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Human rights and the battle on terror - Law Commission

Posted on February 21, 2008
“The Second Leslie Scarman Lecture 2008. The lecture given on 13/02/08 by Professor Aharon Barak on ‘Human Rights and the Battle on Terror.’ Full lecture Law Commission, 21st February 2008 Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk

Ban on children held in prisons - BBC News

Posted on February 21, 2008
“The Scottish Government is to scrap laws which allow children under 16 to be held in jail without having been convicted of an offence.” Full story BBC News, 21st February 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Breakspear and others v Ackland and Another - WLR daily

Posted on February 21, 2008
Breakspear and others v Ackland and another [2008] EWHC 220 (Ch); [2008] WLR (D) 52 “Generally the confidence which ordinarily attached to a wish letter was such that, for the better discharge of their confidential functions, the trustees need not disclose it to beneficiaries merely because they requested it unless, in their view, disclosure was in [...

Glaxo Group Ltd v Genentech Inc and Another - Times Law Reports

Posted on February 21, 2008
Glaxo Group Ltd v Genentech Inc and Another Court of Appeal “The approach to a stay in European patent cases differed from a stay in ordinary commercial litigation because the possibility of parallel validity proceedings in national courts and in the European Patent Office was inherent in the legal arrangements in the European Patent Convention...

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Regina (G) v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police - Times Law Reports

Posted on February 21, 2008
Regina (G) v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police Court of Appeal “A custody officer who had determined that he had sufficient evidence to charge a suspect with the offence for which he had been arrested had no power to detain the suspect in custody for the purpose of enabling a crown prosecutor to decide whether or [...

David Hanson: local leadership essential to the future of criminal justice - Ministry of Justice

Posted on February 21, 2008
“Justice Minister David Hanson has called on Local Criminal Justice Boards to take the lead in responding to the needs of their communities and delivering improved services.” Full press release Ministry of Justice, 20th February 2008 Source: www...

Contract for citizenship - Home Office

Posted on February 21, 2008
“Major changes proposed to the way foreign nationals achieve British citizenship.” Full press release Home Office, 20th February 2008 Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk

Council Publishes Guidelines for Sentencers dealing with Assaults and Child Cruelty Offences - Sentencing Guidelines Council

Posted on February 21, 2008
“On 20 February 2008 the Sentencing Guidelines Council published its definitive guidelines on ‘Assault and Other Offences Against the Person’ and ‘Overarching Principles: Assaults on Children and Cruelty to a Child.’ Full text Sentencing Guidelines Council, 20th February 2008 Source: www...

Foreign brides who plan to live in Britain ?must speak English? - The Times

Posted on February 21, 2008
“Thousands of foreigners who want to marry a British person and move to Britain will have to take an English language test, the Prime Minister announced yesterday.” Full story The Times, 21st February 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

4,000 company directors listed as global terror suspects and fraudsters - The Times

Posted on February 21, 2008
“The names of almost 4,000 directors of British companies appear on international watchlists of alleged fraudsters, money launderers, terror financiers and corrupt officials, The Times has learnt.” Full story The Times, 21st February 2008 Source: www...

Shopkeeper fears murder charge after armed robber dies in fight - The Times

Posted on February 21, 2008
“A shopkeeper could be charged with murder after an armed robber who tried to steal the day?s takings was stabbed with his own knife during a struggle.” Full story The Times, 21st February 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

No jail for 130mph video driver - BBC News

Posted on February 21, 2008
“A man from Suffolk who filmed himself driving at speeds of up to 130mph has been given a four-month  jail sentence, suspended for 18 months.” Full story BBC News, 21st February 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Recent Statutory Instruments - OPSI

Posted on February 21, 2008
The Education (School Performance Information) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 The Visiting Forces (Designation) Order 2008 The Road Traffic (Permitted Parking Area and Special Parking Area) (County Borough of Wrexham) Order 2008 The Local Government (Politically Restricted Posts) (Wales) Regulations 2008 The Education (School Teachers’ Qualifications) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2008 The Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning Act 1997 (Amnesty Period) Order 2008 The [...

Violent crime strategy criticised - BBC News

Posted on February 21, 2008
“The Home Office has been lacking a long-term, strategic approach to preventing violent crime, a report by the National Audit Office (NAO) said.” Full story BBC News, 21st February 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Foreign prisoners face early deportation - Daily Telegraph

Posted on February 21, 2008
“The Government is to combat prison overcrowding by deporting foreign prisoners earlier than scheduled.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 21st February 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Britain may abolish ancestry visa - Daily Telegraph

Posted on February 21, 2008
“Britain is proposing to sever its historic ties to tens of thousands of Commonwealth nationals who have an automatic right through descent to live and work here.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 21st February 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

More security for child database needed, says review - The Guardian

Posted on February 21, 2008
“Further security controls are needed to ensure the safety of data stored on the government’s new database, which will contain information on every child in the country.” Full story The Guardian, 21st February 2008 Source: www.guardian...

