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Paid maternity leave does us no favours either, say fathers - The Times

Posted on July 15, 2008
“A benefit that enriches family life or a burden that sabotages women?s careers? Nicola Brewer?s claim that the extension of maternity leave and parental rights has hampered women?s employment chances has drawn praise and criticism in equal measure...

Home Secretary Jacqui Smith?s U-turn on knife crime plan - The Times

Posted on July 15, 2008
“The Government?s strategy on knife crime was in disarray last night as the Home Secretary was accused of a U-turn over plans, briefed at the weekend, to confront offenders with stabbing victims in hospital.” Full story The Times, 15th July 2008 Source: www...

Director of Revenue and Customs Prosecutions v N E Plastics Ltd - WLR Daily

Posted on July 15, 2008
Director of Revenue and Customs Prosecutions v N E Plastics Ltd [2008] WLR(D); [2008] WLR (D) 236 “For the purposes of s 146A(3) Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 matters within the knowledge of officers of HM Revenue and Customs were not to be imputed to the Director of Revenue and Customs Prosecutions, so that the [...

Mother admits 2004 baby killing - BBC News

Posted on July 15, 2008
“A woman who killed her baby son four years ago has been given a suspended 12-month jail sentence.” Full story BBC news, 15th July 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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Suffolk killer renews appeal bid - BBC News

Posted on July 15, 2008
“Suffolk serial killer Steve Wright has renewed his appeal against convictions.” Full story BBC News, 15th July 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Pesticide controls ?unacceptable? - BBC News

Posted on July 15, 2008
“A woman who lives on the edge of farm fields in Sussex has accused the government of failing to protect people from pesticides. Georgina Downs claims the government’s method of assessing the health risk of chemicals sprayed on crops does not address long-term rural residents...

Ex-Gurkhas win High Court review - BBC News

Posted on July 15, 2008
“Ex-Gurkhas who claim they have been racially discriminated against by the UK government have won the right to stage a High Court challenge.” Full story BBC News, 15th July 2008 Surce: www.bbc.co.uk

Magistrate loses bid to sue daughter-in-law for libel over assault claim - Daily Telegraph

Posted on July 15, 2008
“A magistrate who tried to sue his former daughter-in-law for defamation claiming she had ‘maliciously’ accused him of assault has lost his case. “ Full story Daily Telgraph, 15th July 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Parents to be ?responsible? for child?s sentence - The Times

Posted on July 15, 2008
“Parents could be made legally responsible for ensuring their children complete sentences handed down for youth offending, under government plans published today to tackle criminal behaviour by youngsters.” Full story The Times, 15th July 2008 Source: www...

New self defence laws back ?have-a-go heroes? - The Guardian

Posted on July 15, 2008
“New laws coming into force today will give greater protection to ‘have-a-go heroes’ who challenge burglars or other criminals.” Full story The Guardian, 15th July 2008 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Watchdog raises red flag over plan to record all phone calls and e-mails - The Times

Posted on July 15, 2008
“Britain’s information watchdog criticised today plans for a massive Government database holding details of every phone call and e-mail and the time spent on the internet by the public as a step too far.” Full story The Times, 15th July 2008 Source: www...

Man who confronted gang cleared - BBC News

Posted on July 15, 2008
“A senior health worker who challenged a gang of anti-social underage drinkers with a stick has been cleared of taking the law into his own hands.” Full story BBC News, 14th July 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Madeleine suspect in damages win - BBC News

Posted on July 15, 2008
“Ex-pat Robert Murat has settled a claim for damages over allegations in British newspapers that he was involved in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.” Full story BBC News, 15th july 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on July 14, 2008
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) The Serious Fraud Office v Lexi Holdings Plc [2008] EWCA Crim 1443 (10 July 2008) Rahman & Anor v R [2008] EWCA Crim 1465 (08 July 2008) Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Faarah, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Southwark [2008] EWCA Civ 807 (11 July 2008) McGuane v Welch [2008] EWCA [...

Serious Fraud Office v Lexi Holdings plc (in Administration) and M - WLR Daily

Posted on July 14, 2008
Serious Fraud Office v Lexi Holdings plc (in Administration) and M [2008] EWCA Crim 1443; [2008] WLR (D) 235 “A restraint order should not be varied so as to allow for the payment of a debt to an unsecured creditor unless there was no conflict with the object of satisfying any confiscation order that had [...

