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Practice Direction - Allocation and Transfer of Proceedings Order 2008 - Judiciary of England and Wales

Posted on November 10, 2008
“Allocation and Transfer of Proceedings Order 2008.” Full practice direction Judiciary of England and Wales, 6th November 2008 Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk

MPs seek to censor the media - The Independent

Posted on November 10, 2008
“Britain’s security agencies and police would be given unprecedented and legally binding powers to ban the media from reporting matters of national security, under proposals being discussed in Whitehall.” Full story The Independent, 10th November 2008 Source: www...

Academics balk at ?spying? on students to nail migrant scams - The Guardian

Posted on November 10, 2008
“Universities are being asked to set up surveillance units to monitor the movements of international students in a government-led crackdown on bogus student immigration scams, academics say.” Full story The Guardian, 10th November 2008 Source: www...

Challenge to attorney?s powers by family of student killed in Germany - The Guardian

Posted on November 10, 2008
“The power of the attorney general to make decisions free from the scrutiny of courts came under renewed attack last week, in a challenge by the family of Jeremiah Duggan, a British student whose death in Germany five years ago has been described by lawyers as ‘disturbing and bizarre’...

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Home Office bars Thaksin Shinawatra from returning to Britain - The Times

Posted on November 10, 2008
“Thaksin Shinawatra, the deposed Thai Prime Minister and former owner of Manchester City Football Club, has had his visa revoked by the British Government, two years after he fled to exile in London following a military coup.” Full story The Times, 10th November 2008 Source: www...

Council homes for life ?to be scrapped? - The Times

Posted on November 10, 2008
“People living in council houses will no longer be entitled to a subsidised tenancy for life under Whitehall proposals to address waiting lists. The measures are being considered by Margaret Beckett, the new Housing Minister, in the most radical shake-up of the social housing system for decades to ensure that those who deserve council homes get [...

Mail editor accuses Mosley judge - BBC News

Posted on November 10, 2008
“Daily Mail editor-in-chief Paul Dacre has launched an attack on a High Court judge, accusing him of bringing in a privacy law by the back door.” Full story BBC News, 9th November 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Ban on votes for prisoners is illegal, says EU - The Observer

Posted on November 10, 2008
“The government must give prisoners the right to vote or the next general election will be illegal under European law, ministers have been warned by parliament’s influential Joint Committee on Human Rights.” Full story The Observer, 9th November 2008 Source: http://observer...

Harman and Law Lord clash over wife killers - The Observer

Posted on November 10, 2008
“Minister says the defence of ‘provocation’ lets men get away with murder.” Full story The Observer, 9th November 2008 Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk

?Pig case? murderer loses appeal - BBC News

Posted on November 10, 2008
“A Surrey man jailed for killing his wife amid fears that he fed her body to their pigs has lost an appeal against his murder conviction.” Full story BBC News, 10th November 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Hoodie ban for Asbo youth upheld - BBC News

Posted on November 10, 2008
“A judge was within his powers to ban an anti-social youth from wearing a hoodie, the High Court has ruled.” Full story BBC News, 10th November 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Lord Falconer springs to defence of Mosley judge after privacy attack by Paul Dacre - The Times

Posted on November 10, 2008
“A former Lord Chancellor rode to the rescue today of the High Court judge accused by a leading newspaper editor of creating a privacy law by the back door.” Full story� The Times, 10th November 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Mother claims back �10,000 after paying next-door?s water bill for 16 years - Daily Telegraph

Posted on November 10, 2008
“A woman is demanding �10,000 in compensation after discovering she has been paying her next door neighbours’ water bills for 16 years.” Full story� Daily Telegraph, 10th November 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Man taken to court after wheelie bin falls over - Daily Telegraph

Posted on November 10, 2008
“A householder has been taken to court for dumping rubbish after his wheelie bin toppled over, spilling its contents.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 10th November 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Policeman jailed for having sex on duty - The Independent

Posted on November 07, 2008
“A police officer who admitted having sex with one woman while on duty and propositioning another after she had been arrested was today jailed for four months.” Full story The Independent, 7th November 2008 Source: www.independent.co...

