2011

• March

• • Grandparents to be given access rights after divorce
  • MPs and charities lead push to criminalise cyber-stalking
  • Changes in store for no win no fee cases
  • New concerns over implementation of Bribery Act
  • Medical experts demand TV alcohol advertising ban
  • Sale of compensation claim for £1 could set legal precedent
  • Government proposes reduction in UK student visas
  • Government plans drink-driving crackdown
  • Illegal filesharing legislation delayed by High Court challenge
  • Top judge calls for court cases to be shown on TV
  • EU unveils new laws for social networking sites
  • Employment tribunal hears of 'culture of fear' in Sheikh's British palace
  • Government reveals libel law changes
  • EU ruling may affect cost of insurance and pensions
  • Landmark ruling for animal rights campaigner
  • A new hope for LucasFilm's copyright claims?
  • Landmark compensation in school asbestos exposure case

• April

• • Governments urged to safeguard net neutrality
  • Solicitor rapped over filesharing threats
  • Looser intellectual property laws make broadcasters anxious
  • Challenge to digital law dismissed
  • Disabled care cuts deemed unlawful
  • Ancient law to be thrown out
  • Gagging order granted "against the world"
  • Banks lose in high court PPI case
  • Jiggery-pokery afoot in horse racing
  • New court gagging orders spell bad news for journalists
  • Fears over reduced prosecution counsel in murder cases
  • Police kettling of protesters deemed unlawful
  • UK government loses appeal over prisoner voting ban
  • Council under fire for banning anti-royal wedding party
  • New law proposed after cycling death
  • Heart surgeon evidence ruling unlawful
  • QualitySolicitors brings legal advice to the high street
  • Innocent Drinks in trademark tussle
  • Government accused of flouting Child Poverty Act
  • Extra paternity leave for fathers
  • Animal charities lose out as will is overturned

• May

• • Packet of prawns costs MoJ £17,000
  • British author fails to overturn Singapore jail sentence
  • Sittingbourne court challenges closure
  • Denmark bans Marmite
  • Man wins appeal against armed robbery conviction
  • Woman awarded £6m payout for bungled facelift
  • Government backs down over circus animal ban
  • Huhne accused of dodging speeding points
  • Clarke attacked over new rape sentences
  • Private schools challenge charity rules
  • Council and charity blamed for inflatable artwork deaths
  • Network Rail fined over Potters Bar crash
  • Tabloids in hot water over Yeates case
  • Government plans on-the-spot fines for careless drivers
  • Mosley fails in privacy bid
  • Banks give up on PPI mis-selling battle
  • Double forgery of millionaire's Will
  • UK holds Alternative Vote referendum
  • QPR bring in heavyweight lawyer
  • Herbal medicines to be regulated under new EU laws

• June

• • Bail ruling causes concern
  • Stabbing of burglars to be legalised
  • Insurance companies blasted for selling driver details
  • Negligent care home workers given community service
  • Schools flout religious studies requirement
  • Sacked tube driver wins unfair dismissal case
  • Student threatened with extradition over pirate links
  • Tighter car insurance rules come into play
  • Obese man takes gastric band case to appeal court
  • Quarter of UK population to appear in new police database
  • Council ponders town green application
  • Juror faces jail after Facebook chat with defendant
  • Apple and Nokia settle patent dispute
  • Right to family life protects foreign criminals from deportation
  • Legality of 4G mobile phone auction questioned
  • Autistic man unlawfully detained
  • Facebook criticised over introduction of face recognition
  • Attorney General issues warning to Twitter users
  • Judge arrested over dog bites
  • Review proposes age ratings for music videos
  • Solicitor calls for review of bat laws
  • File-sharing Scottish woman given probation sentence

• July

• • Mongolian spy loses extradition appeal
  • BT ordered to block pirate website by High Court
  • Stormtrooper designer wins fight against Lucas
  • Man appears in court over wedding castle fire
  • Parakeet snapper warned over human rights violation
  • Scientists warn against use of human cells in animal testing
  • "Tortured" Kenyans' legal action approved
  • Nurse arrested over hospital deaths
  • Campaigners mount legal challenge against library closures
  • Women to be warned about abusive partners
  • Clegg wants to jail blaggers
  • Gordon Brown slams "criminal" News International
  • Harrods employee quits over makeup row
  • Fun park fraudster guilty of threatening barrister
  • Police introduce new phone service
  • Yahoo rapped over email snooping plans
  • Court beckons for woman's curry burn compensation claim
  • Former ballerina loses night carer appeal
  • Employment laws holding back sole traders
  • Destructive digger driver's date with destiny
  • Skydiving benefit cheat sentenced

• August

• • Police, Cameron, Action: PM moots new measures to stop riots
  • Builder fined for illegal burning of waste
  • Tesco gets lairy over unfair dairy
  • Parliament recalled to tackle riots
  • Fracking protesters charged after scaling tower
  • Digital music users let rip
  • Police officers cop flak for tomfoolery
  • Paralysed woman loses pool damages claim
  • Customs crackdown on counterfeit alcohol
  • Woman challenges UK immigration law

• September

• • EU wants more benefits for migrants to the UK
  • Concerns over student visa reports
  • Court hears first appeals against riot sentences
  • Shake up for NI drink driving laws
  • Actor who killed wife freed
  • BBC sues Berlusconi over Strictly rip-off
  • Legal ruling thwarts traveller eviction

• October

• • Courts uphold riot sentences despite appeals
  • Royal funding sees biggest change in 250 years
  • Man jailed over sectarian Facebook comments
  • Seattle superhero unmasks to face possible jail time
  • MPs overturn ban on Twitter use in House of Commons
  • Riot burglars face tougher sentencing
  • Australia bans sales of Samsung's newest tablet
  • Restriction on non-EU marriage visas declared unlawful
  • Supreme Court upholds Scottish pleural plaque claims
  • UK justice system may have breached UN convention
  • MoJ changes stance on magistrates' sentencing restrictions
  • Legal advice to be available on the high street
  • Care home staff arrested for neglect
  • Pub landlady scores in legal battle with Premier League
  • Government seeks to slash red tape

• November

• • DAS boosts legal services delivery with Everything Legal acquisition