Secretary and Energy Minister clash over wind farms policy
7th December 2012

Energy Secretary Ed Davey says he has consulted departmental lawyers over comments made by Energy Minister John Hayes regarding wind farms. Mr Hayes insisted in a number of interviews that no more wind farms would be built, stating “Job done … en Read more...

judge settles sexual assault action with The Sun in Ireland
6th December 2012

Louis Walsh, judge on television’s X Factor, has accepted damages of £403,500 from The Sun in Ireland after it published false allegations that he had made a sexual assault on a man in a Dublin nightclub. Leonard Watters, an unemployed dance te Read more...

liability to extend sex abuse cases says Supreme Court
4th December 2012

In a case involving a children’s home in Yorkshire, the Supreme Court have ruled that the courts had “succeeded in developing the law of vicarious liability so as to ensure that a remedy for the harm caused by abuse is provided by those that shou Read more...

Leveson report calls for new press law
3rd December 2012

Lord Justice Leveson has recommended that the UK pass a new law that would ensure the regulation of the press by an independent body. In his 56-page summary to his larger report following the long-running inquiry into press standards, Leveson sets Read more...

Judge throws out case against Evening Standard
30th November 2012

Judge Tugendhat of the High Court has thrown out a case brought by claimant Peter Abbey against the Evening Standard stating that it was ‘an attempt at extortion.’ Mr Abbey claimed that the paper had committed a breach of confidence, o Read more...