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MPs get web filter ?dark ages? warning - The Guardian

Posted on February 27, 2008
“A Microsoft executive told MPs today that forcing software companies to install internet content filtering technology with high-security settings as standard to all computers would send the UK back to the ‘dark ages’.” Full story The Guardian, 26th February 2008 Source: www...

Jack Straw forced to back down on early retirement for judges - The Times

Posted on February 27, 2008
“Hundreds of judges will be allowed to stay in their jobs until the age of 70 after the Lord Chancellor was today forced to back down over making them retire at 65.” Full story The Times, 26th February 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Widow wins compensation over husband?s work-related suicide - The Times

Posted on February 27, 2008
“The widow of a man who killed himself six years after an industrial accident should be compensated by his former employers, the House of Lords said this morning.” Full story The Times, 27th February 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Brain damage boy awarded £5.4m - BBC News

Posted on February 27, 2008
“A ’sparky young man’ who suffered serious brain damage at birth has been awarded £5.4m in damages.” Full story BBC News, 27th February 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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Asylum removals slump as applications rise - The Times

Posted on February 27, 2008
“The number of failed asylum-seekers and their dependants removed from Britain fell last year by more than a quarter compared with the previous 12 months, according to government figures published yesterday.” Full story The Times, 27th February 2008 Source: www...

Web tourism fraudsters swindled £12m to go on their own dream holidays - The Times

Posted on February 27, 2008
“Members of a gang that made millions of pounds from swindling thousands of holidaymakers were convicted yesterday of setting up one of Britain?s biggest tourism scams. The three men and a woman are believed to have made up to £12 million by taking reservations for holidays from at least 8,000 people via the internet and [...

Forever accused - BBC News Magazine

Posted on February 27, 2008
“False allegations of rape may make for gripping headlines in the newspapers, but they can also ruin the lives of those men who’ve been accused despite being innocent.” Full story BBC News Magazine, 27th February 2008 Source: www.bbc...

UK media companies sign up to online content guidelines - OUT-LAW.com

Posted on February 26, 2008
“Some of the UK’s biggest media and internet companies have agreed to warn users when they publish material that some might find offensive. A series of guidelines has been brokered which will see online material tagged for suitability.” Full story OUT-LAW...

Woman cautioned after sailing under Facebook-acquired certificate - OUT-LAW.com

Posted on February 26, 2008
“A woman who hired a yacht using a certificate she downloaded from Facebook has been questioned by police and cautioned under the Fraud Act.” Full story OUT-LAW.com, 26th February 2008 Source: www.out-law.com

Review of MPs? expenses to be sped up - The Guardian

Posted on February 26, 2008
“The House of Commons committee reviewing MPs’ pay and allowances will complete its report before the summer parliamentary recess, it announced today.” Full story The Guardian, 26th February 2008 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

National Grid handed record £41.6m fine for ?restrictive? contracts - The Times

Posted on February 26, 2008
“National Grid, the gas and power infrastructure company, has been fined a record £41.6 million by Ofgem, the energy market watchdog, for restricting competition in the market for domestic gas meters.” Full story The Times, 26th February 2008 Source: www...

Recent Statutory Instruments - OPSI

Posted on February 26, 2008
The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Amendment Regulations 2008 The Healthy Start Scheme and Welfare Food (Amendment) Regulations 2008 The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 (Amendment of Schedule 1) Order 2008 The Community Investment Tax Relief (Accreditation of Community Development Finance Institutions) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 The Environmental Noise (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 The Companies (Summary Financial Statement) Regulations [...

Regina (Buglife ? The Invertebrate Conservation Trust) v Thurrock Thames Gateway Development Corpn - WLR Daily

Posted on February 26, 2008
Regina (Buglife ? The Invertebrate Conservation Trust) v Thurrock Thames Gateway Development Corpn; WLR (D) 59 “In considering the tension between the purposes of s136 of the Local Government Planning and Land Act 1980 (bringing land into effective use) and s40 of the Natural Environment Act 2000 (conserving biodiversity) a benevolent construction should be given to [...

Socimer International Bank Ltd (in liquidation) v Standard Bank London Ltd - WLR Daily

Posted on February 26, 2008
Socimer International Bank Ltd (in liquidation) v Standard Bank London Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 116; WLR (D) 58 “Where a commercial agreement obliged a creditor bank to determine the value of the assets of the defaulting debtor bank at the date of termination, the creditor bank?s obligation was to carry out an honest, but otherwise subjective [...

