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101mph speeding MP?s driving ban - BBC News

Posted on January 09, 2009
“Plaid Cymru’s parliamentary leader, the Meirionnydd and Nant Conwy MP Elfyn Llwyd, has lost his driving licence for a month after admitting speeding.” Full story BBC News, 9th January 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Assisted suicide law ?workable? - BBC News

Posted on January 09, 2009
“The director of public prosecutions has said the law on assisted suicide is ‘workable’ in its current form.” Full story BBC News, 9th January 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

A bar on equal opportunity - The Guardian

Posted on January 09, 2009
“No wonder aspiring women and non-white lawyers show no appetite for the practice of literally eating your way to the top.” Full story The Guardian, 9th January 2009 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

QC selection process: survey results - Law Society News

Posted on January 09, 2009
“In our recent Law Society survey, solicitors criticised the system for the award of Silk. Our survey sought members’ views about their experience of the process and the Society’s future stance towards Queen’s Counsel Appointments (QCA’s)...

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BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on January 09, 2009
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) GG Plc, R v (No.2) [2008] EWCA Crim 3061 (18 December 2008) Moyle v R [2008] EWCA Crim 3059 (18 December 2008) Tucker v Crown Prosecution Service [2008] EWCA Crim 3063 (19 December 2008) High Court (Queen’s Bench Division) F & Anor, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [...

Recent Statutory Instruments - OPSI

Posted on January 09, 2009
The Kent County Council (Milton Creek Bridge) (No. 2) Scheme 2007 Confirmation Instrument 2008 The Employment and Support Allowance (Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

Man jailed for vodka fire attack - The Independent

Posted on January 09, 2009
“A 19-year-old man who threw vodka in the face of a teenage girl before setting light to her was jailed indefinitely today.” Full story The Independent, 8th January 2009 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Fees scheme may defuse VHCC row - Law Society?s Gazette

Posted on January 09, 2009
“A breakthrough in the dispute threatening to disrupt trials of very high cost criminal cases (VHCCs) could be in sight following the publication of new funding proposals.” Full story Law Society’s Gazette,� 8th January 2009 Source: www...

Policy change on certain judicial reviews - UK Border Agency

Posted on January 09, 2009
“A new policy on handling legal challenges to us removing people from the United Kingdom (judicial review challenges) will come into effect on 30 January. This will help us establish a swift end-to-end process for concluding asylum cases and deporting foreign national prisoners...

Men convicted of race hate crimes - BBC News

Posted on January 09, 2009
“Two men have been convicted of publishing �’obnoxious and abhorrent’ �racist material.” Full story BBC News, 8th Janaury 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Metal theft crime unit set up by Home Office - Daily Telegraph

Posted on January 09, 2009
“A new crime unit to target rogue dealers trading in metal theft will be announced today to combat a growing menace that is costing the country �360 million a year.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 8th January 2009 Osurce: www.telegraph.co.uk

Serious Fraud Office to investigate Madoff operations in UK - The Guardian

Posted on January 09, 2009
“The Serious Fraud Office is opening an investigation into the UK operations of Bernard Madoff, the disgraced Wall Street trader accused of conning clients out of $50bn (�33bn), it announced today.” Full story The Guardian, 8th January 2009 Source: www...

Damning death verdicts called for - BBC News

Posted on January 09, 2009
“A health watchdog should issue damning verdicts on six deaths of vulnerable NHS patients, a charity has said.” Full story BBC News, 9th January 2009 SOurce: www.bbc.co.uk

UK e-mail law ?attack on rights? - BBC News

Posted on January 09, 2009
“Rules forcing internet companies to keep details of every e-mail sent in the UK are a waste of money and an attack on civil liberties, say critics.” Full story BBC News, 9th January 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Atheist adverts reported to industry watchdog - The Times

Posted on January 09, 2009
“An atheist advertising campaign with the slogan ‘There?s probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life’ �has been reported to the Advertising Standards Authority.” Full story The Times, 9th January 2009 Source: www.timesonline...

Morning-after drink-drive ban for Mike Tindall - The Times

Posted on January 09, 2009
“Mike Tindall has been banned from the road for three years after he was caught driving while over the alcohol limit on his way to commentate on an international rugby match.” Full story The Times, 9th January 2009 Source: www.timesonline...

