“Women are beating men up the career ladder but are still being paid less and getting smaller bonuses for doing similar work.”
The Times, 5th September 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Change-of-law appeals should not be referred
Regina v Cottrell; Regina v Fletcher
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“Where the Court of Appeal, Criminal Division, would not normally extend time in which to renew an application for leave to appeal against conviction on the basis of a change in the law, the Criminal Cases Review Commission should not normally refer a conviction.”
The Times, 5th September 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
Continued detention of failed asylum-seeker is lawful
Regina (A) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
Court of Appeal
“The continued detention, pending deportation, of a failed asylum-seeker after the end of a term of imprisonment because the safety of the public would be at risk and there was a high risk that he would abscond, was not unlawful.”
The Times, 5th September 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
The Financial Assistance Scheme (Halting Annuitisation) Regulations 2007
The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment No. 8 ) Regulations 2007
The Hallmarking Act 1973 (Exemption) (Amendment No. 2) Order 2007
The Manufactured Interest (Tax) Regulations 2007
The Income Tax (Manufactured Overseas Dividends) (Amendment) Regulations 2007
The Sale and Repurchase of Securities (Modification of Enactments) Regulations 2007
The Sale and Repurchase of Securities (Amendment of Instruments) Order 2007
The Finance Act 2007 (Schedules 13 and 14) Order 2007
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
“The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) may pass on individuals’ personal details if there is good reason, such as the prevention or detection of crime, according to guidance published today by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).”
OUT-LAW.com, 4th September 2007
Source: www.out-law.com
“A senior appeal court judge has called for a national DNA database recording everyone living in or entering the country.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th September 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Parents whose children are suspended from school because of bad behaviour will be required to keep them indoors or face fines of up to £1,000. Laws coming into force this week will compel parents to put excluded pupils under home detention and prevent them from roaming the streets during the first five days of an exclusion order.”
The Guardian, 5th September 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A railway company was rebuked by magistrates yesterday as they gave a student an absolute discharge for resting her feet on a train seat.”
The Guardian, 5th September 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A poor work-life balance and the high cost of living is leading English lawyers to head north of the border to practise, according to Scottish law firms and recruiters.”
The Lawyer, 3rd September 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“A group of tour operators has lost its High Court challenge against the Government’s Air Passenger Duty (APD), a controversial £2 billion a year levy branded a ‘stealth tax of the skies’.”
The Times, 4th September 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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