“A woman was stabbed to death by her husband in front of their two children hours after police had refused to escort her to a women’s refuge, a jury was told yesterday.”
The Times, 16th April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A couple funded a luxury lifestyle of champagne and top-class hotels by siphoning off up to £650,000 from a Citizens Advice Bureau office, a jury was told yesterday.”
The Guardian, 16th April 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
The Inspectors of Education, Children’s Services and Skills Order 2009
The Police and Justice Act 2006 (Commencement No. 1) (England) Order 2009
The Hendon Urban Motorway Special Roads Scheme 1961 (Variation) Order 2009
The International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Motor Vehicles (Approval) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Motor Cycles Etc. (Single Vehicle Approval) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Modification) Order 2009
The Iran (United Nations Sanctions) Order 2009
The European Union Military Staff (Immunities and Privileges) Order 2009
The Judicial Proceedings in Specified Overseas Territories (Restrictive Measures) Order 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
“Third parties bankrolling litigation used to be anathema. The credit crunch has brought a sea change.”
The Times, 16th April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Workers who are employed under an unbroken succession of contracts can now claim equal pay compensation for that string of contracts and not just the latest one, the Court of Appeal has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 16th April 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“The Metropolitan police commissioner, Sir Paul Stephenson, has ordered a review of public order policing amid mounting concerns over the way his force and the City of London police handled the G20 protests this month.”
The Guardian, 15th April 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“If recent headlines have been about judges’ concerns over sentencing criminals, District Judge David Oldham is determined to press the case for the other half of the justice system. The civil courts, he says, are woefully under-resourced — a problem ever more acute in times of hardship.”
The Times, 16th April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The European commission yesterday called for the UK’s privacy laws to be tightened to protect internet surfers as it launched legal proceedings against the government for breaching data protection and so-called ePrivacy rules.”
The Guardian, 15th April 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The inventor of the genetic technology behind the national DNA database says it risks losing support because it holds the records of innocent people.”
BBC News, 15th April 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The judges are up in arms over changes to the justice system, says Judge Isobel Plumstead, of the Council of Circuit Judges.”
The Times, 16th April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The families of 10 British servicemen killed when their RAF Hercules was shot down in Iraq have issued a high court writ accusing the Ministry of Defence of negligence, breach of a duty of care and failing to comply with article two of the European convention on human rights, which enshrines the right to life.”
The Guardian, 15th April 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A wheelchair basketball player from Merseyside who was part of a medal winning team at Beijing 2008 has been jailed for benefit fraud.”
BBC News, 15th April 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Whitehall advisers were today warned that they will be sacked automatically if they are caught releasing ‘inappropriate material’ to the media.”
The Guardian, 15th April 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Government is changing the way that a copyright disputes body operates in a bid to save time and money. It has opened a consultation on the changes to the operation of the Copyright Tribunal.”
OUT-LAW.com, 15th April 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“The Government has said that new electronic waste disposal demands from Brussels may be too difficult for businesses to meet. It has asked for industry’s view ahead of summer negotiations on electronic waste.”
OUT-LAW.com, 15th April 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“New measures to improve the investigation and prosecution of rape and to provide support to victims were announced today by Home Office Minister, Vernon Coaker.”
Home Office, 15th April 2009
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
Trident Turboprop (Dublin) Ltd v First Flight Couriers Ltd
Court of Appeal
“International supply contracts which excluded liability for misrepresentation and the right to rescind were not subject to the requirement of reasonableness.”
The Times, 15th April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Regina (Bunce) v Pensions Appeal Tribunal and Another
Court of Appeal
“On an appeal against an interim assessment by the Ministry of Defence of the degree of a person’s disability, the Pensions Appeal Tribunal did not have jurisdiction to challenge either the existence of the disability or whether the disability was attributable to service in the Armed Forces.”
The Times, 15th April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A couple who preyed on a Dorset farmer, tricking him out of his £1m farm and forcing him to live in ‘degrading conditions’, have been jailed.”
BBC News, 14th April 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Parents accused of abuse who risk losing their children may be forced to represent themselves in court under proposed cuts to family legal aid, judges and lawyers have warned.”
The Times, 15th April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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