Man sentenced for strangling wife – BBC News
“A man who killed his 30-year-old wife and dumped her body in a Staffordshire lay-by has been jailed for seven years.”
BBC News, 11th September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Day: 11 September 2008
Counting the cost of reforms – The Times
“Fat cats living high on the hog of taxpayers’ money – or impoverished toilers at the front line of the criminal justice system? Lawyers who do legal aid work have always had a bad press and no one shed a tear when ministers announced radical reforms to curb the soaring costs of the £2 billion legal aid scheme.
The Times, 11th September 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
More freelancers might be taxed as employees after High Court ruling – OUT-LAW.com
“An IT contractor has been hit with a £99,000 tax bill after the High Court ruled that he should be taxed as an employee of the company he undertook work for.”
OUT-LAW.com, 10th September 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
High Court ruling attacks ‘bits of legal boilerplate, bolted together’ – OUT-LAW.com
“A court has attacked lawyers who let word processors do their thinking for them. Standard paragraphs are being bolted together to make nonsensical agreements, said a High Court ruling on Friday.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th September 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Harwich Haven Harbour Revision Order 2008
The Housing (Approval of a Code of Management Practice) (Student Accommodation) (England) Order 2008
The Fal & Helford Designated Area (Fishing Restrictions) Order 2008
The Housing (Right to Manage) (England) Regulations 2008
The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) Regulations 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Motorist who killed pensioner fined £50 – Daily Telegraph
“A motorist who killed a pensioner while driving friends to a band rehearsal has been fined just £50.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th September 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Paraplegic jailed for child abuse – BBC News
“A paraplegic has been jailed for five years after admitting sexual abuse involving children.”
BBC News, 9th September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Reflexologist jailed for sexually assaulting patients – The Independent
“A perverted reflexologist was jailed for eight years today for sexually assaulting four women during treatment sessions.”
The Independent, 11th September 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Muslim woman to lodge race case against the Met – The Guardian
“The Metropolitan police is facing another racial discrimination claim from a senior employee amid allegations that a failure of leadership in the force is allowing prejudice to flourish.”
The Guardian, 11th September 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Inquiry over officer’s Bin Laden outfit – The Guardian
“A police chief superintendent who appeared at a carnival dressed as Osama bin Laden is being investigated by the Independent Police Complaints Commission, it emerged yesterday.”
The Guardian, 11th September 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Hospital consultant who beat wife keeps job – Daily Telegraph
“A General Medical Council (GMC) disciplinary panel has ruled Stuart Brown, 38, a consultant anaesthetist who earns around £100,000 a year, should be suspended for three months, but not struck off.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th September 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Mother fined £700 for putting rubbish out on wrong day – Daily Telegraph
“Victoria Clarke, 24, left bin bags outside her gate so her four-year-old daughter had more room to play in the family back yard . But litter patrols spotted the rubbish on the pavement and Miss Clarke was taken to magistrates’ court for the offence of ‘the advancement of waste.’ ”
Daily Telegraph, 10th September 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Muslims accused of aircraft bomb plot to face retrial – The Independent
“Seven young British Muslims are to be retried for plotting to blow up transatlantic passenger jets using home-made liquid explosives in soft drink bottles.”
The Independent, 11th September 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
No softening of asylum rules for the Iraqis who risked their lives – The Times
“Lawyers acting for Iraqi interpreters who risked their lives working for the British military in Iraq failed yesterday to ease the tight conditions that must be met for them to be resettled in Britain.”
The Times, 11th September 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
