03/01/2008 – Current Awareness

“Where a local authority specified the parents’ choice of school in a special educational needs statement on condition that the parents paid for transport as there were other nearer suitable mainstream schools, the authority was not obliged to provide free transport to that school.”

The Times, 3rd January 2008

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.

Crossley v Crossley – Times Law Reports

Posted January 3rd, 2008 in divorce, law reports, prenuptial agreements by sally

Crossley v Crossley

Court of Appeal

“A judge had a discretionary power in ancillary relief proceedings to require a party to show good cause why a prenuptial agreement should not govern the division of assets on the dissolution of the marriage.”

The Times, 3rd January 2008

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.

Regina v R (Gloves, Offensive weapon) – Times Law Reports

Posted January 3rd, 2008 in law reports, offensive weapons by sally

Regina v R (Gloves, Offensive weapon)

Court of Appeal

“Leather gloves with a padding of lead/sand over the knuckle area were capable in law of being an offensive weapon.”

The Times, 3rd January 2008

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.

Jail claim over prostitute rules – BBC News

Posted January 3rd, 2008 in news, prostitution by sally

“Many prostitutes face being jalied for up to 72 hours if they fail to attend counselling sessions under proposed new laws, a probation service union claims.”

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BBC News, 2nd January 2008

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Dentists defeat fashion giant that cried “snap” over croc logo – The Times

Posted January 3rd, 2008 in news, trade marks by sally

“It was a battle that pitted a dental practice in the suburbs of Cheltenham against the might of a global fashion corporation – all because of the grinning crocodile on the surgery’s sign. And the dentists have won. For the second time in a year, a trademark judge has overruled the objections of the French clothing giant Lacoste to the crocodile symbol that adorns a private dentist’s surgery in Gloucestershire.”

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The Times, 3rd January 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Public shame for lawyers who break the rules – The Times

Posted January 3rd, 2008 in news, solicitors by sally

“Thousands of solicitors who are found guilty each year of a range of crimes and misdemeanours, from ignoring letters to plundering clients’ money, are to be identified publicly.”

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The Times, 3rd January 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Whitehall should be prosecuted over data loss, say MPs in call for new law – The Times

Posted January 3rd, 2008 in data protection, government departments, news by sally

“MPs are calling for new offences to allow Whitehall departments to be prosecuted for data security blunders such as the loss of child benefit records for 25 million people.”

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The Times, 3rd January 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Senior police officer accused of plundering widow’s assets – The Guardian

Posted January 3rd, 2008 in elderly, news, police, theft by sally

“A high-ranking policeman who befriended an elderly widow bought her house for half its true value and then spent years plundering her assets until she was penniless, a court heard yesterday.”

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The Guardian, 3rd January 2008

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

More families take inheritance battles to court – Daily Telegraph

Posted January 3rd, 2008 in news, wills by sally

“Families are increasingly using the courts to dispute relatives’ wills, as the size of inheritances increases, legal experts have said.”

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Daily Telegraph, 2nd January 2008

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Gordon Brown to keep 24-hour drinking law – Daily Telegraph

Posted January 3rd, 2008 in licensed premises, licensing, news by sally

“Gordon Brown may be forced to keep controversial 24-hour drinking laws after it emerged that his own review of the measures had found little evidence that they had fuelled Britain’s alcohol culture.”

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Daily Telegraph, 3rd January 2008

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Warning on high-risk transfers to open jails – The Observer

Posted January 3rd, 2008 in news, prisons by sally

“Increasing numbers of high-risk prisoners are now being moved to open jails after they have served only small portions of their sentences in secure conditions, in an apparent breach of official guidelines.”

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The Observer, 30th December 2007

Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/

Police shoot man dead on village road in Kent – The Observer

Posted January 3rd, 2008 in firearms, news, police by sally

“An investigation has been launched after a man was shot and killed by police on a quiet road in Kent yesterday.”

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The Observer, 30th December 2007

Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/

Civil rights fears over DNA “census” – The Observer

Posted January 3rd, 2008 in DNA, news by sally

“More than 100,000 people, including children as young as 10, will be asked to provide saliva tests and DNA samples in a new annual survey of the lives, behaviour and beliefs of people in the United Kingdom.”

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The Observer, 30th December 2007

Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk