Daily Cause List, 6th August 2008
Source: www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk
Please note only the current day’s cause list will be accessible
Category: news
Repeat offenders could get cautions instead of charges – Daily Telegraph
“A Home Office guidance document says that providing enough time has passed ‘to suggest that a previous caution has had a significant deterrent effect – two years or more’, anyone repeating a ‘trivial’ offence can escape charges and facing court.”
Daily Telegraph,
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Ex-police chief Alec Alexander jailed 10 years for raping daughter – The Times
“A police chief superintendent who abused his daughter when she was 10 years old and raped her when she was 17 was jailed yesterday.”
The Times, 6th August 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
MPs ‘should not employ children’ – BBC News
“MPs should not be able to employ their children using taxpayers’ money, the government has said.”
BBC News, 5th August 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAA sues Ryanair over unpaid landing fees – The Times
“BAA, the airports operator, has started legal action against Ryanair after the budget carrier refused to pay higher landing fees.”
The Times, 5th August 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Immigration cells squalid and unfit for use – The Guardian
“A police custody suite used to hold immigration detainees for up to seven days has been condemned by prison and police inspectors as unhygienic, unsafe and unfit for use.”
The Guardian, 6th August 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Tasers being used more often by police, figures show – The Guardian
“The use of taser stun guns by police is increasing, new Home Office figures published today reveal.”
The Guardian, 5th August 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Daily Cause List, 5th August 2008
Source: www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk
Please note only the current day’s cause list will be accessible
Radical Islamic cleric Abu Hamza has extradition to US postponed – Daily Telegraph
“The British Government has been told to postpone extradition of Abu Hamza until a ruling on whether sending him to a maximum security US jail would breach his human rights.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th August 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
City lawyer fired over strip club ‘harassment’ – Daily Telegraph
“A lawyer at a leading City law firm has been fired after an intern lodged a complaint that he sexually harassed her at a West End strip club.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th August 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Terrorism: Lords say 42-day law will put fair trials at risk – The Guardian
“The government’s ’42 days’ counter-terror legislation faces fresh criticism today, with peers warning that a ‘quasi-judicial’ role for parliament to debate each use of the new detention powers risks undermining the independence of judges and the chances of a fair trial for suspects.”
The Guardian, 5th August 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Web firms should screen content, says Parliamentary committee – OUT-Law.com
“Websites which accept user-generated content should do more to screen out content that might be harmful to the public, a Parliamentary committee has warned. Sites should also publish prominent terms and conditions banning harmful content, it said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 4th August 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
UBS wins injunction to stop ex-staff poaching clients – The Times
“UBS today won the first stage of a legal fight to stop former employees from poaching its investment clients or the bank’s staff.”
The Times, 4th August 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Judge Graham Cottle advocates zero tolerance on drunken criminals – Daily Telegraph
“One of the country’s most experienced judges has said he is taking a near ‘zero tolerance’ approach to Britain’s binge drinking culture, warning that he is locking up first offenders involved in drunken criminality.”
Daily Telegraph, 4th August 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Rapist and lottery winner Iorworth Hoare in legal bid for his money – Daily Telegraph
“Iorworth Hoare, the convicted rapist who won £7.2 million on the lottery, is fighting for full access to his money so that he can emigrate to France, it has been reported.”
Daily Telegraph, 4th August 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Guidelines – knife crime – Sentencing Guidelines Council
“The Sentencing Guidelines Council published the definitive guidelines (in May 2008) which are implemented from 4th August 2008. Significant attention has been paid to the guideline for sentencing adult offenders convicted of possessing a bladed article or offensive weapon ahead of it coming into effect as a result of the current focus on violent crimes involving knives.
The attached note sets out the effect of the guideline, which is not limited to knives, and the recent Court of Appeal decision in Povey [2008] EWCA Crim 1261 which recommended that the guideline be applied in a particular way given current prevalence concerns. Further notification will follow when courts should revert to the approach in the guideline as published.”
Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Guidelines – knife crime (PDF)
Sentencing Guidelines Council, 4th August 2008
Source: www.sentencing-guidelines.gov.uk
Peers strike new blow against 42-day law – The Independent
“Proposed anti-terrorism laws to detain suspects for up to 42 days will be seriously undermined this week when senior peers condemn them as politicised and unconstitutional.”
The Independent, 3rd August 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Antigua murder: British government faces row over death penalty for shooting – Daily Telegraph
“The British government faces a potential diplomatic row with Antigua over the shooting of the honeymoon couple Catherine and Benjamin Mullany after demanding that anyone convicted of the crime will not face the death penalty.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd August 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Swan death case dropped – BBC News
“A case against three men accused of killing 29 swans has been dropped after evidence was lost at a police station.”
BBC News, 1st August 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Estate agent kills himself after sex harassment case – Daily Telegraph
“An estate agent has killed himself two weeks after being ordered to pay a former employee tens of thousands of pounds for sexual harassment.”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd August 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