Lord Falconer: ?regulators will drive litigation? - The Times

Posted on November 07, 2008
“A surge in litigation is likely to be driven by regulators as they seek to find blame for the financial crisis, a group of leading lawyers said last night.” Full story The Times, 7th November 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Ready for a fight in the Law?s ?Big Bang? - Evening Standard

Posted on November 07, 2008
“As lawyers gear up for their version of the Big Bang, tensions are growing within a profession that has always prided itself on keeping calm in a crisis. The catalyst was an announcement by the Law Society last month that it was to commission a wide-ranging review of how solicitors in England and Wales should [...

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on November 07, 2008
Court of Appeal (Civil Division) London & Regional (St George’s Court) Ltd v Ministry of Defence & Anor [2008] EWCA Civ 1212 (06 November 2008) High Court (Commercial Court) Michael Wilson & Partners Ltd v Emmott [2008] EWHC 2684 (Comm) (06 November 2008) Source: www...

Cremation Regulations 2008: Your right to inspect the medical certificates - Ministry of Justice

Posted on November 07, 2008
“The Cremation Regulations 2008 come into effect on 1 January 2009. They modernise and consolidate all previous regulations, replacing the Cremation Regulations 1930 as amended.” Full story Ministry of Justice, 7th November 2008 Source: www...

Recent Statutory Instruments - OPSI

Posted on November 07, 2008
The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2008 The Transfer of Housing Corporation Functions (Modifications and Transitional Provisions) Order 2008 The Tuberculosis (Testing and Powers of Entry) (Wales) Order 2008 Source: www...

Jacqui Smith lays down authority to appoint Met chief - Daily Telegraph

Posted on November 07, 2008
“Jacqui Smith has laid down her authority over the appointment of the next Commissioner of Scotland Yard by insisting that the successful candidate must be an ‘outstanding’ national leader.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 7th November 2008 Source: www...

Daily Cause List, 7th November 200

Posted on November 07, 2008
Friday 7th November 2008 Source: www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk Please note only the current day?s cause list will be accessible

HLB Kidsons (a firm) v Lloyd?s Underwriters subscribing to Policy 621/ PKID00101 and others - WLR Daily

Posted on November 07, 2008
HLB Kidsons (a firm) v Lloyd?s Underwriters subscribing to Policy 621/ PKID00101 and others; [2008] WLR (D) 344 “Where a professional indemnity insurance policy required the insured to notify to the insurers of any potential claims against the insured ‘as soon as practicable’ the insured could satisfy the policy requirement if he made an attempted notification [...

Head of Government security quits over criminal record checks - Daily Telegraph

Posted on November 07, 2008
“The head of the body responsible for Government security has been forced to stand down after hiring staff who had not undergone a criminal record check.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 7th November 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Plan to make criminals pay defence costs - The Independent

Posted on November 07, 2008
“Defendants convicted at the Crown Court may have to pay towards the cost of their defence under proposals announced today aimed at saving �50m from legal aid.” Full story The Independent, 6th November 2008 Source: www.independent.co...

Grand Theft Auto player jailed for sex attacks on women - Daily Telegraph

Posted on November 07, 2008
“A teenager who sexually assaulted women in the street after spending hours playing the violent video game Grand Theft Auto has been jailed indefinitely.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 6th November 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Lovells up 15% as litigation looks set to take off - The Times

Posted on November 07, 2008
“Lovells, one of the City’s biggest law firms, defied gloomy expectations for the UK legal market today by reporting a 15 per cent increase in first-half revenue.” Full story The Times, 6th November 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Life sentence over knife in skull - BBC News

Posted on November 07, 2008
“A teenager is to serve at least seven years for attempted murder after stabbing a boy in the head.” Full story BBC News, 6th November 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Lords demand amendment to help the innocent get DNA off database - OUT-LAW.com

Posted on November 07, 2008
“The House of Lords has voted to amend the law to help innocent people have their DNA samples removed from the Government’s DNA database. The Lords have passed an amendment to the Counter Terrorism Bill.” Full story OUT-LAW.com, 6th November 2008 Source: www...

Man jailed for 10-year-old murder after confessing in letter to girlfriend - Daily Telegraph

Posted on November 07, 2008
“A man has been jailed for a murder he carried out 10 years ago after confessing to his girlfriend in a letter.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 6th November 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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