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Ecstasy dealers jailed over death ? BBC news

Posted on May 11, 2009
“Two men from Crawley have been jailed for supplying ecstasy at a party in West Sussex which killed a teenager.” Full story BBC News, 11th May 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Ofcom upholds ?Nazi? complaints ? BBC News

Posted on May 11, 2009
“Talksport has been found in breach of broadcasting rules over an incident last November which saw presenter Jon Gaunt call a local councillor a ‘Nazi’.” Full story BBC News, 11th May 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Gordon Ramsay attacked by Ofcom after swearing marathon ? The Times

Posted on May 11, 2009
“Gordon Ramsay was given a dressing down by the broadcasting regulator today for an extraordinary outburst of swearing in which his show featured the f-word almost every 20 seconds over a 40 minute period.” Full story The Times, 11th May 2009 Source: www...

Obsessed cyber-war fan stabbed Nottingham student 86 times ? The Times

Posted on May 11, 2009
“A German cyber-war fan was jailed for life today for flying to Britain to stab a student 86 times after he became obsessed with his girlfriend.” Full story The Times, 11th May 2009 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

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Devout Hindu loses cremation bid ? BBC News

Posted on May 08, 2009
“A bid by a devout Hindu for the legal right to be cremated on a traditional open-air funeral pyre has been rejected by the High Court in London.” Full story BBC News, 8th May 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

UK judges reopen Guantanamo case ? BBC News

Posted on May 08, 2009
“The High Court has taken the unusual step of reopening a controversial judgement in the case of the former Guantanamo detainee Binyam Mohamed.” Full story BBC News, 8th May 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Serious Fraud Office to ask parliament to grant it new powers ? Law Society?s Gazette

Posted on May 08, 2009
“The Serious Fraud Office is to ask parliament to enhance its powers to fight fraudulent companies and corrupt directors, the Gazette has learned. The investigation and prosecution agency has begun consulting privately with senior lawyers and officials before it approaches parliament later in the year...

Lord Hunt outlines vision for regulation ? Law Society?s Gazette

Posted on May 08, 2009
“The peer tasked by Chancery Lane with reviewing legal regulation says that only ?minor? adjustments to the Law Society?s internal governance may be required to yield ?enormous benefit? for the regulation of law firms.” Full story Law Society’s Gazette, 7th May 2009 Source: www...

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on May 08, 2009
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division) Whiston v London Strategic Health Authority [2009] EWHC 956 (QB) (07 May 2009) High Court (Commercial Court) Shashoua & Ors v Sharma [2009] EWHC 957 (Comm) (07 May 2009) Source: www.bailii.org

Recent Statutory Instruments ? OPSI

Posted on May 08, 2009
The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (Responsible Authorities) Order 2009 The School Admissions (Admission Arrangements) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 The Local Authorities? Traffic Orders (Procedure) (England and Wales) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2009 Source: www...

Regina (Nasseri) v Secretary of State for the Home Department ? WLR Daily

Posted on May 08, 2009
Regina (Nasseri) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] UKHL 23; [2009] WLR (D) 148 “The irrebuttable presumption, laid down in paras 2 and 3 of Pt 1 of Sch 3 to the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc) Act 2004, that a foreign national who entered the United Kingdom via Greece could [...

Bolsover District council v Dennis Rye Ltd ? WLR daily

Posted on May 08, 2009
Bolsover District council v Dennis Rye Ltd; [2009] EWCA Civ 372; [2009] WLR (D) 147 “Where a company served with a winding-up petition contended that it had a cross-claim against the petitioner, the issue for the judge was whether the evidence before him was sufficient to satisfy him that the company?s cross claim was not merely [...

Symeou v Public Prosecutor?s Office at the Court of Appeals, Patras, Greece ? WLR Daily

Posted on May 08, 2009
Symeou v Public Prosecutor?s Office at the Court of Appeals, Patras, Greece [2009] EWHC 897 (Admin); [2009] WLR (D) 146 “The jurisdiction to order a person?s discharge if his extradition would constitute an abuse of process did not extend to consideration of misconduct or bad faith by the police of the requesting state in the investigation [...

R (James) v Secretary of State for Justice (Parole Board intervening); R (Lee) v Same (Same intervening); R (Wells) v Same (Same intervening) (on appeal from R (Walker) v Same ? WLR Daily

Posted on May 08, 2009
R (James) v Secretary of State for Justice (Parole Board intervening); R (Lee) v Same (Same intervening); R (Wells) v Same (Same intervening) (on appeal from R (Walker) v Same (Same intervening)) [2009] UKHL 22; [2009] WLR (D) 145 “The failure of the Secretary of State for Justice to provide courses to enable prisoners serving indeterminate [...

