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Sir Scott Baker will lead review of extradition ? Home Office

Posted on October 15, 2010
“The Rt Hon Sir Scott Baker will lead an independent panel to conduct a review into the UK?s extradition arrangements.” Full press release Home Office, 14th October 2010 Source: www.homeoffice,gov.uk

Enforced returns to Zimbabwe will resume ? UK Border Agency

Posted on October 15, 2010
“Following a written ministerial statement today by the Minister for Immigration, the UK Border Agency will be resuming enforced returns of failed asylum seekers to Zimbabwe.” Full press release UK Border Agency, 14th October 2010 Source: www...

Gloucestershire man jailed over double fatal crash ? BBC News

Posted on October 15, 2010
“A man who had never passed a driving test has been jailed for seven years for killing two friends and injuring another in a crash.” Full story BBC News, 14th October 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Blackburn dancer jailed for sexually exploiting girls ? BBC News

Posted on October 15, 2010
“A 23-year-old dance teacher who groomed and sexually exploited five girls has been jailed for 10 years.” Full story BBC news, 14th October 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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Zimbabweans who fail to gain asylum will be forced to return ? The Independent

Posted on October 15, 2010
“Britain is to begin the forced return of thousands of failed asylum seekers to Zimbabwe in a change of policy condemned by human rights groups.” Full story The Independent, 15th October 2010 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Control orders for terrorist suspects to stay, says counter-terrorism review ? The Guardian

Posted on October 15, 2010
“A review of counter-terrorism legislation is expected to tell ministers that control orders for suspects should remain, but the time police can hold suspects without charge should be cut to 14 days from 28, the Guardian has learned.” Full story The Guardian, 14th October 2010 Source: www...

Man who murdered ex-girlfriend in hospital knife attack jailed for life ? The Independent

Posted on October 15, 2010
“A man who stabbed his ex-partner to death while on bail charged with raping her has been given life in prison.” Full story The Independent, 14th October 2010 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Extradition: Judge who presided at Diana inquest appointed to lead review ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on October 15, 2010
“Lord Justice Scott Baker’s review will consider whether the treaty between the United States and the UK is ‘unbalanced’ and will also look at the powers available to the Home Secretary to intervene in cases, the Home Office said...

Rape within marriage is ?impossible?, claims Muslim cleric ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on October 15, 2010
“A senior Muslim cleric in charge of Britain?s largest group of sharia law courts has claimed that there is no such thing as rape within marriage.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 15th October 2010 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Man jailed for sex attacks on girls in Bracknell ? BBC News

Posted on October 15, 2010
“A man who kidnapped girls, driving two of them to a hideaway and sexually attacking them, has been jailed.” Full story BBC News, 15th October 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Oboist loses Welsh National Opera dismissal claim ? BBC News

Posted on October 15, 2010
“An oboist who played with Welsh National Opera (WNO) for 34 years has lost his claim of wrongful dismissal.” Full story BBC News, 15th October 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Drug dealer stripped of £550,000 assets ? The Independent

Posted on October 15, 2010
“A jailed drug dealer was stripped of more than half a million pounds of assets today – including his house, yacht and three flats.” Full story The Independent, 15th October 2010 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Woman jailed for stealing £1.7 million from employer ? The Independent

Posted on October 15, 2010
“A cashier at a firm of solicitors who stole £1.7 million over seven years to finance a luxurious lifestyle for herself and her husband was today jailed for five years.” Full story The Independent, 15th October 2010 Source: www.independent...

Reckitt Benckiser fined £10.2m by OFT ? The Guardian

Posted on October 15, 2010
“Drug company stopped NHS doctors prescribing cheaper alternatives to its heartburn medicine Gaviscon.” Full story The Guardian, 15th October 2010 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Lord Young health and safety review: recommendations ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on October 15, 2010
“Lord Young has published a review into Britain’s compensation culture. These are the main recommendations made in his report Common Sense Common Safety.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 15th October 2010 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on October 14, 2010
Supreme Court Gisda Cyf v Barratt [2010] UKSC 41 (13 October 2010) Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) Shah v R [2010] EWCA Crim 2326 (13 October 2010) Dorset County Council v House (Rev 1) [2010] EWCA Crim 2270 (13 October 2010) O & H, R v [2010] EWCA Crim 2233 (13 October 2010) King v [...

Recent Statutory Instruments ? legislation.gov.uk

Posted on October 14, 2010
The Capital Allowances (Environmentally Beneficial Plant and Machinery) (Amendment) Order 2010 The Financial Services Act 2010 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provision) Order 2010 The Community Legal Service (Funding) (Amendment No. 2) Order 2010 (Revocation) Order 2010 The Olympics, Paralympics and London Olympics Association Rights (Infringement Proceedings) Regulations 2010 Source: www...

