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In re Federal-Mogul Aftermarket UK Ltd and others - WLR Daily

Posted on May 23, 2008
In re Federal-Mogul Aftermarket UK Ltd and others [2008] EWHC 1099 (Ch); [2008] WLR (D) 166 “There was nothing in the rationale underlying the general application of the hindsight principle to contingent debts which should restrict its application to whether there had been an initial triggering event...

R v Asfaw (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees intervening) - WLR Daily

Posted on May 23, 2008
R v Asfaw (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees intervening)[2008] UKHL 31; [2008] WLR (D) 165 “A refugee, who arrived in the United Kingdom directly from the country of persecution in transit to a country of preferred refuge, was entitled to the protection from prosecution provided by art 31(1) of the 1951 Convention and 1967 Protocol [...

Carer jailed over baby?s killing - BBC News

Posted on May 22, 2008
“A carer from Greater Manchester who killed a 16-month-old baby by holding him upside down and flinging him against furniture has been jailed.” Full story BBC News, 21st May 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Builder is jailed for gas death - BBC News

Posted on May 22, 2008
“A builder whose work caused the death of a man through carbon monoxide poisoning has been jailed for three and a half years.” Full story BBC News, 21st May 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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Luxury stolen car dealer jailed - BBC News

Posted on May 22, 2008
“A car-ringer who is believed to have pocketed more than £1m by shipping luxury vehicles stolen from Britain has been jailed for three-and-a-half years.” Full story BBC News, 22nd May 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Police arrest 198 over hate crime - BBC News

Posted on May 22, 2008
“Police have arrested 198 people on suspicion of domestic, homophobic and race hate crimes after raids across London, Scotland Yard have said.” Full story BBC News, 22nd May 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Tories face inquiry after voter data leaked - The Independent

Posted on May 22, 2008
“The Conservatives’ campaign in the Crewe and Nantwich by-election suffered an embarrassing last-minute setback when the party published the personal details of more than 8,000 voters.” Full story The Independent, 22nd May 2008 Source: www...

Mother fined £300 for putting bins out early - Daily Telegraph

Posted on May 22, 2008
“A woman has been fined nearly £300 for leaving her bins out a day before they were due to be collected.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 22nd May 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Knife crime is epidemic, top judge claims - Daily Telegraph

Posted on May 22, 2008
“Knife crime has escalated to ‘epidemic proportions’ and has to be ‘confronted and stopped’, said Sir Igor Judge, the President of the High Court Queen?s Bench Division.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 22nd May 2008 Source: www...

CPS made serious errors over data on Dutch criminal suspects - The Guardian

Posted on May 22, 2008
“An inquiry into how a disk containing DNA profiles of 2,159 people linked to serious crime abroad went unchecked for a year has found ’significant shortcomings’ by the crown prosecution service.” Full story The Guardian, 22nd May 2008 Source: www...

Peer cleared of misconduct - The Guardian

Posted on May 22, 2008
“A Labour peer was cleared of misconduct yesterday after a House of Lords disciplinary committee failed to establish whether he broke parliamentary rules by taking money for a ministerial introduction.” Full story The Guardian, 22nd May 2008 Source: www...

Charities face crackdown on fundraising through ?guilt? gifts - The Guardian

Posted on May 22, 2008
“Charity watchdogs are to crack down on fundraisers who send out unsolicited gifts to make potential donors feel guilty enough to give money.” Full story The Guardian, 22nd May 2008 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Council accused of foul play to catch guilty dog owners - The Guardian

Posted on May 22, 2008
“Another council has been caught using surveillance laws designed to combat organised criminals - this time to catch dog owners whose pets foul the grass.” Full story The Guardian, 22nd May 2008 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Cases to decide if police are liable for damages - The Times

Posted on May 22, 2008
“A test case being heard in the House of Lords this week will decide when the police should pay damages if they fail to protect a witness or others who are subsequently killed or harmed.” Full story The Times, 22nd May 2008 Source: www.timesonline...

Reformed jihadist released as court case begins - The Times

Posted on May 22, 2008
“A former jihadist recruiter who now seeks to deradicalise young Muslims was released without charge yesterday after being held for 12 days under the Terrorism Act.” Full story The Times, 22nd May 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Police say loss of banning orders is to blame for rise in gun crime - The Times

Posted on May 22, 2008
“Gang-related gun violence has risen sharply in Birmingham since a judge halted the radical use of court orders banning suspected criminals from parts of the city, the police and community leaders say.” Full story The Times, 22nd May 2008 Source: www...

