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Lawyers fight plans for case-worker trials - The Times

Posted on April 21, 2008
“Barristers begin an offensive today over plans to allow non-lawyers to conduct magistrates? courts trials.” Full story The Times, 21st April 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

New anti-terrorism rules ?allow US to spy on British motorists? - Daily Telegraph

Posted on April 21, 2008
“Routine journeys carried out by millions of British motorists can be monitored by authorities in the United States and other enforcement agencies across the world under anti-terrorism rules introduced discreetly by Jacqui Smith.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 21st April 2008 Source: www...

Inquiry reveals errors in investigation of Eddie Gilfoyle - The Times

Posted on April 21, 2008
“Nine blunders were made by police investigating the death of a woman whose husband claims he was wrongly jailed for her murder, an inquiry report seen by The Times shows.” Full story The Times, 21st April 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co...

Man jailed for first Friends Reunited murder - Daily Telegraph

Posted on April 21, 2008
“A Sardinian who stabbed his wife’s British lover to death has become the first person to be convicted of a murder involving the website Friends Reunited.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 19th April 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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Drink-drive offenders could keep licences - The Times

Posted on April 21, 2008
“Drink drivers would no longer automatically lose their licences under government plans to lower the alcohol limit for motorists to the equivalent of less than a pint of beer or glass of wine.” Full story The Times, 21st April 2008 Source: www...

Increase in sex offender arrests - BBC News

Posted on April 21, 2008
“The number of suspected child sex offenders arrested in the UK has risen threefold in the past year, says the organisation set up to tackle abuse.” Full story BBC News, 20th April 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Government to quiz households on sex lives and salaries - Daily Telegraph

Posted on April 21, 2008
“More than 500,000 people a year are to be questioned about their sex lives and salaries by Government inspectors, it has emerged.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 21st April 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on April 18, 2008
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) Newman, R v [2008] EWCA Crim 816 (18 April 2008) Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Mills v Birchall & Anor [2008] EWCA Civ 385 (18 April 2008) Oxford Legal Group Ltd v Sibbasbridge Services Plc & Anor [2008] EWCA Civ 387 (18 April 2008) Morgan v UPS Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 375 (17 April 2008) Strachey [...

Recent Statutory Instruments - OPSI

Posted on April 18, 2008
The Employment and Support Allowance (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2008 The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Prescribed Criteria) (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2008 The Specified Products from China (Restriction on First Placing on the Market) (England) Regulations 2008 Source: www...

Muslim preacher Abu Izzadeen jailed for four and a half years - Daily Telegraph

Posted on April 18, 2008
“Abu Izzadeen, an al-Qa’eda disciple who once heckled John Reid, has been jailed for four and a half years for terrorism offences.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 18th April 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Psychics foresee big trouble over new laws - Reuters

Posted on April 18, 2008
“Fortune-tellers, mediums and spiritual healers will march on Downing Street on Friday to protest against new laws they fear will lead to them being ‘persecuted and prosecuted’.” Full story Reuters, 18th April 2008 Source: www...

Justice Smith reprimanded after OJC verdict - Legal Week

Posted on April 18, 2008
“Mr Justice Peter Smith has been found guilty of misconduct by the Office for Judicial Complaints (OJC) after refusing to stand down from a case over which he was presiding.” Full story Legal Week, 18th April 2008 Source: www.legalweek.com

House of Lords Judgments - What?s New?

Posted on April 18, 2008
R (on the application of Edwards and another) v Environment Agency and others Principal and Fellows of Newnham College in the University of Cambridge (Respondents) v Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs Simmers (Respondent) v Innes (Appellant) (Scotland) Source: www...

R (Black) v Secretary of State for Justice - WLR Daily

Posted on April 18, 2008
R (Black) v Secretary of State for Justice [2008] EWCA Civ 359; [2008] WLR (D) 114 “S 35(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1991, giving the Secretary of State power to override a Parole Board recommendation for the release on parole of a prisoner serving a sentence of more than 15 years, was not compatible with [...

TRM Copy Centres (UK) Ltd and ors v Lanwall Services Ltd - WLR Daily

Posted on April 18, 2008
TRM Copy Centres (UK) Ltd and ors v Lanwall Services Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 382; [2008] WLR (D) 113 “The practice of placing machines on premises mainly for the use of persons other than the owner of the premises, who was paid a commission on its use, would not generally be a form of bailment by [...

