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Animal rights activist cleared of sparklers bomb charge - The Guardian

Posted on November 07, 2008
“A prominent animal rights activist accused of planting petrol bombs at Oxford University was yesterday cleared of possessing an explosive substance - packets of sparklers - with intent.” Full story The Guardian, 7th November 2008 Source: www...

British lawyer wins seat on world court - Daily Telegraph

Posted on November 07, 2008
“A QC who challenged General Pinochet’s immunity and advised on legal issues arising from the Iraq conflict has been elected to the International Court of Justice.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 7th November 2008 Source: www.telegraph...

Law lord criticises plan to scrap defence of provocation for men who kill wives - The Times

Posted on November 07, 2008
“The judge who heads Britain?s highest court has criticised the Government?s plans to scrap the defence of provocation for men who kill unfaithful wives.” Full story The Times, 7th November 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Judge cries in court as he passes sentence over death of young father - Daily Telegraph

Posted on November 07, 2008
“A judge was overcome with emotion in court as he passed sentence on a lorry driver who killed a young father with a dangerous U-turn.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 6th November 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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Bill for ID cards rises by �50m as Home Office unveils pilot scheme - The Guardian

Posted on November 07, 2008
“The costs of the national identity card project crept up by a further �50m yesterday as the home secretary, Jacqui Smith, announced that a small number of transport workers will be able to volunteer to get the cards next year before the official launch date...

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on November 07, 2008
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) JD, R v [2008] EWCA Crim 2557 (24 October 2008) Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Ali v Birmingham City Council [2008] EWCA Civ 1228 (07 November 2008) High Court (Administrative Court) Roberts, R (on the application of) v The Parole Board for England and Wales & Anor [2008] EWHC 2714 (Admin) (07 November 2008) Source: www...

Porn surf nurse struck off - The Independent

Posted on November 07, 2008
“A nurse on an old people’s ward who used a hospital computer to look at sexually explicit images of an elderly woman was struck off today.” Full story The Independent, 7th November 2008 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Man ?shopped? by mother is jailed - BBC News

Posted on November 07, 2008
“A man whose mother shopped him to police after he admitted killing a man has been jailed for four years after pleading guilty to manslaughter.” Full story BBC News, 7th November 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Men will suffer from new laws on sex discrimination, academic warns - Daily Telegraph

Posted on November 07, 2008
“Men will become the new victims of sex discrimination if workplace equality laws are strengthened further, according to a female academic.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 7th November 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Asian employee superimposed on to bin Laden cave picture sues company - Daily Telegraph

Posted on November 07, 2008
“Vinod Rajdev claims that colleagues at software provider Civica routinely taunted him and joked that he was an al-Qaeda terrorist ‘mastermind’.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 7th November 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Security firm fined �95,000 after criminals guard shops - The Times

Posted on November 07, 2008
“A security firm was fined �95,000 today after sending out unlicensed guards and staff with criminal convictions to look after a string of high street stores.” Full story The Times, 7th November 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Consultations launched on payment of Crown Court defence costs - Ministry of Justice

Posted on November 06, 2008
“Those found guilty of criminal offences may have to pay towards the cost of their defence the government announced today as it published two consultation papers.” Full story Ministry of Justice, 6th November 2008 Source: www.justice.gov.uk

Hustinx: nameless data can still be personal - OUT-LAW.com

Posted on November 06, 2008
“A person does not have to be identifiable by name for details of their computer usage to be protected by data protection laws, a senior European privacy watchdog has warned.” Full story OUT-LAW.com, 6th November 2008 Source: www.out-law.com

?Wave? of credit crunch cases set to emerge - The Times

Posted on November 06, 2008
“Litigation departments at the City’s leading law firms have grown significantly busier in recent weeks as investors turn to legal action to recover losses suffered as a result of the financial crisis.” Full story The Times, 6th November 2008 Source: www...

Recent Statutory Instruments - OPSI

Posted on November 06, 2008
The International Organization for Migration (Immunities and Privileges) Order 2008 The A27 Trunk Road (Southerham to Beddingham Improvement) (Derestriction and Revocation) Order 2008 The A27 Trunk Road (Southerham to Beddingham Improvement) (Banned Turns) Order 2008 Source: www...