?It?s Your Call? - Bar Council Launches Guide for Aspiring Barristers - The Bar Council

Posted on February 26, 2008
“The Bar Council has published a new booklet explaining how to become a part of the profession. ‘It?s your call’, produced in the wake of Lord Neuberger?s Entry to the Bar Working Party Report into access to the profession, will be an invaluable tool for school, university and Bar students looking [...

House of Lords Judgments: What?s new?

Posted on February 26, 2008
Scottish & Newcastle International Limited (Respondents) v Othon Ghalanos Limited (a company incorporated in Cyprus) (Appellants) [2008] UKHL 11 (20 February 2008) Reinwood Limited (Respondents) v L Brown & Sons Limited (Appellants) [2008] UKHL 12 (20 February 2008) Source: www...

Foreigners face fines over ID cards - The Guardian

Posted on February 26, 2008
“Foreign nationals living in Britain who boycott the introduction of the biometric identity card later this year could face losing their right to stay, under proposals published yesterday.” Full story The Guardian, 26th February 2008 Source: www...

Former SAS man condemns British role in torture tactics - The Guardian

Posted on February 26, 2008
“Hundreds of Iraqis and Afghans captured by British and American special forces were rendered to prisons where they faced torture, a former SAS soldier said yesterday. Ben Griffin said individuals detained by SAS troops in a joint UK-US special forces taskforce had ended up in interrogation centres in Iraq, including the [...

Home secretary makes concession in terror detention row - The Guardian

Posted on February 26, 2008
“Jacqui Smith is to offer a concession to backbench Labour MPs in an attempt to avoid a damaging rebellion against the government’s plans to detain terror suspects without charge for up to 42 days.” Full story The Guardian, 26th February 2008 Source: www...

Airbus UK Ltd v Webb - Times Law Reports

Posted on February 26, 2008
Airbus UK Ltd v Webb Court of Appeal “An employment tribunal was entitled to find that an employee?s dismissal for misconduct was fair, even though the employer, in his response to the reason for the dismissal, had taken account of previous similar misconduct which was the subject of an expired final warning...

Regina (SK) (Zimbabwe) v Secretary of State for the Home Department - Times Law Reports

Posted on February 26, 2008
Regina (SK) (Zimbabwe) v Secretary of State for the Home Department Queen’s Bench Division “A failed asylum-seeker awaiting deportation whose detention had not been properly reviewed had been deprived of safeguards prescribed by law and was entitled to damages for false imprisonment...

Children need more space, less ultrasound, says Archbishop - The Guardian

Posted on February 26, 2008
“The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, today weighs into the debate over attitudes to young people in Britain, arguing that many loiter in groups or take refuge in computer games because adults make them feel insecure and unwelcome in public spaces...

Racist force rejected Sikh officer 12 times - The Times

Posted on February 26, 2008
“A Sikh policeman is set to receive a five-figure damages award for racial discrimination after a police force rejected a dozen applications from him to join.” Full story The Times, 26th February 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Double killer linked to Milly Dowler murder - The Guardian

Posted on February 26, 2008
“A former nightclub bouncer found guilty of killing two young women and brutally attacking a third after stalking them in his car is the prime suspect in one of the most notorious unsolved murders of recent years, it emerged yesterday.” Full story The Guardian, 26th February 2008 Source: www...

Police email and mobile numbers for public - Daily Telegraph

Posted on February 26, 2008
“People will be able to telephone or email their local police officers directly, Gordon Brown has said.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 25th February 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Who is allowed to break in to your house? - The Guardian

Posted on February 26, 2008
“It may sound suprising, but according to a 2007 report by Harry Snook, a barrister for the Centre for Policy Studies, there are 266 powers allowing officials to enter your home, and not all require a warrant. Those who can break in include firefighters, in an emergency, and police arresting a suspect...

The answer to extreme ideas is more discussion, not less . . . - The Times

Posted on February 26, 2008
“Freedom of expression is valued because truth tends to be promoted, and error exposed, by allowing free debate.” Full story The Times, 26th February 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Written ministerial statement: Independent Review of the Forum for Preventing Deaths in Custody - Ministry of Justice

Posted on February 26, 2008
“Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Maria Eagle comments on the Independent Review of the Forum for Preventing Deaths in Custody. Copies of the review have been placed in the libraries of both Houses, the Vote Office and the Printed Paper Office...

Super-strength alcohol to be banned - Daily Telegraph

Posted on February 26, 2008
“Super-strength lager and cider could be cleared from the shelves under council plans to curb binge drinking across England and Wales.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 26th February 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Dentist in court fight over NHS reforms - The Independent

Posted on February 26, 2008
“An orthodontist is awaiting a judgment in the High Court on whether he can challenge his NHS dental services contract.” Full story The Independent, 26th February 2008 Source: www.independent.co.uk

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