Letter of dismissal took effect on reading, not sending, says Supreme Court ? OUT-LAW.com

Posted on October 14, 2010
“The firing of an employee only took effect when she read the letter informing her of her dismissal, which was nearly a week after a disciplinary hearing and four days after the letter arrived at her home, the Supreme Court has ruled.” Full story OUT-LAW...

Regina (Prudential plc and another) v Special Commissioner of Income Tax and another (Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and others intervening) ? WLR Daily

Posted on October 14, 2010
Regina (Prudential plc and another) v Special Commissioner of Income Tax and another (Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and others intervening) [2010] EWCACiv 1094; [2010] WLR (D) 251 “Legal advice privilege applied only to advice given by a member of the legal profession...

Broomleigh Housing Association Ltd v Okonkwo ? WLR Daily

Posted on October 14, 2010
Broomleigh Housing Association Ltd v Okonkwo [2010] EWCA Civ 1113; [2010] WLR (D) 251 “If, following an application by a creditor for an order to gain information from a judgment debtor, the debtor failed to attend court the judge should not use a committal order, even when suspended, as little more than a vehicle for [...

Gisda Cyf v Barratt ? WLR Daily

Posted on October 14, 2010
Gisda Cyf v Barratt [2010] UKSC 41; [2010] WLR (D) 2 “Where dismissal without notice was communicated to an employee in a letter, the contract of employment did not terminate until the employee had actually read the letter or had had a reasonable opportunity of reading it...

In re Stakefield (Midlands) Ltd and others ? WLR Daily

Posted on October 14, 2010
In re Stakefield (Midlands) Ltd and others [2010] WLR (D) 249 “A defendant to disqualification proceedings brought by the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform would not be entitled to have the proceedings struck out on the basis that the Secretary of State had committed a breach of duty by failing to [...

Pieretti v Enfield London Borough Council ? WLR Daily

Posted on October 14, 2010
Pieretti v Enfield London Borough Council [2010] EWCA Civ 1104; [2010] WLR (D) 248 “S 49A(1)(d) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 required a local authority, in carrying out its functions under Pt VII of the Housing Act 1996, to take due steps to take account of a disabled persons? disabilities...

Regina (Kibris Turk Hava Yollari and another) v Secretary of State for Transport ? WLR Daily

Posted on October 14, 2010
Regina (Kibris Turk Hava Yollari and another) v Secretary of State for Transport [2010] EWCA Civ 1093; [2010] WLR (D) 247 “The Secretary of State for Transport was entitled to refuse to grant operating permits to a Turkish airline and travel agent to allow them to operate scheduled and chartered flights between the United Kingdom [...

Broda Agro Trade (Cyprus) Ltd v Alfred C Toepfer International GmbH ? WLR Daily

Posted on October 14, 2010
Broda Agro Trade (Cyprus) Ltd v Alfred C Toepfer International GmbH [2010] EWCA Civ 1100; [2010] WLR (D) 246 “A party who had been named in arbitration proceedings could simply ignore the arbitration proceedings if he considered that he had not entered into the agreement and come to court to challenge the jurisdiction of the [...

Regina (M) v Haringey Independent Appeal Panel (Secretary of State for Schools, Families and Children intervening) ? WLR Daily

Posted on October 14, 2010
Regina (M) v Haringey Independent Appeal Panel (Secretary of State for Schools, Families and Children intervening) [2010] EWCA Civ 1103; [2010] WLR (D) 245 “An inquiry pursuant to s 86(3) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 into whether compliance with a parent?s preference as to the school at which he wished education to [...

Chancery Lane publishes Jackson review response ? Law Society?s Gazette

Posted on October 14, 2010
“The Law Society today warned against piecemeal implementation of Lord Justice Jackson?s proposals on civil litigation costs, telling the government that this could be ?very damaging? to access to justice. Jackson himself has said that his reforms will not succeed unless they are implemented as a whole...

Lord Saville defends millions in fees to Bloody Sunday lawyers ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on October 14, 2010
“Lord Saville of Newdigate defended the cost and length of the £200 million inquiry, which took more than 11 years, saying that it could not have been done cheaply or quickly if it was to be ‘thorough’.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 13th October 2010 Source: www...

The Bribery Act and how in-house counsel can help combat corruption ? Law Society?s Gazette

Posted on October 14, 2010
“In July the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) announced that the Bribery Act will not come into force until April 2011, a full year after it received royal assent. At the same time, it promised to issue guidance to enable commercial organisations to understand the concept of ?adequate procedures?...

The case for diversity: legal profession?s white, male legacy persists ? The Guardian

Posted on October 14, 2010
“This week saw the release of the Equality and Human Rights Commission report entitled How Fair is Britain. Today (13 October), at a high-level conference at Westminster University, original research examining structural inequalities in the legal services sector [pdf] will be unveiled...

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