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Attorney-General Lord Goldsmith hits out over 42-day terror plans - The Times

Posted on June 10, 2008
“Tony Blair?s Attorney-General has given warning that ministers? safeguards for detaining suspects for up to 42 days have failed to make the proposals acceptable.” Full story The Times, 10th June 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

UK bill to set carbon targets clears first hurdle - The Guardian

Posted on June 10, 2008
“The UK government’s groundbreaking bill to combat climate change cleared its first hurdle in the House of Commons last night.” Full story The Guardian, 10th June 2008 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Police pay: High court backs Smith in backdating row - The Guardian

Posted on June 10, 2008
“The high court today backed the home secretary, Jacqui Smith, in her acrimonious dispute with police officers over pay.” Full story The Guardian, 10th June 2008 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Husband death plotter wife jailed - BBC News

Posted on June 10, 2008
“A care worker who planned to have her husband killed so she could claim insurance money has been jailed for seven years.” Full story BBC News, 10th June 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on June 10, 2008
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) Stringer, R v [2008] EWCA Crim 1222 (10 June 2008) High Court (Queen’s Bench Division) Commonwealth of Australia v Peacekeeper International FZC UAE & Anor [2008] EWHC 1220 (QB) (04 June 2008) High Court (Administrative Court) Persimmon Homes (North East) Ltd & Ors v Blyth Valley Borough Council [2008] EWHC 1258 (Admin) (20 [...

Judicial Independence and Accountability: Pressures and Opportunities - Speech by The Hon. Sir Jack Beatson FBA

Posted on June 10, 2008
Judicial Independence and Accountability: Pressures and Opportunities (PDF) Speech by The Hon. Sir Jack Beatson FBA Nottignham Trent University, 16th April 2008 Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk

Recent Statutory Instruments - OPSI

Posted on June 10, 2008
The Financial Assistance Scheme (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2008 The African Development Fund (Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative) (Amendment) Order 2008 The African Development Bank (Eleventh Replenishment of the African Development Fund) Order 2008 The International Development Association (Fifteenth Replenishment) Order 2008 The International Development Association (Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative) (Amendment) Order 2008 The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2008 The Value Added [...

The Wall of Silence - BBC Law in Action

Posted on June 10, 2008
“What can the police and courts do when witnesses are too scared to testify - especially to the most violent of crimes?” Full story BBC Law in Action, 10th June 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Terror trials ?too long for jury? - BBC News

Posted on June 10, 2008
“Jury trials in terrorist cases are under threat because they can take too long, president of the Queen’s Bench Division, Sir Igor Judge, has said.” Full story BBC News, 10th June 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Anti-Bush protesters to defy march ban - The Guardian

Posted on June 10, 2008
“Anti-war campaigners said today that they would defy a ban on a planned march to Downing Street at the weekend to protest at the visit by the US president, George Bush.” Full story The Guardian, 10th June 2008 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Fraud office comes under scrutiny - BBC News

Posted on June 10, 2008
“The Serious Fraud Office’s conviction rate has dropped from 82% to 61% in five years, a report has found.” Full story BBC News, 10th June 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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Posted on June 10, 2008
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BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on June 10, 2008
High Court (Administrative Court) The Staff Side of the Police Negotiating Board & Anor v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWHC 1173 (Admin) (10 June 2008) High Court (Commercial Court) West London Pipeline and Storage Ltd & Anor v Total UK Ltd & Ors [2008] EWHC 1296 (Comm) (09 June 2008) Source: www...

Working hours: UK bosses retain right to overtime - The Guardian

Posted on June 10, 2008
“British employers will retain the right to ask employees to work more than 48 hours a week following EU talks in Luxembourg earlier today. “ Full story The Guardian, 10th June 2008 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Chairman of the Bar addresses Institute of Barristers? Clerks - The Bar Council

Posted on June 09, 2008
“The Chairman of the Bar, Tim Dutton QC, has today addressed the Institute of Barristers? Clerks annual conference, and warned that the Bar must maintain its focus on excellence as it moves into a new era of Alternative Business Structures ushered in by the Legal Services Act 2007...

