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Commuter Nzube Udezue files complaint over armed arrest ordeal - The Guardian

Posted on July 14, 2008
“An innocent commuter mistakenly detained at gunpoint has filed an official complaint over his arrest after it emerged that he did not match the description of the armed suspect police had been seeking.” Full story The Guardian, 14th July 2008 Source: www...

Family of barrister shot dead by police launch landmark legal battle - Daily Telegraph

Posted on July 14, 2008
“The family of a barrister shot dead by police in London has launched a landmark legal battle over the way officers collaborated on their account of the killing.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 12th July 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Hope of Ł5,000 compensation for asbestos victims - The Guardian

Posted on July 14, 2008
“People suffering from pleural plaques through exposure to asbestos could qualify for a Ł5,000 payment if the outcome of a new government consultation goes in their favour.” Full story The Guardian, 13th July 2008 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Serious Fraud Office drug case thrown out of court - The Guardian

Posted on July 14, 2008
“The biggest case ever to be brought by the Serious Fraud Office, involving an alleged price-fixing conspiracy said to have defrauded the NHS of millions of pounds, has been thrown out of court after more than six years of investigation and pre-trial hearings...

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Max Mosley case: bend over, free speech, this is going to hurt - The Times

Posted on July 14, 2008
“Max Mosley is suing for breach of privacy over reports he participated in a sadomasochistic ?Nazi orgy?. The case has big implications for tabloid culture and freedom of expression” Full story The Times, 13th July 2008 Source: www.timesonline...

Pensioner wins citizen law change - BBC News

Posted on July 14, 2008
“The government is to change a loophole in the law after a 20-year campaign by a woman who was not allowed to pass on her Britishness to her daughter.” Full story BBC News, 13th July 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Jack Straw plots end of the House of Lords peers show - Daily Telegraph

Posted on July 14, 2008
“The number of peers sitting in the House of Lords is to be slashed from 735 to only 400 under proposals to be announced by Jack Straw, the Justice Secretary.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 12th July 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Parliamentary website redesign costs over Ł3 million - The Guardian

Posted on July 14, 2008
“MPs have spent more than Ł3 million of taxpayers’ cash redesigning the parliamentary website, it has been revealed.” Full story The Guardian, 11th July 2008 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Are top lawyers worth their huge fees? - The Times

Posted on July 14, 2008
“Their bills are astronomical, but what?s a few million here if it saves more money there? These days an expensive lawyer is a necessity ? not a luxury ? especially if you?re visiting the divorce courts. So who among the top 50 is raking it in ? and are they really worth it?” Full story The Times, [...

Recent Statutory Instruments - OPSI

Posted on July 14, 2008
The North Tees Teaching Primary Care Trust (Change of Name) Order 2008 The Trade Marks Rules 2008 The Trade in Goods (Categories of Controlled Goods) Order 2008 The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Collective Investment Schemes) (Amendment) (No...

Information Commissioner calls for new powers and ban on electoral roll sale - OUT-LAW.com

Posted on July 14, 2008
“The Information Commissioner has repeated his call for more powers to protect personal data and has said that local authorities should not be selling the electoral roll to marketers.” Full story OUT-LAW.com, 14th July 2008 Source: www.out-law...

Actor loses court battle over Ł2.3m estate of mother?s lesbian lover - The Guardian

Posted on July 14, 2008
“An actor today lost a high court challenge over the Ł2.3m estate of a distinguished sculptor who had a 50-year lesbian relationship with her mother.” Full story The Guardian, 14th July 2008 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Top 30 firms record 93 per cent PEP rise since turn of century - The Lawyer

Posted on July 14, 2008
“The average profit per equity partner (PEP) of the UK?s top 30 law firms has grown by 92.7 per cent to Ł764,900 since the turn of the century.” Full story The Lawyer, 14th July 2008 Source: www.thelawyer.com

Magdalene Bayim-Adomako: ?There are not many black lawyers in the City? - The Times

Posted on July 14, 2008
“The co-head of White & Case’s banking practice says that, for her, becoming a solicitor felt ‘normal’” Full story The Times, 14th July 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Transfield Shipping Inc v Mercator Shipping Inc - WLR Daily

Posted on July 11, 2008
Transfield Shipping Inc v Mercator Shipping Inc [2008] UKHL 48; [2008] WLR (D) 232 “Charterers were not liable in damages for a shipowner’s loss of profits on a subsequent fixture resulting from the late redelivery of the vessel.” WLR Daily, 10th July 2008 Source: www...

