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Planning Act 2008

Posted on December 05, 2008
Planning Act 2008 published Full text of Act Source: www.opsi.gov.uk       

Pensions Act 2008

Posted on December 05, 2008
Pensions Act 2008 published Full text of Act Source: www.opsi.gov.uk       

Cash demand over ?porn downloads? - BBC News

Posted on December 05, 2008
“Thousands of internet users have been told they’ll be taken to court unless they pay hundreds of pounds for illegally downloading and sharing hardcore porn movies.” Full story BBC News, 5th December 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk       

Law firm bypasses banks to protect partners? payouts - The Times

Posted on December 05, 2008
“A leading UK law firm has paid its partners £12 million in profits ahead of schedule because it believes that the money will be safer in private rather than corporate bank accounts.” Full story The Times, 5th December 2008 Source: www.timesonline...

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Dog walker receives £2.7 million compensation after being hit by car - Daily Telegraph

Posted on December 05, 2008
“A businesswoman who suffered brain damage after being hit by a car on a zebra crossing has won £2.75 million in compensation.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 4th December 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk       

DNA murderer in sentence appeal - BBC News

Posted on December 05, 2008
“The first person in the world to be convicted on the basis of DNA evidence has been given permission to challenge his sentence.” Full story BBC News, 4th December 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk       

Couple fight back after children taken into care in ?terrible miscarriage of justice? - Daily Telegraph

Posted on December 05, 2008
“A couple who had their three children forcibly adopted after being accused of abuse are the victims of a ‘terrible miscarriage of justice’, a court heard.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 4th December 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co...

Police are ordered to destroy all DNA samples taken from innocent people - The Times

Posted on December 05, 2008
“More than 1.6 million DNA and fingerprint samples of innocent people on police databases must be destroyed after a court ruled yesterday that keeping them breaches human rights.” Full story The Times, 5th December 2008 Source: www.timesonline...

Mother?s campaign changes the law - BBC News

Posted on December 05, 2008
“A Dorset mother forced to wait 18 months to bury her two-year-old son has been celebrating after her six-year campaign led to a change in the law.” Full story BBC News, 4th December 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk       

Bigamist jailed for three years - BBC News

Posted on December 05, 2008
“A former church minister and policeman has been jailed for three years for bigamy and forgery.” Full story BBC News, 5th December 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk       

Mother guilty over Shannon kidnap - BBC News

Posted on December 04, 2008
“The mother of Shannon Matthews has been found guilty of charges relating to her daughter’s disappearance.” Full story BBC News, 4th December 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk       

DNA database innocents win landmark European court ruling - Daily Telegraph

Posted on December 04, 2008
“Two men from Sheffield, South Yorkshire, who were previously cleared of criminal charges, have won a major victory after the European Court of Human Rights ruled keeping their DNA on the British police database breached their human rights.” Full story Daily Telegrap, 4th December 2008 Source: www...

Recent Statutory Instruments - OPSI

Posted on December 04, 2008
The Legal Services Act 2007 (Functions of a Designated Regulator) Order 2008 The Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (Commencement No. 10) Order 2008 The Definition of Financial Instrument Order 2008 The Human Tissue Act 2004 (Ethical Approval, Exceptions from Licensing and Supply of Information about Transplants) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 The Financial Assistance Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2008 The Takeover [...

BAILII : Recent Decisions

Posted on December 04, 2008
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division) Gorecia & Ors v Somani & Ors [2008] EWHC 2970 (QB) (03 December 2008) Source: www.bailli.org       

R (Barclay and others) v Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice and others - WLR Daily

Posted on December 04, 2008
R (Barclay and others) v Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice and others [2008] EWCA Civ 1319; [2008] WLR (D) 376 “The Reform (Sark) Law 2008, which, inter alia, provided, in relation to the Island of Sark, a Crown Dependency and a part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, for the Seneschal, the senior judge [...

R (DB) v Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust - WLR Daily

Posted on December 04, 2008
R (DB) v Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust [2008] EWCA Civ 1354; [2008] WLR (D) 375 “The effect of an order for the admission and detention of an offender in a hospital, within s 37 of the Mental Health Act 1983, was limited by s 40 to the period of 28 days from the date of the [...

