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The short and desperate life of Petra, the girl nobody helped - The Observer

Posted on February 04, 2008
“Petra Blanksby killed herself aged 19 after she was jailed for arson - she had tried to burn herself following years of abuse. Now the coroner at her inquest is urging changes in the prison service.” Full story The Observer, 3rd February 2008 Source: www...

Court rulings to force parole and prison changes - The Guardian

Posted on February 04, 2008
“The justice minister, Jack Straw, suffered two embarrassing defeats in the court of appeal yesterday, which will force him to pour millions of pounds into the prison and parole system.” Full story The Guardian, 2nd February 2008 Source: www...

Baby returned to mother must go into foster care, says judge - The Guardian

Posted on February 04, 2008
“A baby taken from his 18-year-old mother by social workers two hours after his birth without court authority must go into foster care while further inquiries are made and assessments carried out, a district judge ruled yesterday.” Full story The Guardian, 2nd February 2008 Source: www...

Text driver faces jail over death - BBC News

Posted on February 04, 2008
“A motorist who was texting on her mobile phone when she hit and killed a cyclist has been convicted of causing death by dangerous driving.” Full story BBC News, 1st February 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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Scientists claim victory in blocking stem-cell law after letter in Times - The Times

Posted on February 04, 2008
“The Government has agreed to back down on strict laws planned for embryonic stem-cell experiments after a ‘compelling case’ was made by leading scientists in a letter to The Times.” Full story The Times, 2nd February 2008 Source: www...

Father of headmaster?s killer jailed for murder - The Observer

Posted on February 04, 2008
“The father of Learco Chindamo, who stabbed to death headteacher Philip Lawrence, has been sentenced to 25 years for murdering a former girlfriend. Italian Giuseppe Massimo Chindamo, 55, who has been described as a Mafia gangster, was also ordered to pay nearly �100,000 in compensation to his victim’s family...

Now it?s the age of the knife - The Independent

Posted on February 04, 2008
“One in six murders committed in Britain in 2007 has resulted in the conviction or arrest of a teenager, research by The Independent on Sunday reveals. The figures, gathered by a poll of every police authority in the country, come as statistics from the Ministry of Justice indicate an alarming rise [...

Bar Council chair slams LSC as strike looms - The Lawyer

Posted on February 04, 2008
“Bar chairman Timothy Dutton QC has warned that there is a risk of a second class system of legal aid in England due to the Legal Services Commission’s (LSC) new contracts.” Full story The Lawyer, 1st February 2008 Source: www.thelawyer...

Police will get power to take alcohol away from children - The Independent

Posted on February 04, 2008
“Police officers will get new powers to confiscate alcohol from children caught drinking under plans to be announced by the Home Secretary later this week.” Full story The Independent, 4th February 2008 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Climbi� lessons not learned, says research - The Guardian

Posted on February 04, 2008
“The social care professions have failed to heed the lessons of Lord Laming’s landmark inquiry into the murder of child abuse victim Victoria Climbi�, government-funded research revealed yesterday.” Full story The Guardian, 1st Janaury 2008 Source: www...

Barristers hunt for a creche - The Lawyer

Posted on February 04, 2008
“Female barristers at 39 Essex Street have launched pressure group Bar Nursery Association (BNA) to try and get a cr�eche based in one of the Inns of Court.” Full story The Lawyer, 1stFebruary 2008 Source: www.thelawyer.com

Judge condemns mixed-sex wards - Daily Telegraph

Posted on February 04, 2008
“A judge condemned the Government’s failure to eradicate mixed-sex wards after jailing a man on Friday for a sex attack on an 82-year-old woman.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 2nd February 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

UK police seek agency for overseas cases - Financial Times

Posted on February 04, 2008
“Britain could set up a national police agency for dealing with the growing demand for officers to work on high-profile, expensive and often politically sensitive overseas investigations, under plans being considered by the Home Office.” Full story Financial Times, 3rd February 2008 Source: www...

Author was ?murdered for wealth? - BBC News

Posted on February 04, 2008
“A reclusive millionaire author was murdered by a man who stole his identity in order to plunder his wealth, the Old Bailey has heard.” Full story BBC News, 1st February 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Husband is spared jail for suffocating sick wife who wanted to die - The Times

Posted on February 04, 2008
“A husband who helped his wife to kill herself rather than watch her continue to suffer from a debilitating disease was given a 12-month suspended sentence yesterday.” Full story The Times, 2nd February 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Law lords to rule whether decision to invade Iraq warrants inquiry - The Guardian

Posted on February 04, 2008
“Questions about the legality of Tony Blair’s decision to join the US in invading Iraq will come under the spotlight before a rarely convened panel of nine law lords in Britain’s highest court next week.” Full story The Guardian, 4th February 2008 Source: www...

