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Government spies could scan every call, text and email - Daily Telegraph

Posted on October 06, 2008
“Ministers are considering a Ł12 billion plan to monitor the e-mail, telephone and internet browsing records of every person in Britain.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 5th October 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Private ?child jails? to blame for almost half of restraint injuries - The Independent

Posted on October 06, 2008
“Britain’s secure training centres (STCs) ? privately run ‘child prisons’? are using a disproportionate amount of physical force to control children in their care.” Full story The Independent, 5th October 2008 Source: www...

42-day detention dropped as unworkable - The Times

Posted on October 06, 2008
“Gordon Brown is preparing for a humiliating climbdown over his proposal to hold terrorist suspects for 42 days after being told that it will be defeated in the House of Lords.” Full story The Times, 6th October 2008 Source: www.timesonline...

Sex laws are ?unfair to teachers? - BBC News

Posted on October 06, 2008
“Teachers should not be prosecuted for having affairs with their sixth formers, a union chief has said.” Full story BBC News, 5th October 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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Disabled people failed by courts and police - The Independent

Posted on October 06, 2008
“Christine Lakinski lay dying on her doorstep when Anthony Anderson decided to urinate on her. Ms Lakinski, a severely disabled woman, had been walking back from her local shops, in Hartlepool, with a box of laminate flooring when she collapsed...

Long hours and stress drive lawyers to drink and drugs - The Times

Posted on October 06, 2008
“A culture of long hours and stress are driving increasing numbers of lawyers to drink and drugs, both within and outside the workplace.” Full story The Times, 6th October 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Conservatives cleared of breaking electoral law - Daily Telegraph

Posted on October 06, 2008
“The Electoral Commission, which oversees party funding, has rejected a complaint made by the Labour party about the Tories’ use of Constituency Campaigning Services (CCS).” Full story Daily Telegraph, 6th October 2008 Source: www.telegraph...

?Devastated? child abuse victims allege insensitivity by official body - The Guardian

Posted on October 06, 2008
“A man whose teacher admitted abusing him over six years was told that his claim for government compensation should be kept at the lowest level because his experience was a ‘one-off incident’ and ‘consensual’, the Guardian can reveal...

Grandmother jailed for smuggling cocaine worth Ł1m into UK - The Guardian

Posted on October 06, 2008
“A grandmother who smuggled cocaine worth Ł1m into the UK in her mobility vehicle was today jailed along with her daughter for 13 years.” Full story The Guardian, 6th October 2008 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Law Society regulatory powers - views sought on draft Order - Ministry of Justice

Posted on October 06, 2008
“The Ministry of Justice is seeking views on a draft order amending the Law Society’s regulatory powers.” Full story Ministry of Justice, 6th October 2008 Source: www.justice.gov.uk

Recent Statutory Instruments - OPSI

Posted on October 06, 2008
The Social Security (Lone Parents and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2008 The Judicial Appointments Order 2008 The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2008 The Health Care and Associated Professions (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2008 (Commencement No...

Former goalkeeper Luke McCormick given seven years for fatal car crash - The Guardian

Posted on October 06, 2008
“A former Championship goalkeeper was today jailed for seven years and four months after admitting killing two young brothers while driving dangerously at twice the legal alcohol limit.” Full story The Guardian, 6th October 2008 Source: www...

Stephen Cooper v Attorney General - WLR Daily

Posted on October 03, 2008
Stephen Cooper v Attorney General [2008] EWHC 2285 (QB); [2008] WLR (D) 303 “A judicial error in the application of European Community law must be a manifest infringement of the applicable law in order to create liability for damages.” WLR Daily, 2nd October 2008 Source: www...

Regina (Liverpool City Council) v Hillingdon London Borough Council - Times Law Reports

Posted on October 03, 2008
Regina (Liverpool City Council) v Hillingdon London Borough Council Queen’s Bench Division “An asylum-seeker who turned out to be a child in need had to be looked after by the first local authority where he lived when he made his application and not the second one into whose care he had been temporarily released...

Regina v Mehta; Regina v Sharman; Regina v Reardon; Regina v Ratcliff - Times Law Reports

Posted on October 03, 2008
Regina v Mehta; Regina v Sharman; Regina v Reardon; Regina v Ratcliff Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) “Money-launderers who offered a service to numerous criminals via bureaux de change or hawala banking were often as culpable as the criminals generating the money, if not more so, and often more culpable than those who handled the proceeds [...

