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Guilty of murder: man who set up shooting from prison cell - The Guardian

Posted on October 17, 2008
“A man was convicted yesterday of plotting the murder of his former friend on a mobile phone from his cell in a high security prison.” Full story The Guardian, 17th October 2008 Source: www.guardian.co.uk       

Community support officers to be given the power to detain - The Independent

Posted on October 17, 2008
“Police community support officers should be given extended powers that would allow them to be able to detain suspects for the first time, Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary, said yesterday.” Full story The Independent, 17th October 2008 Source: www...

Car park ban for ?prolific? thief - BBC News

Posted on October 17, 2008
“A thief with more than 40 previous convictions has been banned from every car park in England and Wales.” Full story BBC News, 16th October 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk       

Father convicted of son?s murder - BBC News

Posted on October 17, 2008
“A bus driver has been convicted of murdering his 19-year-old son after an argument at their Norfolk flat.” Full story  BBC News, 16th October 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk       

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Bans for violent drunks not being used - Daily Telegraph

Posted on October 17, 2008
“A key plank of the Government’s plans to tackle alcohol-fuelled disorder introduced two years ago has still not been used.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 17th October 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk       

Legal battle over hotelier?s £14m will: Children to find out how estate will be split - Daily Telegraph

Posted on October 17, 2008
“A High Court judge will rule on case that has set three siblings against each other since the death of their father Douglas Firkin-Flood in 200.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 17th October 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk       

Killer jailed in skull-find case - BBC News

Posted on October 17, 2008
“A man has been jailed for life for the murder of a fellow Lithuanian whose skull was discovered in the garden of a house in north-west London.” Full story  BBC News, 16th October 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk       

Police leniency call on park sex - BBC News

Posted on October 17, 2008
“People caught having sex in public should only be arrested as a last resort, according to draft guidelines being issued to police.” Full story BBC News, 16th October 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk       

We?ll get tough with City, says watchdog - The Guardian

Posted on October 17, 2008
“The days of soft-touch regulation of the City are over, the head of the financial watchdog said yesterday, as he revealed that a new cadre of higher-paid regulators would ask tougher questions about the health of financial institutions in the wake of the credit crisis...

Scrap qualifying conditions for abortion and let women decide, say academics - The Times

Posted on October 17, 2008
“Britain?s 40-year-old abortion law flouts the legal principles that underpin modern medical practice, 85 academic lawyers and ethicists say today.” Full story  The Times, 17th October 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk       

Jail for woman ?seduced? by speed - BBC News

Posted on October 17, 2008
“A woman who boasted about driving at 150mph (241 km/h) prior to killing her partner in a car crash has been jailed.” Full story BBC News, 17th October 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk       

Man killed wife in Facebook row - BBC News

Posted on October 17, 2008
“A man has been jailed for life for stabbing his wife to death over a posting she made on the social networking site Facebook.” Full story  BBC News, 17th October 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk       

Murder mastermind?s life sentence - BBC News

Posted on October 17, 2008
“A remand prisoner has been sentenced to life for ordering a shooting using a mobile phone smuggled into prison.” Full story  BBC News, 17th October 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk       

Government condemned for failure to tackle bribery - The Guardian

Posted on October 17, 2008
“The UK government has been strongly criticised for its ‘continued failure’ to meet its international obligations on tackling ‘foreign bribery’ in a damning report published today.” Full story The Guardian, 17th October 2008 Source: www...

Half of criminals caught with guns escape minimum jail term - Daily Telegraph

Posted on October 17, 2008
“Only half of criminals convicted of using guns are given the minimum jail term, new figures show.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 17th October Source: www.telegraph.co.uk       

Police probe rugby player?s assisted suicide - The Independent

Posted on October 17, 2008
“Police are investigating the death of a paralysed rugby player who went to Switzerland for an assisted suicide.” Full story  The Independent, 17th October 2008 www.independent.co.uk       

MoD should ?hang heads in shame? over corporal?s death - The Independent

Posted on October 17, 2008
“A coroner today blamed the death of soldier in a minefield in Afghanistan on a lack of equipment and said those responsible ’should hang their heads in shame’.” Full story The Independent, 17th October 2008 Source: www.independent...

Farmers sue labs over foot-and-mouth - The Independent

Posted on October 17, 2008
“A group of farmers have launched a legal claim against two laboratories blamed for last year’s outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, it was announced today.” Full story  The Independent, 17th October 2008 Spurce: www.independent.co.uk       

Mother is sentenced over truancy - BBC News

Posted on October 16, 2008
“A mother who claimed her daughter was too old and too big to be forced to go to school has been sentenced.” Full story BBC News, 16th October 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk       

Cannabis murderer jailed for life - BBC News

Posted on October 16, 2008
“A cannabis user who stabbed his girlfriend to death after becoming convinced she was part of a plot to kill him has been jailed for murder.” Full story BBC News, 16th October 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk       

Ofcom to have wider remit with more online powers, says David Currie - The Guardian

Posted on October 16, 2008
“Outgoing Ofcom chairman David Currie has said that his successor should expect the communications regulator to have an expanded remit with responsibility for stricter control over internet content.” Full story The Guardian, 16th October 2008 Source: www...

Training just got harder for would-be barristers (but easier for solicitors) - The Times

Posted on October 16, 2008
“If it?s already tough getting into the Bar, it?s about to become a great deal tougher. All aspiring barristers will soon have to take a special aptitude test before they can sit the one-year vocational training course, a move that could weed out hundreds of applicants a year...

Information Commissioner orders naming of Tribunal employers - OUT-LAW.com

Posted on October 16, 2008
“Organisations involved in Employment Tribunals will have their identities published after a ruling by privacy watchdog the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). The ruling reinstates a practice that was discontinued in 2001.” Full story OUT-LAW...

BAILII : Recent Decisions

Posted on October 16, 2008
Court of Appeal (Civil Division) AS (Pakistan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWCA Civ 1118 (15 October 2008) High Court (Administrative Division) Saunders & Anor, R (on the application of) v The Association of Chief Police Officers & Ors [2008] EWHC 2372 (Admin) (10 October 2008) Edwards, R (on the application of) v Criminal Cases [...

Recent Statutory Instruments - OPSI

Posted on October 16, 2008
The Double Taxation Relief (Surrender of Relievable Tax Within a Group) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 The European Communities (Designation) (No. 3) Order 2008 The Income Tax (Deposit-takers and Building Societies) (Interest Payments) Regulations 2008 The Income Tax (Interest Payments) (Information Powers) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 The Amusement Machine Licence Duty, etc (Amendments) Regulations 2008 The Discipline of Judges (Designation) Order 2008 Source: www...

Anti-corruption champion - Ministry of Justice

Posted on October 16, 2008
“Jack Straw has made a statement on the UK’s anti-corruption strategy following his appointment as the government’s anti-corruption champion.” Full press release Ministry of Justice, 15th October 2008 Source: www.justice..gov.uk       

Responses to Ministry of Justice consultation paper: Bail and Murder - Judiciary of England and Wales

Posted on October 16, 2008
“Responses to Ministry of Justice consultation paper: Bail and Murder.” Full responses Judiciary of England and Wales, 15th October 2008 Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk       

More powers needed to fight terrorism - Home Office

Posted on October 16, 2008
“Saying terrorists ‘wish to kill British people anywhere in the world’ the Home Secretary called for greater powers to track down and prosecute terrorists.” Full story Home Office, 15th Ocotber 2008 Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk       

Tougher action on cannabis - Home Office

Posted on October 16, 2008
“When cannabis is reclassified as a Class B drug in 2009, those who continually break the law will face tougher penalties.” Full press release  Home Office, 15th October 2008 Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk       

R (Haase) v District Judge Nuttall and another - WLR Daily

Posted on October 16, 2008
R (Haase) v District Judge Nuttall and another [2008] EWCA Civ 1089; [2008] WLR (D) 316 “There was no general requirement that a prosecutor be independent and impartial to comply with the right to a fair trial in art 6 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms...

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