Address to the Association of Women Barristers? Annual General Meeting - Speech by the Rt Hon Lady Justice Arden DBE

Posted on June 09, 2008
Address to the Association of Women Barristers? Annual General Meeting (PDF) Speech by the Rt Hon Lady Justice Arden DBE Judiciary of England and Wales, 3rd June 2008 Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk

Recent Statutory Instruments - OPSI

Posted on June 09, 2008
The Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (Designation of Participating Countries) (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) Order 2008 The National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999 (Amendment) Regulations 2008 Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

Khan v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis - WLR Daily

Posted on June 09, 2008
Khan v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis; [2008] WLR (D) 182 “S 18 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (as amended by s 111, Sch 7, Pt 3 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005), which gave the police the power to enter and search a premises occupied or controlled by [...

Governors of the Peabody Trust v Reeve - Times Law Reports

Posted on June 09, 2008
Governors of the Peabody Trust v Reeve Chancery Division “A social landlord could not vary its tenancy agreement unilaterally; excluding changes in rent, any variation would need the agreement in writing of both parties.” The Times, 9th June 2008 Source: www...

Regina v C (Mental disorder: Sexual activity) - Times Law Reports

Posted on June 09, 2008
Regina v C (Mental disorder: Sexual activity) Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) “The effect of a mental disorder had to be severe before it would have the effect that a person was unable to choose whether to submit to sexual activity. If a complainant consented to sexual activity against her inclination because she was frightened of the [...

Briton sues over deportation as failed asylum seeker - The Guardian

Posted on June 09, 2008
“A 30-year-old British citizen with schizophrenia was taken into custody and flown by immigration officers to a foreign country where he had no connections and was allegedly beaten up because he could not speak the language and could not make himself heard...

?Disaster? planning law opposed - BBC News

Posted on June 09, 2008
“Environmental groups are campaigning against planning laws they claim will lead to ‘faceless bureaucrats’ taking decisions on major projects.” Full story BBC News, 9th June 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008

Posted on June 09, 2008
Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 published Full text of Act (PDF) Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

High Court pressed for early hearing on Rock shareholders? battle with Treasury - The Times

Posted on June 09, 2008
“The Government has called for an early hearing of the court case in which Northern Rock shareholders are suing the Treasury over the nationalisation of the bank, The Times has learnt.” Full story The Times, 7th June 2008 Source: www.timesonline...

Revealed: how drugs trade took hold of British prisons - The Guardian

Posted on June 09, 2008
“The government says it’s under control but a devastating new report reveals that a sophisticated new drugs trade is flooding British prisons with record levels of cocaine, cannabis and even heroin. In many cases it’s aided and abetted by corrupt prison guards...

Almost 70,000 criminal suspects fail to answer bail - Daily Telegraph

Posted on June 09, 2008
“More than 67,000 criminal suspects fail to answer bail every year, new figures have disclosed.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 6th June 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Reader?s Digest mailshot probed - BBC News

Posted on June 09, 2008
“The Advertising Standards Authority is launching an investigation into a mailshot being sent by the bookselling company, Reader’s Digest.” Full story BBC News, 7th June 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Virgin warns illegal downloaders: stop or face prosecution - The Independent

Posted on June 09, 2008
“The age of illegal music downloads could soon be over. The UK’s largest provider of home broadband is to warn internet users building up vast libraries of music that they could be prosecuted.” Full story The Independent, 7th June 2008 Source: www...

?Despicable? delay over 7 July terror payouts - The Guardian

Posted on June 09, 2008
“Scores of victims horrifically injured in the 7 July London bombings are still waiting for full compensation almost three years after the attacks.” Full story The Guardian, 8th June 2008 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Gordon Brown set to lose on 42-day detention - The Times

Posted on June 09, 2008
“Gordon Brown’s chances of avoiding a humiliating defeat in the Commons this week dwindled after he effectively ruled out any more significant changes to proposals to detain terror suspects for 42 days without charge.” Full story The Times, 9th June 2008 Source: www...

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