HR (Portugal) v Secretary of State for the Home Department ? WLR daily

Posted on May 08, 2009
HR (Portugal) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] EWCA Civ 371; [2009] WLR(D) 144 “The time during which an European Economic Area national was serving a sentence of imprisonment in the United Kingdom was not to be included when calculating whether he had resided for a continuous period of at least ten years [...

Regina (Lee) v Same; Regina (Wells) v Same ? Times Law Reports

Posted on May 08, 2009
Regina (Lee) v Same; Regina (Wells) v Same House of Lords “Although the Secretary of State for Justice had failed in his public duty to provide such treatment courses for prisoners serving indeterminate sentences for public protection as would enable them to demonstrate to the Parole Board that it was safe to release them, their post-tariff detention [...

Government welcomes report highlighting major improvements for victims and witnesses ? Ministry of Justice

Posted on May 08, 2009
“Over 80% of victims and witnesses are satisfied with their experience of the criminal justice system, an independent report published by the Criminal Justice inspectorates today, has highlighted.” Full press release� Ministry of Justice, 7th May 2009 Surde: www...

Capital and income in trusts: classification and apportionment ? Law Commission

Posted on May 08, 2009
“A project to examine the complicated rules governing the treatment of trust receipts and outgoings as capital or income and the extent to which trustees who have to distinguish between income and capital should be able to invest on a ‘total return’ basis, with reference particularly to trusts for interests in succession and to charitable [...

Remuneration for Confiscation ? The Bar Council

Posted on May 08, 2009
“On 29 April 2009 the House of Lords confirmed that the prosecution are entitled in confiscation proceedings (i) to prove that the defendant had committed offences other than those to which he had pleaded or in respect of which he had been convicted and (ii) to invite the court to estimate the profit that he [...

Nichol Review of QC System Endorsed The Revised Procedure ? The Bar Council

Posted on May 08, 2009
“The Bar Council and the Law Society have today published the report of Sir Duncan Nichol CBE?s review of Queen?s Counsel Appointments.” Full press release The Bar Council, 8th May 2009 Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk

The murky, mysterious world of the Queen?s Privy Council ? The Times

Posted on May 08, 2009
“The Privy Council is one of the most obscure and murky corners of the British constitution ? yet its powers are far from antiquated or redundant.” Full story The Times, 8th May 2009 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Mayfair nightclub Annabel?s fined over tips system ? The Times

Posted on May 08, 2009
“A prestigious Mayfair nightclub lost a court battle with the taxman yesterday over a tips system that benefited customers and staff.” Full story The Times, 8th May 2009 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Navy officer loses racism claim ? BBC News

Posted on May 08, 2009
“A black Royal Navy officer has lost his claim for racial discrimination Full story BBC News, 7th May 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Men jailed for 17-day crime spree ? BBC News

Posted on May 08, 2009
“Two men who terrorised part of Greater Manchester during a 17-day crime spree have been jailed for life.” Full story BBC News, 7th May 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Agency workers to receive equal rights after 12 weeks in job ? The Guardian

Posted on May 08, 2009
“About 500,000 agency workers will receive the same pay and conditions as permanent staff under proposals to be published by ministers today in an effort to redeem a pledge made by government to union.” Full story The Guardian, 8th May 2009 Source: www...

DNA pioneer condemns plan to keep details on database for 12 years ? The Guardian

Posted on May 08, 2009
“The government’s plans to reform the national DNA database were condemned yesterday by lawyers for the two innocent men whose European court victory forced ministers to change the rules.” Full story The Guardian, 8th May 2009 Source: www...

Stop-and-search powers limited by the Met Police after bias claim ? The Times

Posted on May 08, 2009
“Britain?s biggest police force has agreed to limit its use of controversial stop-and-search powers after critics claimed it was discriminating against minority groups.” Full story The Times, 8th May 2009 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Queen?s Trinity Cross honour deemed unlawful by Privy Council ? The Times

Posted on May 08, 2009
“An honour established by the Queen has been declared unlawful after Muslims and Hindus complained that its Christian name and cross insignia were offensive.” Full story The Times, 8th May 2009 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Teacher Matthew Wren wins battle to have DNA records deleted - The Times

Posted on May 07, 2009
“A teacher has won a High Court battle to have his DNA destroyed after he was unlawfully arrested by police when accused of assault by a pupil.” Full story The Times, 7th May 2009 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Ruling quashed on balcony death father - The Independent

Posted on May 07, 2009
“An inquest ruling that a man unlawfully killed his six-year-old son by throwing him off a hotel balcony when a holiday trip to Crete to salvage his marriage went disastrously wrong was quashed by the High Court today.” Full story The Independent, 7th May 2009 Source: www...

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