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Power firm fined £200,000 over electrocution - The Guardian

Posted on November 28, 2008
“A power company was fined £200,000 yesterday for errors that led to a university vice-chancellor being electrocuted on a country walk.” Full story The Guardian, 28th November 2008 Source: www.guardian.co.uk       

Paediatrician who failed to detect Baby P?s broken bones is suspended - The Times

Posted on November 28, 2008
“The doctor who failed to detect Baby P’s injuries and concluded that he was just ‘cranky’ two days before he died has been suspended from practising medicine.” Full story The Times, 28th November 2008 Source: www.timesonline...

Offenders on community work projects will have to wear orange bibs - The Times

Posted on November 28, 2008
“Tens of thousands of criminals sentenced to community punishment are to be forced from next week to wear high visibility orange bibs identifying them as offenders.” Full story The Times, 28th November 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk       

Urinating dentist ruling upheld - BBC News

Posted on November 28, 2008
“A High Court has upheld a tribunal’s findings that a West Yorkshire dentist urinated in his surgery sink before treating a patient.” Full story BBC News, 28th November 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk       

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Student killer gang is sentenced - BBC News

Posted on November 28, 2008
“Four people have been sentenced over the killing of a Leicester student who was stabbed with a broken vodka bottle.” Full story BBC News, 28th November 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk       

Intel ruling sets tough dilution test for owners of famous brands - OUT-LAW.com

Posted on November 28, 2008
“The owner of a famous trade mark can stop a similar mark being used for completely different goods and services but must show that the new mark will have an economic impact on consumers to its detriment, the European Court of Justice has ruled...

Army spy is jailed for 10 years - BBC News

Posted on November 28, 2008
“Army interpreter Daniel James, found guilty of spying for Iran last month, has been jailed for 10 years.” Full story BBC News, 28th November 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk       

Judge postpones Baby P sentencing - BBC News

Posted on November 28, 2008
“The sentencing of three people over the death of Baby P has been postponed for at least three months.” Full story BBC News, 28th November 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk       

40,000 prisoners released early - The Independent

Posted on November 28, 2008
“More than 40,000 convicts have been released early to ease the prisons overcrowding crisis, figures showed today.” Full story The Independent, 28th November 2008 Source: www.independent.co.uk         

Headmaster accused of misconduct for calling female staff his ?harem? - Daily Telegraph

Posted on November 28, 2008
“A head teacher has been hauled before a misconduct committee for allegedly calling female staff his ‘harem’ and nicknaming a school governor ‘post pants’.” Full story  Daily Telegraph, 28th November 2008 Source: www...

Woman walks free from court despite driving after 20 pint and vodka binge - Daily Telegraph

Posted on November 28, 2008
“A former women’s international cricketer who was caught driving after drinking 20 pints of beer and a several vodkas has walked free from court.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 28th November 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk       

Ofcom censures ITV for broadcasting ?political? congestion charging ad - The Guardian

Posted on November 28, 2008
“Ofcom has made its first ruling over a breach of its political advertising code for a TV commercial on ITV1 promoting the introduction of congestion charging in Greater Manchester.” Full story The Guardian, 28th November 2008 Source: www...

Life for seven motorway killers of biker Gerry Tobin - The Guardian

Posted on November 28, 2008
“Seven members of the Outlaws motorcycle gang were sentenced to life in prison at Birmingham crown court today for the murder of Hells Angel Gerry Tobin.” Full story The Guardian, 28th November 2008 Source: www.guardian.co.uk       

Judge throws out ?leak? case against journalist Sally Murrer and her police source - The Times

Posted on November 28, 2008
“The multi-million pound prosecution of a local newspaper journalist and the police source who ‘leaked’ stories to her collapsed today after evidence gathered against them in a police bugging operation was declared inadmissible.” Full story The Times, 28th November 2008 Source: www...

Recent Statutory Instruments - OPSI

Posted on November 27, 2008
The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2008 The Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (Amendment of List of Responders) Order 2008 The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2008 The Gambling Act 2005 (Variation of Monetary Limit) Order 2008 The Gambling Act 2005 (Gaming Machines in Bingo Premises) Order 2008 The Bradford (Parish Electoral Arrangements) Order 2007 [...