Common Services Agency v Scottish Information Commissioner - WLR Daily

Posted on July 11, 2008
Common Services Agency v Scottish Information Commissioner [2008] UKHL 47; [2008] WLR (D) 231 “Information which in its basic form would constitute ‘personal data’ for the purposes of s 1(1) of the Data Protection Act 1998 could be released under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 provided it had been modified in such a way [...

Liberty and Others v United Kingdom - Times Law Reports

Posted on July 11, 2008
Liberty and Others v United Kingdom European Court of Human Rights “Complaints by civil liberty organisations about secret interception by the Ministry of Defence of their external communications were not dealt with adequately under the Interception of Communications Act 1985 which had not been formulated with sufficient clarity to give individuals protection...

Daily Cause List, 11 July 2008

Posted on July 11, 2008
Friday 11th July 2008 Source: www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk Please note only the current day’s cause list will be accessible.

Sentencing Commission Working Group Report - Ministry of Justice

Posted on July 11, 2008
“The Sentencing Commission Working Group set up by the Lord Chancellor and Lord Chief Justice in December 2007 has issued its final report.” Full press release Ministry of Justice, 10th July 2008 Source: www.justice.gov.uk

Results of Britain?s first global visa review - UK Border Agency

Posted on July 11, 2008
“Tough new visa regimes could be introduced for 11 countries following the first global review of who needs a visa to come to the UK, the Government announced today.” Full press release UK Border Agency, 10th July 2008 Source: www.ukba.homeoffice...

Visa plan for ?risky? visitors - BBC News

Posted on July 11, 2008
“The government has warned 11 countries that their citizens will need visas to visit the UK unless they ’significantly reduce’ the risk they pose.” Full story BBC News, 10th July 2008 source: www.bbc.co.uk

OAP jailed for neglecting horses - BBC News

Posted on July 11, 2008
“A pensioner has been jailed for eight weeks and banned from keeping horses for two years after pleading guilty to animal neglect charges.” Full story BBC News, 10th July 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Pc samurai sword attacker jailed - BBC News

Posted on July 11, 2008
“A man who attacked a police officer with a samurai sword has been given an indeterminate jail sentence, to protect the public.” Full story BBC News, 10th July 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

New charges in child neglect case - BBC News

Posted on July 11, 2008
“The mother and stepfather of a seven-year-old girl who allegedly starved to death have been charged with five counts of cruelty to children.” Full story BBC News, 11th July 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Labour retreats on deportation threat to Zimbabweans - The Independent

Posted on July 11, 2008
“The threat of deportation has been lifted from more than 10,000 Zimbabwean asylum-seekers while Robert Mugabe remains in power.” Full story The Independent, 11th July 2008 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Crackdown on out-of-town superstores to protect small shops and curb ?clone towns? - The Independent

Posted on July 11, 2008
“Small shops are to be given some protection against competition from out-of-town supermarkets, Hazel Blears, the Communities Secretary, said. She added that this would help independent shops survive the credit crunch.” Full story The Independent, 11th July 2008 Source: www...

Mother sues over tale of ?drunken party? lifted from Bebo - The Independent

Posted on July 11, 2008
“It read like the teenage party from hell: a riot of sex and wanton damage fuelled by under-age drinking that only ended when the police arrived. But Jodie Hudson’s lurid description of the party on the social networking website Bebo, subsequently carried in a number of national newspapers, turned out to be fantasy...

?Ban town halls from selling voter data? - The Independent

Posted on July 11, 2008
“A wide-ranging clampdown on the sources of junk mail, cold-calling and spam email was proposed by an official report today.” Full story The Independent, 11th July 2008 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Sex tourists face UK prosecution over abuse abroad - Daily Telegraph

Posted on July 11, 2008
“Sex tourists who abuse children abroad face prosecution in the UK. The new legislation, contained in the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008, will come into effect from Monday. It means that UK nationals who commit a specified sexual offence against a child overseas can expect to be prosecuted for the offence on their return [...

You can?t trust a witness?s memory, experts tell courts - The Times

Posted on July 11, 2008
“The memories of witnesses are flawed, marred by gaps or inventions and should not be relied upon in court cases, researchers say.” Full story The Times, 11th July 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

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