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Police in crisis after jury rejects Ł10m terror case - The Times

Posted on September 09, 2008
“Police and prosecutors were locked in crisis meetings last night after what they believed to be the strongest terrorism case ever presented to a court was rejected by a jury.” Full story The Times, 9th September 2008 Source: www.timesonline...

Security fears as 116 mentally ill criminals escape in a year - The Times

Posted on September 09, 2008
“England’s director of mental health care today called for tougher standards for secure hospitals after it emerged that at least 116 mentally ill criminals escaped last year, more than 20 times the rate of escapes by offenders held in prison...

Liquid bomb plot: three guilty of murder conspiracy - The Guardian

Posted on September 09, 2008
“Three men were yesterday convicted of conspiring to commit mass murder through suicide bomb explosions, but a jury failed to reach a verdict on the allegation they were part of the biggest terrorist plot since the September 11 attacks.” Full story The Guardian, 9th September 2008 Source: www...

Polish cleaner demands compensation claiming lack of English is disability - Daily Telegraph

Posted on September 09, 2008
“A Polish cleaner claimed her lack of English should be classed as a disability as she tried to sue her employers for alleged discrimination.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 8th September 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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Thomas Cook workers will face trial over children?s gas deaths - Daily Telegraph

Posted on September 09, 2008
“Two Thomas Cook workers are to face trial in Greece over the deaths of two British children killed following a gas leak at a Corfu hotel.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 20th September 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

CPS considers retrial over bomb plot - The Independent

Posted on September 09, 2008
“Prosecutors were considering today whether seven men accused of plotting mass murder on board transatlantic aircraft should face a retrial after a jury failed to reach verdicts.” Full story The Independent, 9th September 2008 Source: www...

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on September 09, 2008
High Court (Administrative Court) Mohamed, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs [2008] EWHC 2048 (Admin) (21 August 2008) Prospect v Ministry of Defence [2008] EWHC 2056 (Admin) (27 August 2008) Mohamed, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs [2008] EWHC 2100 (Admin) (29 [...

Tesco store driver sues shopper - BBC News

Posted on September 09, 2008
“A shopper in North Yorkshire is being sued by a Tesco delivery driver who claims he was injured when he tripped over on his driveway.” Full story BBC News, 9th September 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Paedophile ?schoolboy? is jailed - BBC News

Posted on September 09, 2008
“A man who masqueraded as a schoolboy and abducted a young teenage girl has been jailed for two-and-a-half years.” Full story BBC News, 9th September 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Chelsea shooting: Barrister was using gun loaded with game pellets - Daily Telegraph

Posted on September 09, 2008
“The family of a barrister shot dead by police after exchanging fire with police claim he should not have been killed because he was using a shotgun loaded with pellets for hunting game and posed no ‘imminent threat.’ “ Full story Daily Telegraph, 9th September 2008 Source: www...

Foreign GPs, midwives and teachers are facing tougher immigration tests - Daily Telegraph

Posted on September 09, 2008
“Thousands of foreign GPs, midwives, teachers and social workers will find it harder to come to work in Britain under a new Government immigration clampdown.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 9th September 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

al-Jazeera English management branded ?malicious? as tribunal opens - The Guardian

Posted on September 09, 2008
“A former executive at al-Jazeera English seeking more than Ł1m compensation for alleged discrimination today branded the Qatar-based news channel’s management ‘inconsistent, inefficient and malicious’ at an employment tribunal in London...

Minimum wage for apprentices increased by Ł15 - The Guardian

Posted on September 09, 2008
“The minimum wage for young people in apprenticeships will rise by Ł15 a week in a bid to boost vocational education, the skills secretary announced today.” Full story The Guardian, 9th September 2008 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Tarique Ghaffur ?relieved of duties? at Scotland Yard - Daily Telegraph

Posted on September 09, 2008
“Tarique Ghaffur, Britain’s most senior Asian police officer, has been relieved of his duty by the Metropolitan Police, the Daily Telegraph can disclose.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 9th September 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Database rights are too tough on business, says expert - OUT-LAW.com

Posted on September 08, 2008
“The European Union’s Database Directive is too restrictive and has the opposite of the desired effect of boosting e-commerce, an intellectual property expert has warned.” Full story OUT-LAW.com, 5th September 2008 Source: www.out-law...

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on September 08, 2008
High Court (Technology and Contruction Court) Makers UK Ltd v London Borough of Camden [2008] EWHC 1836 (TCC) (25 July 2008) E Group Ltd v Baker [2008] EWHC 1994 (TCC) (25 July 2008) Richardson Roofing Company Ltd v Ballast Plc & Ors [2008] EWHC 1806 (TCC) (25 July 2008) Rodrigues v Sokal [2008] EWHC 2005 (TCC) (30 July 2008) Business [...

Cobbe v Yeoman?s Row Management Ltd and Another - Times Law Reports

Posted on September 08, 2008
Cobbe v Yeoman?s Row Management Ltd and Another House of Lords “Where the claimant had entered into an oral agreement with defendants in connection with the redevelopment of their property, their unconscionable behaviour in withdrawing from the agreement once planning permission for the redevelopment had been obtained did not result in a proprietary estoppel or a [...

Police consider extending curfews on young people - Daily Telegraph

Posted on September 08, 2008
“A controversial curfew banning youths from the streets after nightfall could be extended.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 6th September 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Peer faces asbo threat in row over leylandii hedge - The Guardian

Posted on September 08, 2008
“A peer could find himself facing magistrates under asbo legislation after allegedly failing to keep his leylandii hedge under control.” Full story The Guardian, 8th September 2008 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Executive set for Ł250,000 sex discrimination payout - Daily Telegraph

Posted on September 08, 2008
“A woman executive could receive a Ł250,000 payout after winning a sexual discrimination case after she claimed she was sacked her for putting family before career.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 8th September 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co...

Mail and phone conmen make Ł3.5bn a year - Daily Telegraph

Posted on September 08, 2008
“Three million people a year fall victim to frauds that range from misleading prize draws, fake foreign lotteries and bogus clairvoyants. The trading watchdog uncovered the extent of the rip-offs for the first time after asking the public to report their experiences in a nationwide campaign...

Shannon Matthews? mother, Karen Matthews, charged with her kidnap - The Times

Posted on September 08, 2008
“The mother of Shannon Matthews, the schoolgirl who vanished for 24 days earlier this year, has been accused of being directly involved in her daughter?s alleged abduction and imprisonment.” Full story The Times, 6th September 2008 Source: www...

Lib Dems face court over funding - The Observer

Posted on September 08, 2008
“The Liberal Democrats are facing an embarrassing High Court battle with a lawyer who says that the party wrongly accepted Ł632,000 of his money as part of a donation.” Full story The Observer, 7th September 2008 Source: http://observer.guardian...

Penalties for partners who block child access - The Observer

Posted on September 08, 2008
“Separated husbands and wives who block their former partners from seeing their children could be forced to do community service under new laws coming into force in the autumn.” Full story The Observer, 7th September 2008 Source: http://observer...

Neighbour attack pensioner jailed - BBC News

Posted on September 08, 2008
“A Nottingham pensioner who threatened and attacked neighbours has been jailed for six months.” Full story BBC News, 8th September 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Boy, 16, jailed over crash death - BBC News

Posted on September 08, 2008
“A 16-year-old boy has been jailed for five years for killing a teenage passenger in a car crash during a police pursuit in Brighton.” Full story BBC News, 8th September 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Schools charity donation broke law - The Guardian

Posted on September 08, 2008
“An education charity has been found to have breached charity laws by donating Ł7,500 of its funds to the Labour party.” Full story The Guardian, 8th September 2008 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Former nanny jailed for injuring baby - The Guardian

Posted on September 08, 2008
“A former nanny to the stars who left a 10-week-old boy with temporary brain damage and a broken arm was jailed today for three years.” Full story The Guardian, 8th September 2008 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Poison coroner slams government - BBC News

Posted on September 05, 2008
“A coroner has criticised the government after he was forced to adjourn an inquest involving a major water poisoning incident.” Full story BBC News, 5th September 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Why do women solicitors earn less than men? - Law Society?s Gazette

Posted on September 05, 2008
“When Fiona Fitzgerald, chair of the Association of Women Solicitors, was preparing to launch the joint campaign with the Law Society on equal pay, she first checked her own firm?s record.” Full story Law Society’s Gazette, 4th September 2008 Source: www...

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