Classroom stabbing boy sentenced – BBC News

Posted June 6th, 2008 in news, sentencing, wounding, young offenders by sally

“A 13-year-old boy who pulled a knife from his sock and stabbed a pupil at a school in Leeds has been sentenced.”

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BBC News, 6th June 2008

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘Crippled’ benefit fraud jailed – BBC News

Posted June 6th, 2008 in benefits, fraud, news, sentencing by sally

“A man who said he could barely walk and claimed £90,000 in benefits has been jailed for 18 months after fraud inspectors filmed him playing football.”

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BBC News, 6th June 2008

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Rwandan suspects to be extradited – BBC News

Posted June 6th, 2008 in extradition, genocide, news by sally

“Magistrates in London have upheld a request to extradite four men to Rwanda to face mass murder charges.”

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BBC News, 6th June 2008

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Broadband advertising: Call for code to be extended to mobile internet – The Guardian

Posted June 6th, 2008 in advertising, consumer protection, internet, news by sally

“Senior industry figures are calling for the new code of practice for advertising broadband services to be extended to mobile internet providers.”

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The Guardian, 6th June 2008

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Teenager who killed youth worker given life sentence – The Guardian

Posted June 6th, 2008 in murder, news, sentencing, young offenders by sally

“A teenager was today sentenced to life imprisonment after being found guilty of shooting a youth worker six times as he sat on a garden wall.”

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The Guardian, 6th June 2008

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI

Posted June 6th, 2008 in legislation by sally

The Motor Vehicles (Tests) (Amendment) Regulations 2008

Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

Competition Commission looks into banks’ payment protection – The Times

Posted June 6th, 2008 in banking, competition, consumer protection, insurance, news by sally

“Banks that have sold payment protection insurance (PPI) could face a wave of compensation claims after the Competition Commission said that 14 million consumers had been overcharged by an estimated £1.4 billion, or an average of £100 a year.”

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The Times, 6th June 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Customers misled about broadband speeds, says Ofcom – The Times

Posted June 6th, 2008 in advertising, consumer protection, internet, news by sally

“Ofcom has encouraged internet service providers (ISPs) to sign up to a voluntary code which would regulate how they advertise broadband speeds to customers.”

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The Times, 5th June 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

The Governors of the Peabody Trust v Reeve – WLR Daily

Posted June 6th, 2008 in landlord & tenant, law reports, unfair contract terms by sally

The Governors of the Peabody Trust v Reeve; [2008] WLR (D) 181

The procedure in s 103 of the Housing Act 1985 could not be used by a registered social landlord to vary the terms of a tenancy agreement unilaterally. Excluding changes in rent, any variation would need the agreement in writing of both parties.”

WLR Daily, 5th June 2008

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.

N v United Kingdom (Application No 26565/05) – Times Law Reports

Posted June 6th, 2008 in asylum, human rights, law reports, medical treatment by sally

N v United Kingdom (Application No 26565/05)

European Court of Human Rights

“The removal of an alien suffering from a serious illness to a country where the facilities for treating that illness were inferior to those available in a state party to the European Convention on Human Rights might raise an issue under the Convention but only in a very exceptional case where humanitarian grounds against removal were compelling.”

The Times, 6th June 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.

Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007: Consultation on Tribunal Procedure Rules – Judiciary of England and Wales

Posted June 6th, 2008 in consultations, tribunals by sally

“The Tribunal Procedure Committee have commenced consultation on rules for the Administrative Appeals Chamber of the Upper Tribunal.”

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Judiciary of England and Wales, 4th June 2008

Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk

Attorney General statement: knife crime – Attorney General’s Office

Posted June 6th, 2008 in offensive weapons, press releases by sally

“Attorney General statement: knife crime.”

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Attorney General’s Office, 5th June 2008

Source: www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk

A strong approach to knife crimes – Home Office

Posted June 6th, 2008 in offensive weapons, press releases by sally

“From today, anyone – including teenagers – caught carrying an illegal knife can face criminal charges.”

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Home Office, 5th June 2008

Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk

Major reviews of education and training – Bar Standards Board

Posted June 6th, 2008 in barristers, legal education, press releases, pupillage by sally

“Following on from the BSB’s review of the BVC, which will be reporting in the summer of 2008, a working group is being set up to review Pupillage and another group will be created to review CPD.”

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Bar Standards Board, 4th June 2008

Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk

IPCC questions for police inquiry – BBC News

Posted June 6th, 2008 in bias, complaints, news, police by sally

“Dyfed-Powys Police is to be examined over claims it failed to properly look at allegations against a friend of former chief constable Terry Grange.”

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BBC News, 5th June 2008

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Cash award for brain-damaged man – BBC News

Posted June 6th, 2008 in damages, news, personal injuries by sally

“A man who suffered brain-damage when he washed out to sea during a day trip organised by his local authority has been awarded undisclosed compensation.”

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BBC News, 5th June 2008

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Firms fined over screen collapse – BBC News

Posted June 6th, 2008 in fines, health & safety, news by sally

“Two companies have been fined a total of more than £52,000 after a giant TV screen put up to show World Cup games in the centre of Birmingham collapsed.”

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BBC News, 5th June 2008

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Beggar is given country-wide Asbo – BBC News

Posted June 6th, 2008 in ASBOs, news by sally

“A man has been given an anti-social behaviour order (Asbo) banning him from begging anywhere in England and Wales.”

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BBC News, 5th June 2008

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Mother guilty of leaving toddler – BBC News

Posted June 6th, 2008 in child neglect, news by sally

“A woman who left her two-year-old son alone for the weekend while she went out with her boyfriend has been found guilty of child cruelty.”

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BBC News, 5th June 2008

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Suicide websites and internet chatrooms could be closed down – Daily Telegraph

Posted June 6th, 2008 in internet, news, suicide by sally

“Websites that encourage people to commit suicide could be shut down under changes to the law, it was disclosed today.”

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Daily Telegraph, 6th June 2008

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk