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MoJ admits personal data breaches ? Law Society?s Gazette

Posted on September 18, 2009
“Nearly 2,000 people have had personal information about themselves lost by the Ministry of Justice over the past year, in a series of incidents listed in the department?s accounts, published last week.” Full story Law Society’s Gazette, 17th September 2009 Source: www...

Administration and Enforcement Restriction Orders ? Response to Consultation ? Ministry of Justice

Posted on September 18, 2009
“A consultation on administration orders, a long-term debt management scheme administered by the courts, and enforcement restriction orders, which provide short-term assistance (via enforcement relief) to those who encounter an unforeseen change to their financial circumstances...

Watchdog looks into CS spray use ? BBC News

Posted on September 18, 2009
“A police watchdog is to start an independent inquiry into an incident when CS spray appeared to be used by police on a man at close quarters.” Full story BBC News, 17th September 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Judge upholds tower block ruling ? BBC News

Posted on September 18, 2009
“A judge has upheld a government decision to allow construction of a controversial 43-storey tower block on London’s South Bank.” Full story BBC News, 17th September 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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Classroom supervisor faces retrial over affair with 15-year-old pupil ? The Times

Posted on September 18, 2009
“A classroom supervisor who had an affair with a pupil aged 15 may face a retrial after a jury failed to reach a verdict on charges against him.” Full story The Times, 18th September 2009 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Sikh police officer ?left humiliated for refusing to remove turban during training? ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on September 18, 2009
“A Sikh police officer was ‘humiliated’ by his Greater Manchester Police colleagues after refusing to remove his turban for training and undergoing practices that would breach his faith, an employment tribunal heard.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 17th September 2009 Source: www...

Inquest hears how police ?did nothing? for harassed family ? The Guardian

Posted on September 18, 2009
“A mother who apparently killed herself and her disabled daughter by setting fire to their car had faced years of abuse from youths and children, but police ‘did nothing’ despite her repeated pleas for help, an inquest heard today.” Full story The Guardian, 17th September 2009 Source: www...

Attorney-General under investigation for hiring an illegal migrant ? The Times

Posted on September 18, 2009
“Baroness Scotland of Asthal, the Attorney-General, has been placed under investigation after she admitted that she had employed an illegal migrant. Britain?s most senior law officer sacked Loloahi Tapui after the 27-year-old Tongan was revealed by the Daily Mail to have overstayed her student visa...

Identity of Teresa de Simone?s killer confirmed by DNA tests ? The Times

Posted on September 18, 2009
“On the night of December 7, 1988, almost exactly nine years after raping and murdering Teresa de Simone, David Lace ended his own life in a seaside bedsit. Lace?s remains were exhumed during the police inquiry and a ‘billion-to-one’ DNA match to the murder of Ms de Simone, 22, in Southampton on December 5, 1979, was [...

Recent Statutory Instruments ? OPSI

Posted on September 17, 2009
The Local Land Charges (Amendment) Rules 2009 The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment) Regulations 2009 Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

Should intercept evidence on terror suspects be made admissible in court? ? The Times

Posted on September 17, 2009
“The control orders regime for detaining suspects who have been neither charged nor prosecuted has been widely discredited.” Full story The Times, 17th September 2009 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

?Columbine? plot prosecution accused of wasting public money ? The Guardian

Posted on September 17, 2009
“A jury took just 45 minutes today to clear two teenagers of plotting to carry out a Columbine-style massacre at their school, prompting claims that the prosecution was a waste of public money.” Full story The Guardian, 16th September 2009 Source: www...

Fake video footage ?persuades half of people to wrongly accuse others of crime? ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on September 17, 2009
“Fake video footage can persuade almost half of viewers to accuse people of crimes they have not committed, new research suggests.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 17th September 2009 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Plan to update libel law for web ? BBC News

Posted on September 17, 2009
“Proposals to overhaul the libel laws and update them for the internet age have been revealed by the government.” Full story BBC News, 16th September 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Hold the front page (lawyer?s request) ? The Times

Posted on September 17, 2009
“Journalism is changing faster than at any time in its history but still not as frequently as the law. The editors of McNae?s Essential Law for Journalists need to revise their textbook roughly every two years which, since an up-to-date edition is required reading for media students, must be fine for royalties but involves constantly [...

