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Buncefield firms to be prosecuted - BBC News

Posted on December 01, 2008
“Five companies are to be prosecuted over the Buncefield oil depot fire, the Environment Agency has said.” Full story BBC News, 1st December 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk       

Teenage rapper jailed for killing - BBC News

Posted on December 01, 2008
“A teenage rapper has been jailed for four-and-a-half years for killing a 16-year-old schoolboy in a row about lyrics posted on the internet.” Full story BBC News, 1st December 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk       

Three suspended over Baby P case - BBC News

Posted on December 01, 2008
“Three people have been suspended on full pay from Haringey Council after a ‘damning’ inspectors’ report into the case of Baby P.” Full story BBC News, 1st December 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk       

Mother loses libel battle against ?Ugly? daughter - The Times

Posted on December 01, 2008
“A mother today lost her High Court libel action over allegations of cruelty, neglect and abuse in her daughter?s best-selling memoir, Ugly.” Full story The Times, 1st December 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk       

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Schoolteacher on trial for hitting hand of girl pupil - Daily Telegraph

Posted on December 01, 2008
“A schoolteacher has gone on trial accused of hitting the hand of a girl pupil during a design and technology lesson.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 1st December 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk       

Woman forced to quit job wins new rights for carers - The Guardian

Posted on November 28, 2008
“Millions of people trying to combine work with caring for disabled or elderly relatives will have the right to claim against employers who discriminate against them in refusing to offer flexible working, following a ruling yesterday by the Employment Tribunal...

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on November 28, 2008
Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Kaczmarek v Secretary of State for Work & Pensions [2008] EWCA Civ 1310 (27 November 2008) Pratt v Aigaion Insurance Company SA [2008] EWCA Civ 1314 (27 November 2008) High Court (Commercial Court) Middle Eastern Oil LLC v National Bank of Abu Dhabi [2008] EWHC 2895 (Comm) (27 November 2008) High Court (Family Division) Sandwell Metropolitan [...

Recent Statutory Instruments - OPSI

Posted on November 28, 2008
The Companies (Registration) Regulations 2008 The Immigration (Designation of Travel Bans) (Amendment) Order 2008 The Companies (Company Records) Regulations 2008 The Companies (Fees for Inspection of Company Records) Regulations 2008 The Removal, Storage and Disposal of Vehicles (Prescribed Sums and Charges) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2008 The Christmas Bonus (Relevant Week) Order 2008 Source: www...

Attorney General?s Reference (No 55 of 2008) - WLR Daily

Posted on November 28, 2008
Attorney General?s Reference (No 55 of 2008); [2008] EWCA Crim 2790; [2008] WLR (D) 370 “The recent amendments to the assessment of dangerousness provisions allowed the court to exercise its judgment as to whether a sentence of imprisonment for public protection should be passed if the necessary criteria were established...

Kay v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis - WLR Daily

Posted on November 28, 2008
Kay v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [2008] UKHL 69; [2008] WLR (D) 00; [2008] WLR (D) 369 “A procession could be ‘commonly or customarily held’, so as to be exempt from the requirement to give advance notice to the police under s 11 of the Public Order Act 1986, even though on each occasion [...

R (L) v Secretary of State for Justice (Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening) - WLR Daily

Posted on November 28, 2008
R (L) v Secretary of State for Justice (Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening) [2008] UKHL 68; [2008] WLR (D) 368 “Where a prisoner attempted to commit suicide and sustained incapacitating long-term injury the state was obliged to institute an independent initial investigation which complied with art 2 of the European Convention for the Protection of [...

In re M (A Child) (Non-Accidental Injury: Burden of Proof) - WLR Daily

Posted on November 28, 2008
In re M (A Child) (Non-Accidental Injury: Burden of Proof) [2008] EWCA Civ 1261; [2008] WLR (D) 367 “After a judge had given judgment counsel had a positive duty to raise with the judge not just any alleged deficiency in the judge?s reasoning process but any genuine query or ambiguity which arose on the judgment...

Admiral Taverns (Cygnet) Ltd v Daniel and another - WLR Daily

Posted on November 28, 2008
Admiral Taverns (Cygnet) Ltd v Daniel and another; [2008] WLR (D) 366 “An appellate court had jurisdiction to stay the execution of a warrant of possession pursuant to s 89 of the Housing Act 1980.” WLR Daily, 26th November 2008 Source: www...