R v A - WLR Daily

Posted on December 04, 2008
R v A [2008] EWCA Crim 2908; [2008] WLR (D) 374 “The expression ‘new and compelling evidence … in relation to the qualifying offence’ in s 78(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 was not restricted to further evidence either from an individual who suggested that the defendant had admitted after the trial that he was [...

Kaczmarek v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions - Times Law Reports

Posted on December 04, 2008
Kaczmarek v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Court of Appeal “A citizen of a European Union member state who had no right to live in the United Kingdom under domestic or European law, even though she was lawfully present, was not eligible for income support...

Attorney-General?s Reference (No 55 of 2008) - Times Law Reports

Posted on December 04, 2008
Attorney-General’s Reference (No 55 of 2008) Court of Appeal, Criminal Division “Recent amendments to the assessment of dangerousness provisions allowed the court to exercise its judgment, untrammeled by artificial constraints, as to whether a sentence of imprisonment for public protection should be passed if the necessary criteria were established...

Costs, targets, paperwork: why the system fails children at risk - The Times

Posted on December 04, 2008
“Ed Balls moved swiftly to remove Sharon Shoesmith from her post, and states that every local council must learn the lessons of Baby P?s death. But in many ways, Shoesmith was the perfect children?s director for the new-look Department for Children, Schools and Families...

Government cracks down on irresponsible drinking - Home Office

Posted on December 04, 2008
“A ban on ?all you can drink? promotions in pubs and bars has been announced by the Home Secretary Jacqui Smith and Health Secretary Alan Johnson.” Full press release Home Office, 3rd December 2008 Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk       

Borders, Immigration and Citizenship Bill - UK Border Agency

Posted on December 04, 2008
“A bill will be brought forward to strengthen border controls, by bringing together customs and immigration powers, and to ensure that newcomers to the United Kingdom earn the right to stay” Full press release UK Border Agency, 3rd December 2008 Source: www...

Life term for neck-stab teenager - BBC News

Posted on December 04, 2008
“A teenager has been jailed for life for murdering a man after he had been lecherous towards her and her friends.” Full story  BBC News, 3rd December 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk       

Budget airlines break new rules on opt-in website pricing - OUT-LAW.com

Posted on December 04, 2008
“Budget airlines Ryanair and easyJet are failing to comply with European laws that ban pre-checked boxes on websites that sell flight tickets. New rules provide that optional price supplements must be accepted on an ‘opt-in’ basis.” Full story OUT-LAW...

Competition Commission casts doubt on broadcasters? online shop- OUT-LAW.com

Posted on December 04, 2008
“The Competition Commission has provisionally concluded that a proposed joint venture among the UK’s biggest broadcasters will restrict competition in the supply of video on-demand (VOD) services in the UK.” Full story OUT-LAW.com, 3rd December 2008 Source: www...

Jail for gang who targeted trains - BBC News

Posted on December 04, 2008
“A gang of thieves who targeted passengers on London trains has been handed lengthy jail terms.” Full story  BBC News, 3rd December 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk       

Fan?s High Court bid for freedom - BBC News

Posted on December 04, 2008
“Jailed Liverpool fan Michael Shields is due to take his bid for freedom to the High Court in London.” Full story BBC News, 4th December 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk       

One million could be removed from DNA database if Government loses test case - Daily Telegraph

Posted on December 04, 2008
“The police could be forced to wipe the profiles of nearly one million innocent people from the national DNA database if the Government loses a key test case today.” Full story  Daily Telegraph, 4th December 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk       

Personal data on British citizens to be swapped by civil servants - Daily Telegraph

Posted on December 04, 2008
“Public bodies including councils, NHS Trusts, the police, the DVLA and Government department will be allowed to share information about individuals without the need to ask Parliament. They will only need to get the permission of ministers.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 4th December 2008 Source: www...

Former detective who shielded drugs baron jailed for five years - The Guardian

Posted on December 04, 2008
“A corrupt ex-detective who helped a drugs baron evade police in return for cocaine and nights with prostitutes was jailed for five years yesterday.” Full story The Guardian, 4th December 2008 Source: www.guardian.co.uk       

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