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Liverpool City Council v Doran (Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government intervening) - WLR Daily
Posted on March 09, 2009Liverpool City Council v Doran (Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government intervening) [2009] EWCA Civ 146; [2009] WLR (D) 83 “There was no conflict between the propositions (1) that there was no formula setting out the factors which could be relied upon by a licensee in support of an argument that the decision of [...
R (Incorporated Trustees of the National Council on Ageing (Age Concern England)) v Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform - WLR Daily
Posted on March 09, 2009R (Incorporated Trustees of the National Council on Ageing (Age Concern England)) v Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (Case C-388/07); [2009] WLR(D) 82 “National rules allowing compulsory dismissal at retirement age and non-recruitment of persons of retirement age were not contrary to Community law provided that they were justified by legitimate social [...
Cardiff Three left stuck in the past as police face conspiracy charges - The Guardian
Posted on March 09, 2009“Life has stood still for Stephen Miller since he was arrested more than 20 years ago and charged with the murder of a young woman in Cardiff. ‘Not one day goes past without me thinking about the case,’ he said. ‘My life is stuck in 1988...
Regina (Incorporated Trustees of the National Council on Ageing (Age Concern England)) v Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform - Times Law Reports
Posted on March 09, 2009Regina (Incorporated Trustees of the National Council on Ageing (Age Concern England)) v Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Court of Justice of the European Communities “European member states could lawfully provide in their employment legislation for certain kinds of differences in treatment on the ground of age if those differences were objectively [...
Third of a million extra offences ?due to cuts to probation service? - Daily Telegraph
Posted on March 09, 2009“Hundreds of thousands of extra crimes could be committed because of plans to cut the number of officers monitoring dangerous offenders, probation staff have warned.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 8th March 2009 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Row on asylum children detention - BBC News
Posted on March 09, 2009“The UK government’s treatment of the children of asylum seekers in detention is ‘abusive’ and ‘dehumanising’, it has been claimed.” Full story BBC News, 8th March 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk
No inquiry into couple?s assisted suicide - The Guardian
Posted on March 09, 2009“Police are not investigating the deaths of the husband and wife who became the first terminally ill British couple to be helped to die together in Switzerland, it emerged yesterday.” Full story The Guardian, 7th March 2009 Source: www.guardian...
Teenage criminals committing repeated crimes because of drug habit could get single caution - Daily Telegraph
Posted on March 09, 2009“Teenage criminals who commit repeated crimes because of a drug habit could get only a single caution to cover all their offences under new Government rules.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 7th March 2009 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Care failings blamed for stabbing spree - The Guardian
Posted on March 09, 2009“An independent inquiry into the treatment of a man with paranoid schizophrenia who randomly stabbed six people, killing one, has condemned the care he had before the attacks and found that a nurse had altered notes relating to his case.” Full story The Guardian, 9th March 2009 Source: www...
Register plan for domestic abuse - BBC News
Posted on March 09, 2009“A register of people who have attacked their partners could help prevent other potential victims of domestic abuse, the government has said.” Full story BBC News, 8th March 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Account of detainee?s alleged torture passed to high court - The Guardian
Posted on March 09, 2009“A graphic account by former Guantanamo Bay detainee Binyam Mohamed of his alleged torture during interrogation sessions has been passed to the high court.” Full story The Guardian, 7th March 2009 Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Rural speed limits may be reduced to 50mph - The Independent
Posted on March 09, 2009“Speed limits on most single-carriageway roads in rural areas could be cut from 60mph to 50mph under a Government plan to cut the number of deaths in car accidents.” Full story The Independent, 9th March 2009 Source: www.independent.co.uk
Human rights challenge to MoD due - BBC News
Posted on March 09, 2009“The government’s human rights watchdog will take on the MoD in a test case later which could extend human rights law to soldiers on battlefields abroad.” Full story BBC News, 9th March 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk
IPCC to investigate police handling of murder of Katie Summers by ex-boyfriend Brian Taylor - Daily Telegraph
Posted on March 09, 2009“The Independent Police Complaints Commission is to examine events leading up to the 24-year-old’s death at the hands of Brian Taylor in October amid claims that officers could have been prevented it.” Full story The Telegraph, 9th March 2009 Source: www...
Calls for government to answer torture claims - The Guardian
Posted on March 09, 2009“New revelations by Guantánamo Bay detainee Binyam Mohamed, claiming that British intelligence played a central role in his torture and interrogation, must be answered by the government, the former shadow home secretary David Davis said last night...
Prisoners paid £5m compensation for early release - Daily Telegraph
Posted on March 09, 2009“Criminals released early from prison under a scheme to end overcrowding have been paid more than £5 million in compensation, official figures show.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 8th March 2009 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Cool heads: meet ten lawyers thriving despite the recession - The Times
Posted on March 09, 2009“As big firms cut hundreds of transactional lawyers, some have never been busier.” Full story The Times, 9th March 2009 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Is this Britain?s most successful prison? - The Independent
Posted on March 09, 2009“HMP Grendon is a prison with a mission, a unique high-security facility where inmates face up to their crimes through group therapy, role-playing and psychoanalysis. And studies show this pioneering approach to rehabilitation produces extraordinary results...
Offenders tell of court delay woe - BBC News
Posted on March 09, 2009“Victims and witnesses face long delays in criminal trials because of a shortage of courtrooms, the government spending watchdog has warned.” Full story BBC News, 6th March 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Revealed: police databank on thousands of protesters - The Guardian
Posted on March 09, 2009“Police are targeting thousands of political campaigners in surveillance operations and storing their details on a database for at least seven years, an investigation by the Guardian can reveal.” Full story The Guardian, 6th March 2009 Source: www...
Harriet Harman under attack over bid to water down child pornography law - Daily Telegraph
Posted on March 09, 2009“Harriet Harman has been accused of a conflict of interest after it emerged that she once advocated the watering down of child pornography laws.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 8th March 2009 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
The Tottenham lawyer, the £100m Nigerian bribe ? and Dick Cheney - The Independent
Posted on March 09, 2009“Shabby solicitor’s office in north London at the centre of an extraordinary transatlantic investigation.” Full story The Independent, 7th March 2009 Source: www.independent.co.uk
Law firms from 21 countries meet to plot case against Bernard Madoff - The Times
Posted on March 09, 2009“A global coalition of law firms representing victims of Bernard Madoff’s alleged Ponzi scheme will today meet to plot their case against the fund manager. “ Full story The Times, 9th March 2009 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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