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TUPE ruling could lead to more successful unfair dismissal claims ? OUT-LAW.com

Posted on August 26, 2009
“More people could resign and claim compensation for unfair dismissal if their company is taken over by another firm whose offices are further away following an Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) ruling, an employment law expert has said.” Full story OUT-LAW...

Recent Statutory Instruments ? OPSI

Posted on August 26, 2009
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (Commencement No.2 and Transitional Provision) and (Commencement No.1 Amendment) Order 2009 The Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (Consequential Provisions) (No. 1) Order 2009 The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment)(Amendment)(England and Wales) Regulations 2009 Source: www...

Regina v Downer (Fairness of trial) ? Times Law Reports

Posted on August 26, 2009
Regina v Downer (Fairness of trial) Court of Appeal “Co-defendants? pleas of guilty to a different offence should not be admitted in evidence when they would have an adverse effect on the fairness of the trial of the accused.” The Times, 26th August 2009 Source: www...

London and Quadrant Housing Trust v Weaver; Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening ? Times Law Reports

Posted on August 26, 2009
London and Quadrant Housing Trust v Weaver; Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening Court of Appeal “A registered social landlord could be a hybrid public authority and where, on the facts, such a landlord was, the eviction one of its assured tenants was not a private act and was susceptible of judicial review...

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Serious Organised Crime Agency v Szepietowski and Others (No 2) ? Times Law Reports

Posted on August 26, 2009
Serious Organised Crime Agency v Szepietowski and Others (No 2) Chancery Division “The court had power in appropriate circumstances to set aside an order excluding part of the property subject to an interim receiving order made to enable the subject of the order to pay his legal expenses...

Harmful ?legal highs? to be banned ? Home Office

Posted on August 26, 2009
“Several chemicals used on herbal smoking products and other so called ?legal highs?, will be banned by the end of the year.” Full press release Home Office, 25th August 2009 Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk

Anger at UK file-sharing policy ? BBC News

Posted on August 26, 2009
“Internet service providers (ISPs) have reacted with anger to new proposals on how to tackle internet piracy.” Full story BBC News, 25th August 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Drugs money launderer hid �500,000 in washing machine ? The Independent

Posted on August 26, 2009
“A crime boss who tried to launder more than �500,000 of drug money using a washing machine was jailed for four and a half years today.” Full story The Independent, 25th August 2009 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Runway advert ?misleading?, says watchdog ? The Independent

Posted on August 26, 2009
“An advert claiming a third runway at Heathrow will not make the airport dirtier or noisier has been ruled ‘misleading’ by the Advertising Standards Authority.” Full story The Independent, 26th August 2009 Source: www.independent...

Couple sue in ?holiday nightmare? ? BBC News

Posted on August 26, 2009
“A Dorset couple is taking legal action against a travel firm after suffering a ‘holiday nightmare’ while staying at a South American resort.” Full story BBC News, 25th August 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

?Boomerang? council bosses face investigation ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on August 26, 2009
“Council chief executives who resign with large pay-offs before being rehired by another local authority are to be investigated by the spending watchdog.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 26th August 2009 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Jack Straw to outline Lords reforms but warns of 12-year delay ? The Guardian

Posted on August 26, 2009
“Reformers will have to wait more than a decade before the House of Lords is replaced by a predominantly elected chamber, Jack Straw, the justice secretary, will announce today. In a seminar on the future of the Lords, hosted by the Guardian, he will outline plans to ensure that 80% of the second chamber is [...

Model?s murderer lodges an appeal ? BBC News

Posted on August 26, 2009
“A man who killed his model girlfriend has lodged an appeal against his murder conviction and 24-year tariff.” Full story BBC News, 26th August 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Helicopter laser prankster condemned ? The Independent

Posted on August 26, 2009
“A woman who dazzled a police helicopter pilot by shining a laser beam into the cockpit ‘for a laugh’ was condemned for her behaviour today.” Full story The Independent, 26th August 2009 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Teenagers jailed for robbing and killing man ? The Guardian

Posted on August 26, 2009
“Two teenagers were jailed today after being convicted of killing and robbing a grandfather described by the judge as ‘a gentle, amiable man’.” Full story The Guardian, 26th August 2009 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

BNP faces prosection over donations record failure ? The Times

Posted on August 26, 2009
“The BNP are facing huge fines and possible prosecution after they failed to submit records of donations. The party faced an unprecedented warning from the head of the Electoral Commission after they also failed to submit their annual accounts to the watchdog, as required by electoral law...

