“Carmen Briscoe-Mitchell turned white with rage at her portrayal as a vicious sadist in her daughter’s best-selling misery memoir. The proud matriarch lost her libel case but tells Robert Verkaik she is unrepentant after sueing.”
The Independent, 6th December 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A former church minister and policeman has been jailed for three years for bigamy and forgery.”
BBC News, 5th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A series of errors by social services and health staff allowed a baby girl to stay with her violent father and incompetent mother before she was shaken to death, an inquiry concluded today.”
The Guardian, 5th December 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Jeffrey, R. v [2008] EWCA Crim 2361 (21 November 2008)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Sanchez, R. v [2008] EWCA Crim 2936 (05 December 2008)
Craner v Dorset County Council [2008] EWCA Civ 1323 (05 December 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
“Singer Boy George has been found guilty of falsely imprisoning a male escort at his flat in east London.”
BBC News, 5th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The attorney general, Lady Scotland, must hand over to the director of public prosecutions detailed allegations of criminal wrongdoing by MI5 and the CIA concerning the treatment of a British resident held at Guantánamo Bay, his lawyer said yesterday. The demand comes in a 26-page letter, seen by the Guardian, sent to the attorney by Clive Stafford Smith, director of the legal charity Reprieve and the lawyer representing Binyam Mohamed.”
The Guardian, 5th December 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“The length of a community order was not necessarily governed by how long it took the offender to carry out a specified task.”
The Times, 5th December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note that the Times Law Reports are only availalble free on Times Online for 21 days from th date of publication.
Regina (Barclay and Others) v Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice and Others
Court of Appeal
“Proposed reform of the constitution of the Channel Island of Sark which allowed the Seneschal, appointed by the Seigneur, to be both a member of the legislature and the chief judge, contravened article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights, guaranteeing a fair trial by an independent and impartial tribunal.”
The Times, 5th December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note that the Times Law Reports are only availalble free on Times Online for 21 days from th date of publication.
The National Child Measurement Programme Regulations 2008
The Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Education (Information About Individual Pupils) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Childcare (Provision of Information About Young Children) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Travellers’ Allowances (Amendment) Order 2008
The Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Nomination) Order 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
“Thousands of internet users have been told they’ll be taken to court unless they pay hundreds of pounds for illegally downloading and sharing hardcore porn movies.”
BBC News, 5th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A leading UK law firm has paid its partners £12 million in profits ahead of schedule because it believes that the money will be safer in private rather than corporate bank accounts.”
The Times, 5th December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A businesswoman who suffered brain damage after being hit by a car on a zebra crossing has won £2.75 million in compensation.”
Daily Telegraph, 4th December 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The first person in the world to be convicted on the basis of DNA evidence has been given permission to challenge his sentence.”
BBC News, 4th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A couple who had their three children forcibly adopted after being accused of abuse are the victims of a ‘terrible miscarriage of justice’, a court heard.”
Daily Telegraph, 4th December 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“More than 1.6 million DNA and fingerprint samples of innocent people on police databases must be destroyed after a court ruled yesterday that keeping them breaches human rights.”
The Times, 5th December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A Dorset mother forced to wait 18 months to bury her two-year-old son has been celebrating after her six-year campaign led to a change in the law.”
BBC News, 4th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An African asylum seeker who fled her homeland after being tortured and raped has been awarded £38,000 after a judge ruled her detention ‘unlawful’.”
BBC News, 4th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The mother of Shannon Matthews has been found guilty of charges relating to her daughter’s disappearance.”
BBC News, 4th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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