Centrum voor gelijkheid van kansen en voor racismbestrijding v Firma Feryn NV (Case C-54/07) - WLR Daily

Posted on July 14, 2008
Centrum voor gelijkheid van kansen en voor racismbestrijding v Firma Feryn NV (Case C-54/07); [2008] WLR (D) 234 “Public statements that persons of particular racial origins were not acceptable as candidates for an employment post prima facie constituted direct discrimination for the purposes of Directive 2000/43 on equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic [...

R (Bhatt Murphy (a firm) and others) v Independent Assessor; R (Niazi and others) v Secretary of State for the Home Department - WLR Daily

Posted on July 14, 2008
R (Bhatt Murphy (a firm) and others) v Independent Assessor; R (Niazi and others) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWCA Civ 755; [2008] WLR (D) 233 “The mere existence of a discretionary scheme for compensation to the victims of miscarriages of justice did not create the conditions necessary to establish a legitimate [...

Gibson v Revenue and Customs Prosecution Office - Times Law Reports

Posted on July 14, 2008
Gibson v Revenue and Customs Prosecution Office Court of Appeal “When a confiscation order was made against a convicted drug dealer, his wife was entitled to keep her 50 per cent interest in the matrimonial home, despite a finding in the confiscation proceedings that she had guilty knowledge of the source of her husband?s wealth...

Common Services Agency v Scottish Information Commissioner - Times Law Reports

Posted on July 14, 2008
Common Services Agency v Scottish Information Commissioner House of Lords “Information concerning the incidence of childhood leukaemia in a particular postal area should not be disclosed unless either it could be anonymised so that it was not personal data or could be released in a form which did not contravene one of the data protection principles under [...

Terror convicts to be released fom prison early - Daily Telegraph

Posted on July 14, 2008
“Dozens of inmates convicted of terrorism offences will be released after serving half their sentences under rules introduced by the Government.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 13th July 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Appeal court quashes hydroponic cannabis convictions - The Guardian

Posted on July 14, 2008
“A court of appeal decision has shone a light on the homegrown cannabis industry. The quashing of the convictions of three men involved in hydroponics comes at a time when cultivation of cannabis in the UK is at record levels.” Full story The Guardian, 14th July 2008 Source: www...

Landowners and hunt join forces in legal battle to ban saboteurs - The Times

Posted on July 14, 2008
“A group of 84 landowners is backing a hunt?s attempt to ban saboteurs from almost every piece of open land and countryside in West Sussex.” Full story The Times, 14th July 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Youth violence: Tactics against gangs fatally flawed - report - The Guardian

Posted on July 14, 2008
“The government’s drive to curb street gangs and knife crime is challenged today by research suggesting official tactics are fundamentally misinformed, frequently failing, and sometimes actively strengthen the gangs they target.” Full story The Guardian, 14th July 2008 Source: www...

Magistrates should be banned from handing out custodial sentences - Daily Telegraph

Posted on July 14, 2008
“Magistrates should be banned from handing out custodial sentences to help ease overcrowding in prisons, an influential report says.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 13th July 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

How mother?s stand after job humiliation won her £120,000 - The Times

Posted on July 14, 2008
“Sarah Vince-Cain describes herself as a child of the Eighties, brought up in the age of ‘hard work, power suits and Margaret Thatcher’, and felt guilty about taking time off to start a family.” Full story The Times, 14th July 2008 Source: www...

Community punishments can be pointless, says judge - Daily Telegraph

Posted on July 14, 2008
“A judge has said there was no ‘point’ in community punishments if offenders were given nothing to do and were ’sitting around’.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 11th July 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Knife offenders to meet victims? families as police take tougher line - The Independent

Posted on July 14, 2008
“Police are to be ordered to mount a new offensive against knife crime, with more young people searched for weapons in the eight parts of the country worst affected by stabbings.” Full story The Independent, 14th July 2008 Source: www.independent...

MoD faces legal action after teenage Iraqi claims sexual humiliation by soldiers - The Guardian

Posted on July 14, 2008
“The Ministry of Defence is facing fresh court action over as many as 11 cases of alleged abuse of Iraqis, including the alleged sexual humiliation of a teenage boy by British soldiers at a base near Basra in 2003, it emerged yesterday.” Full story The Guardian, 14th July 2008 Source: www...

Solicitor fights ?ageist? law firm which forced him to retire at 65 years old - The Times

Posted on July 14, 2008
” A solicitor who was forced by his law firm to retire at 65 will lodge a test appeal today, claiming that he was the victim of age discrimination.” Full story The Times, 14th July 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Equality laws ?are now holding women back? - The Times

Posted on July 14, 2008
“The radical extension of maternity leave and parents? rights is sabotaging women?s careers, according to the head of the new equalities watchdog.” Full story The Times, 14th July 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

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