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Airport in High Court challenge - BBC News

Posted on July 21, 2008
“Coventry Airport has taken its fight to build a new passenger terminal to the High Court.” Full story BBC News, 21st July 208 SourceL www.bbc.co.uk

Police car mechanic awarded damages after testing emergency sirens made him deaf - Daily Telegraph

Posted on July 21, 2008
“A police car mechanic has been awarded more than Ł16,000 in damages after testing emergency sirens made him deaf.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 21st July 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Nigel Gresham charged after road crash deaths of four children - The Times

Posted on July 21, 2008
“A man has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving after four of his children died when his Land Rover crashed into a river.” Full story The Times, 21st July 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Winehouse husband must stay in jail, judge rules - The Times

Posted on July 21, 2008
“Amy Winehouse?s husband was today jailed for trial-fixing and beating up a former pub landlord.” Full story The Times, 21st July 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

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Bank charges: Complaints waiver extended - The Guardian

Posted on July 21, 2008
“Banks will not have to consider giving refunds to customers who complain about unauthorised charges for at least six months, the City watchdog said today.” Full story The Guardian, 21st July 2008 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Channel 4 ruled ?unjust and unfair? in climate change documentary - The Guardian

Posted on July 21, 2008
“Ofcom has ruled that Channel 4 breached broadcasting codes on impartiality and was ‘unjust and unfair’ in the way it represented individuals in its controversial documentary The Great Global Warming Swindle.” Full story The Guardian, 21st July 2008 Source: www...

Boy, 11, died after hospital sent him home three times - Daily Telegraph

Posted on July 21, 2008
“A schoolboy who was sent away from hospital three times before he collapsed and died at home could have survived if he had been admitted for observation, a coroner has said.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 21st July 2008 Source: www.telegraph...

Barry George will not give evidence, Jill Dando murder trial told - Daily Telegraph

Posted on July 21, 2008
“Barry George will not be giving evidence in his own defence at his trial for the murder of Jill Dando, a jury has been told.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 21st July 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on July 18, 2008
High Court (CHancery Division) Hearn & Ors v Dobson & Anor [2008] EWHC 1620 (Ch) (17 July 2008) Source: www.bailii.org/

Regina (E) v Governing Body of JFS and Others; Regina (E) v Schools Adjudicator and Others - Times Law Reports

Posted on July 18, 2008
Regina (E) v Governing Body of JFS and Others; Regina (E) v Schools Adjudicator and Others Queen?s Bench Division “Faith schools which gave priority to children of their designated faith in the event of oversubscription did not directly or indirectly racially discriminate against non-members of the faith...

Procter and Gamble UK v Revenue and Customs Commissioners - Times Law Reports

Posted on July 18, 2008
Procter and Gamble UK v Revenue and Customs Commissioners Chancery Division “Regular Pringles were zero-rated for VAT because they were not potato products.” The Times, 18th July 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21days from the date of publication.

National Offender Management Service agency framework document - Ministry of Justice

Posted on July 18, 2008
“The Framework Document for the National Offender Management Agency (NOMS) sets out the government’s vision for NOMS and how it will be governed as an executive agency of the Ministry of Justice.” Full document Ministry of Justice, 17th July 2008 Source: www...

Straw unveils new controls on political funding and spending - Ministry of Justice

Posted on July 18, 2008
“Political spending and donations to parties are to be more tightly regulated under new rules unveiled by Justice Secretary Jack Straw today.” Full press release Ministry of Justice, 17th July 2008 Source: www.justice.gov.uk

Changing the way police work - Home Office

Posted on July 18, 2008
“Radical plans to cut red tape and give the police more time to get on with the job of reducing crime were included in a new Home Office consultation.” Full press release Home Office, 17th July 2008 Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk

Latest crime statistics released - Home Office

Posted on July 18, 2008
“Statistics for 2007-08 show historic falls in crime across England and Wales.” Full press release Home Office, 17th july 2008 Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk

Company fined Ł8,000 for accident - BBC News

Posted on July 18, 2008
“A service station in Wiltshire has been fined Ł8,000 and ordered to pay Ł3,700, for a breach in health and safety.” Full story BBC News, 17th July 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

FSA fines Winterflood Ł4m over market abuse - The Times

Posted on July 18, 2008
“The Financial Services Authority has provisionally fined Winterflood Securities Ł4 million, the biggest penalty for market abuse imposed on a regulated financial firm, it emerged yesterday.” Full story The Times, 18th July 2008 Source: www...