The Criminal Justice System in England and Wales: time for change? - Speech by Lord Judge

Posted on November 06, 2008
The Criminal Justice System in England and Wales: time for change? (PDF) Speech by Lord Judge University of Hertfordshire, 4th November 2008 Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on November 06, 2008
Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Cheung v Southwark London Borough Council & Ors [2008] EWCA Civ 1179 (05 November 2008) High Court (Chancery Division) Warner v Verfides [2008] EWHC 2609 (Ch) (29 October 2008) High Court (Administrative Division) HG & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWHC 2685 (Admin) (17 October 2008) Newcastle City Council, R (on [...

Alchemy Estates Ltd v Astor and another - WLR Daily

Posted on November 06, 2008
Alchemy Estates Ltd v Astor and another [2008] EWHC 2675 (Ch); [2008] WLR (D) 343 “The contractual right of rescission under condition 8.3.3 of the Standard Conditions of Sale had to be exercised promptly, which meant by the contractual completion date, or possibly, within a day or two thereafter...

Regina (Reynolds) v Independent Police Complaints Commission - Times Law Report

Posted on November 06, 2008
Regina (Reynolds) v Independent Police Complaints Commission Court of Appeal “Where a man who had been arrested for being drunk and disorderly was found, while in custody, to be in a coma and was later shown to be suffering from a serious injury which might have been caused during or before he was taken into custody, the [...

Warner v Verfides (a Firm) - Times Law Reports

Posted on November 06, 2008
Warner v Verfides (a Firm) Chancery Division “Documents created by one party and sent to another did not necessarily cease to be correspondence, to which the privacy provisions of article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights could apply, when they were received by the latter...

Why David must still be able to take on The Daily Goliath - The Times

Posted on November 06, 2008
“Lawyers are not popular and never less so than when they demand their fees. But to be really despised, we must fight and win a ?no win, no fee? case and then have the temerity to request payment of our fees with 100 per cent uplift.” Full story The Times, 6th November 2008 Source: www...

Quality fears prompt SRA to review foreign lawyer qualification regime - Legal Week

Posted on November 06, 2008
“The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is set to launch a formal consultation into the way in which foreign lawyers qualify into the UK, after pressure from the Law Society and education providers to tighten the regulations.” Full story Legal Week, 6th November 2008 Source: www...

Home Office denies scaling back ID cards - The Independent

Posted on November 06, 2008
“The roll-out of identity cards is not being scaled back despite plans to include sensitive employees from just two airports in the next stage, the Home Office said today.” Full story The Independent, 6th November 2008 Source: www.independent...

Lord Chief Justice: internet generation could be unsuitable as jurors - The Times

Posted on November 06, 2008
“The internet generation is not used to listening for long periods and so could be unsuitable as jurors, the Lord Chief Justice has said.” Full story The Times, 6th November 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Year?s delay for Saville report - BBC News

Posted on November 06, 2008
“The Saville Inquiry’s report into the events of Bloody Sunday will not be completed until autumn 2009, the chairman of the inquiry has revealed.” Full story BBC News, 5th November 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

MoD pays out �2.4m to Kosovan shot in the jaw - Daily Telegraph

Posted on November 06, 2008
“A Kosovan man shot in the jaw by a British soldier has been awarded �2.4 million compensation after suing the Ministry of Defence.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 6th November 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

The Jonathan Ross-Russell Brand affair stripped bare - The Times

Posted on November 06, 2008
“With David Cameron surfing in on the wake of the Ross-Brand affair to raise questions about the BBC?s size, regulation and commercial activities, it is no wonder that the top ranks of the BBC are running scared about what the row means for the long-term future of the corporation...

FSA defends rules on life companies? use of with-profits surpluses - OUT-LAW.com

Posted on November 06, 2008
“The FSA has resisted calls for a full-scale debate on the regulation of with-profits funds, but it has promised a major review of how effectively life companies are implementing its current rules.” Full story OUT-LAW.com, 5th November 2008 Source: www...

Hunt sets out his roadmap for sweeping regulatory review - Legal Week

Posted on November 06, 2008
“Former Beachcroft senior partner Lord Hunt of the Wirral has unveiled more detail of how his nine-month review of the regulatory framework for the legal profession will proceed.” Full story Legal Week, 6th November 2008 Source: www.legalweek...

Why ?no win, no fee? is bringing access to justice - The Times

Posted on November 06, 2008
“The slow squeezing of life out of the legal aid system over the past decade and the impact it has had on money available to fund group claims led to multiparty specialists concluding that ? with only rare exceptions ? such claims were doomed.” Full story The Times, 6th November 2008 Source: www...

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