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Illegal checks jeopardising jobs - BBC News

Posted on August 08, 2008
“Bosses in England and Wales are making illegal criminal record checks on staff, learning about spent convictions that should not be disclosed.” Full story BBC News, 7th August 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

New Sharia law marraige contract gives Muslim women rights - Daily Telegraph

Posted on August 08, 2008
“Muslim women are to be guaranteed equal rights in marriage under a new wedding contract negotiated by leading Islamic organisations and clerics in Britain.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 8th August 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Union takes outsourcing case to Employment Tribunal - OUT-LAW.com

Posted on August 08, 2008
“A £400 million outsourcing deal between local authorities and IBM was unfair because the full details of the transfer of staff to a private company were not revealed, workers’ union Unison has said.” Full story OUT-LAW.com, 7th August 2008 Source: www...

Lesbian stalker detained after harassing solicitor - Daily Telegraph

Posted on August 08, 2008
“A solicitor was stalked by a client with a lesbian obsession for her during a two-year campaign of harassment.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 7th August 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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Recent Statutory Instruments - OPSI

Posted on August 07, 2008
The International Development Association (Fifteenth Replenishment) Order 2008 The African Development Fund (Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative) (Amendment) Order 2008 The International Development Association (Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative) (Amendment) Order 2008 The Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2008 The Concessionary Bus Travel (Permits)(England) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 The Local Authorities (Conduct of Referendums) (Wales) Regulations 2008 The Children Act 2004 (Commencement No 8) (Wales) [...

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on August 07, 2008
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) Shabir v R. [2008] EWCA Crim 1809 (31 July 2008) Court of Appeal (Civil Division) St Helens Borough Council v Manchester Primary Care Trust & Anor [2008] EWCA Civ 931 (06 August 2008) High Court (Chancery Division) Whirlpool Corporation & Ors v Kenwood Ltd [2008] EWHC 1930 (Ch) (04 August 2008) HM Revenue & Customs v [...

Gallagher (Valuation Officer) v Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints - Times Law Reports

Posted on August 07, 2008
Gallagher (Valuation Officer) v Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints House of Lords “A Mormon Temple, which was open only to Mormons in good standing, was not a place of public religious worship within the meaning of paragraph 11(1)(a) of Schedule 5 to the Local Government Finance Act 1988 and was thus not exempt [...

Regina v Hills; Regina v Pomfret; Regina v Davies - Times Law Reports

Posted on August 07, 2008
Regina v Hills; Regina v Pomfret; Regina v Davies Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) “A consecutive prison sentence could be added to a life sentence where the circumstances warranted it.” The Times, 7th August 2008 Source: www.timesonline...

Going for gold: how lawyers will claim their Olympic prizes - The Times

Posted on August 07, 2008
“It may sound heretical to those who believe that the greatest show on Earth is about nothing other than sport, pure and simple, but without lawyers the Beijing Olympic Games would not exist. So, too, the array of other well-publicised sporting events that we devour ? whether through television, newspapers or the [...

Taylor Wessing sues US firm for ?poaching? partners - The Times

Posted on August 07, 2008
“Taylor Wessing, the City law firm, has sued an American rival for $5 million (£2.6 million) for allegedly illegally poaching several partners from its Paris office.” Full story The Times, 6th August 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

After 20 years, five police forces and £80m in loot, Britain?s biggest crime family brought to justice - The Guardian

Posted on August 07, 2008
“After a crime spree that spanned 20 years and swaths of southern England, netted around £80m and attracted the attention and efforts of five police forces, the gang behind the biggest single burglary in British history has been jailed.” Full story The Guardian, 7th August 2008 Source: www...

University tutor asked to photograph semi-naked children convicted of pornography - Daily Telegraph

Posted on August 07, 2008
“A university tutor who was asked by parents to take photographs of their semi-naked children ended up being convicted of possessing child pornography.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 6th August 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Most overcrowded prisons revealed - BBC News

Posted on August 07, 2008
“The 20 most overcrowded jails in England and Wales have been named by the Prison Reform Trust.” Full story BBC News, 7th August 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Duke of Edinburgh seeks privacy law for the Royal Family - Daily Telegraph

Posted on August 07, 2008
“The Duke of Edinburgh is using the landmark ruling in the Max Mosley sex case to try to protect the privacy of members of the Royal Family, the Daily Telegraph can disclose.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 16th August 2008 Source: www.telegraph...