Algerian demands ?long-awaited? apology from Jack Straw over arrest - The Times

Posted on May 22, 2008
“The Ministry of Justice has been refused permission to appeal against a ruling that it should compensate an Algerian man wrongly jailed for five months on suspicion of training one of the September 11 hijackers.” Full story The Times, 22nd May 2008 Source: www...

Couple are charged with neglect after child, 7, dies - The Times

Posted on May 22, 2008
“A man and a woman have been charged with neglect after the death of a seven-year-old girl.” Full story The Times, 22nd May 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Damning report concludes Crown Prosecution files are in disarray - The Times

Posted on May 22, 2008
“The shoddy state of most Crown Prosecution Service case files is highlighted in a report today which finds most are incomplete and missing data such as whether a defendant is on bail, or the outcome of a hearing.” Full story The Times, 22nd May 2008 Source: www...

Corporate Officer of the House of Commons v Information Commissioner and Others - Times Law Reports

Posted on May 22, 2008
Corporate Officer of the House of Commons v Information Commissioner and Others Queen’s Bench Division “Shortcomings in transparency and accountability in the system of paying additional costs allowances to Members of Parliament justified full disclosure of detailed information concerning those payments of their residential expenses...

Regina v B - Times Law Reports

Posted on May 22, 2008
Regina v B Court of Appeal “The Court of Appeal, Criminal Division, would not give the Crown leave to appeal unless it was seriously arguable, not that a judge in exercising his discretion or making his judgment in the course of a criminal trial might have decided differently, but that it was unreasonable for him to have [...

Written ministerial statement: CPS report - DNA profiles disk inquiry - Attorney General?s Office

Posted on May 22, 2008
“Written ministerial statement: CPS report - DNA profiles disk inquiry.” Full statement Attorney General’s Office, 21st May 2008 Source: www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk

CPS: DNA profiles disk inquiry - Attorney General?s Office

Posted on May 22, 2008
“CPS: DNA profiles disk inquiry” Full inquiry Attorney General’s Office, 21st May 2008 Source: www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk

?Dog patient? dentist is jailed - BBC News

Posted on May 22, 2008
“A dentist and his wife who stole more than £30,000 from the NHS by claiming money for treatment never given to patients have been jailed.” Full story BBC News, 20th may 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

In re Rottmann (a bankrupt) - WLR Daily

Posted on May 22, 2008
In re Rottmann (a bankrupt) ; [2008] WLR (D) 161 “The court had power to suspend the public examination of a bankrupt pursuant to s 290 of the Insolvency Act 1986 and order the examination to be conducted in private where foreign criminal proceedings had been instituted against the bankrupt...

SB v A County Council - WLR Daily

Posted on May 22, 2008
SB v A County Council [2008] EWCA Civ 535; [2008] WLR (D) 160 “A judge considering dispensing with parental consent to adoption had to focus on the child?s welfare ‘throughout his life’, to emphasise that adoption, unlike other forms of order, was something with lifelong implications...

BE (Iran) v Secretary of State for the Home Department - WLR Daily

Posted on May 22, 2008
BE (Iran) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWCA Civ 540; [2008] WLR (D) 159 “An Iranian soldier who had been ordered in peacetime to plant land mines liable to kill or maim innocent civilians, and who had deserted, was entitled to international protection as a refugee since the order constituted a requirement [...

Adorian v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis - WLR Daily

Posted on May 22, 2008
Adorian v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [2008] EWHC 1081 (QB); [2008] WLR (D) 158 “Civil proceedings for trespass to the person commenced by a claimant who has been convicted in the United Kingdom of an imprisonable offence, committed on the same occasion as the alleged trespass, are not rendered a nullity by the claimant?s [...

Pay-out after baby misdiagnosed - BBC News

Posted on May 22, 2008
“The parents of baby who died after medics failed to diagnose meningitis have been awarded compensation.” Full story BBC News, 22nd May 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Mother is jailed over false alibi - BBC News

Posted on May 22, 2008
“A mother who lied to protect her son who, along with three other teenagers, kicked a man to death in Bedfordshire has been jailed for 21 months.” Full story BBC News, 22nd May 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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