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Finance Act 2008

Posted on July 22, 2008
Finance Act 2008 published Full text of Act (PDF) Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

Sale of Student Loans Act 2008

Posted on July 22, 2008
Sale of Student Loans Act 2008 published Full text of Act (PDF) Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

Special Educational Needs (Information) Act 2008

Posted on July 22, 2008
Special Educational Needs (Information) Act 2008 published Full text of Act (PDF) Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2008

Posted on July 22, 2008
Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2008 published Full text of Act (PDF) Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

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Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008

Posted on July 22, 2008
Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008 published Full text of Act (PDF) Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

Criminal Evidence (Witness Anonymity) Act 2008

Posted on July 22, 2008
Criminal Evidence (Witness Anonymity) Act 2008 published Full text of Act (PDF) Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

Solicitor General speech: crimes against older people prosecution policy - Attorney General?s Office

Posted on July 21, 2008
“Solicitor General speech: crimes against older people prosecution policy.” Full speech Attorney’s General’s Office, 18th July 2008 Source: http://www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk

Increased powers to tackle fradusters ? Attorney General?s Office

Posted on July 21, 2008
“Today the Attorney General Baroness Scotland will announce new measures that are designed to prevent fraudsters committing further offences, and ensure that they pay back all the victims of their crimes.” Full press release Attrorney-General’s Office, 18th July 2008 Source: http://www...

Bar Council Welcomes Report On The Bar Vocational Course - The Bar Council

Posted on July 21, 2008
“The Bar Council has today welcomed the publication of the Wood Report on the Bar Vocational Course (BVC), which was produced by a Working Group chaired by Derek Wood QC.” Full press release The Bar Council, 18th July 2008 Source: www.barcouncil...

Welfare reform plan to get thousands to work - The Independent

Posted on July 21, 2008
“Radical plans to get hundreds of thousands of people off benefits and into work will be launched today by the Government.” Full story� The Independent, 21st July 2008 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Christian policeman ?victimised? over opposition to gay pride event - Daily Telegraph

Posted on July 21, 2008
“A Christian policeman is taking his own force to an employment tribunal over claims that it ‘harassed’ him because of his religious opposition to homosexuality.” Full story� Daily Telegraph, 20th July 2008 Source: www.telegraph...

Ministry of Defence admits it was wrong to deny war widow a pension - Daily Telegraph

Posted on July 21, 2008
“The widow of a war hero who had been wrongfully denied a pension by Whitehall bureaucrats for years was celebrating a victory after the Ministry of Defence admitted ‘maladministration’. Full story Daily Telegraph, 21st July 2008 Source: www...

Budget cuts threaten to slow miscarriage of justice reviews - The Guardian

Posted on July 21, 2008
“Victims of miscarriages of justice will have to wait longer for their cases to be examined because of annual cuts of �300,000 in the budget of the organisation that investigates them, it emerged yesterday.” Full story The Guardian, 21st July 2008 Source: www...

MPs seek answers on torture ?outsourcing? - The Guardian

Posted on July 21, 2008
“Allegations in the Guardian that the government has ‘outsourced’ interrogation techniques involving the torture of British nationals in Pakistan must be investigated immediately, a cross-party group of backbench MPs said yesterday. In a highly critical report, the Commons foreign affairs committee also accuses the government of watering down its ‘anti-torture commitments’...

Another fatal stabbing, but police ignore demands to prosecute knife offenders - The Times

Posted on July 21, 2008
“A government edict to get tough on knife offenders is being ignored by police forces throughout the country, despite mounting public concern and a spate of killings.” Full story The Times, 21st July 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Labour has nearly doubled the number of laws that give officials access to your home - Daily Telegraph

Posted on July 21, 2008
“More than a 1,000 laws now exist that allow the authorities into homes, it has emerged.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 20th July 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Another stab death as police call for more search powers - The Observer

Posted on July 21, 2008
“As a man dies close to where Ben Kinsella was killed, beat officers warn that they are struggling to win the war against knife crime.” Full story The Observer, 20th July 2008 Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk

