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Care worker is jailed for murder - BBC News

Posted on August 01, 2008
“A care worker who murdered a disabled man for his Ł70,000 inheritance fund has been told she will spend at least 30 years in jail.” Full story BBC News, 31st July 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Copyright: UK designer wins Star Wars court battle - The Guardian

Posted on August 01, 2008
“In Hollywood’s annals of the plucky little guy defeating the big guy, it might not quite rank with flying an X-wing fighter and destroying the Death Star with a ‘one in a million’ shot, Luke Skywalker-style. But at the royal courts of justice yesterday British prop designer Andrew Ainsworth was said to be delighted with [...

Children at risk of violence after failures by family courts - The Times

Posted on August 01, 2008
“Dozens of children caught up in bitter residency disputes are being put at risk of domestic violence because of failings in the court service set up to protect their interests.” Full story The Times, 1st August 2008 Source: www.timesonline...

Nursing home killer gets 24 years - BBC News

Posted on August 01, 2008
“A man who admitted murdering two women in a Leicester nursing home has been sentenced to life in prison and told he will serve a minimum of over 24 years.” Full story BBC News, 31st July 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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Mental health killings ?falling? - BBC News

Posted on August 01, 2008
“The number of killings by people with mental health problems in England and Wales has fallen by two-thirds in the last 30 years, a study has found.” Full story BBC News, 1st August 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Marine, Benjamin Poole, dies during elite selection course - The Times

Posted on August 01, 2008
“A Royal Marine has died during the final stage of selection to become a member of the elite Special Boat Service. An investigation has been started into the death of Benjamin Poole, 26, who was taking part in an 18-mile (29km) hike across the Brecon Beacons in Mid Wales carrying his rifle and 55lb (25kg) [...

Foreign inmates reach record number in spite of ministers? drive to increase deportations - The Times

Posted on August 01, 2008
“Record numbers of foreign prisoners are being held in jails in England and Wales, according to government figures published yesterday.” Full story The Times, 1st August 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Appeal court ruled couple are not liable for brain-damaged boy - Daily Telegraph

Posted on August 01, 2008
“A couple who were found liable for Ł1million-worth of damages for an accident on a bouncy castle that left a boy brain-damaged have won their appeal against the ruling.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 31st August 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co...

Judge criticises ?beasting? punishments in the Army - Daily Telegraph

Posted on August 01, 2008
“A senior judge has criticised the Army for allowing soldiers to take part in unofficial ‘beasting’ punishments after three soldiers accused of exercising a colleague to death were all acquitted of manslaughter.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 31st July 2008 Source: www...

DNA testing: One in five fathers wrongly identified by mothers in Child Support Agency claims - The Guardian

Posted on August 01, 2008
“Nearly one in five paternity claims handled by the Child Support Agency end up showing the mother has deliberately or inadvertently misidentified the father, figures show.” Full story The Guardian, 1st August 2008 Source: www.guardian.co...

?He has an ability to motivate and is not easily cowed. If there is a row with the government he will fight his corner? - The Guardian

Posted on August 01, 2008
“The next director of public prosecutions is a QC with a passion for human rights.” Full story The Guardian, 1st August 2008 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on August 01, 2008
Court of Appeal (Civil Divison) Attorney General of Zambia v Meer Care & Desai (a firm) & Ors [2008] EWCA Civ 875 (31 July 2008) Boehringer Ingelheim KG & Anor v Swingward Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 881 (31 July 2008) Perry & Anor v Harris (A Minor) [2008] EWCA Civ 907 (31 July 2008) Greenweb Ltd v London Borough [...

George not guilty of Dando murder - BBC News

Posted on August 01, 2008
“Barry George has been found not guilty of murdering BBC television presenter Jill Dando outside her London home.” Full story BBC News, 1st August 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

FA will seek 15-game ban for Barton over Dabo assault - The Guardian

Posted on August 01, 2008
“Joey Barton faces a potentially lengthy ban after being charged with violent conduct by the Football Association last night.” Full story The Guardina, 1st August 2008 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Local Authorities and Transport for London Act 2008

Posted on August 01, 2008
Local Authorities and Transport for London Act 2008 published Full text of Act (pdf) Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

Recent Statutory Instruments - OPSI

Posted on August 01, 2008
The Export Control (Democratic Republic of Congo) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2008 The Crossrail (Qualifying Authorities) Order 2008 The Designation of Rural Primary Schools (England) Order 2008 The Greater London Authority Act 2007 (Commencement No.5) Order 2008 Source: www...

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on August 01, 2008
High Court (Family Division) Z County Council v TS & Ors [2008] EWHC 1773 (Fam) (25 July 2008) SW v SW & Anor [2008] EWHC 1890 (Fam) (31 July 2008) High Court (Patents Court) Re Council Regulation (EEC) No 1768/92 [2008] EWHC 1902 (Pat) (31 July 2008) Eli Lilly & Company v Human Genome Sciences Inc [2008] EWHC 1903 (Pat) [...

