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EU setback for workers fighting retirement at 65 - The Times

Posted on September 24, 2008
“UK employees hoping to keep their jobs beyond the age of 65 suffered a setback today when an adviser to Europe?s top court said Britain?s mandatory retirement age was acceptable under EU law.” Full story The Times, 23rd September 2008 Source: www...

Public ?unaware? of data rights - BBC News

Posted on September 24, 2008
“People need to be more aware of the dangers of having too much personal information stored online, the UK’s data protection watchdog has warned.” Full story BBC News, 23rd September 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk       

Short-selling new rules are under review - The Times

Posted on September 24, 2008
“Gordon Brown has said there will be new rules governing the practice of short-selling in four months’ time, when the temporary ban imposed last week by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) on short-selling financial stocks expires.” Full story The Times, 24th September 2008 Source: www...

Council to bury 21-year-old remains of infant without family consent - The Guardian

Posted on September 24, 2008
“The remains of a baby boy that have been kept in a mortuary for 21 years will be buried on Friday without any relatives present after his family withdrew their consent for the funeral to go ahead.” Full story The Guardian, 24th September 2008 Source: www...

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The dangers of Sarah?s law - New Statesman

Posted on September 23, 2008
“There may be many as 250,000 people in Britain with an active sexual interest in children when only 30,000 have been caught, convicted and registered.” Full story New Statesman, 22nd September 2008 Source: www.newstatesman.com       

Dispute resolution to soar, four reports agree - The Lawyer

Posted on September 23, 2008
“Dispute resolution is set to rise sharply, according to four independent reports published this week.” Full story The Lawyer, 23rd September 2008 Source: www.thelawyer.com       

Recent Statutory Instruments - OPSI

Posted on September 23, 2008
The Isle of Wight (Electoral Changes) Order 2008 The Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 The Family Proceedings (Amendment) Rules 2008 The Family Procedure (Adoption) (Amendment) Rules 2008 The Costs in Criminal Cases (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 The Primary Ophthalmic Services and National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Amendment Regulations 2008 The Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes [...

Privacy chief approves of sharing criminal records if privacy beefed-up - OUT-LAW.com

Posted on September 23, 2008
“Europe’s privacy regulator has said that he will back a pan-European criminal records system only if specific data protection measures are put in place. Because the system deals with crime and security, EU data protection law does not currently apply to it...

Drugs classification should be scrapped, experts say - Daily Telegraph

Posted on September 23, 2008
“A leading think-tank has called for the Government?s system of drugs classification to be scrapped.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 22nd September 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk       

Legal claim over ?dog bite? row - BBC News

Posted on September 23, 2008
“A Labour Party campaigner is suing a dog owner for £15,000 over claims his pet bit off his finger.” Full story BBC News, 22nd September 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk       

Cherie clashes with Jack Straw over criminal justice - The Guardian

Posted on September 23, 2008
“Cherie Booth clashed with Jack Straw at a Labour fringe event today when the two sought to blame each other’s professions for weaknesses in the criminal justice system.” Full story The Guardian, 22nd September 2008 Source: www.guardian...

City workers who supplied cocaine to bankers jailed - Daily Telegraph

Posted on September 23, 2008
“Two former City workers who supplied high-flying investment bankers and traders with thousands of pounds worth of cocaine have been jailed.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 22nd September 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk       

Gunman who shot rival before praying in mosque jailed - Daily Telegraph

Posted on September 23, 2008
“A gunman who shot a teenage rival in a busy high street and tried to hide from police by praying in a mosque has been jailed for ten years.” Full story  Daily Telegraph, 23rd September 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk       

Ugandan is jailed in UK bribery crackdown - The Guardian

Posted on September 23, 2008
“A Ugandan government official who received bribes from a British company director yesterday became the first person to be convicted of overseas corruption since Britain tightened up its anti-bribery laws.” Full story The Guardian, 23rd September 2008 Source: www...

Friends Reunited website snares priest who abused pupils - The Times

Posted on September 23, 2008
“A Roman Catholic priest was convicted of molesting young girls after two of his victims compared notes on the website Friends Reunited.” Full story The Times, 23rd September 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk       

Detective Richard de Cadenet jailed for fraud using Scotland Yard card - The Times

Posted on September 23, 2008
“A leading antiterrorist police officer has been jailed for ten months after admitting using his Scotland Yard credit card to take his wife and mistress on luxury holidays.” Full story The Times, 23rd September 2008 Source: www.timesonline...

