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Judge lets rapper Rhymes go free - BBC News

Posted on September 26, 2008
“A High Court judge has ordered the immediate release of US rapper Busta Rhymes after he was detained at London’s City Airport.” Full story BBC News, 25th September 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Farmer allowed 73 sheep to perish - BBC News

Posted on September 26, 2008
“A County Durham farmer has been banned from keeping cattle and sheep for 10 years, after allowing 71 sheep to die in his fields.” Full story BBC News, 26th September 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Child porn cricket coach jailed - BBC News

Posted on September 26, 2008
“An England cricket coach who admitted downloading child pornography on a laptop owned by the national cricketing board has been jailed for six months.” Full story BBC News, 26th September 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Life sentence for boast murderer - BBC News

Posted on September 26, 2008
“A man who boasted he was ‘cool’ after stabbing a man who was protecting his son has been jailed for life.” Full story BBC News, 26th September 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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Brothers jailed for sex offences - BBC News

Posted on September 26, 2008
“Two brothers from Leicester have been jailed for sexually abusing children.” Full story BBC News, 26th September 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Asbo OAP told to move from home - BBC News

Posted on September 26, 2008
“An 82-year-old pensioner must move from her home of 41 years after being handed a second Asbo banning her from it and surrounding roads for five years.” Full story BBC News, 26th September 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

One-legged driver convicted of illegally parking in a disabled space - Daily Telegraph

Posted on September 26, 2008
“A one-legged driver has been convicted of cheating the disabled badge system.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 26th September 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Rape victims ?could have been spared ordeal? - Daily Telegraph

Posted on September 26, 2008
“A teenage rape victim has claimed other victims of her attacker could have been spared their ordeal had he been prosecuted over the allegations she made against him.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 25th September 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co...

Jail term for baby killer father - BBC News

Posted on September 26, 2008
“A ’selfish’ father has been jailed for five years for killing his baby daughter in a fit of temper.” Full story BBC News, 26th September 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

?Sadistic? carer?s sentence cut - BBC News

Posted on September 26, 2008
“A foster mother who abused three children in her care has had her 14-year jail sentence cut by two years.” Full story BBC News, 26th September 2008 Source: www.bb.co.uk

Two drunken ?laughing hyena? louts jailed for beating innocent man to death - Daily Telegraph

Posted on September 26, 2008
“Two drunken louts who acted ‘like laughing hyenas’ as they beat an innocent man to death have been jailed for a minimum of 15 years.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 26th September 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Sex offenders can ?live? at bus stop, park bench or in tree - Daily Telegraph

Posted on September 26, 2008
“A legal loophole which allows homeless sex offenders to roam free - ‘living’ at a bus stop, park bench or in a tree - has been branded ‘astonishing’ by a senior judge.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 26th September 2008 Source: www...

Barclaycard fined £50,000 for ?persistent silent phone calls? - The Guardian

Posted on September 26, 2008
“Britain’s biggest credit card company has been fined £50,000 by the telecoms regulator for making silent and abandoned phone calls to UK customers.” Full story The Guardian, 26th September 2008 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Net Suicide Bill would breathe life into government censorship - The Register

Posted on September 25, 2008
“Government moves to reduce the availability of suicide sites on the internet may herald a new era of online censorship in the UK.” Full story The Register, 24th September 2008 Source: www.theregister.co.uk

Recent Statutory Instruments - OPSI

Posted on September 25, 2008
The Housing Renewal Grants (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2008 The Disabled Facilities Grants (Maximum Amounts and Additional Purposes) (Wales) Order 2008 The Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (County of East Sussex) (Borough of Eastbourne) Designation Order 2008 The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No...

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on September 25, 2008
High Court (Chancery Division) Herbert v Doyle & Anor [2008] EWHC 1950 (Ch) (04 August 2008) Re Tag World Serices Ltd [2008] EWHC 1866 (Ch) (30 July 2008) Official Receiver v May [2008] EWHC 1778 (Ch) (25 July 2008) High Court (Family Division) SQ v RQ & Anor [2008] EWHC 1874 (Fam) (31 July 2008) High Court (Administrative Court) Gray, R (on [...

Body row to go to European court - BBC News

Posted on September 25, 2008
“The family of a Liverpool man stabbed to death in Spain are to go to the European Court of Human Rights in their campaign to help bring his body home.” Full story BBC News, 24th September 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

A fly on the wall at the Bar - for the first time in 800 years - The Times

Posted on September 25, 2008
“‘I don?t care what you think. I don?t care what your opinion is. I don?t give a monkey?s. You?re the advocate.’ Master John Leslie, who deals daily in the High Court with advocates making procedural submissions, was putting an aspiring barrister through her paces...

Foreign national ID card unveiled - BBC News

Posted on September 25, 2008
“The first identity cards from the government’s controversial national scheme are due to be revealed.” Full story BBC News, 25th September 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Man takes on parking wardens in landmark legal challenge - Daily Telegraph

Posted on September 25, 2008
“A man who led the campaign to stop the prosecution of British shopkeepers still using imperial measurements is launching a legal challenge over the use of parking tickets as a stealth tax.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 25th September 2008 Source: www...

Litigators warn BCCI reforms are being ignored - Legal Week

Posted on September 25, 2008
“Reforms drawn up in the wake of the £100m BCCI court battle are being widely ignored according to senior lawyers who warn momentum is rapidly draining from attempts to rein in High Court costs.” Full story Legal Week, 25th September 2008 Source: www...

Allegations against police rise - BBC News

Posted on September 25, 2008
“A record number of allegations were made against the police in England and Wales last year, says the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).” Full story BBC News, 25th September 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Man cleared over ?terror library? - BBC News

Posted on September 25, 2008
“A man has been cleared of possessing items of use to a terrorist.” Full story BBC News, 24th September 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Police offer £40,000 to animal rights protesters - The Independent

Posted on September 25, 2008
“A police force has offered £40,000 in compensation to animal rights campaigners, including supporters of the Animal Liberation Front (ALF), after they were prevented from joining a protest against livestock exports.” Full story The Independent, 25th September 2008 Source: www...

Family in court battle over £14 million will - Daily Telegraph

Posted on September 25, 2008
“The heir to a £14million hotel business is fighting a bitter court battle with his brother and sister who have accused him of breaking a promise to give them equal shares of the family fortune.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 24th September 2008 Source: www...

Man sentenced over Shia flogging - BBC News

Posted on September 25, 2008
“A devout Shia Muslim has been given a suspended prison sentence for forcing two boys to beat themselves during a religious ceremony.” Full story BBC News, 24th September 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Steep rise in ?stop and search? complaints - The Independent

Posted on September 25, 2008
“The number of complaints made about ’stop and search’ incidents have risen by nearly a quarter, the police watchdog said today.” Full story The Independent, 25th September 2008 Source: www.independent.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on September 24, 2008
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) J, R. v [2008] EWCA Crim 2002 (15 August 2008) Hayes, R. v [2008] EWCA Crim 1998 (15 August 2008) Source: www.bailii.org

Young Bar Conference 2008 - Saturday 4 October - The Bar Council

Posted on September 24, 2008
“The Conference is open to barristers under 10 years? Call (from Oct 1998), pupils and BVC students and is accredited with 5 CPD hours.” Full story The Bar Council, 23rd September 2008 Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk

Regina v Al-Ali - WLR Daily

Posted on September 24, 2008
Regina v Al-Ali; [2008] WLR (D) 302 “When granting leave to a prosecutor to appeal from a ruling of a trial judge in the Crown Court, the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) should look rather more widely at the interests of justice than simply considering whether the appeal had a realistic prospect of success because even [...

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