Office of Fair Trading to charge British Airways executives with price-fixing - The Times

Posted on August 07, 2008
“The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is set to unveil plans today to charge four past and present executives of British Airways with criminal price-fixing offences. “ Full story The Times, 7th August 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Drink-drive death total drops 18% - BBC News

Posted on August 07, 2008
“The number of people killed by drinking and driving has fallen by almost a fifth, government statistics reveal.” Full story BBC News, 7th August 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on August 06, 2008
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) Murray, R. v [2008] EWCA Crim 1792 (16 July 2008) High Court (Administrative Court) Joyce v Secretary of State for Health [2008] EWHC 1891 (Admin) (01 August 2008) High Court (Patents Court) Magical Marking Ltd & Anor v Phillips & Ors [2008] EWHC 1640 (Pat) (07 July 2008) Source: www...

Slashed tyres and poison pen letters: how Ian Oakley bullied rivals - The Times

Posted on August 06, 2008
“A Conservative candidate in a key marginal seat conducted a sustained campaign of harassment in an attempt to ‘change the political landscape’ of the town where he hoped to be MP.” Full story The Times, 6th August 2008 Source: www...

?Fakeproof? e-passport is cloned in minutes - The Times

Posted on August 06, 2008
“New microchipped passports designed to be foolproof against identity theft can be cloned and manipulated in minutes and accepted as genuine by the computer software recommended for use at international airports.” Full story The Times, 6th August 2008 Source: www...

Daily Cause List, 6th August 2008

Posted on August 06, 2008
Wednesday 6th August 2008 Source: www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk Please note only the current day?s cause list will be accessible

Repeat offenders could get cautions instead of charges - Daily Telegraph

Posted on August 06, 2008
“A Home Office guidance document says that providing enough time has passed ‘to suggest that a previous caution has had a significant deterrent effect - two years or more’, anyone repeating a “trivial” offence can escape charges and facing court...

Ex-police chief Alec Alexander jailed 10 years for raping daughter - The Times

Posted on August 06, 2008
“A police chief superintendent who abused his daughter when she was 10 years old and raped her when she was 17 was jailed yesterday.” Full story The Times, 6th August 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

MPs ?should not employ children? - BBC News

Posted on August 06, 2008
“MPs should not be able to employ their children using taxpayers’ money, the government has said.” Full story BBC News, 5th August 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

BAA sues Ryanair over unpaid landing fees - The Times

Posted on August 06, 2008
“BAA, the airports operator, has started legal action against Ryanair after the budget carrier refused to pay higher landing fees.” Full story The Times, 5th August 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Immigration cells squalid and unfit for use - The Guardian

Posted on August 06, 2008
“A police custody suite used to hold immigration detainees for up to seven days has been condemned by prison and police inspectors as unhygienic, unsafe and unfit for use.” Full story The Guardian, 6th August 2008 Source: www.guardian.co...

Greenweb Ltd v Wandsworth London Borough Council - WLR Daily

Posted on August 06, 2008
Greenweb Ltd v Wandsworth London Borough Council; [2008] WLR (D) 286 “On the proper interpretation of ss 14(1) and 15 (3) of the Land Compensation Act 1961 the amount of compensation payable for compulsory acquisition of vacant land on which Victorian houses had stood prior to their destruction during the Second World War should be based [...

McKinnon v Government of the United States of America - Times Law Reports

Posted on August 06, 2008
McKinnon v Government of the United States of America House of Lords “A plea bargain offered by a foreign prosecutor to an accused person whose extradition was sought, particularly if offered during a regulated process of plea-bargaining, did not constitute an abuse of process unless it was so extreme as to amount to a threat of [...

Nude nurse exposed to friends by jilted lover - Daily Telegraph

Posted on August 06, 2008
“Richard Bradford decided to take his revenge against the health worker after she allegedly cheated on him with another man.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 6th August 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Don?t cite ?hits? as a measure of website traffic, warns advertising watchdog - OUT-LAW.com

Posted on August 06, 2008
“An advert that claimed a website received over five million ‘hits’ every month has been banned because the metric is likely to mislead readers. The UK’s advertising watchdog said that ‘hits’ is an unreliable measure of website popularity...

County court anti-social behaviour co-ordinators - a pilot scheme - Ministry of Justice

Posted on August 05, 2008
” A report assessing the role of county court anti-social behaviour co-ordinators under a scheme piloted for a year. The study investigates perceptions of the effectiveness of the pilot scheme in enhacing relationships between courts and their users, and improving the processing of anti-social behaviour-related cases...

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