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Suspended sentence for DJ Kershaw - BBC News

Posted on December 17, 2008
“DJ Andy Kershaw has been given a suspended six-month prison sentence after breaching a restraining order banning him contacting his ex-partner.” Full story BBC News, 16th December 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Britain wins battle for the pint - BBC News

Posted on December 17, 2008
“Amid the economic gloom, UK drinkers have found a measure of good news - the pint will not have to be renamed. Decades of wrangling with the EU over switching to metric measures has ended with a vote confirming that imperial measures can carry on indefinitely...

Senior policeman launches Scotland Yard race bias case - The Guardian

Posted on December 17, 2008
“A senior Scotland Yard commander will launch his claim of racial discrimination against the Metropolitan Police today.” Full story The Guardian, 17th December 2008 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Ad watchdog bans poster for movie Righteous Kill due to de Menezes link - The Guardian

Posted on December 17, 2008
“An advert for the Robert de Niro and Al Pacino police thriller Righteous Kill, which used the line ‘there’s nothing wrong with a little shooting as long as the right people get shot’, was criticised by a watchdog for running during the inquest into the police shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes...

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Family courts to be opened up to greater scrutiny - Ministry of Justice

Posted on December 17, 2008
“Family court hearings are for the first time to be opened to accredited media, Justice Secretary Jack Straw announced today, in an oral statement in the House of Commons.” Full press release Ministry of Justice, 16th December 2008 Source: www...

?Access all areas? for media so justice is seen to be done - The Times

Posted on December 17, 2008
“The secrecy of the family courts ? in which nearly 95,000 cases are heard in private each year ? is to end under reforms announced yesterday that will allow the media access to all levels of the system. The move could mean that social workers and expert witnesses who fail children, and now enjoy the [...

Rhys Jones died because of your brutality and cowardice, judge tells killer - The Times

Posted on December 17, 2008
“The teenage killer of Rhys Jones was jailed for a minimum of 22 years yesterday by a judge who expressed his disgust at the murderer?s ‘brutality’ and ‘cowardice’.” Full story The Times, 17th December 2008 Source: www...

Juror escapes prosecution for posting court trial details on Facebook - Daily Telegraph

Posted on December 16, 2008
“A juror who faced jail after posting details of a trial on Facebook is to escape court action.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 16th December 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Teacher jailed for manslaughter - BBC News

Posted on December 16, 2008
“A primary school teacher who struck his son-in-law with a cricket bat as he tried to defend his daughter has been jailed for manslaughter.” Full story BBC News, 16th December 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Iraqi doctor found guilty of Glasgow airport bomb plot - The Times

Posted on December 16, 2008
“An NHS doctor who waged a terrorist car-bomb campaign intended to kill and maim hundreds of people in London and Glasgow has been found guilty of conspiracy to murder.” Full story The Times, 16th December 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co...

Sean Mercer guilty of murdering Rhys Jones - The Times

Posted on December 16, 2008
“A teenage gangster has been found guilty of murdering Rhys Jones, an 11-year-old schoolboy who was shot dead as he walked home from football practice last year.” Full story The Times, 16th December 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Bar Council chair hits out at Govt?s in-house push - The Lawyer

Posted on December 16, 2008
“Incoming Bar Council chair Desmond Browne QC has said that the Government?s plan to increase in-house advocacy will have a detrimental effect on the self-employed bar.” Full story The Lawyer, 15th December 2008 Source: www.thelawyer.com

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on December 16, 2008
Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Underwood v HM Revenue & Customs [2008] EWCA Civ 1423 (15 December 2008) Source: www.bailii.org

Recent Statutory Instruments - OPSI

Posted on December 16, 2008
The Air Navigation (Environmental Standards For Non-EASA Aircraft) Order 2008 The Youth Justice Board for England and Wales (Amendment) Order 2008 The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2008 The Designation of Schools having a Religious Character (England) (No...

R v Winters - WLR Daily

Posted on December 16, 2008
R v Winters:[2008] EWCA Crim 2953; [2008] WLR (D) 387 “For the purpose of making the required assumptions in relation to determining whether the defendant had benefited from drug trafficking, the Crown was required to prove on the balance of probabilities that expenditure on mortgage payments was incurred by the defendant out of payments received by [...

Savage v South Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust - WLR Daily

Posted on December 16, 2008
Savage v South Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust [2008] UKHL 74; [2008] WLR (D) 386 “Where there was a real and immediate risk of a patient detained in a mental hospital committing suicide, art 2 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, as scheduled to the Human Rights Act 1998, imposed [...

