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Muslim catering manager claims discrimination in row over handling pork ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on May 12, 2009
“Muslim catering manager Hasanali Khoja refused to cook sausages and bacon because it was against his religion, a tribunal has heard.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 11th May 2009 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Children in jail: lottery of justice is revealed ? The Independent

Posted on May 12, 2009
“The jailing of children in England and Wales has become a postcode lottery where child custody rates in some parts of the country are five times higher than in others, according to league tables seen by The Independent.” Full story The Independent, 12th May 2009 Source: www...

Lawyers? baked-bean protest over government plans for ?Tesco Law? ? The Times

Posted on May 12, 2009
“The first signs of a fight-back against reforms that will enable supermarkets and other stores to offer customers legal services came yesterday with a ‘baked beans’ protest by solicitors.” Full story The Times, 12th May 2009 Source: www...

Motorist given £100 fine after car was clamped on own driveway ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on May 12, 2009
“A motorist was given a £100 fine after his car was clamped on his own driveway.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 12th May 2009 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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Inquiry into officer?s evidence ? BBC News

Posted on May 12, 2009
“The police watchdog is investigating claims that an officer from Greater Manchester failed to disclose evidence at a fraud trial.” Full story BBC News, 12th May 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Life term for headless body pair ? BBC News

Posted on May 12, 2009
“A father and son who murdered and decapitated a traveller whose body was found in Hertfordshire have been jailed for life.” Full story BBC News, 12th May 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Failing Serious Organised Crime Agency to be overhauled ? The Times

Posted on May 12, 2009
“The fight against organised crime is to be overhauled, in a tacit admission by the Government that the problem is out of control. In his first speech on crime since becoming Prime Minister almost two years ago, Gordon Brown announced today a new strategy to tackle criminal businesses...

Injustice Unremedied: The Government?s response on Equitable Life ? Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman

Posted on May 11, 2009
“Ann Abraham, the Parliamentary Ombudsman, has today laid before both Houses of Parliament a further report concerning Equitable Life.” Full press release Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, 6th May Source: www.ombudsman.org.uk

UK ?failing? on causes of crime ? BBC News

Posted on May 11, 2009
“The government has failed to carry out its election pledge to tackle the causes of crime, says a world expert on crime reduction.” Full story BBC News, 11th May 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on May 11, 2009
Court of Appeal (Civil division) P (A Child), Re [2009] EWCA Civ 376 (08 May 2009) High Court (Administrative Court) Ghai v Newcastle City Council [2009] EWHC 978 (Admin) (08 May 2009) Hobson v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government & Ors [2009] EWHC 981 (Admin) (08 May 2009) Bates & Anor v Chief Constable of the Avon [...

Recent Statutory Instruments ? OPSI

Posted on May 11, 2009
The European Parliamentary Elections (Local Returning Officers’ Charges) (Scotland) Order 2009 The Armed Forces Act 2006 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2009 The Railways Infrastructure (Access and Management) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 The Armed Forces (Review of Court Martial Sentence) Order 2009 The Armed Forces (Review of Court Martial Sentence) (Supplementary Provision) Regulations 2009 The Registered Pension Schemes (Authorised Payments) Regulations 2009 The [...

Regina (JS) (Sri Lanka) v Secretary of State for the Home Department ? Times Law Reports

Posted on May 11, 2009
Regina (JS) (Sri Lanka) v Secretary of State for the Home Department Court of Appeal “In order to establish that an asylum seeker was liable for a joint criminal enterprise such as to exclude him from the protection of the Geneva Convention as complicit in war crimes or crimes against humanity, there had to have been a [...

Regina (RK) (Nepal) and Another v Secretary of State for the Home Department ? Times Law Reports

Posted on May 11, 2009
Regina (RK) (Nepal) and Another v Secretary of State for the Home Department Court of Appeal “A non-British student with conditional leave to enter and stay in the United Kingdom and who was ordered to leave on breaching those conditions, could not appeal against that decision while still in the country...

R (O?Connor) v HM Coroner for the District of Avon (Visser intervening) ? WLR Daily

Posted on May 11, 2009
R (O?Connor) v HM Coroner for the District of Avon (Visser intervening) [2009] EWHC 854 (Admin); [2009] WLR(D); [2009] WLR (D) 150 “The test for a verdict of unlawful killing was not exclusively objective, it being necessary to find at least the mental element necessary for a criminal conviction of assault; and insanity, if properly raised [...

Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Annabel?s (Berkeley Square) Ltd and others ? WLR Daily

Posted on May 11, 2009
Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Annabel’s (Berkeley Square) Ltd and others; [2009] WLR (D) 149 “Money payments made in the form of discretionary service charges by customers to waiters and bar staff by credit or debit card or by cheque, and collected by the proprietor/employer to be transmitted to employees via a ‘tronc’ system (an arrangement [...

Attorney General and Lord Advocate on prosecution of terrorism cases ? Attorney-General?s Office

Posted on May 11, 2009
“The prosecution of cross-border terrorism offences will be strengthened by a new protocol agreed today (8 May 2009) by the Lord Advocate, the Right Honourable Elish Angiolini QC, and the Attorney General, the Right Honourable Baroness Scotland QC...

Bar Chairman Urges Closer Co-Operation Between Employed and Self-Employed Bar ? The Bar Council

Posted on May 11, 2009

Blacklisting of union members by companies to be outlawed ? The Guardian

Posted on May 11, 2009
“The government is to outlaw the use by companies of covert blacklists that have prevented trade unionists from getting work. Ministers have been forced to act after a watchdog exposed widespread blacklisting in the construction industry this year...

Commissioners reveal plans to harmonise EU copyright laws ? OUT-LAW.com

Posted on May 11, 2009
“Two European commissioners have outlined plans to more closely harmonise copyright law across the European Union’s 27 member states and create EU-wide copyright licences. The commissioners want to end ‘fragmentation’ of copyright laws...

Exemption clauses need strong words to survive deliberate, fundamental breaches, says High Court ? OUT-LAW.com

Posted on May 11, 2009
“Someone who deliberately breaches a fundamental term of a contract generally cannot rely on exemptions in the contract to avoid liability to the other party without clear, strong language to that effect, the High Court has ruled.” Full story OUT-LAW...

Mau Mau veterans sue for colonial abuses ? The Guardian

Posted on May 11, 2009
“Five elderly Kenyans detained and allegedly tortured during the Mau Mau independence uprising of more than 50 years ago are to issue a reparations claim against the British government in London next month.” Full story The Guardian, 10th May 2009 Source: www...

Police and prosecutors apologise to disabled victims of crime ? The Guardian

Posted on May 11, 2009
“Many disabled victims  of crime are being failed by the system, the Guardian has learned, following two cases in which the Crown Prosecution Service and the police were forced to apologise for not taking offences seriously enough.” Full story The Guardian, 11th May 2009 Source: www...

Seven-year prison term for fugitive Lib Dem donor ? The Independent

Posted on May 11, 2009
“The Liberal Democrats’ biggest donor, who remains on the run after stealing nearly £8m from the former chairman of Manchester United, was sentenced in his absence to seven years in jail yesterday.” Full story The Independent, 9th May 2009 Source: www...

Farming family guilty of ?grotesque? cruelty ? The Independent

Posted on May 11, 2009
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Metal detector user David Hutchings jailed for selling fake coins ? The Times

Posted on May 11, 2009
“A metal detector enthusiast who claimed to have discovered hoards of valuable antiquities during years of treasure hunting has been convicted of selling modern fakes.” Full story The Times, 11th May 2009 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Judge criticises court fee plans ? BBC News

Posted on May 11, 2009
“A senior judge has called on the government to reconsider plans to increase court fees in civil and family cases in England and Wales.” Full story BBC News, 8th May 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Police called in over leaks as more MPs accused ? The Times

Posted on May 11, 2009
“MPs defied their own legal advice last night and asked the police to investigate how expenses details had been offered for sale to newspapers.” Full story The Times, 9th May 2009 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Double murderer jailed for life ? BBC News

Posted on May 11, 2009
“A 57-year-old Blackpool man has been jailed for life for murdering his estranged wife and her boyfriend.” Full story BBC News, 11th May 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Ex-teacher jailed for boys abuse ? BBC News

Posted on May 11, 2009
“A former teacher has been jailed for four-and-a-half years for a series of sexual assaults on young boys.” Full story BBC News, 11th May 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Data Protection Act should not be defamation substitute, says High Court judge ? OUT-LAW.com

Posted on May 11, 2009
“The Data Protection Act should not be a backup plan in failed defamation cases, a High Court judge has said. Mr Justice Eady has rejected a claim that an allegedly libellous statement was also a breach of the privacy law.” Full story OUT-LAW...

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