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on August 01, 2008
High Court (Administrative Court) Watkins-Singh, R (on the application of) v The Governing Body of Aberdare Girls’ High School & Anor [2008] EWHC 1865 (Admin) (29 July 2008) Pinnington, R (on the application of) v Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police [2008] EWHC 1870 (Admin) (31 July 2008) AV & AU v Secretary of State for the Home [...

R (Securiplan plc) v Security Industry Authority - WLR Daily

Posted on July 31, 2008
R (Securiplan plc) v Security Industry Authority [2008] EWHC 1762 (Admin); [2008] WLR (D) 271 “Despite the absence of any express powers under the Private Security Industry Act 2001, the Security Industry Authority, the body established under the 2001 Act to carry out licensing, monitoring and inspection functions, had power to prosecute alleged offences under that [...

Bailey (by her father and litigation friend) v Ministry of Defence and another - WLR Daily

Posted on July 31, 2008
Bailey (by her father and litigation friend) v Ministry of Defence and another [2008] EWCA Civ 883 “Where medical science could not establish the probability that ‘but for’ an act of negligence an injury would not have happened, but could establish that the contribution of the negligent cause was more than negligible, the ‘but for’ test [...

Cantrell v Wycombe District Council - WLR Daily

Posted on July 31, 2008
Cantrell v Wycombe District Council [2008] EWCA Civ 866; [2008] WLR (D) 269 “A positive convenant could not be enforced against the successor in title of the covenantor in common law even though the agreement had been made with express reference to s 609 of the Housing Act 1985 to disapply the common law prohibition...

R (Corner House Research and another) v Director of the Serious Fraud Office (JUSTICE intervening) - WLR Daily

Posted on July 31, 2008
R (Corner House Research and another) v Director of the Serious Fraud Office (JUSTICE intervening) [2008] UKHL 60; [2008] WLR (D) 267 “Where, following threats by a foreign state as to the consequences, affecting national security, if he pursued an investigation into alleged corruption, the Director of the Serious Fraud Office had discontinued it, he [...

McKinnon v Government of the United States of America - WLR Daily

Posted on July 31, 2008
McKinnon v Government of the United States of America [2008] UKHL 59; [2008] WLR (D) 266 “A foreign prosecuting authority?s plea bargain offer to an accused person whose extradition was sought, did not constitute an abuse of process unless the predicted consequences of refusing the offer were so extreme as to amount to a threat of [...

Mason v Ministry of Justice - WLR Daily

Posted on July 31, 2008
Mason v Ministry of Justice [2008] EWHC 1787 (QB); [2008] WLR (D) 265 “The discretion to release a prisoner on home detention curfew could lawfully be exercised by the executive. An individual?s right under art 5(4) of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, to take proceedings by which the lawfulness of [...

Regina (Corner House Research and Another) v Director of the Serious Fraud Office - Times Law Reports

Posted on July 31, 2008
Regina (Corner House Research and Another) v Director of the Serious Fraud Office House of Lords “Where he took the view that protecting the lives of British citizens outweighed the public interest in pursuing an investigation into allegations of corruption, the Director of the Serious Fraud Office had been entitled to exercise his discretion to discontinue the [...

Ministers accused of retreat on role of attorney general - The Guardian

Posted on July 31, 2008
“Gordon Brown’s plans for constitutional reforms to make the government more accountable to parliament and the public have been turned into a “ragbag of retreats” by the justice secretary, Jack Straw, according to a dissenting report by a minority on a cross-party group of MPs and peers...

Watchdog clears Google?s street cameras - The Guardian

Posted on July 31, 2008
“Google’s controversial Street View service - which will offer ground-level pictures of every UK street online -can finally be launched in Britain, after a privacy watchdog said it had no complaints about the service.” Full story The Guardian, 31st July 2008 Source: www...

Star Wars? battle of the stormtroopers to be resolved - Daily Telegraph

Posted on July 31, 2008
“Star Wars’ battle of the stormtroopers will be resolved by a High Court judge who must decide whether a costume maker has the right to sell the soldier’s uniforms.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 31st July 2008 Source: www.telegraph...

Offenders ?unpunished? by courts - BBC News

Posted on July 31, 2008
“Defence solicitors in England and Wales have warned serious offenders are getting off lightly because police are chasing performance targets.” Full story BBC News, 31st July 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

MPs tell internet firms to police ?dark side? of web - The Guardian

Posted on July 31, 2008
“The internet industry must take more responsibility for protecting young people from the ‘dark side’ of digital content relating to abuse, violence and suicide, according to a committee of MPs.” Full story The Guardian, 31st July 2008 Source: www...

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