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Metric martyrs: Royal pardon bid after Government climbdown - Daily Telegraph

Posted on October 20, 2008
“Campaigners are calling for royal pardons for market traders given criminal records for selling goods in imperial rather than metric measures following a Government u-turn.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 20th October 2008 Source: www.telegraph...

Door thief, piglet rustler, pudding snatcher: British courts despair at extradition requests - The Guardian

Posted on October 20, 2008
“The number of extradition cases being dealt with in the UK courts has reached record levels, fuelled by a number of ‘trivial’ requests from Europe that have exasperated the police and clogged up the system, the Guardian has learned...

Policeman still seeking compensation after 22 years - Daily Telegraph

Posted on October 20, 2008
“A policeman who was forced out of his job 22 years ago, after being falsely labelled mentally unstable, is still battling for compensation, it has emerged.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 20th October 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Law Lords to decide if Chagos Islanders can return home - Daily Telegraph

Posted on October 20, 2008
“The Law Lords are expected to decide on an appeal to stop exiled Chagos islanders returning home.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 20th October 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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Media must be allowed into family courts, says Sir Mark Potter - The Times

Posted on October 20, 2008
“Britain’s most senior family judge has said that family courts should be opened to the media to dispel the ‘myths and inaccuracies’ surrounding the system.” Full story The Times, 20th October 2008 Source: www.timesonline...

More open justice for families in the courts - The Times

Posted on October 20, 2008
“Family courts are to be opened up to public scrutiny in response to mounting criticism from parents whose children are taken into care that they are victims of ’secret justice’.” Full story The Times, 20th October 2008 Source: www...

No need to change bail laws, say judges - Daily Telegraph

Posted on October 20, 2008
“But what we do need is a change of culture among police and prosecutors, with much better enforcement of existing bail conditions.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 20th October 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Children?s websites should stop marketing junk food to children, says watchdog - Sunday Telegraph

Posted on October 20, 2008
“Children’s websites should be reclassified as adverts to stop junk food and toy companies aggressively marketing their products to young people, according to a leading consumer watchdog.” Full story Sunday Telegraph, 19th October 2008 Source: www...

Call for euthanasia to be legal in UK - The Observer

Posted on October 20, 2008
“One of Britain’s leading moral philosophers has called for a change in the law to allow assisted suicide in Britain following the death of paralysed rugby player Daniel James. Baroness Warnock, writing in today’s Observer, calls for liberalisation of euthanasia laws on the grounds that ‘we have a moral obligation to other people to take [...

Disabled car badge misuse tackled - BBC News

Posted on October 20, 2008
“New powers to stop the misuse of blue disabled parking badges are expected to be announced by the government.” Full story BBC News, 19th October 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

MPs give up battle to restrict abortions - The Observer

Posted on October 20, 2008
“Anti-abortion MPs last night abandoned their parliamentary fight for new restrictions, calling for the bitterly contested issue to be resolved by a high powered inquiry instead.” Full story The Observer, 19th October 2008 Source: http://observer...

Minister invented hate campaign- The Independent

Posted on October 20, 2008
“A Methodist minister who invented a hate campaign against herself and told police she had been sent a dead hedgehog, was spared jail today.” Full story The Independent, 20th October 2008 Source: www.independent.co,uk

Mandelson halts flexitime reforms - The Independent

Posted on October 20, 2008
“Plans to allow 4.5 million parents to work flexibly are to be delayed by the Government as it searches for ways to help businesses survive the economic downturn.” Full story The Independent, 20th october 2008 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Woman jailed for street killing - BBC News

Posted on October 20, 2008
“A woman who killed a Polish man in a Salford street has been jailed.” Full story BBC News, 20th October 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

School told to change admissions - BBC News

Posted on October 20, 2008
“A high-performing London secondary school has been told to change its admissions rules, days before parents have to submit their application forms.” Full story BBC News, 20th October 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Spinster, 72, jailed for spade attack on neighbour - Daily Telegraph

Posted on October 20, 2008
“An elderly spinster who broke her neighbour’s arm by attacking him with a spade during a dispute over a garden fence has been jailed for 24 weeks.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 20th October 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Burns set for lip damage pay-out - BBC News