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on August 25, 2009
High Court (Chancery Division) Rubin & Anor v Eurofinance SA & Ors [2009] EWHC 2129 (Ch) (31 July 2009) High Court (Administrative Court) Miller, R (on the application of) v North Yorkshire County Council [2009] EWHC 2172 (Admin) (24 August 2009) Source: www...

Nude Brands fails to stop Stella McCartney?s ?Stellanude? perfume ? OUT-LAW.com

Posted on August 25, 2009
“Stella McCartney’s fashion house would suffer more than a small cosmetics company if its demand for an interim injunction was granted, the High Court has said. McCartney has won the right to use ‘nude’ in her perfume name until a full trial is heard...

New pledge to support young victims of crime ? Ministry of Justice

Posted on August 25, 2009
“A pioneering government programme to support young victims of crime as well as helping them to keep themselves safe will be rolled out nationwide, Justice Minister Bridget Prentice announced today.” Full story Ministry of Justice, 24th August 2009 Source: www...

R v Greene ? WLR Daily

Posted on August 25, 2009
R v Greene “Where a judge ruled that a witness could be treated as a hostile in examination at trial within the meaning of s 3 of the Criminal Procedure Act 1865 by the party calling him, but that witness did not in the event prove to be hostile, the judge was still obliged to warn [...

Regina v Charles ? Times Law Reports

Posted on August 25, 2009
Regina v Charles Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) “Where a person was charged with an offence of doing something which he was prohibited from doing by an antisocial behaviour order without reasonable excuse, the legal burden of proving that the defendant acted without reasonable excuse lay on the prosecution...

In re D (Children) (Care proceedings: Preliminary hearing) ? Times Law Reports

Posted on August 25, 2009
In re D (Children) (Care proceedings: Preliminary hearing) Court of Appeal “Where it was clear that a child had been assaulted by one or other of two people, the court was not required to identify which one was the perpetrator.” The Times, 25th August 2009 Source: www...

Yeong v General Medical Council ? Times Law Reports

Posted on August 25, 2009
Yeong v General Medical Council Queen’s Bench Division “While a doctor?s clinical errors or incompetence might be addressed by remedial action to address his areas of weakness, such remedial action was less relevant where the misconduct consisted of engaging in a sexual relationship with a patient...

Manslaughter GP gave second patient too much painkiller ? The Guardian

Posted on August 25, 2009
“A family doctor accidentally injected a patient with six times the correct dose of painkiller within an hour of visiting another patient who died after he administered a similar dosage, it emerged today.” Full story The Guardian, 24th August 2009 Sourc: www...

?Legal highs? set to be banned ? BBC News

Posted on August 25, 2009
“Two so-called ‘party’ drugs and a man-made cannabis substitute will be banned by the end of the year, the Home Office has announced.” Full story BBC News, 25th August 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Two-thirds of prisons overcrowded says report ? The Independent

Posted on August 25, 2009
“Two-thirds of prisons in England and Wales are overcrowded, figures revealed today, with some jails holding hundreds more inmates than they were built for.” Full story The Independent, 25th August 2009 Source: www.independent

Error leaves children unprotected under 1984 Video Recordings Act ? The Times

Posted on August 25, 2009
“People selling adult videos, including pornography, to children are to escape prosecution after the discovery of a Whitehall blunder that means that the 1984 law regulating the video industry was never enacted.” Full story The Times, 25th August 2009 Source: www...

Celebrity lawyer ?Mr Loophole? calls for defendants in sex cases to be given anonymity as Emmerdale actor Lewis Linford cleared ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on August 25, 2009
“Men accused of sexual assault should be granted the same anonymity as their alleged victims, according to a prominent lawyer.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 24th August 2009 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Internet cut-off threat for illegal downloaders ? The Guardian

Posted on August 25, 2009
“People who persist in swapping copyrighted films and music will have their internet connections cut off under tough new laws to be proposed by the government today.” Full story The Guardian, 25th August 2009 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Naked women are acceptable on daytime TV, Ofcom rules ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on August 25, 2009
“A Channel 4 life drawing programme which featured naked female models was acceptable lunchtime viewing, the television watchdog has ruled.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 24th August 2009 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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