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Escaped rapist jailed for murder ? BBC News

Posted on September 25, 2009
“A convicted rapist who strangled a pensioner while on the run from a secure hospital has been jailed for at least 27 years.” Full story BBC News, 25th September 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Police blame justice system for failures in mother daughter suicide case ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on September 25, 2009
“Police could not act to stop a gang of youths terrorising a mother and her disabled daughter because the youth justice system is not set up to be tough against offenders, a leading police office told an inquest.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 25th September 2009 Source: www...

Three sent for trial in insider-dealing case ? The Times

Posted on September 24, 2009
“An accountant and two lawyers accused of insider dealing by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) have been committed to stand trial at Southwark Crown Court.” Full story The Times, 23rd September 2009 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Punch death sentence ?too short? ? BBC News

Posted on September 24, 2009
“The sister of a man who died after being punched by a 15-year-old boy in South Yorkshire has attacked the two-year sentence given to the teenager.” Full story BBC News, 23rd September 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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Recent Statutory Instruments ? OPSI

Posted on September 24, 2009
The Business Rate Supplements (Rateable Value Condition) (England) Regulations 2009 The Business Rate Supplements (Transfers to Revenue Accounts) (England) Regulations 2009 The Energy Information (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2009 The Ecodesign for Energy-Using Products (Amendment) Regulations 2009 Source: www...

File sharing: how can the music industry get the public to pay up? ? The Times

Posted on September 24, 2009
“Rock god versus pop diva ? the music rights debate is producing some unexpected spectacles. Is file sharing creating a generation of people who expect never to pay for music or is it opening up a whole new audience who will save the industry?” Full story The Times, 24th September 2009 Source: www...

Food firm boss sold Tesco pies to Fortnum & Mason as organic ? The Times

Posted on September 24, 2009
“The director of a food company that provided pies to Fortnum & Mason has been jailed for re-packaging cheap supermarket goods and claiming that they were organic.” Full story The Times, 24th September 2009 Source: www.timesonline.co...

Coroner condemns Rye Hill jail where prisoner on suicide watch bled to death ? The Guardian

Posted on September 24, 2009
“A coroner today (23 September) condemned ‘appalling and unacceptable conditions’ at a privately-run prison where an inmate on suicide watch was allowed to bleed to death. Aleksey Baranovsky, 33, a Ukrainian national, died in a blood-covered cell at HMP Rye Hill, Warwickshire, in June 2006...

Since my son died we aren?t allowed to see our grandchildren ? The Times

Posted on September 24, 2009
“A retired judge went to court over contact with his family. The hearing descended into a shouting match. He explains why the system is flawed.” Full story The Times, 24th September 2009 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Barristers and the Legal Services Act: will the bar modernise in time? Does it even need to? ? Law Society?s Gazette

Posted on September 24, 2009
“It is almost five years since Sir David Clementi rocked the legal establishment with his report on the regulatory framework for legal services. Since then, debate on the product of that report ? the Legal Services Act 2007 ? and the impact on the profession of new legal disciplinary partnerships and alternative business structures has [...

Without prejudice: what does it actually mean? ? The Times

Posted on September 24, 2009
“Despite being in use in British courts for more than a 100 years, the ‘without prejudice’ rule is well known but not necessarily well understood.” Full story The Times, 24th September 2009 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Suicide advice websites face prosecution ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on September 24, 2009
“Internet campaigners whose advice on how to take your own life is used in an assisted suicide face possible prosecution, according to the new guidance published yesterday.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 24th September 2009 Source: www.telegraph...

Assisted suicide guide is a blend of protection and compassion ? The Times

Posted on September 24, 2009
“Keir Starmer has made the best of a difficult job. First, as widely trailed, he has decided that his assisted suicide guidelines must apply to England and Wales as well as to behaviour abroad. This is surely right: there is no moral difference between an act committed in Geneva and its replica in Hull...

Recent Statutory Instruments ? OPSI

Posted on September 24, 2009
The Equine Identification (Wales) Regulations 2009 The Zoonoses and Animal By-Products (Fees) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 The National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Wales) (Amendment) (No.3) Regulations 2009 The Alternative Finance Arrangements (Amendment) Order 2009 Source: www...