Police racism claim is suspended - BBC News

Posted on July 21, 2008
“The country’s most senior Asian officer has suspended an employment tribunal claim in which he had accused the Metropolitan Police of racism.” Full story BBC News, 18th July 2008 Source: www.bb.co.uk

Man jailed over hoax bomb on bus - BBC News

Posted on July 21, 2008
“A follower of Islamic militancy who left a hoax bomb on a bus and collected materials to make explosive devices has been jailed for seven years.” Full story BBC News, 18th July 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Pubs may be forced to to offer smaller glass sizes for wine and spirits - The Times

Posted on July 21, 2008
“Pubs and bars could be forced to offer smaller glass sizes under plans to tackle binge drinking being drawn up by ministers. Action against premises that offer the largest measures of wine and spirits as standard is one of the key elements of a package due to be announced this autumn...

Drug users risk benefit cuts - The Observer

Posted on July 21, 2008
“The unemployed will be forced to declare drug or heavy drinking habits when they apply for benefits and will have payments cut if they give misleading answers, under government proposals which were announced yesterday.” Full story The Observer, 20th july 2008 Source: http://observer...

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on July 21, 2008
Court of Appeal (Civil Division) RS (Zimbabwe) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWCA Civ 839 (18 July 2008) Bradford & Anor v James & Ors [2008] EWCA Civ 837 (18 July 2008) High Court (Chancery Division) Rousselon Freres Et Cie v Horwood Homewares Ltd [2008] EWHC 1660 (Ch) (18 July 2008) High Court�(Family�Division) Medway Council v G [...

Regina (Bhatt Murphy (a Firm) and Others v Independent Assessor; Regina (Niazi and Others) v Secretary of State for the Home Department - Times Law Reports

Posted on July 21, 2008
Regina (Bhatt Murphy (a Firm) and Others v Independent Assessor; Regina (Niazi and Others) v Secretary of State for the Home Department Court of Appeal “The mere existence of an ex gratia scheme for compensation to the victims of miscarriages of justice was not by itself sufficient to create a legitimate expectation that the scheme would [...

Regina v Noble - Times Law Reports

Posted on July 21, 2008
Regina v Noble Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) “Defendants who failed to attend court in response to a summons should not be convicted and sentenced for offences under the Bail Act 1976 or for contempt of court if they were not on bail and/or had received no notice of the summons...

Recent Statutory Instruments - OPSI

Posted on July 21, 2008
The Probate Services (Approved Bodies) Order 2008 The Local Involvement Networks (Amendment) Regulations 2008 The Employment and Support Allowance (Consequential Provisions) (No. 3) Regulations 2008 The Pensions Act 2004 (Code of Practice) (Dispute Resolution) Appointed Day Order 2008 Source: www...

Four in five ringtone sites breach consumer laws, says Commission - OUT-LAW.com

Posted on July 21, 2008
“A European Commission investigation has found that four in five websites selling mobile phone services such as ringtones appear to breach consumer protection rules.” Full story OUT-LAW.com. 18th July 2008 Source: www.out-law.com

Daily Cause List, 22nd July

Posted on July 21, 2008
Tuesday 22nd July 2008 Source: www.hmcourts-service.gov.ik Please note only the current day’s cause list will be accessible

?Stressed? paramedic wins damages - BBC News

Posted on July 21, 2008
“A paramedic who suffered post traumatic stress disorder after he was sent alone to attend to a collapsed drug addict has won a claim for damages.” Full story BBC News, 21st July 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk �

Arab newspaper issues high court apology for ?wholly untrue? reports - The Guardian

Posted on July 21, 2008
“A UK-based Arabic newspaper has apologised to the prime minister of the Gulf state of Qatar after it admitted printing three ‘wholly untrue’ articles about him secretly visiting Israel.” Full story� The Guardian, 21st July 2008 Source: www...

Teenager jailed over punch death - BBC News

Posted on July 21, 2008
“A teenager has been jailed after killing a student outside a takeaway in Dorset with a single punch.” Full story� BBC News, 21st July 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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