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Novice drivers face a ban for one speeding offence - The Times

Posted on November 21, 2008
“Novice drivers could face an automatic ban after a single speeding offence, and would have to retake their tests, under proposals for a tightening of road safety laws.” Full story The Times, 21st November 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co...

Scholar faces jail for page theft - BBC News

Posted on November 21, 2008
“A wealthy businessman who stole pages from books in the British Library and Bodleian Library is due to be sentenced at Wood Green Crown Court.” Full story BBC News, 21st November 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk       

Judge in Baha Mousa death inquiry to question ?every witness? - The Guardian

Posted on November 21, 2008
“The judge presiding over the public inquiry into the death of Baha Mousa, the Iraqi hotel receptionist killed while in the custody of British troops in Basra, made clear today that he intended to question every soldier who witnessed the incident, whether or not they were directly responsible...

Legal fees to be squeezed under new accounting rules - The Times

Posted on November 21, 2008
“Commercial lawyers already under pressure to reduce fees as the market worsens are facing a new challenge with the introduction of new accounting rules governing M&A transactions.” Full story The Times, 20th November 2008 Source: www...

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Criminal justice to be a ?service? - Daily Telegraph

Posted on November 21, 2008
“The criminal justice system is to be re-branded as the criminal justice service, under plans disclosed by ministers this week.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 20th November 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk       

?Big Brother? database plan shelved - The Independent

Posted on November 21, 2008
“The timetable for setting up a giant ‘Big Brother’ database is slipping after the scheme was dropped from next month’s Queen’s Speech. The Independent has highlighted growing fury over government moves to collate details of every telephone call, email and internet visit...

Daily Cause List, 21st November 2008

Posted on November 21, 2008
Friday 21st November 2008 Source: www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk Please note only the current day?s cause list will be accessible       

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on November 21, 2008
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) Sherif & Ors, R v [2008] EWCA Crim 2653 (21 November 2008) Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Osibanjo & Anor v Seahive Investments Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 1282 (21 November 2008) City of London v Sancheti [2008] EWCA Civ 1283 (21 November 2008) Grosvenor Estates Ltd v Prospect Estates Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 1281 (21 [...

Recent Statutory Instruments - OPSI

Posted on November 21, 2008
The Taxes (Fees for Payment by Internet) Regulations 2008 The Taxation of Pension Schemes (Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) Order 2008 The Education (Special Educational Needs Co-ordinators) (England) Regulations 2008 The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Commencement No...

Asbestos cancer victims win High Court fight for mesothelioma insurance payouts - The Times

Posted on November 21, 2008
“Thousands of victims of a fatal asbestos-related lung cancer are in line for six-figure sums in compensation after a victory today that lands insurers with a multi-million pound bill.” Full story The Times, 21st November 2008 Source: www...

Consultation brings national identity scheme a step closer to reality - Home Office

Posted on November 21, 2008
“The introduction of the first identity cards for British citizens moved forward today as the government began a 12-week consultation on the finer detail of the National Identity Scheme’s next phase.” Full story Home Office, 21st November 2008 Source: www...

Sex offender Gary Glitter to appeal - Daily Telegraph

Posted on November 21, 2008
“Sex offender Gary Glitter is to appeal against a court order requiring him to notify police if he intends to travel abroad.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 21st November 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk       

Sienna Miller settles with Big Pictures - The Guardian

Posted on November 21, 2008
“Sienna Miller has reached a settlement with Big Pictures, the photo agency run by Darryn Lyons, over harassment and invasion of privacy that includes an agreement about where the actor can and cannot be photographed.” Full story The Guardian, 21st November 2008 Source: www...

Baroness Hale: new equality laws will not close gender gap - The Times

Posted on November 20, 2008
“Britain?s most senior woman judge gave warning last night that the Government?s proposed overhaul of equality laws would not close the pay or gender gap.” Full story The Times, 20th November 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk       

Michael Jackson to testify in person in High Court battle - The Times

Posted on November 20, 2008
“London’s High Court will play host to a superstar next week when Michael Jackson testifies in person to contest a claim that he owes millions of pounds to an Arab sheikh.” Full story The Times, 20th November 2008 Source: www.timesonline...

Future Stars of the Bar 2008 - The Times

Posted on November 20, 2008
“Our series last year highlighting some of the brightest young legal talent proved so popular we had to run it again. This week, ten young British barristers destined for the top of the profession.” Full story The Times, 20th November 2008 Source: www...