New blow to terror control orders as second suspect released ? The Times

Posted on September 24, 2009
“Alan Johnson, the Home Secretary, has allowed a second terror suspect to be released from virtual house arrest rather than disclose ’secret’ evidence against him.” Full story The Times, 24th September 2009 Source: www.timesonline...

�400,000 damages for family of woman who died in childbirth ? The Independent

Posted on September 24, 2009
“The family of a woman who died in labour and never saw the son she had conceived after IVF treatment was awarded �410,000 damages today.” Full story The Independent, 24th September 2009 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Police fined �40,000 for shooting ?disaster?

Posted on September 24, 2009
“Thames Valley police force has been fined �40,000 after a firearms instructor, Pc David Micklethwaite, accidentally shot and nearly killed a former rifle marksman.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 24th September 2009 Source: www.telegraph.co...

Broadband tax ?to be made law? ? BBC News

Posted on September 23, 2009
“A controversial broadband tax ‘will be law before the next election’, according to Minister for Digital Britain Stephen Timms.” Full story BBC News, 23rd September 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

DPP publishes interim policy on prosecuting assisted suicide ? Crown Prosecution Service

Posted on September 23, 2009
“Launching his interim policy on prosecuting cases of assisted suicide today, the Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC, called for public participation in a 12-week consultation on the factors he has identified which will be taken into account when considering whether prosecutions will be brought for this offence...

Bar Council Urges Profession to ?Address Its Future? ? The Bar Council

Posted on September 23, 2009
“With the extended deadline for comments on 9th October 2009 in view, the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Bar, together with the Circuit Leaders, have today written to all members of the Bar urging them to respond to the Bar Standards Board?s recent consultation on the Structure of Self-Employed Practice...

Drink-drive charge judge resigns ? BBC News

Posted on September 23, 2009
“A judge who was arrested for allegedly being drunk in charge of a car while on bail for a similar offence has resigned, the Ministry of Justice said.” Full story BBC News, 23rd September 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Families may face assisted suicide charges, says DPP Keir Starmer ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on September 23, 2009
“Family members who help loved ones to commit suicide when they are not suffering from a terminal illness are more likely to be prosecuted, Keir Starmer, Director of Public Prosecutions, has suggested.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 23rd September 2009 Source: www...

Debbie Purdy?s husband helping her die ? BBC News

Posted on September 23, 2009
“The publication of guidance on when prosecutions should be brought in assisted suicide cases represents a victory for multiple sclerosis sufferer Debbie Purdy.” Full story BBC News, 23rd September 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Assisted suicide guidelines published on helping family end their lives ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on September 23, 2009
“Guidelines will be published clarifying whether people in England and Wales are likely to be prosecuted if they help relatives or friends commit suicide.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 23rd September 2009 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

�5,000 illegal worker fine is like a �60 traffic penalty, says law chief ? The Times

Posted on September 23, 2009
“The Attorney-General faced fresh calls to resign last night after comparing her �5,000 fine for breaching the immigration law with a failure to pay the congestion charge.” Full story The Times, 23rd September 2009 Source: www.timesonline...

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on September 22, 2009
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division) Haji-Ioannou & Ors v Frangos [2009] EWHC 2310 (QB) (21 September 2009) High Court (Administrative Court) Hoskin, R (on the application of) v Northampton Crown Court [2009] EWHC 2265 (Admin) (19 August 2009) Source: www...

Rape victims treatment reviewed ? BBC News

Posted on September 22, 2009
“A review of the treatment of rape victims by the police and other agencies in England and Wales has been ordered by ministers.” Full story BBC News, 22nd September 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Attorney General ?likely to be fined for employing illegal immigrant? ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on September 22, 2009
“Baroness Scotland, the Attorney General, is likely to be fined for employing an illegal immigrant as her housekeeper, it has been claimed.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 22nd September 2009 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Top commercial lawyers forced to slash rates ? The Times

Posted on September 22, 2009
“The ‘magic circle’ has lost some of its power: average hourly rates for London?s top commercial lawyers fell by a third last year as law firms offered substantial discounts after competition intensified in the downturn.” Full story The Times, 22nd September 2009 Source: www...

Attorney General Baroness Scotland fined �5,000 over illegal immigrant housekeeper ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on September 22, 2009
“Baroness Scotland, the Attorney General, has been fined �5,000 for employing an illegal immigrant as her housekeeper.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 22nd September 2009 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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