Truancy: Number of parents jailed trebles - The Guardian

Posted on November 27, 2008
“The number of parents jailed for failing to stop their children playing truant has trebled in the past five years, government figures show.” Full story The Guardian, 27th November 2008 Source: www.guardian.co.uk       

Regina v Whittle; Regina v Allison; Regina v Brammar - Times Law Reports

Posted on November 27, 2008
Regina v Whittle; Regina v Allison; Regina v Brammar Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) “Minimum sentences agreed by United Kingdom employees admitting cartel offences in a plea agreement with the United States authorities and substituted on appeal were not to be treated as guidelines...

Regina (Kay) v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis - Times Law Reports

Posted on November 27, 2008
Regina (Kay) v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis House of Lords “Since a procession could be commonly or customarily held even though on each occasion it took a different route, a monthly mass cycle ride through London which set off from a fixed starting place but the route of which was determined by whoever happened to [...

Energy Act 2008

Posted on November 27, 2008
Energy Act 2008 Full text of Act Source: www.opsi.gov.uk       

Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Act 2008

Posted on November 27, 2008
Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Act 2008 published Full text of Act Source: www.opsi.gov.uk       

Local Transport Act 2008

Posted on November 27, 2008
Local Transport Act 2008 published Full text of Act Source: www.opsi.gov.uk       

Education and Skills Act 2008

Posted on November 27, 2008
Education and Skills Act 2008 published Full text of Act Source: www.opsi.gov.uk       

How the law protects victims and their families from ?jigsaw? identification - The Times

Posted on November 27, 2008
“The daughters who were raped by their father, and their surviving children, are protected in law from being identified because of the anonymity granted to victims of sexual offences.” Full story The Times, 27th November 2008 Source: www.timesonline...

Agencies face row over ?unspeakable abuse? by father who raped and impregnated sisters - The Guardian

Posted on November 27, 2008
“Child protection agencies in Lincolnshire and Sheffield are bracing themselves for damning criticism over the case of a man who raped and impregnated his daughters, as details of ‘unspeakable’ abuse against the two women begin to emerge...

Husband of novelist attacks suicide law which led wife to die ?lonely death? - Daily Telegraph

Posted on November 27, 2008
“The husband of a distinguished novelist told how he was forced to leave his wife of 50 years to die a ‘horrible, lonely death’ because of the ‘idiocy’ of the assisted suicide law.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 26th November 2008 Source: www...

Charging suspects - why it?s a job for prosecutors - The Times

Posted on November 27, 2008
“Criminal suspects remain on bail for weeks or even months before being charged because of complex, inefficient and inconsistent charging practices, a new report today concludes. In one exceptional case, the time from arrest to charge was more than a year, at 369 days after arrest, although the average was 41...

Senior judge condemns hospital for leaving patient to die - Daily Telegraph

Posted on November 27, 2008
“One of Britain’s most senior judges has condemed hospital security staff for ‘abandoning’ a dying patient they wrongly dismissed as a drunk.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 26th November 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk       

Should judges respond to criticism? - The Times

Posted on November 27, 2008
“In 1900, the editor of the Birmingham Daily Argos was fined £100 by the Lord Chief Justice for describing Mr Justice Darling as an ‘impudent little man in horsehair’. The editor avoided a prison sentence for ?personal scurrilous abuse of a judge? only because of his abject apology...

There is evidence of a new judicial openness ? and not before time - The Times

Posted on November 27, 2008
“Judges traditionally have not spoken to news organisations. But there are real signs of a change in the relationship between judges and the media in recent weeks, with judges themselves taking a new approach.” Full story The Times, 27th November 2008 Source: www...

Coach driver jailed over Heathrow death crash - The Guardian

Posted on November 27, 2008
“A coach driver who caused a crash near Heathrow which killed three people and injured more than 60 others was jailed yesterday for five years.” Full story The Guardian, 27th November 2008 Source: www.guardian.co.uk       

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