Myerson v Myerson - WLR Daily

Posted on December 16, 2008
Myerson v Myerson; [2008] WLR (D) 385 “A judge who had made an order, by consent, at the conclusion of a successful financial dispute resolution, could not then decide subsidiary issues on which the parties had subsequently failed to reach agreement...

Morshead Mansions Ltd v Di Marco - WLR Daily

Posted on December 16, 2008
Morshead Mansions Ltd v Di Marco [2008] EWCA Civ 1371; [2008] WLR (D) 384 “There was a distinction between the liability of a tenant to pay a service charge to the landlord under the terms of a lease, which was limited by s 18 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985, and the liability of the [...

Jones v Attrill; Hibberd v Michael Jane Hair & Beauty; Tankard v John Fredericks Plastics Ltd (Law Society intervening) - WLR daily

Posted on December 16, 2008
Jones v Attrill; Hibberd v Michael Jane Hair & Beauty; Tankard v John Fredericks Plastics Ltd (Law Society intervening)[2008] EWCA Civ 1375; [2008] WLR (D) 383 “The purpose of reg 4(2)(e)(ii) of the Conditional Fee Agreement Regulations 2000 was to ensure that a solicitor acted and gave advice independently of his own interest...

In re M (a Child) (Nonaccidental injury: Burden of proof) - Times Law Reports

Posted on December 16, 2008
In re M (a Child) (Nonaccidental injury: Burden of proof) Court of Appeal “Counsel had a positive duty to raise with the judge not only any alleged deficiency in the judge?s reasoning but also any genuine query or ambiguity which arose on the judgment...

Regina v Chargot and Others - Times Law Reports

Posted on December 16, 2008
Regina v Chargot and Others House of Lords “In criminal proceedings against an employer after an accident ot work, it was sufficient for the prosecution to prove merely a risk of injury arising from a state of affairs at work, without identifying and proving specific breaches of duty by the employer...

Young black people and the criminal justice system - first annual report - Ministry of Justice

Posted on December 16, 2008
“The Home Affairs Select Committee published on 15 June 2007 the report of its inquiry ‘Young Black People and the Criminal Justice System’, which considered how to tackle the over-representation of young black people in the criminal justice system...

Approach to restraint of young people to be overhauled following independent review - Ministry of Justice

Posted on December 16, 2008
“The approach to the restraint of young people in young offender institutions, secure training centres and secure children’s homes (under-18 secure estates) is to be overhauled, the government announced today. “ Full press release Ministry of Justice, 15th December 2008 Source: www...

Veil of secrecy on family courts to be lifted, Jack Straw to announce - Daily Telegraph

Posted on December 16, 2008
“The veil of secrecy surrounding care proceedings and the family courts will finally be lifted, Justice Secretary Jack Straw is expected to announce.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 16th December 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

?Barrister? who bought wig and robes on eBay is jailed - The Times

Posted on December 16, 2008
“A man who posed as a barrister at a series of court hearings after buying his robes and wig on eBay was jailed for two years yesterday.” Full story The Times, 16th December 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Guy Ritchie gets £50m from Madonna in divorce settlement - The Times

Posted on December 16, 2008
“Guy Ritchie will receive almost £50 million in cash and property in what may be the largest divorce settlement paid to a man, a spokeswoman for his former wife, Madonna, said last night. The film director and the pop singer were granted a divorce settlement in the High Court last month...

Town halls banned from using spy laws for petty offences - Daily Telegraph

Posted on December 16, 2008
“Town halls are to be banned from using anti-terror laws to spy on the public for petty offences, the Home Secretary is due to announce.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 16th December 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Controversial restraint technique linked to death of child in custody banned - Daily Telegraph

Posted on December 16, 2008
“A controversial restraint technique linked to the death of a child in custody has been banned as the Government announced a major overhaul of control methods in youth detention.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 15th December 2008 Source: www...

Scarlett Johansson threatens to sue Cosmopolitan in dispute over quotes - The Guardian

Posted on December 16, 2008
“Hollywood actor Scarlett Johansson has accused Cosmopolitan magazine’s UK edition of running fabricated quotes in a cover story interview and is threatening to sue the title.” Full story The Guardian, 16th December 2008 Source: www...

Ofgem turns up pressure on energy companies over unfair pricing - The Guardian

Posted on December 16, 2008
“Energy industry regulator, Ofgem, this morning stepped up the pressure on Britain’s big six energy suppliers over unfair pricing. The regulator acknowledged the companies were on the way to stripping out up to £500m in unfair premiums for customers such as those using pre-payment meters, including many disadvantaged households, but said it wanted faster action...

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