Cash crisis in prisoner rehabilitation scheme adds to overcrowding ? The Independent

Posted on September 17, 2009
“Hundreds of convicts who could be released are being held in jails because the Government has failed to pay for enough drug treatment and rehabilitation courses, a leading prison governor warned yesterday.” Full story The Independent, 17th September 2009 Source: www...

estraints on terror suspects may be lifted, Government admits ? The Times

Posted on September 17, 2009
“A number of terrorist suspects will be freed from the restraints of control orders despite posing a danger to the public, the Government admitted yesterday.” Full story The Times, 17th September 2009 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Attorney general sacks maid alleged to be working illegally ? The Guardian

Posted on September 17, 2009
“The attorney general sacked her housekeeper last night amid claims the woman had overstayed on a visa and was no longer legally entitled to work in the UK.” Full story The Guardian, 17th September 2009 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Hi-fis seized as Asbo served on Quo fan ? The Independent

Posted on September 17, 2009
“His music had his neighbours Rockin’ All Over The World – but now Paul Lloyd is risking going Down Down.” Full story The Independent, 16th September 2009 Source: www.independent.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on September 17, 2009
Court of Appeal (Civil Division) MacKreth (Deceased), R v [2009] EWCA Crim 1849 (08 September 2009) High Court (Administrative Court) Historic Buildings Monuments Commission for England (English Heritage) & Ors v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government & Ors [2009] EWHC 2287 (Admin) (17 September 2009) High Court (Technology and Construction Court) Tai Ping Carpets UK [...

Government may shield websites from libel claims with ?single publication? rule ? OUT-LAW.com

Posted on September 17, 2009
“The Government could scrap a part of defamation law that makes newspapers liable many times for material in a single article. The Government may prevent people suing every time a web page ‘publishes’ an article.” Full story OUT-LAW...

Mandelson to shelve laws aimed at cutting binge drinking ? The Times

Posted on September 17, 2009
“Measures to curb binge drinking top a list of regulations to be shelved in the latest U-turn forced on Labour by the economic downturn.” Full story The Times, 17th September 2009 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Review of control orders sought ? BBC News

Posted on September 16, 2009
“A wholesale review of control orders, which restrict the freedoms of some terror suspects, has been instigated by Home Secretary Alan Johnson.” Full story BBC News, 16th September 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Teenagers cleared of ?Columbine? plot ? The Independent

Posted on September 16, 2009
“Two teenagers were today cleared of plotting a Columbine-style massacre at their own school.” Full story The Independent, 16th September 2009 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Defamation on the internet: Ministry of Justice seeks your views ? Ministry of Justice

Posted on September 16, 2009
“A debate on aspects of defamation law, and how it works in the internet age, was launched today by the Ministry of Justice.” Full story Ministry of Justice, 16th September 2009 Source: www.justice.gov.uk

Mobile networks could be fined 10% of turnover for mis-selling ? OUT-LAW.com

Posted on September 16, 2009
“Mobile phone networks could face fines of up to 10% of their turnover from today if they fail to stamp out contract mis-selling. The networks will be responsible not just for their own behaviour but for that of retailers selling their services...

Company director plundered more than £500,000 from KPMG ? The Guardian

Posted on September 16, 2009
“A company boss was jailed for four years today after trying to buy his second wife happiness with more than £500,000 plundered from global accountancy company KPMG.” Full story The Guardian, 15th September 2009 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Uninsured drivers face tighter laws and loss of car ? The Times

Posted on September 16, 2009
“Plans to tighten the law on driving without insurance, making it an offence to be the registered keeper of an uninsured vehicle regardless of whether it is being used, are expected to be confirmed by transport ministers today.” Full story The Times, 16th September 2009 Source: www...

Inquiry started over CS spray use ? BBC News

Posted on September 16, 2009
“Three police officers have been placed on restricted duty and an internal inquiry started after film emerged of close-range use of CS spray on a man.” Full story BBC News, 15th September 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Paternity leave rights to be extended ? The Independent

Posted on September 16, 2009
“Fathers would be able to take up to six months’ paternity leave – three paid – under Government proposals to allow parents to share entitlements, it was announced today.” Full story The Independent, 15th September 2009 Source: www...

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