Moran v Manchester City Council; Richards v Ipswich Borough Council - WLR Daily

Posted on April 18, 2008
Moran v Manchester City Council; Richards v Ipswich Borough Council [2008] EWCA Civ 378; [2008] WLR (D) 112 “A women?s refuge was accommodation which, having regard to various factors, it could be reasonable for women to continue to occupy.” WLR Daily, 17th April 2008 Source: www...

Principal and Fellows of Newnham College in the University of Cambridge v Revenue and Customs Commissioner - WLR Daily

Posted on April 18, 2008
Principal and Fellows of Newnham College in the University of Cambridge v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2008] UKHL 23; [2008] WLR (D) 111 “For the purposes of para 3A(7) of Sch 10 to the Value Added Tax Act 1994 a party was ?in occupation? of land if it had the right to occupy the land as [...

Dunn v Parole Board - WLR Daily

Posted on April 18, 2008
Dunn v Parole Board [2008] EWCA Civ 374; [2008] WLR (D) 110 “In the context of CPR Pt 11, the limitation provisions within s 7(5) of the Human Rights Act 1998 provided a defence to a claim rather than going to jurisdiction, so that a failure to apply to strike out within 14 days of acknowledging [...

Getting left behind? - Law Society?s Gazette

Posted on April 18, 2008
“Radical changes to the way childcare cases are processed and how much they will cost could leave vulnerable children at risk, family law experts fear. Grania Langdon-Down reports.” Full story Law Society’s Gazette, 17th April 2008 Source: www...

Clash of arms - Law Society?s Gazette

Posted on April 18, 2008
“Four landmark court rulings last week placed into sharp focus the ongoing trial of strength between ministers and the judiciary.” Full story Law Society’s Gazette, 17th April 2008 Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Lichter & Schwarz (a Partnership) v Rubin - Times Law Reports

Posted on April 18, 2008
Lichter & Schwarz (a Partnership) v Rubin Chancery Division “When applying for an interim order directing a party to provide information about relevant property or assets which were, or could be the subject of an application for a freezing injunction, it was necessary to show only that there was a reasonable possibility, based on credible evidence, that [...

Regina (Black) v Secretary of State for Justice - Times Law Reports

Posted on April 18, 2008
Regina (Black) v Secretary of State for Justice Court of Appeal “Section 35 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991, giving the Secretary of State for Justice power to block the release on licence of prisoners sentenced between 1991 and 2003 to prison terms of more than 15 years, was not compatible with article 5...

Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Mary Ltd and Others v Kingston upon Thames Borough Council - Times Law Reports

Posted on April 18, 2008
Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Mary Ltd and Others v Kingston upon Thames Borough Council Chancery Division “The introduction by Kingston upon Thames Borough Council of an unmanned code-operated barrier to control entry to Warren Road, a private road that provided access from a public road to the Coombe Estate, would amount to a substantial interference [...

Regina v Blythe - Times Law Reports

Posted on April 18, 2008
Regina v Blythe Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) “Offences of engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child or causing a child to watch a sexual act were not serious specified sexual offences for the purposes of the provisions relating to dangerous offenders if the defendant was under 18...

Inmates win ?cold turkey? payout - The Times

Posted on April 18, 2008
“Taxpayers have footed a �1 million compensation bill after almost 200 drug-addicted prisoners sued the Government, claiming that denying them a heroin substitute breached their human rights.” Full story The Times, 18th April 2008 Source: www...

Now, even the pro bono units can?t afford to stay open - The Times

Posted on April 18, 2008
“The shake-up in legal aid is having a devastating effect on law centres - hitting some of those most deserving of legal help.” Full story The Times, 17th April 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

BT?s secret Phorm trials open door to corporate eavesdropping - The Register

Posted on April 18, 2008
“The government has refused to investigate BT’s covert wiretapping of thousands of its customers in 2006 and 2007, despite its own expert’s view that without consent Phorm’s advertising targeting technology is a breach of criminal law...

EU privacy chief wants data breach law for business - OUT-LAW.com

Posted on April 18, 2008
“The privacy watchdog for EU institutions has called for a planned requirement for telecoms companies to publish details of information security breaches to be extended to banks, businesses and medical bodies.” Full story OUT-LAW.com, 17th April 2008 Source: www...

Colleagues jailed for race abuse - BBC News

Posted on April 18, 2008
“Three men have been jailed for three years for a campaign of racial harassment against a Muslim colleague.” Full story BBC News, 17th April 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Lawyer Gill Switalski seeks �19m after losing her job in sex bias ordeal - The Times

Posted on April 18, 2008
“A top City lawyer who won a claim for sex discrimination after being driven from her job in an 18-month campaign of bullying is seeking �19 million in compensation.” Full story The Times, 18th April 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

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