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Inquiry over ?wrong? armed arrest - BBC News

Posted on July 08, 2008
“Three police forces are to be investigated after armed police ordered a man to lie face-down at a railway station in a case of mistaken identity.” Full story BBC News, 8th July 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Constitutional Justice: lessons from Magna Carta - Speech by Sir Anthony Clarke

Posted on July 08, 2008
Constitutional Justice: lessons from Magna Carta (PDF) Speech by Sir Anthony Clarke, Master of the Rolls Royal Holloway, University of London, Surrey, 16th June 2008 Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk

Judge jails kill threat murderer - BBC News

Posted on July 08, 2008
“A judge has jailed a murderer who 24 hours earlier had threatened to escape custody and kill him.” Full story BBC News, 8th July 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

New Lord Chief Justice should speak up - The Times

Posted on July 08, 2008
“Sir Igor Judge’s job demands that he flag up legal pitfalls of proposed legislation before it reaches the statute book.” Full story The Times, 8th July 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

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Cases ?at risk? without anonymity - BBC News

Posted on July 08, 2008
“A ‘large number’ of court cases could be ‘at risk’ if judges do not have the power to grant anonymity to witnesses, MPs and peers have been told.” Full story BBC News, 8th July 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Welsh pub banned from selling alcohol - The Guardian

Posted on July 08, 2008
“A Welsh pub has been banned from selling alcohol for a month as part of a series of tough measures to reduce bad behaviour, the local council said today.” Full story The Guardian, 8th July 2008 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

MPs? bid to change abortion laws - BBC News

Posted on July 08, 2008
“A cross-party group of MPs will attempt next week to end the requirement for a second doctor to give their approval for an abortion to take place.” Full story BBC News, 8th July 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Time for a judicial makeover? - BBC Law in Action

Posted on July 08, 2008
“The judiciary jealously guards its independence and has traditionally preserved it by speaking through its judgments alone.” Full story BBC Law in Action, 8th July 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Woman cleared to sue Lotto rapist - BBC News

Posted on July 08, 2008
“A retired teacher has cleared the final legal hurdle standing in the way of her bid to claim compensation from a serial rapist who won �7m on the lottery.” Full story BBC News, 8th July 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Witness law to be debated by MPs - BBC News

Posted on July 08, 2008
“MPs are to debate emergency legislation to restore trial judges’ powers to grant anonymity to witnesses.” Full story BBC News, 8th July 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

42 days: Government plans set for rough ride in Lords - The Guardian

Posted on July 08, 2008
“The two most senior legal figures in Tony Blair’s government will today join peers from all parties to attack the government’s plans for 42-day pre-charge detention for terrorist suspects.” Full story The Guardian, 8th July 2008 Source: www...

Dolcis pays woman �7,000 compensation after high heels snap - Daily Telegraph

Posted on July 08, 2008
“A student has been awarded more than �7,000 compensation after breaking her ankle when a heel on one of her new shoes snapped at the start of a night out.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 8th July 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Fraud: Whitehall ?doomed to lose �1bn of benefit payments every year? - The Guardian

Posted on July 08, 2008
“The Whitehall department fighting benefit fraud and error will always lose more than �1bn of taxpayers’ cash every year to cheats and through mistakes, the civil servant running the department tells MPs in a letter published today.” Full story The Guardian, 8th July 2008 Source: www...

Jails crackdown on drugs and phones - The Guardian

Posted on July 08, 2008
“New security devices, including hand-held mobile-phone blockers and metal- detecting chairs are to be introduced in prisons in England and Wales by March to crack down on the supply of illicit drugs into jails, it was announced yesterday.” Full story The Guardian, 8th July 2008 Source: www...

News of the World in court over Max Mosley case - The Guardian

Posted on July 07, 2008
“The News of the World is to defend itself against a privacy suit from Formula One boss Max Mosley in the High Court today.” Full story The Guardian, 7th July 2008 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

R (E) v Governing Body of JFS and Others - WLR Daily

Posted on July 07, 2008
R (E) v Governing Body of JFS and Others [2008] EWHC 1535/1536; [2008] WLR (D) 223 “Faith schools which gave priority to children of their designated faith in the event of over-subscription did not directly or indirectly racially discriminate against non-members of the faith...

