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

Posted on December 12, 2008
Regina (Wellington) v Secretary of State for the Home Department House of Lords “A mandatory sentence of life imprisonment without eligibility for parole which would be imposed on a prisoner convicted of two offences of murder in the first degree did not amount to inhuman or degrading punishment so as to justify a refusal to extradite him [...

Civil Court Fees 2008 - Ministry of Justice

Posted on December 12, 2008
“A consultation on proposals to make changes to civil court fees, particularly in enforcement processes and to make changes to the magistrates’ court fees order.” Full consultation Ministry of Justice, 10th December 2008 Source: www...

Delivering the government response to the Corston Report - Ministry of Justice

Posted on December 12, 2008
“The government’s one year progress report on its strategy for addressing the needs of women offenders, in response to Baroness Corston’s independent review of women with particular vulnerabilities in the criminal justice system.” Full report Ministry of Justice, 10th December 2008 Source: www...

BSB issues second consultation on the implications of the Legal Services Act - Bar Standards Board

Posted on December 12, 2008
“The BSB has issued its second consultation on the implications of the Legal Services Act, focussing on legal disciplinary practices (LDPs) and the effect on the profession.” Full press release Bar Standards Board, 11th December 2008 Source: www...

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Fake college boss sent to prison - BBC News

Posted on December 12, 2008
“A man who ran a bogus college in a �16m fraud which involved 80,000 students has been jailed for seven years.” Full story BBC News, 11th December 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Riot murder convictions quashed - BBC News

Posted on December 12, 2008
“Three Asian men who were jailed for life for murdering a 23-year-old black man during riots in Birmingham in 2005 have had their convictions overturned.” Full story BBC News, 11th December 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Why the IWF was wrong to lift its ban on a Wikipedia page - OUT-LAW.com

Posted on December 12, 2008
“EDITORIAL: The Internet Watch Foundation faced a storm of criticism this week over its decision to add a Wikipedia entry to a blacklist of pages that ISPs block. Under pressure, the IWF removed the image from its blacklist. That decision was a mistake...

Web accessibility moves forward as WCAG 2.0 comes into force - OUT-LAW.com

Posted on December 12, 2008
“The de facto standard for web accessibility has been updated for the first time since 1999. Version two of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, or WCAG 2.0, was published today after several years of development and debate.” Full story OUT-LAW...

Ministers say they will ignore asylum-seekers? 11th-hour pleas - The Independent

Posted on December 12, 2008
“Refugees warned to expect deportation even if judicial review bid has been lodged .” Full story The Independent, 12th December 2008 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Open verdict on toddler?s death - BBC News

Posted on December 12, 2008
“A toddler who died in a fire at his family home screamed for help as rescuers tried in vain to pull him out of the house, an inquest has heard.” Full story BBC News, 11th December 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Jail for revenge killing ?posse? - BBC News

Posted on December 12, 2008
“A father and son have been jailed for their part in the death of a 19-year-old who was killed in a revenge attack.” Full story BBC News, 11th December 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Gang jailed for assault on teenager kidnapped from train - The Guardian

Posted on December 12, 2008
“A teenage girl was kidnapped from a train, robbed, beaten and kicked, and pushed into a stream by a gang of seven who were given prison sentences at Luton crown court yesterday.” Full story The Guardian, 12th December 2008 Source: www.guardian...

Credit card firms agree fairer terms - The Guardian

Posted on December 12, 2008
“Credit card companies will no longer be able to raise interest rates overnight, and will only be able to implement an increase twice a year, under a new government agreement.” Full story The Guardian, 12th December 2008 Source: www.guardian...

IVF doctor cleared of sex charge - BBC News

Posted on December 12, 2008
“A fertility doctor has been cleared of sexually assaulting one his long-term female IVF patients.” Full story BBC News, 11th December 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Failings found in sex abuse case - BBC News

Posted on December 12, 2008
“Proper criminal checks were not carried out on a convicted child sex offender who went on to film the abuse of boys on field trips, an inquiry has found.” Full story BBC News, 12th December 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Shamed solicitor Jim Beresford plans legal services ?supermarket? - The Times

Posted on December 12, 2008
“Jim Beresford aims to bounce back from yesterday?s public humiliation with a multimillion-pound marketing campaign to set up Britain?s first ‘legal services supermarket’.” Full story The Times, 12th December 2008 Source: www.timesonline...

