the Home Dept; AM (Somalia) v Same; J (Somalia) v Same; MA (Somalia) v Same ? WLR Daily

Posted on April 30, 2010
HH (Somalia) v Secretary of State for the Home Dept; AM (Somalia) v Same; J (Somalia) v Same; MA (Somalia) v Same; [2010] EWCA Civ 42; ; [2010] WLR (D) 107 “Where the route and manner of return of an illegal immigrant to a safe haven were known or could be implied, the first tier tribunal [...

Independent News and Media Ltd and Others v A ? Times Law Reports

Posted on April 30, 2010
Independent News and Media Ltd and Others v A Court of Appeal “Hearings in the Court of Protection would normally be in private but in certain circumstances the media could be authorised to report them.” The Times, 30th April 2010 Source: www...

Privacy & freedom of expression: a delicate balance ? Speech by Lord Neuberger, Master of the Rolls

Posted on April 30, 2010
“ Privacy & freedom of expression: a delicate balance – Speech by Lord Neuberger, Master of the Rolls, at Eton on 28th April 2010.” Full speech Judiciary of England and Wales, 29th April 2010 Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk

Snowball fight man jailed for Rhuddlan murder ? BBC News

Posted on April 30, 2010
“A teenager accused of stabbing a man to death after a snowball fight near his Denbighshire home has been jailed for life for murder at Mold Crown Court.” Full story BBC News, 29th April 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

?Happy endings? massage boss cleared of running brothel ? BBC News

Posted on April 30, 2010
“A massage parlour boss who offered ‘happy endings’ has been cleared of running a brothel from her bungalow.” Full story BBC News, 29th April 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Carnage student pub crawl organiser spared jail after punching 61-year-old unconscious ? The Guardian

Posted on April 30, 2010
“A student pub-crawl organiser has been given a suspended jail sentence for punching a 61-year-old man unconscious after he expressed concerns about noise during an event involving 1,000 students.” Full story The Guardian, 29th April 2010 Source: www...

Parents sue over E.coli outbreak ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on April 30, 2010
“Families are suing a hospital where two babies died following an E.coli outbreak after it emerged that staff may have spread the infection by not washing their hands.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 30th 2010 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Ex-archbishop attacks judges over gay counselling ruling ? The Guardian

Posted on April 30, 2010
“The former archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey today accused judges of moving towards a new ‘secular state’ that would downgrade the rights of religious believers. Attacking a ‘deeply worrying’ court ruling, Carey claimed the judiciary was now tipping the legal balance against believers in ‘a deeply unedifying collision of human rights’...

OFT drops Tesco price-fixing claims ? The Guardian

Posted on April 30, 2010
“The competition watchdog has said it is dropping some allegations of price fixing against Tesco as part of a dairy investigation that has seen rival firms handed fines of around Ł70 million.” Full story The Guardian, 30th April 2010 Source: www...

NHS pays Ł10,000 to family of psychiatric patient who committed suicide ? The Times

Posted on April 30, 2010
“The family of a psychiatric patient who committed suicide by jumping in front of a train has won Ł10,000 compensation from the NHS Trust on the grounds that it failed to protect her.” Full story The Times, 29th April 2010 Source: www.timesonline...

Social workers missed signs of parents? abuse of daughter ? The Times

Posted on April 30, 2010
“Social services repeatedly missed opportunities to protect a 14-year-old girl from her parents despite concerns about the family and reports of physical abuse.” Full story The Times, 30th April 2010 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Recent Statutory Instruments ? OPSI

Posted on April 29, 2010
The Criminal Defence Service (Funding) (Amendment No. 3) Order 2010 The Local Education Authorities and Children?s Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) (Subordinate Legislation) (Wales) Order 2010 The National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 Source: www...

Religion row as appeal judge dismisses Christian?s sacking appeal ? The Gaurdian

Posted on April 29, 2010
“A marriage guidance counsellor’s bid to challenge his sacking for refusing to give sex therapy to homosexuals has led to a serious clash between the Christian lobby and the judiciary.” Full story The Guardian, 29th April 2010 Source: www...

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on April 29, 2010
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) Richards, R. v [2010] EWCA Crim 835 (09 March 2010) Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Aviva Life & Pensions UK Ltd v Strand Street Properties Ltd [2010] EWCA Civ 444 (29 April 2010) Geofizika DD v MMB International Ltd & Anor [2010] EWCA Civ 459 (28 April 2010) Source: www...

Hughes v Borodex Ltd ? WLR Daily

Posted on April 29, 2010
Hughes v Borodex Ltd [2010] EWCA Civ 425; [2010] WLR (D) 106 “A tenant who had made extensive improvements at her own expense to the flat which she held on a long residential tenancy was not entitled to have those improvements disregarded by a Rent Assessment Committee fixing the rent of the new assured periodic [...

Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police and another v Homer ? WLR Daily

Posted on April 29, 2010
Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police and another v Homer [2010] EWCA Civ 419; [ 2010] WLR (D) 105 “The requirement of a law degree for eligibility for the highest pay grade as a police legal adviser did not amount to discrimination against those aged over 60...

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