Regina v Al-Ali - Times Law Reports

Posted on October 03, 2008
Regina v Al-Ali Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) “On an application by the prosecution for leave to appeal from a ruling of a trial judge in the crown court, the Court of Appeal should not simply consider whether the appeal had a realistic prospect of success because even if the judge?s ruling was wrong it would only [...

Daily Cause List, 3rd October 2008

Posted on October 03, 2008
Friday 3rd October 2008 Source: www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk Please note only the current day?s cause list will be accessible

Recent Statutory Instruments - OPSI

Posted on October 03, 2008
The Child Support Information Regulations 2008 The Value Added Tax (Finance) (No. 2) Order 2008 The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2008 The Student Fees (Amounts) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 Source: www.opsi...

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on October 03, 2008
High Court (Family Division) D v S [2008] EWHC 363 (Fam) (19 March 2008) High Court (Administrative Court) Ahmed, R (on the application of) v Asylum Support Adjudicator & Anor [2008] EWHC 2282 (Admin) (02 October 2008) High Court (Commercial Court) Syska v Vivendi Universal SA & Ors [2008] EWHC 2155 (Comm) (02 October 2008) High Court (Technology and Construction Court) Multiplex [...

Woman jailed for Ł2m auction con - BBC News

Posted on October 03, 2008
“A fraudster has been jailed for six years for bouncing cheques worth Ł2m in Europe’s top auction houses.” Full story BBC News, 2nd October 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

The Big Question: Is it time the world forgot about cannabis in its war against drugs? - The Independent

Posted on October 03, 2008
“Why are we asking this now? Because yesterday a British think-tank published a report for next year’s United Nations Strategic Drug Policy Review, suggesting that a decriminalised, regulated market in cannabis would cause less harm than the prohibition of the drug currently in force across most of the world...

UK terror strategy to be updated - BBC News

Posted on October 03, 2008
“The government is updating its counter-terrorism strategy to focus more on preventing the radicalisation of Muslims, the BBC has learned.” Full story BBC News, 3rd October 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Suicide ban ?breaches right to privacy? - The Times

Posted on October 03, 2008
“A woman suffering from multiple sclerosis is facing the ?dilemma? of when to take steps to kill herself or whether to wait until she needs help from her husband and risk his prosecution, the High Court was told yesterday. “ Full story The Times, 3rd October 2008 Source: www...

Vaz accused of code breach in court case - The Guardian

Posted on October 03, 2008
“Former minister Keith Vaz is to face an official inquiry into allegations that he tried to interfere in a court case and breached the MPs’ code of conduct.” Full story The Guardian, 3rd October 2008 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Girls Aloud in ?murder? blog case - BBC News

Posted on October 03, 2008
“A civil servant is being prosecuted over an internet blog which detailed the kidnap, torture and murder of the pop group Girls Aloud.” Full story BBC News, 2nd October 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on October 03, 2008
Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Gomez & Ors v Vives [2008] EWCA Civ 1065 (03 October 2008) High Court (Chancery Division) Hutchison & Ors v B & DF Ltd [2008] EWHC 2286 (Ch) (03 October 2008) High Court (Commercial Court) Dallah Real Estate & Tourism Holding Company v Ministry of Religious Affairs, Government of Pakistan [2008] EWHC 1901 (Comm) (01 [...

Time for a rethink on Titan jails? - The Guardian

Posted on October 03, 2008
“Incarcerating more and more offenders is supposedly not the point of new supersize prisons. Anna Bawden inspects plans to make them centres of learning.” Full story The Guardian, 3rd October 2008 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Father jailed for life for murdering his children after marriage break-up - Daily Telegraph

Posted on October 03, 2008
“A father who murdered his disabled daughter and young son in their bedrooms after struggling with the breakdown of his marriage has been jailed for life.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 3rd October 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

What the law says on assisted suicide - The Guardian

Posted on October 02, 2008
“Assisted suicide is outlawed in the UK, with the 1961 Suicide Act making it illegal to ‘aid, abet, counsel or procure the suicide of another’. Helping somebody to die carries a prison sentence of up to 14 years.” Full story The Guardian, 2nd October 2008 Source: www...

Daily Cause List, 2nd October 2008

Posted on October 02, 2008
Thursday 2nd October 2008 Source: www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk Please note only the current day?s cause list will be accessible

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