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Menezes shooting inquest starting - BBC News

Posted on September 22, 2008
“The inquest into the killing of Jean Charles de Menezes by police hunting a suicide bomber is due to begin.” Full story BBC News, 22nd September 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Straw vows to act against ?scandalous? ?no win, no fee? lawyers - The Guardian

Posted on September 22, 2008
“A crackdown on the ’scandalous’ behaviour of ‘no win, no fee’ lawyers, who have ramped up their fees in recent years, is to be launched by the government.” Full story The Guardian, 21st September 2008 Source: www.guardian...

Gay judge shatters ?pink glass ceiling? - The Independent

Posted on September 22, 2008
“It is often said that the “pink glass ceiling” which holds back the promotion of gay and lesbian people in British society is double glazed when it comes to professional mobility among the higher echelons of the judiciary.” Full story The Independent, 20th September 2008 Source: www...

Asbo threat to surfers who steal swimmers? waves - The Guardian

Posted on September 22, 2008
“Surfers who ride waves through areas reserved for swimmers off a Cornish beach could be taken to court and issued with antisocial behaviour orders, it emerged yesterday.” Full story The Guardian, 19th September 2008 Source: www.guardian.co...

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Shipyard workers must be compensated for asbestos exposure - The Times

Posted on September 22, 2008
“The Justice Committee has the opportunity to reverse a decision to deny those with pleural plaques the right to compensation” Full story The Times, 21st September 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

EU extradition law faces legal challenge - Daily Telegraph

Posted on September 22, 2008
“Civil rights groups are considering a legal challenge to new EU laws that would allow British citizens to be extradited automatically if they are convicted in their absence by foreign courts. Full story Daily Telegraph, 21st September 2008 Source: www...

Jail rates for under-14s among Europe?s highest - The Guardian

Posted on September 22, 2008
“More children aged between 10 and 14 are being locked up in England and Wales - increasingly for more minor offences - than in any western European country, the charity Barnardo’s warns today.” Full story The Guardian, 22nd September 2008 Source: www...

Gamekeeper who clubbed badgers to death spared jail - The Guardian

Posted on September 22, 2008
“A teenage gamekeeper who clubbed to death badgers and shot buzzards then recorded the illegal killings in a coded diary has been spared jail.” Full story The Guardian, 20th September 2008 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Sex offenders to face lie tests - BBC News

Posted on September 22, 2008
“Sex offenders in some parts of England and Wales could be made to take compulsory lie detector tests to see if they are still a danger to the public.” Full story BBC News, 19th September 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Police want law change to uphold pay decisions - Daily Telegraph

Posted on September 22, 2008
“Police want a change in the law to ensure the Government upholds future pay decisions of independent arbiters.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 21st September 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

GMC revokes ban on shamed paediatrician - The Guardian

Posted on September 22, 2008
“The paediatrician who accused the husband of the late solicitor Sally Clark of murdering their two children is to be allowed to return to child protection work.” Full story The Guardian, 22nd September 2008 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decision

Posted on September 22, 2008
Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Chilton-Merryweather v Hunt & Ors [2008] EWCA Civ 1025 (19 September 2008) High Court (Chancery Division) Bridge Trustees Ltd v Noel Penny (Turbines) Ltd. [2008] EWHC 2054 (Ch) (22 August 2008) Source: www.bailii.org

Another get-rich-quick scheme where criminals could quickly muscle in - The Times

Posted on September 22, 2008
“Whenever there is a new money-making venture it does not take too long before the criminal fraternity moves in. It is particularly pertinent in difficult economic times when even more people will be drawn into get-rich-quick schemes.” Full story The Times, 20th September 2008 Source: www...

Chairman responds to the Times on Bar?s diversity - The Bar Council

Posted on September 22, 2008
“The Chairman of the Bar has responded robustly to an article by Edward Fennel (At the cutting edge of advocacy) in yesterday’s edition of the Times. Timothy Dutton QC says in his letter that the Bar, rather than being stuck in a time warp, has led the way on issues of diversity and was the [...