The smoke and mirrors behind ?positive? youth crime statistics - The Guardian

Posted on January 08, 2009
“The government says the number of youths ending up in the justice system is falling ? hardly surprising given the creative maths going on.” Full story The Guardian, 8th January 2009 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Leading LSE professor questions moral basis for euthanasia laws - The Independent

Posted on January 08, 2009
“Emily Jackson, a leading LSE Law professor, discusses the meaning of death and the moral and legal questions raised by euthanasia in the first of The Independent’s new series of short films.” Full story The Independent, 7th January 2009 Source: www...

Clifford Chance to axe up to 80 London lawyers - The Times

Posted on January 08, 2009
“Clifford Chance, the world?s largest law firm by revenues, has begun a redundancy consultation that could see up to 80 lawyers losing their jobs in London.” Full story The Times, 8th January 2009 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Daily Cause List, 8th January 2009

Posted on January 08, 2009
Thursday 8th January 2009 Source: www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk Please note only the current day?s list will be accessible.

C v W - WLR Daily

Posted on January 08, 2009
C v W [2008] EWCA Civ 1459; WLR (D) 4 “There was nothing unreasonable in a simple conditional fee agreement entered into between a claimant and her solicitor when liability had already been admitted by the defendant in the proceedings provided that the parties had made a proper assessment of the inevitably much reduced risk of [...

Wallentin-Hermann v Alitalia?Linee Aeree Italiane SpA - WLR Daily

Posted on January 08, 2009
Wallentin-Hermann v Alitalia?Linee Aeree Italiane SpA (Case C-549/07); WLR (D) 3 “A technical problem such as an engine defect that came to light during a routine check on an aircraft and resulted in cancellation of a flight did not normally justify the carrier in refusing to pay compensation to passengers on the ground that the [...

Recent Statutory Instruments - OPSI

Posted on January 08, 2009
The Intestate Succession (Interest and Capitalisation) (Amendment) Order 2008 The Charities Act 1993 (Exception from Registration) Regulations 2008 The Penalties for Disorderly Behaviour (Amount of Penalty) (Amendment) Order 2008 Source: www.opsi.gov...

Stansted protesters sentenced to community service amid threat of �2m damages claim - The Guardian

Posted on January 08, 2009
“A group of climate change protesters who brought Stansted airport to a standstill after occupying a taxiway in December were sentenced yesterday, as it emerged that they and others who joined them face the threat of being sued for more than �2m in damages...

Fusty image and poor pay put women off being judges - The Times

Posted on January 08, 2009
“The judiciary is losing out on some of the best talent in the legal profession because the work of a High Court judge is perceived as fusty, old-fashioned and underpaid. “ Full story The Times, 8th January 2009 Source: www.timesonline.co...

?Sex drug? billboard firm told: you can?t keep it up - The Guardian

Posted on January 08, 2009
“The company behind a ‘Want Longer Lasting Sex?’ ad campaign for a nasal spray is defying an order to take down its posters by the advertising watchdog.” Full story The Guardian, 7th January 2009 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Fraud: the public are in a mood for show trials of guilty managers - The Times

Posted on January 08, 2009
“This is the year when the pursuit, exposure and prosecution of fraud will be a very big business story. Already, almost every fraud lawyer in London will say that his or her workload has boomed and that Bernard Madoff has become the poster boy for what will become a substantial global legal industry...

MP stopped and search under anti-terror laws for taking pictures - The Guardian

Posted on January 08, 2009
“An MP has been stopped and searched by police officers under anti-terror laws after he was seen taking photographs near a railway station.” Full story The Guardian, 7th January 2009 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Bruce Houlder, QC, the top criminal silk taking on the Armed Forces - The Times

Posted on January 08, 2009
“When appointed the first civilian in charge of military prosecutions, Bruce Houlder, QC, faced accusations that he would ‘let our boys hang out to dry’. Others said that he had been put in post to ‘whitewash the crimes of the military’...

Pensioner convicted of harassing Martin Shaw - The Independent

Posted on January 08, 2009
“An ‘unhinged’ 66-year-old woman was today (7 January) convicted of harassing television actor Martin Shaw after pouring petrol through the letterbox of his girlfriend.” Full story The Independent, 7th January 2009 Source: www...

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