Activists plan day of protest against software patents - OUT-LAW.com

Posted on September 23, 2008
“Activists have declared tomorrow ‘Stop Software Patents Day’. The day is being held on the fifth anniversary of a European Parliament decision to limit patent law in a way that campaigners say benefited small software developers.” Full story OUT-LAW...

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on September 23, 2008
High Court (Chancery Division) Leisure Pass Group Ltd v HM Revenue & Customs [2008] EWHC 2158 (Ch) (11 September 2008) High Court (Administrative Court) Bovale Ltd v Secretary of State for the Communities & Local Government & Anor [2008] EWHC 2143 (Admin) (01 September 2008) High Court (Technology and Construction Court) Coal Authority v Davidson & Anor [2008] EWHC 2180 [...

FSA insider dealing cases proceed - The Times

Posted on September 23, 2008
“The prosecutions of a former Cazenove partner and a father and son accused of insider dealing by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) will proceed to trial after an attempt to have the cases dismissed failed.” Full story The Times, 23rd September 2008 Source: www...

Jack Straw takes lawyers to task for their fees - The Times

Posted on September 23, 2008
“Jack Straw has opened a ‘new front for reform’ - as the Labour Party press release put it - with a blistering attack on the fees charged by lawyers under ‘no win, no fee’ cases.” Full story The Times, 23rd September 2008 Source: www...

Setback in retirement age battle - BBC News

Posted on September 23, 2008
“A challenge to the right of employers to make people retire at 65 has been rejected by a European court adviser.” Full story BBC News, 23rd September 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk       

Driving instructor who posed as pupils jailed - Daily Telegraph

Posted on September 23, 2008
“A driving instructor who posed as his pupils to take their driving tests for them has been jailed for eight months.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 23rd September 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk       

Is English law related to Muslim law? - BBC News Magazine

Posted on September 23, 2008
“In London’s historic ‘Inns of Court’, barristers practise law in the shadow of the distinctive medieval Temple Church. But does English law really owe a debt to Muslim law?” Full story BBC News Magazine, 23rd September 2008 Source: www...

Payout over Diana and Dodi photos - BBC News

Posted on September 22, 2008
“A British photographer has been ordered to pay damages to Mohamed Al Fayed for taking pictures of his son Dodi Fayed kissing Princess Diana on his yacht.” Full story BBC News, 19th September 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk       

Sex with trafficked women to be criminalised - The Independent

Posted on September 22, 2008
“A clampdown on kerbcrawlers and men who pay for sex with trafficked women has been launched by Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary.” Full story The Independent, 22nd September 2008 Source: www.independent.co.uk       

How we all break the law every day - Daily Telegraph

Posted on September 22, 2008
“Millions of people who declare themselves innocent law abiding citizens actually commit around seven crimes a week.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 22nd September 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk       

Ex-wife wins new home and £50,000 a year maintenance - for her horses - The Times

Posted on September 22, 2008
“Forget bitter divorce battles with wives seeking multimillion-pound maintenance awards for themselves and their progeny ? the latest arena for dispute could be a couple?s animals after a landmark ruling in which a wife has been awarded £50,000 a year in maintenance, just for the upkeep of her three horses...

Convicts push for benefits rights - BBC News

Posted on September 22, 2008
“Two inmates of Broadmoor secure mental hospital - convicted of murder and rape - are arguing for the right to claim full state benefits.” Full story BBC News, 19th September 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk       

Father jailed after faked suicide - BBC News

Posted on September 22, 2008
“A father from South Yorkshire who faked his suicide before using his mobile phone to report his disappearance to police has been jailed for 12 months.” Full story BBC News, 19th September 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk       

Recent Statutory Instruments - OPSI

Posted on September 22, 2008
The Wireless Telegraphy (Exemption) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2008 The Wireless Telegraphy (Mobile Communication Services on Aircraft) (Exemption) Regulations 2008 The Consumer Credit Act 2006 (Commencement No. 4 and Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) Order 2008 The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2008 Source: www...

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