Met police anti-terrorist detective jailed over credit card fraud - The Guardian

Posted on September 22, 2008
“One of Scotland Yard’s most experienced anti-terrorist officers was jailed for 10 months today after admitting credit card fraud involving tens of thousands of pounds.” Full story The Guardian, 22nd September 2008 Source: www.guardian...

Marine jailed for attacking woman who insulted him at masked ball - Daily Telegraph

Posted on September 22, 2008
“A Royal Marine commando has been jailed for 18 months for beating up a bank manager at a masked ball after she called him ‘baldy’.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 22nd September 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Q&A: Jean Charles de Menezes inquest - The Guardian

Posted on September 22, 2008
“Vikram Dodd answers your questions about the hearing, three years after the Brazilian’s death at Stockwell tube station.” Full story The Guardian, 22nd September 2008 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Credit crisis sparks rush on divorce proceedings - The Lawyer

Posted on September 22, 2008
“Family lawyers are already seeing an increase in work as a growing number of women seek to secure assets as the economic boom turns to gloom.” Full story The Lawyer, 22nd September 2008 Source: www.thelawyer.com

?Offer of amends? could lead to fewer libel cases at trial - Law Society?s Gazette

Posted on September 19, 2008
“The settlement of a high-profile libel case between supermarket giant Tesco and The Guardian newspaper will encourage the use of ?offers of amends? as an alternative to trials, libel lawyers said this week.” Full story� Law Society’s Gazette, 18th September 2008 Source: www...

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on September 19, 2008
High Court (Technology and Construction Court) Treasure & Son Ltd v Dawes [2008] EWHC 2181 (TCC) (15 September 2008)

Recent Staturoty Instruments - OPSI

Posted on September 19, 2008
The Air Navigation (Dangerous Goods) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2008 The Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (Commencement No.7) Order 2008 Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

Consultation: Rules for mandatory polygraph tests for sex offenders - Ministry of Justice

Posted on September 19, 2008
“The National Offender Management Service is proposing to operate a three-year pilot of mandatory polygraph tests to determine if the polygraph can help in the management of sex offenders.” Full consultation� Ministry of Justice, 19th September 2008 Source: www...

Suicide websites - Law Commission

Posted on September 19, 2008
“We are pleased to see that the Government has announced its intention to amend the language of section 2 of the Suicide Act 1961.” Full press release Law Commission, 17th September 2008 Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk

Codes of practice for the sponsored skilled workers tier - UK Border Agency

Posted on September 19, 2008
“We have published the codes of practice for Tier 2 (sponsored skilled workers). If you want to sponsor a skilled migrant, you must use the codes of practice to check the skill level and appropriate rate for the job, and for advice on where to advertise the job...

Attorney General calls for criminals to have their assets stripped - Attorney General?s Office

Posted on September 19, 2008
“The Attorney General, Baroness Scotland, has today told criminal justice practitioners that seizing the proceeds of crime and ‘hitting the criminals where is hurts’ must be at the top of their agenda, and be made part of everything they do...

Muslim police anger over leaflet - BBC News

Posted on September 19, 2008
“Muslim police leaders are demanding to know why no action has been taken over a leaflet which blames Muslims for the heroin trade.” Full story BBC News, 19th September 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

UK to sign UN children convention - BBC News

Posted on September 19, 2008
“The government has decided to sign the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in full, the BBC has learned.” Full story BBC News, 19th September 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Asylum rules ?risk human rights? - BBC News

Posted on September 19, 2008
“Changes to Britain’s asylum and immigration controls could breach human rights, a European watchdog has warned.” Full story BBC News, 18th September 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Barman freed despite admitting raping 12 year old girl - Daily Telegraph

Posted on September 19, 2008
“A barman who admitted raping a 12 year old girl he met through a social networking site has walked free from court after convincing a judge he was tricked into believing she was 19.” Full story� Daily Telegraph, 18th September 2008 Source: www...

Police must repay money taken from cleric?s son - The Independent

Posted on September 19, 2008
“The police have been ordered to return �14,000 they confiscated from the son of an exiled Muslim cleric after a judge ruled the cash was not intended for ‘terrorist purposes’. Full story The Independent, 19th September 2008 Source: www...

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