Regina v Rahman; Regina v Akram; Regina v Amin; Regina v Ali - Times Law Reports

Posted on July 07, 2008
Regina v Rahman; Regina v Akram; Regina v Amin; Regina v Ali House of Lords “The House of Lords dismissed appeals by Islamur Rahman, Kamer Akram, Anjum Nisa Amin and Liaquat Ali from the dismissal by the Court of Appeal, Criminal Division (Lord Justice Hooper, Mr Justice Gibbs and Mr Justice Roderick Evans) ( The Times March [...

SFO proposes plea-bargain system for British companies - The Times

Posted on July 07, 2008
“British companies will be able to admit bribery offences in return for more lenient sentences under a plea bargain-style system to be put forward by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) this week.” Full story The Times, 6th July 2008 Source: www...

Gordon Brown breaks record for new laws - Daily Telegraph

Posted on July 07, 2008
“Gordon Brown has entered the record books by introducing 2,823 new laws during his first year in office.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 5th July 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

MPs accuse Washington of lying over rendition flights - The Independent

Posted on July 07, 2008
“MPs are to launch an investigation into US activities on Diego Garcia after accusing Washington of lying about extraordinary rendition flights from the British-controlled island in the Indian Ocean. They described false assurances given by the US about its use of Diego Garcia for the controversial flights as ‘deplorable’...

Sharia will ?inevitably? become part of British law, says barrister - Daily Telegraph

Posted on July 07, 2008
“Islamic law will ‘inevitably’ become part of the British legal system and work should start immediately on specific changes, according to a leading barrister.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 4th July 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co...

Defame academy: The libel specialists - The Independent

Posted on July 07, 2008
“When legal letters threatening action for defamation arrive in an editor’s in-tray, the names of certain lawyers can induce a queasy feeling. Robert Verkaik, our Law Editor, profiles the libel specialists.” Full story The Independent, 7th July 2008 Source: www...

Daily Cause List, 7th July 2008

Posted on July 07, 2008
Monday 7th July 2008 Source: www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk Please note only the current day?s cause list will be accessible.

Medical research is ?hindered by out-of-date laws? - The Times

Posted on July 07, 2008
“Research into new medicines is being impaired by intellectual property laws that are no longer suited to modern science, two Nobel laureates declare today in a letter to The Times.” Full story The Times, 5th July 2008 Source: www.timesonline...

?Big Brother? government costs us �20billion - Daily Telegraph

Posted on July 07, 2008
“The cost of Britain?s ’surveillance society’ measures is now running at �20 billion, a new report reveals today.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 7th July 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Mother of July 7 bombing victim calls for inquiry - The Independent

Posted on July 07, 2008
“A mother whose son died in the 7 July bombings in London is using today’s third anniversary of the atrocity to call for a public inquiry into the incident.” Full story The Independent, 7th July 2008 Source: www.independent.co.uk

UK is sending 11,000 Mugabe refugees back - The Guardian

Posted on July 07, 2008
“Attempts by Gordon Brown to use a meeting of G8 leaders this week to campaign for tougher action against Zimbabwe are in danger of being undermined by claims that Britain is forcing as many as 11,000 Zimbabweans seeking refuge here to make a stark choice between destitution or returning home to possible [...

Inquiry urged into UK territory - BBC News

Posted on July 07, 2008
“MPs are urging the Foreign Office to launch an inquiry into the running of a British territory in the Caribbean.” Full story BBC News, 6th July 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk Related link: FAC Seventh Report vol. 1 and vol. 2 (PDF)

Max Mosley?s case is the frontline in a legal battle for freedom of expression - The Independent

Posted on July 07, 2008
“The case that could define the future freedom of the British press contains some of the key ingredients of a Whitehall farce: a seemingly respectable middle-aged man caught with his pants down, drinking tea and chattering away to scantily clad women in the language of the sitcom ‘Allo ‘Allo!: ‘Zey need more [...

Hundreds of innocent people ?wrongly branded criminals?, by CRB checks - Daily Telegraph

Posted on July 07, 2008
“Hundreds of innocent people have been wrongly branded as criminals by the Government agency set up to vet people working with children, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 5th July 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co...

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