Struck off: lawyers who milked sick miners for millions - The Independent

Posted on December 12, 2008
“A solicitor who became Britain’s richest lawyer was yesterday struck off after being found guilty of creaming millions of pounds from compensation paid to sick miners. Jim Beresford, 58, and his partner Douglas Smith, 52, were also ordered to pay substantial costs for serious professional misconduct over the handling of personal injury claims made under [...

British surrogacy ruling saves baby twins from Ukraine orphanage - The Times

Posted on December 12, 2008
“A High Court judge called yesterday for a review of Britain?s surrogacy laws after making a ruling that rescued baby twins from a legal limbo, which had left them ‘marooned, stateless and parentless’ �in Ukraine.” Full story The Times, 12th December 2008 Source: www...

Brothers? appeal ruling reserved - BBC News

Posted on December 12, 2008
“Judgement has been reserved in the appeal of two Somerset men jailed for life for killing a Cornish couple in their own home.” Full story BBC News, 12th December 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Nightclub drugs pair lose appeal - BBC News

Posted on December 12, 2008
“Two men jailed for permitting the ‘rampant’ sale of ecstasy at a Devon nightclub have lost their appeal.” Full story BBC News, 12th December 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Axe-wielding attacker jailed after crippling his ex-wife 18 years after they split up - Daily Telegraph

Posted on December 12, 2008
“A divorced husband who stalked his former wife and tried to murder her with an axe has been jailed for 13 years.” Full story� Daily Telegraph, 12th December 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Suffolk killer makes appeal bid - BBC News

Posted on December 12, 2008
“Serial killer Steve Wright is seeking leave to appeal against his conviction.” Full story BBC News, 12th December 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Homophobic killer jailed for life - BBC News

Posted on December 12, 2008
“A homophobic man has been jailed for life for stabbing to death an accountant in a public toilet.” Full story� BBC News, 12th December 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Jean Charles de Menezes inquest records open verdict - The Guardian

Posted on December 12, 2008
“The jury at the inquest into the death of Jean Charles de Menezes today rejected Scotland Yard’s claim that he was lawfully killed as part of an anti-terrorism operation. Banned by the coroner, Sir Michael Wright, from returning a verdict of unlawful killing, the five men and five women decided on an open verdict ? [...

Hartnett gets sex claim damages - BBC News

Posted on December 11, 2008
“Hollywood actor Josh Hartnett has accepted libel damages of �20,000 over allegations of a ’sexual dalliance’ in a public area of a London hotel.” Full story BBC News, 11th December 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on December 11, 2008
Court of Appeal (Civil Division) D v Buckinghamshire County Council [2008] EWCA Civ 1372 (10 December 2008) High Court (Queen’s Bench Division) Anderson v Lyotier & Anor (t/a Snowbizz) [2008] EWHC 2790 (QB) (14 November 2008) TCD v Harrow Council & Ors [2008] EWHC 3048 (QB) (10 December 2008) High Court (Family Division) T v B & Anor [2008] EWHC 3000 [...

Recent Statutory Instruments - OPSI

Posted on December 11, 2008
The Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander Limited (Determination of Compensation) Order 2008 Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (Disclosure of Pupil Information) (England) Regulations 2009 The Heritable Bank plc (Determination of Compensation) Order 2008 The Bradford & Bingley plc Compensation Scheme Order 2008 The UK Borders Act 2007 (Commencement No...

The Woolf Reforms: A singular event or an ongoing process? - Speech by Sir Anthony Clarke, Master of the Rolls

Posted on December 11, 2008
The Woolf Reforms: A singular event or an ongoing process? Speech by Sir Anthony Clarke, Master of the Rolls British Academy, 2nd December 2008 Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk

R (Wellington) v Secretary of State for the Home Department - WLR Daily

Posted on December 11, 2008
R (Wellington) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] UKHL 72; [2008] WLR (D) 380 “A mandatory sentence of life imprisonment without eligibility for parole imposed for two offences of murder in the first degree did not amount to inhuman or degrading punishment so that the Secretary of State had not acted unlawfully in [...

R v Chargot (trading as Contract Services) and others - WLR Daily

Posted on December 11, 2008
R v Chargot (trading as Contract Services) and others [2008] UKHL 73; [2008] WLR (D) 379 “When criminal proceedings were brought against an employer under ss 2 and 3 of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 it was sufficient for the prosecution to prove merely a risk of injury arising from a state [...

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