Fatal drink driver was on phone – BBC News
“A drink-driver who killed a woman when she crashed into her broken-down car while using a mobile phone has been jailed for six years.”
BBC News, 11th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Day: 11 July 2008
Damages for worker over needles – BBC News
“An engineer has received £2,000 in compensation from an Essex hospital where he was hit by dirty needles which flew out of a drain he was unblocking.”
BBC News, 11th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Death assault officer spared jail – BBC News
“A policeman has been given a three-month suspended jail sentence for assaulting a man who later died.”
BBC News, 11th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Firework blaze pair spared jail – BBC News
“Two teenagers who set fire to a home in Oxford while a family of four slept upstairs have been spared a jail term.”
BBC News, 11th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Policeman ‘pestered prostitutes’ – BBC News
“A police sergeant who left a colleague answering a 999 call so he could visit prostitutes has been given a suspended eight-month jail sentence.”
BBC News, 11th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Lib Dem whip broke postage rules – BBC News
“A senior Lib Dem MP broke parliamentary rules by sending newsletters to constituents at taxpayers’ expense, the Commons standards watchdog says.”
BBC News, 11th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Paying to be discriminated against – The Guardian
“The decision in favour of a registrar who refused to deal with gay couples sets a hugely dangerous precedent.”
The Guardian, 11th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
July 21 ringleader’s fiancée jailed for aiding escape – The Guardian
“The fiancée of the ringleader of the failed July 21 bombings was today jailed for three years for helping him to escape London dressed in a burka.”
The Guardian, 11th July 2008
source: www.guardian.co.uk
Podcast 67: R v Davis – Witness Anonymity with Andrew Keogh – Charon QC
“On the 18th June the House of Lords handed down their opinions
IN THE CAUSE
R v Davies (Appellant) (On appeal from the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division))
I quote from the speech of Lord Bingham, the senior law lord at paragraph 5 : ‘It is a long-established principle of the English common law that, subject to certain exceptions and statutory qualifications, the defendant in a criminal trial should be confronted by his accusers in order that he may cross-examine them and challenge their evidence.’
Today I am talking to Andrew Keogh, a barrister, published author and author of the White Rabbit blog about the case and the proposed anonymity legislation”
Charon QC, 10th July 2008
Source: www.charonqc.wordpress.com
“Charon QC” is the blogging pseudonym of Mike Semple Piggot, editor of insitelaw newswire.
The road ahead – Law Society’s Gazette
“Leading figures from the profession recently debated the likely shape of a post-Legal Services Act world. The Gazette was granted exclusive access.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 10th July 2008
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Education (National Curriculum) (Modern Foreign Languages) (England) Order 2008
The East Devon College, Tiverton (Dissolution) Order 2008
The Dewsbury College (Dissolution) Order 2008
The Rochdale Sixth Form College (Incorporation) Order 2008
The Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment (Temporary Increase) Regulations 2008
The Rochdale Sixth Form College (Government) Regulations 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Childcare (Disqualification) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (Additional Functions) Order 2008
The Education (Pupil Information) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The South Staffordshire College (Incorporation) Order 2008
The South Staffordshire College (Government) Regulations 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Transfield Shipping Inc v Mercator Shipping Inc – WLR Daily
Transfield Shipping Inc v Mercator Shipping Inc [2008] UKHL 48; [2008] WLR (D) 232
“Charterers were not liable in damages for a shipowner’s loss of profits on a subsequent fixture resulting from the late redelivery of the vessel.”
WLR Daily, 10th July 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.
Common Services Agency v Scottish Information Commissioner – WLR Daily
Common Services Agency v Scottish Information Commissioner [2008] UKHL 47; [2008] WLR (D) 231
“Information which in its basic form would constitute ‘personal data’ for the purposes of s 1(1) of the Data Protection Act 1998 could be released under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 provided it had been modified in such a way that it was rendered anonymous, so that no individual from whom it was derived was identifiable, as it would then no longer be ‘personal data’ within the meaning of s 1(1).”
WLR Daily, 10th July 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.
Liberty and Others v United Kingdom – Times Law Reports
Liberty and Others v United Kingdom
European Court of Human Rights
“Complaints by civil liberty organisations about secret interception by the Ministry of Defence of their external communications were not dealt with adequately under the Interception of Communications Act 1985 which had not been formulated with sufficient clarity to give individuals protection.”
The Times, 11th july 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.
Daily Cause List, 11 July 2008
Source: www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk
Please note only the current day’s cause list will be accessible.
Sentencing Commission Working Group Report – Ministry of Justice
“The Sentencing Commission Working Group set up by the Lord Chancellor and Lord Chief Justice in December 2007 has issued its final report.”
Ministry of Justice, 10th July 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Results of Britain’s first global visa review – UK Border Agency
“Tough new visa regimes could be introduced for 11 countries following the first global review of who needs a visa to come to the UK, the Government announced today.”
UK Border Agency, 10th July 2008
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
Visa plan for ‘risky’ visitors – BBC News
“The government has warned 11 countries that their citizens will need visas to visit the UK unless they ‘significantly reduce’ the risk they pose.”
BBC News, 10th July 2008
source: www.bbc.co.uk
