“Hundreds of children fleeing war and persecution will be wrongly denied education and given no more help than adult asylum seekers in the UK under controversial changes introduced by the government, a leading charity warned yesterday.”
The Guardian, 1st June 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is to increase the firepower of its enforcement division by hiring several lawyers from leading City firms, The Times has learnt.”
The Times, 1st June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Curtis, R v [2009] EWCA Crim 1003 (30 April 2009)
Straughan, R v [2009] EWCA Crim 955 (28 April 2009)
Fazli, R v [2009] EWCA Crim 939 (24 April 2009)
Welsh, R. v [2009] EWCA Crim 945 (24 April 2009)
Hakimzadeh, R. v [2009] EWCA Crim 959 (28 April 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
The Firefighters’ Pension (Wales) Scheme (Amendment) Order 2009
The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2009
The Functions in relation to External Qualifications (Wales) Order 2009
The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (Wales) Order 2009
The Pension Schemes (Reduction in Pension Rates) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Fisheries (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2009
The Transfer of Tribunal Functions (Lands Tribunal and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2009
The Climate Change Act 2008 (2020 Target, Credit Limit and Definitions) Order 2009
The Nottingham Express Transit System Order 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
“Gordon Brown said today there were ‘clear cases’ of MPs who may have broken the law over expense claims but insisted that only ‘a few’ MPs had abused the Westminster perks system.”
The Independent, 31st May 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk‘
“Three people who tied up a student, doused him in petrol and set him on fire have been convicted of his murder.”
BBC News, 29th May 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A British man who spent more than two years in an Iraqi jail has told the Guardian that he was abandoned by the British government and feared it would leave him to die.”
The Guardian, 29th May 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Releasing data on the number of abortions performed for conditions like clubroot and cleft palate may cause ‘mental distress or harm’ to vulnerable women and must be kept secret, lawyers for the Department of Health have argued.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th May 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A 63-year-old woman who imprisoned her three daughters-in-law, treating them as ‘slaves and dogs’, has been jailed for seven years.”
BBC News, 29th May 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Tony Blair has appeared to wash his hands of the extraordinary rendition scandal, claiming he was not aware of Britain’s involvement under his watch as Prime Minister. The former premier was yesterday accused of ‘evasiveness’ and failing to ask ‘awkward questions’ when he was in Downing Street about the UK’s role in the rendition of two terror suspects in 2004.”
The Independent, 31st May 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“When Rachel celebrated her daughter’s third birthday three weeks ago the little girl was a picture of happiness. Yet for her mother it was a bittersweet occasion.”
The Times, 31st May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Lord Falconer, the former cabinet minister, has backed a campaign to provide legal protection to people who travel abroad to help terminally ill relatives commit suicide.”
The Times, 31st May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Two terror suspects who were flown by the CIA to the British territory of Diego Garcia and later allegedly tortured have been named and evidence about their treatment has been revealed for the first time. Mohammed Madni and Shaykh al-Libi are identified in evidence prepared for the Commons foreign affairs committee by Clive Stafford Smith, director of the human rights group Reprieve.”
The Guardian, 31st May 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Home Secretary Jacqui Smith will fight defamation proceedings launched against her by a US ‘shock jock’ barred from entering the UK, the Home Office said today.”
The Independent, 1st June 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“British intelligence agents are unlikely to have been involved in the abuse of terror suspects without the approval of ministers, the former head of MI6 said.”
The Guardian, 31st May 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“The statutory right of a single appeal to the Court of Appeal, Criminal Division was not removed when the Attorney-General referred the case to that court, since the defendant had not exercised his right to appeal.”
The Times, 1st June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Regina (Wood) v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
Court of Appeal
“Justification for state interference with the right to privacy had to be the more compelling where that interference was in pursuit of the protection of the community from the risk of public disorder or low level crime as against the danger of terrorism or really serious criminal activity.”
The Times, 1st June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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