Gordon Brown approves benefits halt unless unemployed seek work - The Times

Posted on July 18, 2008
“Radical changes to the welfare state, requiring claimants to look for work in order to continue receiving benefit, will be announced by the Government on Monday.” Full story The Times, 18th July 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Police criticised over Whitear drug death - The Guardian

Posted on July 18, 2008
“The family of heroin addict Rachel Whitear yesterday vowed to continue to fight to find out how she died after an official report concluded that police botched the initial investigation into her death.” Full story The Guardian, 18th July 2008 Source: www...

Hospitals ?could aid crime fight? - BBC News

Posted on July 18, 2008
“Hospitals should share data with police when patients are admitted because of a violent attack, a crime expert says.” Full story BBC News, 18th July 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Talks fail to defuse racism complaint by top Asian police officer - The Guardian

Posted on July 18, 2008
“Scotland Yard is to be sued for racism by its most senior Asian officer after mediation talks between the two sides broke down.” Full story The Guardian, 18th July 2008 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Terrorism: Met ?has not learned? from Menezes death - The Guardian

Posted on July 18, 2008
“Scotland Yard still does not know the cause of catastrophic errors made three years ago by its officers which led to the killing of an innocent man who was mistaken for a terrorist, an official report reveals today.” Full story The Guardian, 18th July 2008 Source: www...

Headteacher Vanessa Aldridge barred from school for working too hard - Daily Telegraph

Posted on July 18, 2008
“A devoted headteacher was suspended from her rural primary school for working too hard - only eight days before she was due to retire.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 18th July 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Freedom Of Information: Government warned of prison crisis for dangerous inmates - The Independent

Posted on July 18, 2008
“The much vaunted indeterminate public protection sentence was brought in two years ago, but the system couldn’t cope, says Robert Verkaik, Law Editor.” Full story The Independent, 18th July 2008 Source: www.independent.co.uk

General Sir Richard Dannatt welcomes plan to increase payments to wounded troops - Daily Telegraph

Posted on July 18, 2008
“A package of welfare improvements for the military, including a doubling of compensation payments, has been welcomed by the head of the Army as ‘very good start’ towards giving the Armed Forces the treatment they deserve.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 18th July 2008 Source: www...

TV plastic surgeon Jan Stanek compensation pay out - Daily Telegraph

Posted on July 18, 2008
“The internationally acclaimed cosmetic surgeon Jan Stanek has agreed to a six-figure compensation payout to a face lift patient who claims she suffered a devastating stroke whilst under his knife.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 18th July 2008 Source: www...

Review call after inmates abscond - BBC News

Posted on July 18, 2008
“Calls have been made to review home leave for prisoners after three inmates went on the run from open jails in Tayside and Angus.” Full story BBC News, 18th July 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Inner-cities saw 55% of knife and gun crime - The Guardian

Posted on July 18, 2008
“More than 55% of knife and gun crime attacks in the past year were concentrated in inner-city areas of London, Birmingham and Manchester, according to Home Office statistics published yesterday.” Full story The Guardian, 18th July 2008 Source: www...

Knife crime: Killer jailed for life for stabbing 17-year-old - The Guardian

Posted on July 18, 2008
“A man who stabbed to death a 17-year-old student at a New Year’s Eve party in east London last year has been jailed for life.” Full story The Guardian, 18th July 2008 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Allen and others v GMB - WLR Daily

Posted on July 18, 2008
Allen and others v GMB [2008] EWCA Civ 810; [2008] WLR (D) 243 “The striking of a deal by a trade union with a local authority as to terms and conditions of employment pursuant to a national collective agreement establishing a ’single status’ common pay and grading structure for all local authorities, which deal attempted to [...

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