Smith vows to end ?confusion? over bugging rules - The Guardian

Posted on February 21, 2008
“The Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith, today proposed an end to the ‘confusion’ surrounding rules on the surveillance of MPs after it was announced that Labour MP Sadiq Khan was twice bugged while visiting a constituent in prison.” Full story The Guardian, 21st Febraury 2008 Source: www...

Watchdog launches investigation into energy prices - The Times

Posted on February 21, 2008
“Ofgem, the energy regulator, is launching an investigation into the electricity and gas market as the row over the record profits announced today by British Gas-owner Centrica reached fever pitch.” Full story The Times, 21st February 2008 Source: www...

Steve Wright found guilty of murdering five Ipswich prostitutes - The Times

Posted on February 21, 2008
“A former pub landlord is facing life in jail after being found guilty today of killing five Ipswich prostitutes in a murder spree that left thousands of other women fearing for their lives.” Full story The Times, 21st February 2008 Source: www...

Move to link unemployment benefit to new work scheme - The Guardian

Posted on February 20, 2008
“The government will break new ground in welfare reform today when it proposes that 250,000 long-term unemployed will have to work or train for a month if they wish to continue receiving the Jobseeker’s Allowance, the government’s main unemployment benefit...

Coroner urges action on armoured vehicles - The Guardian

Posted on February 20, 2008
“A coroner investigating the deaths of four British soldiers killed in Iraq by a bomb yesterday promised to press the government to improve the protection of armoured vehicles.” Full story The Guardian, 20th February 2008 Source: www.guardian...

Bar Council and Justice Renew Warning to Peers over Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill - The Bar Council

Posted on February 20, 2008
“The Bill reaches a crucial stage of its consideration by the Upper House later today. The barristers? representative body and Justice each object to Clause 42, which would amend the test applied by the Court of Appeal when considering an appeal against conviction, and to Clause 105, which would see more non-legal prosecution staff (?Designated [...

Jealous lover jailed for 18 years - BBC News

Posted on February 20, 2008
“A married father of two who killed his teenage lover has been jailed for life with a judge ordering him to serve a minimum of 18 years in prison.” Full story BBC News, 20th February 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

No CPS appeal over terror ruling - BBC News

Posted on February 20, 2008
“The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) will not appeal against a ruling which freed five young Muslims from jail over extremist literature, it has announced.” Full story BBC News, 20th February 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Crown awarded ?squatter?s rights? - BBC News

Posted on February 20, 2008
“The Queen has won ’squatter’s rights’ over large tracts of the Severn Estuary in a dispute with a controversial Cardiff businessman.” Full story BBC News, 20th February 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

R v Zafar; R v Malik; R v Raja; R v Iqbal; R v Butt - WLR Daily

Posted on February 20, 2008
R v Zafar; R v Malik; R v Raja; R v Iqbal; R v Butt [2008] EWCA Crim 184; [2008] WLR (D) 51 “A person possessed an article for terrorist purposes if he possessed it in circumstances which gave rise to a reasonable suspicion that he intended it to be used for the purpose of the [...

Jose Gonzalez Gomez and others v Encarnacion Gomez-Monche Vives and others - WLR Daily

Posted on February 20, 2008
Jose Gonzalez Gomez and others v Encarnacion Gomez-Monche Vives and others [2008] EWHC 259 (Ch); [2008] WLR (D) 50 “The words ‘as beneficiary’ contained in art 5(6) of Council Regulation (EC) 44/2001, which provided that a person domiciled in a member state could, in another member state, be sued ‘as … beneficiary of a trust’, [...

Crawford v Director of Public Prosecutions in the Queen?s Bench Divisional Court - Times Law Reports

Posted on February 20, 2008
Crawford v Director of Public Prosecutions in the Queen’s Bench Divisional Court Queen’s Bench Divisional Court “Courts should take great care when imposing orders restricting the reporting of criminal proceedings.” The Times, 20th February 2008 Source: www...

Inmates ?at risk? in police cells - BBC News

Posted on February 20, 2008
“The health and safety of prisoners is being jeopardised by putting them in ill-equipped cells at police stations and courts, doctors’ leaders have said.” Full story BBC News, 20th February 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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