Salsbury v Law Society - WLR Daily

Posted on November 28, 2008
Salsbury v Law Society [2008] EWCA Civ 1285; [2008] WLR (D) 365 “The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal must now take into account the rights of the solicitor under arts 6 and 8 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms...

Daily Cause List, 28th November 2008

Posted on November 28, 2008
Friday 28th November 2008 Source: www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk Please note only the current day’s list will be accessible.       

Legal clients ?can save money and get better service? by using the Bar directly - The Bar Council

Posted on November 28, 2008
“Consumers of legal services can save money and enjoy services better tailored to their needs if, in suitable cases, they go straight to a barrister for help. That is the main message arising from a day of activities happening today alongside the publication of a new study of the benefits of direct access to the [...

Instructor jailed over sex abuse - BBC News

Posted on November 28, 2008
“A former outdoor pursuits instructor has been jailed for three years for sex attacks on two boys and three girls.” Full story BBC News, 27th November 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk       

European Commission consults on class action lawsuits - OUT-LAW.com

Posted on November 28, 2008
“Consumers across the European Union could be given new powers to join forces to sue a business under plans announced by the European Commission today. Class action lawsuits could be publicly funded under the proposals.” Full story OUT-LAW...

GP acquitted over allergy death - BBC News

Posted on November 28, 2008
“A former Devon GP charged with killing an elderly patient by prescribing the wrong medication has been acquitted.” Full story BBC News, 27th November 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk       

?Bloody? is an offensive word, rules ASA - OUT-LAW.com

Posted on November 28, 2008
“The Sun newspaper has been ordered not to use the word ‘bloody’ on posters in future. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said it was socially irresponsible to use the word in an advert that appeared in a public place.” Full story OUT-LAW...

Watchdog bans iPhone ad - OUT-LAW.com

Posted on November 28, 2008
“Apple has been told not to repeat a TV advert for its iPhone 3G mobile phone. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said the ad was misleading because it implied that users would enjoy faster download speeds than the device actually achieves...

Life sentence for doorstep murder - BBC News

Posted on November 28, 2008
“A man has been sentenced to life in prison for stabbing an Afghan immigrant to death outside his house in Oxford.” Full story BBC News, 27th November 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk       

Addict jailed for Poppy tin theft - BBC News

Posted on November 28, 2008
“A man caught on CCTV stealing a Poppy Appeal tin from a shop counter on Remembrance Sunday has been jailed for a year.” Full story BBC News, 27th November 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk       

?Undercover? NHS as tribunal throws out allegations against nurse who filmed ward - Daily Telegraph

Posted on November 28, 2008
“Doctors and nurses have effectively been told they can film undercover in the NHS, after an industrial tribunal threw out allegations against a nurse who exposed neglect on a ward.” Full story  Daily Telegraph, 28th November 2008 Source: www...

Senile rapist, 82, avoids prison - BBC News

Posted on November 28, 2008
“An 82-year-old rapist with dementia has avoided a jail sentence for an attack he committed in 1993 because of his diminished mental state.” Full story BBC News, 27th November 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk       

Lap dance laws ?to be tightened? - BBC News

Posted on November 28, 2008
“Jacqui Smith has told the BBC that the government will take action to tighten licensing laws for lap-dancing clubs.” Full story BBC News, 27th November 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk       

Mother who abandoned baby in court battle to stop father being told - Daily Telegraph

Posted on November 28, 2008
“A man is unwittingly at the centre of what could prove to be a landmark court case about his right to know he may be a father.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 28th November 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk       

Foggy the dog shot dead after row over early morning barking - The Times

Posted on November 28, 2008
“A parish council chairman shot his neighbours? dog dead because its early morning barking annoyed him, a court heard yesterday.” Full story  The Times, 28th November 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk       

George Osborne?s psychiatrist brother banned over drug allegations - The Times

Posted on November 28, 2008
“The younger brother of George Osborne, the Shadow Chancellor, has been suspended from working as a junior psychiatrist, four months after he resigned over allegations that he prescribed tranquillisers for friends.” Full story  The Times, 28th November 2008 Source: www...

Solicitor pocketed £4,000 by claiming non-existent delays on Tube - Daily Telegraph

Posted on November 28, 2008
“A ’senior’ solicitor, who pocketed thousands by claiming for non-existent delays on London Underground, narrowly escaped jail today.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 28th November 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk       

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