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Enough of shabby journalism - the media?s job is too important - The Times

Posted on April 02, 2009
“Do we really need yet another poorly drafted statute from a government obsessed with passing new laws?” Full story The Times, 2nd April 2009 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Privacy: the new law will freeze the lifeblood of the media - The Times

Posted on April 02, 2009
“There is a danger that the media will abandon expensive investigations and litigation and move on to other, easier stories.” Full story The Times, 2nd April 2009 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Mother of Rhys?s killer is jailed - The Independent

Posted on April 02, 2009
“The mother of the gunman who murdered Rhys Jones was jailed for three years yesterday for lying to detectives who were investigating the schoolboy’s murder.” Full story The Independent, 2nd April 2009 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Redundancy in the City: painful lessons for the big beasts - The Times

Posted on April 02, 2009
“Simon Davies, Linklaters’ managing partner, says that the good times will return to big City firms - but in a different guise.” Full story The Times, 2nd April 2009 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

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Tribunal awards: defaulters? names to be put on public debt register - Ministry of Justice

Posted on April 02, 2009
“People who fail to pay awards made by employment tribunals will be publicly named and shamed from today, as the government clamps down hard on employers who disregard tribunal rulings.” Full story Ministry of Justice, 1st April 2009 Source: www...

Can Google Street View stay ahead of the privacy lawyers? - The Times

Posted on April 02, 2009
“The voyeur in me has been fascinated with Google?s controversial mapping service Street View. Now we are able to peer over people’s front gardens from the comfort of our computers but the lawyer in me wonders whether the many complaints of breach of privacy that have already been made will lead to legal action against [...

Hundreds of paedophiles escape with a caution - Daily Telegraph

Posted on April 02, 2009
“One in three paedophiles who prey on children under 13 are let off with a caution, figures show.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 1st April 2009 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Man sentenced for killing game-obsessed partner - The Independent

Posted on April 02, 2009
“A man who fatally stabbed his partner after an argument about her heavy use of a Playstation was sentenced today to at least 14 years in prison. “ Full story The Independent, 1st April 2009 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Powers of Attorney cost reduction takes effect - Ministry of Justice

Posted on April 02, 2009
“The cost of registering Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPAs) forms will be cheaper from today following recent public consultation.” Full story Ministry of Justice, 1st April 2009 Source: www.justice.gov.uk

Child rapist jailed indefinitely - BBC News

Posted on April 02, 2009
“A paedophile who returned to the scene of a previous sex attack to rape a schoolboy has been jailed indefinitely.” Full story BBC News, 2nd April 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Workplace grievance and flexible working laws change on Monday - OUT-LAW.com

Posted on April 02, 2009
“The way workplace disputes are handled will change from Monday. The Government’s scrapping of the statutory grievance and disciplinary procedures is just one of the law changes that will come into effect on 6th April.” Full story OUT-LAW...

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on April 02, 2009
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) Wood, R v [2009] EWCA Crim 651 (02 April 2009) R. v Peacock & Anor [2009] EWCA Crim 654 (02 April 2009) Evans, R v [2009] EWCA Crim 650 (02 April 2009) Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform v Neufeld & Anor [2009] EWCA [...

Recent Statutory Instruments - OPSI

Posted on April 02, 2009
The Public Service Vehicles (Operators? Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 The Public Service Vehicles (Operators? Licences) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 The Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 The Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 The Motor Vehicles (Tests) (Amendment) (No...

Pop star union demands new kind of copyright extension - OUT-LAW.com

Posted on April 02, 2009
“A pop stars’ pressure group has called for copyright in sound recordings to be extended beyond the current 50-year term but has said that artists should be given control of the copyright after 50 years.” Full story OUT-LAW.com, 2nd April 2009 Source: www...