Posted on October 20, 2008
“Pop star Pete Burns is set to receive damages for lip injections that he says left him ‘repulsive’ and ’suicidal’.” Full story BBC News, 20th October 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Assisted suicide referred to CPS - BBC News

Posted on October 20, 2008
“The case of a rugby player who died in a Swiss assisted suicide clinic is to be referred to the complex case unit of the Crown Prosecution Service.” Full story BBC News, 20th October 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Biker Sandor Ferenci, who posted footage of offences on YouTube, jailed - The Times

Posted on October 20, 2008
“A motorcyclist who posted footage of himself on YouTube performing ‘lunatic and grossly irresponsible manoeuvres’ at up to 130mph was today jailed today.” Full story The Times, 20th October 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Father given suspended sentence after daughter?s quad bike death - The Guardian

Posted on October 20, 2008
“The father of a seven-year-old girl killed in a head-on collision while riding a quad bike was today given a nine-month suspended jail term after admitting his daughter’s manslaughter.” Full story The Guardian, 20th October 2008 Source: www...

Man to sue after ?toxic sofa? left him with heart failure - Daily Telegraph

Posted on October 20, 2008
“A man is suing a furniture company over claims his ‘toxic sofa’ left him with a permanent heart condition.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 20th October 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Former Mr Gay UK jailed for 30 years for cooking and eating flesh of boyfriend - Daily Telegraph

Posted on October 20, 2008
“A chef who murdered a boyfriend before cooking a section of his flesh with fresh herbs and olive oil and chewing a piece has been jailed for a minimum of 30 years.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 20th October 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Collymore wins damages over financial advice - The Independent

Posted on October 20, 2008
“Stan Collymore today won more than £1.5 million in damages from financial advisers who invested money he made from his footballing career.” Full story The Independent, 20th October 2008 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Border guards to make life tougher for rich businessmen, but not sportsmen - DailyTelegraph

Posted on October 17, 2008
“Foreign businessmen who want to invest in Britain will face unprecedented scrutiny by UK border guards, while footballers, entertainers and artists will be waved through, under new Home Office plans.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 16th October 2008 Source: www...

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on October 17, 2008
Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Dickins v O2 Plc [2008] EWCA Civ 1144 (16 October 2008) Secretary of State for Business Enterprise & Regulatory Reform v Aaron & Ors [2008] EWCA Civ 1146 (16 October 2008) Simms v London Borough of Islington [2008] EWCA Civ 1083 (16 October 2008) Allied Domecq (Holdings) Ltd v Allied Domecq First Pension Trust [...

Recent Statutory Instruments - OPSI

Posted on October 17, 2008
The Inspectors of Education, Children?s Services and Skills (No. 4) Order 2008 The Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales Rules 2008 Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

President of the Family Division Guidance: McKenzie Friends October 2008 - Judiciary of England and Wales

Posted on October 17, 2008
“President of the Family Division Guidance: McKenzie Friends October 2008.” Full guidance note Judiciary of England and Wales, 16th October 2008 Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk

Business visitors face strict new rules - UK Border Agency

Posted on October 17, 2008
“Tough new rules to safeguard the visitor route into the United Kingdom from abuse and keep Britain an attractive place to do business were published by the Government today.” Full press release UK Border Agency, 16th October 2008 Source: www...

Devenish Nutrition Ltd v Sanofi-Aventis SA (France) and others - WLR Daily

Posted on October 17, 2008
Devenish Nutrition Ltd v Sanofi-Aventis SA (France) and others [2008] EWCA Civ 1086; [2008] WLR (D) 317 “An account of profits could not be awarded on a claim for a non-proprietary tort. Community law neither prevented nor required the recognition in domestic law of a restitutionary award as a remedy for breach of statutory duty...

Court of Appeal orders men to disclose encryption keys - OUT-LAW.com

Posted on October 17, 2008
“Two men have been told that they cannot rely on their right to silence to refuse to give British police a computer password.” Full story OUT-LAW.com, 16th October 2008 Source: www.out-law.com

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