Police bugged Muslim MP Sadiq Khan - The Times

Posted on February 04, 2008
“Scotland Yard’s antiterrorist squad secretly bugged a high-profile Labour Muslim MP during private meetings with one of his constituents.” Full story The Times, 3rd February 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

George Wimpey UK Ltd v Tewkesbury Borough Council (MA Holdings Ltd, prospective appellant) - WLR Daily

Posted on February 01, 2008
George Wimpey UK Ltd v Tewkesbury Borough Council (MA Holdings Ltd, prospective appellant) [2008] EWCA Civ 12; [2008] WLR (D) 23 “The Court of Appeal had jurisdiction to entertain an application by, and to grant permission to, someone who had not been a party to the proceedings in the court below, to enable them to appeal [...

Ofulue and another v Bossert - WLR Daily

Posted on February 01, 2008
Ofulue and another v Bossert [2008] EWCA Civ 7; [2008] WLR (D) 22 “The Court of Appeal should follow a decision of the European Court of Human Rights that the law of adverse possession as it stood prior to the Land Registration Act 2002 did not violate the right to peaceful enjoyment of possessions, guaranteed by [...

Glaxo Group Ltd v Genentech Inc and another - WLR Daily

Posted on February 01, 2008
Glaxo Group Ltd v Genentech Inc and another [2008] EWCA Civ 23; [2008] WLR (D) 21 “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 [...

A v Hoare; X and another v Wandsworth London Borough Council - WLR Daily

Posted on February 01, 2008
A v Hoare; X and another v Wandsworth London Borough Council; C v Middlesborough Council; H v Suffolk County Council; Young v Catholic Care (Diocese of Leeds) [2008] UKHL 6; [2008] WLR (D) 20 “A claim for damages for personal injuries caused by a sexual assault fell within s 11 of the Limitation Act 1980, allowing [...

Cinpres Gas Injection Ltd v Melea Ltd - WLR Daily

Posted on February 01, 2008
Cinpres Gas Injection Ltd v Melea Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 9; [2008] WLR (D) 19 “Where an inventor who gave perjured evidence at the trial of his employer?s application for a patent had been more than a mere witness in those proceedings, his fraud should be treated as his employer?s fraud for the purposes of the [...

Best Value Tendering & One Case One Fee - The Bar Council

Posted on February 01, 2008
“Desmond Browne QC?s address to the Bar Council on 26 January 2008 regarding the creation of the One Case One Fee (OCOF) Working Party.” Best Value Tendering and ?One Case One Fee? ? The Legal Services Commission?s Proposals: Report by Desmond Browne to the Bar Council: Sat 26 January 2008 (Word) The Bar Council, 31st January 2008 Source: [...

Revised Protocol for Payment of Fees in the Magistrates? Courts - The Bar Council

Posted on February 01, 2008
“The Bar Council, in consultation with the London Criminal Courts Solicitors Association, has updated the protocol setting out appropriate levels of remuneration for junior barristers acting as unassigned counsel in the Magistrates’ Courts...

Murder rate falls for fifth successive year, but concern over ?hidden? family violence - The Guardian

Posted on February 01, 2008
“The number of children murdered by their parents has risen by about one-third in the past year, from 24 to 33 victims, according to the latest Home Office homicide figures published yesterday. The figures reveal that this ‘hidden’ crime of parental child murder overshadows the highly publicised murders in which five [...

Prison policy update - briefing paper - Ministry of Justice

Posted on February 01, 2008
“This briefing paper on the government’s prison policy provides an update on the prison building programme announced in December 2007, and outlines the further steps we are taking in the specific areas of drugs, prison work and alternatives to custody...

Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2007 - Court Rules - Ministry of Justice

Posted on February 01, 2008
“This consultation seeks responses on the draft court rules for the Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2007. It is primarily aimed at professional court users and those with knowledge of family court rules.” Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2007 - Court Rules - consultation paper (PDF) Questionnaire (Word) Ministry of Justice, 31st January 2008 Source: www...

Hilali v Governor of Whitemoor Prison - Times Law Reports

Posted on February 01, 2008
Hilali v Governor of Whitemoor Prison House of Lords “Where there was a right of appeal under Part 1 of the Extradition Act 2003 to appeal against an extradition order, habeas corpus was excluded by section 34; it would be contrary to the principle of mutual recognition to which the Act gave effect to grant habeas corpus [...

Hall and Others v Stone - Times Law Reports

Posted on February 01, 2008
Hall and Others v Stone Court of Appeal The fact that a successful claimant had not been awarded the whole amount of damages he sought did not mean that the defendant had partially succeeded and the judge could not reduce the claimant?s costs. The Times, 1st February 2008 Source: www...

Agencies ?fail to prevent child abuse deaths? - Daily Telegraph

Posted on February 01, 2008
“Up to 100 children are dying every year from abuse and neglect in England because social workers and health professionals are too busy arguing over who is responsible for them, according to a report commissioned by the Government.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 1st February 2008 Source: www...

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