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on November 20, 2008
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) Ishaq & Ors, R v [2008] EWCA Crim 2565 (19 November 2008) Assani, R v [2008] EWCA Crim 2563 (19 November 2008) Labastide & Anor, R v [2008] EWCA Crim 2564 (19 November 2008) High Court (Queen’s Bench Division) White v Withers LLP & Anor [2008] EWHC 2821 (QB) (19 November 2008) High Court (Administrative Court) Mubarak [...

Blacklight Power Inc v Comptroller-General of Patents - WLR Daily

Posted on November 20, 2008
Blacklight Power Inc v Comptroller-General of Patents [2008] EWHC 2763 (Pat); [2008] WLR (D) 360 “The correct standard of proof that an applicant was required to satisfy to establish patentability was the balance of probabilities.” WLR Daily, 19th November 2008 Source: www...

Carson and Others v United Kingdom (Application No 42184/05) - Times Law Reports

Posted on November 20, 2008
Carson and Others v United Kingdom (Application No 42184/05) European Court of Human Rights “The exclusion of pensioners living abroad from an index-linked uprating scheme applicable to all pensioners in the United Kingdom was not in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights...

Recent Statutory Instruments - OPSI

Posted on November 20, 2008
The Local Government (Structural Changes) (Areas and Membership of Public Bodies in Bedfordshire and Cheshire) Order 2008 The Wear Valley (Parish Electoral Arrangements) Order 2007 (PDF) The Chiltern (Parish Electoral Arrangements and Electoral Changes) Order 2007 (PDF) The West Lancashire (Parish Electoral Arrangements and Electoral Changes) Order 2007 (PDF) The West Lindsey (Electoral Changes) Order 2007 (PDF) The Wycombe (Parish [...

The £60 million makeover: new building, new law lords, new postcode - The Times

Posted on November 20, 2008
“There are just eight days left to apply for what must be the hottest jobs in the judiciary ? the first specifically appointed posts in the new supreme court. There are three vacancies, as three law lords will retire between now and the start of the court next autumn (Lord Hoffmann, Lord Carswell and Lord [...

No more sniggering, sleazy tales about the sex lives of celebrities - The Times

Posted on November 20, 2008
“‘Hypocrite!’ cry the lawyers and privacy claimants. Well they might. The outrageous claim by Paul Dacre, Editor of the Daily Mail, that Mr Justice Eady is condoning ‘depraved’ practices by applying the law is rich, coming from him...

Why solicitors need to keep one step ahead of the law - The Independent

Posted on November 20, 2008
“Keeping up to speed with the latest legal practices is not a matter of choice for solicitors, as Liz Lightfoot explains.” Full story The Independent, 20th November 2008 Source: www.independent.co.uk       

Freed from his judicial shackles, Lord Bingham delivers his judgment on the Iraq war - The Times

Posted on November 20, 2008
“Never underestimate the determination of a quiet man ? or the power of a recently retired senior law lord.” Full story The Times, 19th November 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk       

Councils ?systematically failing? to learn from their mistakes in child care - The Guardian

Posted on November 20, 2008
“The most vulnerable children are being failed by ‘patently inadequate’ standards of care in the networks of schools, care workers and children’s homes established to protect them from abuse, according to the chief inspector of schools...

We did nothing wrong in making millions out of sick miners, law firm tells tribunal - The Times

Posted on November 20, 2008
“A law firm that earned £141 million from a government industrial disease compensation scheme denied yesterday that it had exploited sick miners and their families.” Full story The Times, 20th November 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk       

Sex & the citizens: New prostitution laws explained - The Independent

Posted on November 20, 2008
“New laws for the oldest profession are designed to ‘punish the punter’ and protect the prostitute. Ben Russell explains Home Secretary Jacqui Smith’s proposals.” Full story The Independent, 20th November 2008 Source: www...

95% of violence victims do not seek compensation - The Times

Posted on November 20, 2008
“Fewer than 5 per cent of victims of violent crime bother to claim compensation ? in some cases of up to half a million pounds, MPs say today.” Full story The Times, 20th November 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk       

Chef loses privacy claim against wife?s lawyers - Daily Telegraph

Posted on November 20, 2008
“Marco Pierre White’s claim leaves Mr Justice Eady cold as divorce lawyers prepare to dine out on their victory.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 19th November 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk       

BNP membership data breach: the workplace implications - OUT-LAW.com

Posted on November 20, 2008
“A list of members of the British National Party (BNP) has been published online, including thousands of names, addresses and email addresses. The party claims that the security breach was likely to be a deliberate act of ‘political malevolence’...

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