“Prosecutors have been told to take a tougher line on dangerous driving after a review showed that motorists who killed have escaped jail.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Up to 13,000 people have been wrongly labelled as criminals or accused of more serious offences because of blunders by the police and the Criminal Records Bureau.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Afghanistan is a long way, in every sense, from the elegant rooms of barristers within the ancient Inns of Court and London’s legal square mile.
But for the past five years, barristers from a number of chambers have travelled out of their comfort zone for regular trips there for Access to Justice in Afghanistan, a Bar human rights committee project.”
The Times, 11th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Nine people from Thailand have been jailed for up to two-and-a-half-years for their part in exploiting women who were advertised in ‘online brothels’. They are thought to have made millions of pounds from women trafficked from Asia to the UK for use in the sex trade.”
BBC News, 12th November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Government has asked businesses whether they back a set of consumer protection laws proposed by the European Commission. If the proposals become law then retailers across Europe will have to offer the same consumer rights.”
OUT-LAW.com, 12th November 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“Two teenagers convicted of the murder of father-of-three Garry Newlove – who died after confronting a gang outside his home – are launching their appeals.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The brother of a pilot falsely accused of involvement in the September 11 terror attacks today fought off a police attempt to overturn a ruling that he is entitled to damages arising out of his own arrest.”
The Independent, 12th November 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The fundamental review of costs of litigation in the civil courts set up under Lord Justice Jackson was described as the biggest thing since the Woolf report, at the Civil Justice Council’s (CJC) costs forum last month — which is appropriate, given that high costs are a particular failure of the former Lord Chief Justice’s reforms.”
The Times, 13th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A nationwide review of child protection has been ordered after a mother duped social workers into believing that a series of brutal injuries that led to her son’s death were accidental.”
The Times, 12th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Four former and current British Airways executives appeared in court today in the first criminal prosecution for price-fixing against a major UK company.”
The Times, 12th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A City lawyer claiming £19 million after sex discrimination, bullying and harassment forced her from her job took £18,000 worth of free legal advice from one of her company’s preferred law firms, an appeal tribunal heard today.”
The Times, 12th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Two hundred thousand skilled jobs in Britain will be closed to non-European migrants from November 27, when the new points-based immigration system comes into effect, the Home Office announced yesterday.”
The Guardian, 12th November 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Footballer Ashley Cole is launching a privacy case against a newspaper group over allegations about his sex life.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“This guide is based on UK law. It was last updated in October 2008.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th November 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
The Retention of Registration Marks (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Family Proceedings Courts (Children Act 1989) (Amendment) Rules 2008
The Magistrates’ Courts (Enforcement of Children Act 1989 Contact Orders) Rules 2008
The Police (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Police (Complaints and Misconduct) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Political Donations and Regulated Transactions (Anonymous Electors) Regulations 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
IPCO (Nigeria) Ltd v Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
Court of Appeal
“Only part of a foreign arbitration award governed by an international Convention could be enforced in England under the Arbitration Act 1996.”
The Times, 12th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
G v HM Treasury A and Others v Same
Court of Appeal
“Two antiterror Orders in Council made under section 1 of the United Nations Act 1946 to implement Security Council resolutions were lawful and valid, subject to important conditions.”
The Times, 12th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
“The government has suffered another defeat in the House of Lords over its counter-terrorism proposals, this time over the use of intercept evidence.”
BBC News, 11th November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Code of Practice for resolving workplace disputes has been approved by the Department for Business and awaits final Parliamentary approval. The revised Acas Discipline and Grievance Code of Practice is shorter and simpler than its predecessor.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th November 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“A contract based on a mistake by one of the parties can be valid even if the other party to the contract is aware of the error, the High Court has ruled. The case concerned mistakes that did not form terms of the contract.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th November 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
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