Heroin death jail appeal rejected - BBC News

Posted on April 02, 2009
“The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by a woman who failed to call for medical help while her half-sister was dying of a heroin overdose.” Full story BBC News, 2nd April 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

MEPs urge governments to produce surveillance register - OUT-LAW.com

Posted on April 02, 2009
“Governments should create a list of all organisations that track internet use and produce an annual report on internet surveillance, the European Parliament has said.” Full story OUT-LAW.com, 2nd April 2009 Source: www.out-law.com

Hundreds cautioned over child sex - BBC News

Posted on April 02, 2009
“A total of 229 adults were handed a police caution for subjecting children aged under 13 to sex offences, figures for 2004 to 2007 have shown.” Full story BBC News, 2nd April 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Campaigner accepts libel damages - BBC News

Posted on April 01, 2009
“Campaigner Erin Pizzey has accepted undisclosed libel damages over claims that she supported British terror group the Angry Brigade in the early 1970s.” Full story BBC News, 1st April 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

New probation trusts announced to cut reoffending - Ministry of Justice

Posted on April 01, 2009
“Two Probation Areas have been given the green light to start work as Probation Trusts from today as part of the government’s drive to further reduce reoffending and increase protection for the public.” Full story Ministry of Justice, 1st April 2009 Source: www...

Queue-jumping death pair jailed - BBC News

Posted on April 01, 2009
“A man and a woman have been jailed over the death of an innocent shopper in a queue-jumping row in south London.” Full story BBC News, 1st April 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

UK fight against human trafficking - Home Office

Posted on April 01, 2009
“Victims of human trafficking will receive better protection and support under new measures coming into force in the UK today.” Full story Home Office, 1st April 2009 Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk

City tycoon fails in divorce bid - BBC News

Posted on April 01, 2009
“A recession-hit City tycoon has failed to win a cut in the £9.5m divorce settlement with his former wife.” Full story BBC News, 1st April 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Reading this story will restrict your freedom to blog - OUT-LAW.com

Posted on April 01, 2009
“Bloggers might be able to escape reporting restrictions on sensitive court cases because they have not been informed of the restrictions. An ongoing case about a boy said to have fathered a child at 12 years of age has highlighted the issue.” Full story OUT-LAW...

£400,000 award for finger injury - The Guardian

Posted on April 01, 2009
“A mechanic who injured his index and middle fingers while repairing a police car, yesterday won £400,000 in damages from the Metropolitan police.” Full story The Guardian, 1st April 2009 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Judges to rule on credit crunch £9.5 million divorce appeal - Daily Telegraph

Posted on April 01, 2009
“A City tycoon hit by the credit crunch will learn on Wednesday whether judges have cut his £9.5 million divorce settlement with his former wife.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 1st April 2009 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Regina v Darwin (Anne) Regina v Darwin (John) - Times Law Reports

Posted on April 01, 2009
Regina v Darwin (Anne) Regina v Darwin (John) Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) “In sentencing for fraud, a judge was right to take into account the harm done to individuals who might not have lost financially but on whom the crime had had a devastating impact...

Regina (AM)(Somalia) v Secretary of State for the Home Department - Times Law Reports

Posted on April 01, 2009
Regina (AM)(Somalia) v Secretary of State for the Home Department Court of Appeal “An asylum-seeker?s in-country appeal against removal on human rights grounds could not be stifled by the later issue of a certificate by the Secretary of State for the Home Department that the opposition was clearly unfounded...

Gottfried Heinrich Case C-345/06 - Times Law Reports

Posted on April 01, 2009
Gottfried Heinrich Case C-345/06 Court of Justice of the European Communities “An annex to a regulation which laid down measures for the implementation of common basic standards on aviation security had no binding force because it had not been published in the Official Journal of the European Union...

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on April 01, 2009
Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Miss H v East Sussex County Council & Ors [2009] EWCA Civ 249 (31 March 2009) High Court (Queen’s Bench Division) D. Pride & Partners (a firm) & Ors v Institute for Animal Health & Ors [2009] EWHC 685 (QB) (31 March 2009) High Court (Chancery Division) Ritchie & Ors v Joshlin & Ors [2009] [...

Recent Statutory Instruments - OPSI

Posted on April 01, 2009
The Watford and South of St Albans?Redbourn?Kidney Wood, Luton, Special Road Scheme 1957 (Variation) Scheme 2009 The Fire Precautions (Sub-surface Railway Stations) (England) Regulations 2009 The Guardian?s Allowance Up-rating Order 2009 The Guardian?s Allowance Up-rating (Northern Ireland) Order 2009 The Tax Credits Up-rating Regulations 2009 The Building Societies (Insolvency and Special Administration) Order 2009 The Building Society Special Administration (Scotland) Rules [...

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