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Ex-Body Shop IT expert fined for market abuse - The Times

Posted on July 01, 2008
“The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fined a former IT technician at The Body Shop, the ethical beauty retailer, for market abuse in a rare victory for the regulator over dealing on inside information.” Full story The Times, 1st July 2008 Source: www...

Rights groups win phone tap case against Britain - Reuters

Posted on July 01, 2008
“Europe’s top rights court ruled against the government on Tuesday for intercepting telephone calls between British and Irish rights groups and their clients, violating their right to privacy.” Full story Reuters, 1st July 2008 Source: www...

Recent Statutory Instruments - OPSI

Posted on July 01, 2008
The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2008 The Immigration (Registration Card) Order 2008 The Council Tax Limitation (Maximum Amounts) (England) Order 2008 The Electoral Administration Act 2006 (Commencement No.1 and Transitional Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 The Armed Forces (Service Inquiries) Regulations 2008 The Coroners (Amendment) Rules 2008 The Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (Commencement No...

Jailed marine hose executives ordered to repay £1m - The Times

Posted on July 01, 2008
“Two businessmen jailed last month in the UK?s first price-fixing prosecution have been ordered to surrender over £1 million of assets at a confiscation hearing.” Full story The Times, 1st July 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

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Barrister jailed for £17.5m aircraft scam - The Times

Posted on July 01, 2008
“A barrister was jailed for five years today after an ?audacious? bid to pocket £17.5 million in VAT through the sale of four imaginary Boeing 747 engines.” Full story The Times, 1st July 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Ruth Kelly wins fight to miss embryo Bill vote - The Times

Posted on July 01, 2008
“Gordon Brown has lost a of trial of strength with Ruth Kelly and is allowing her to miss a crucial vote to relax embryo research next week, The Times has learnt.” Full story The Times, 1st July 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on July 01, 2008
High Court (Civil Division) Persimmon Homes Teesside Ltd v Lewis, R (on the application of) [2008] EWCA Civ 746 (01 July 2008) Compton, R (on the application of) v Wiltshire Primary Care Trust [2008] EWCA Civ 749 (01 July 2008) Spencer v Secretary of State for Work & Pensions Moore & Ors [2008] EWCA Civ 750 (01 July [...

Judicial fees and salaries 2008-09 - Ministry of Justice

Posted on June 30, 2008
“Tables showing judicial salaries and fees for 2008-09 following the government’s acceptance of the recommendations of the Senior Salaries Review Body.” Full tables Ministry of Justice, 27th June 2008 Source: www.justice.gov.uk

BBC mini series Criminal Justice paints a distorted picture of the criminal justice system - The Bar Council

Posted on June 30, 2008
“Tonight the BBC airs the first episode in its five part drama series Criminal Justice. The series shows the experience of a young man falsely accused of a crime and his journey through the criminal justice system. The character, Ben Coulter, is first a police suspect, later a defendant and then a prisoner...

New rules ?risk carers shortage? - BBC News

Posted on June 30, 2008
“Many foreign staff working in care homes in Wales are facing uncertainty because of new work permit guidance, a BBC Wales investigation has found.” Full story BBC News, 30th June 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Credit union rules ?to be eased? - BBC News

Posted on June 30, 2008
“The government is to unveil an initiative to help people, especially those on low wages, beat the credit crunch, the BBC has learned.” Full story BBC News, 30th June 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Under 14s ?should not be locked up? - The Independent

Posted on June 30, 2008
“Children under 14 should not be held criminally responsible and should never be locked up for their crimes, according to a scathing report.” Full story The Independent, 30th June 2008 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Woman ?assaulted? by UK security guards during forced removal - The Independent

Posted on June 30, 2008
“The Government is investigating claims that a 26-year-old asylum-seeker from Cameroon was so badly assaulted during her forced removal on a British Airways flight that she has to use a wheelchair.” Full story The Independent, 30th June 2008 Source: www...

Jacqui Smith pressured to intervene in police race row - Daily Telegraph

Posted on June 30, 2008
“Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary, is being pressured to intervene in a race row after chief constables were accused of ignoring an inquiry into discrimination against Muslim officers.” Full story  Daily Telegraph, 30th June 2008 Source: www...

Move to change inheritance law - The Guardian

Posted on June 30, 2008
“An attempt will be made this week to change the law so that elderly siblings who have lived together for many years are subject to the same inheritance tax laws as married couples and civil partners.” Full story The Guardian, 30th June 2008 Source: www...

Fatal new year party that led to Lords ruling on anonymity - The Guardian

Posted on June 30, 2008
“It was 9am on New Year’s Day in Hackney, east London, and still party time. A flat in an unremarkable side street had been rented by two Ethiopians for the festivities. Six years later, that double murder is at the centre of the current storm over anonymity of witnesses which has prompted the justice secretary, Jack [...

TV?s legal fictions don?t do the profession justice - The Guardian

Posted on June 30, 2008
“Most people’s knowledge of the English legal system comes from watching TV drama. In most states of the US, trials are televised. Viewers see what actually goes on in a courtroom, including the functions and conduct of the judges and lawyers...

FBI ready to demand detailed logs of Britons? internet and travel habits - The Observer

Posted on June 30, 2008
“The EU is close to finalising an agreement with the US that would allow the FBI to see the internet browsing habits and credit card histories of UK citizens.” Full story  The Observer, 29th June 2008 Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk

Peter Hain interviewed by police over £100,000 ?hidden? campaign donation - The Times

Posted on June 30, 2008
“Peter Hain, who resigned from the Cabinet over allegations that he had failed to register political donations, has been interviewed by police, The Times has learnt.” Full story  The Times, 30th June 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

MPs prepare for battle over 10p tax losers and costlier cars - The Times

Posted on June 30, 2008
“Reforms of income tax and vehicle tax will come under further scrutiny this week, to the embarrassment of the Government, as backbenchers and opposition MPs push for significant amendments.” Full story  The Times, 30th June 2008 Source: www...

Judges scorn American-style sentencing to control prison overcrowding - The Times

Posted on June 30, 2008
“Plans for an American-style sentencing ‘grid’ to control prison numbers appear doomed because of overwhelming opposition from the judiciary.” Full story  The Times, 30th June 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

EB (Kosovo) v Secretary of State for the Home Department - Times Law Reports

Posted on June 30, 2008
EB (Kosovo) v Secretary of State for the Home Department House of Lords “Delay in decision-making enabling an asylum-seeker to establish a family life might be a relevant factor in considering an appeal against refusal of asylum.” The Times, 30th June 2008 Source: www...

Johnston v Lambeth London Borough Council - Times Law Reports

Posted on June 30, 2008
Johnston v Lambeth London Borough Council Court of Appeal “A local government officer reviewing a decision that an applicant did not have priority need as a homeless person could neither dispense with the statutory duty to consider the earlier decision nor, if mindful to find against the applicant, to give notice to allow the applicant to [...

Judge quashes mod chip seller?s conviction, blames prosecution error - OUT-LAW.com

Posted on June 30, 2008
“A man who ran a business selling computer chips that helped games consoles play pirated games has had his conviction for copyright infringement overturned on appeal. The High Court judge called him ‘fortunate’ and criticised the prosecution case...

Groundless patent threat over wine tap leads to Smurfit payout - OUT-LAW.com

Posted on June 30, 2008
“Packaging firm Smurfit must pay a rival damages because it made groundless threats about a patent infringement lawsuit to one of its rival’s customers.” Full story OUT-LAW.com, 30th June 2008 Source: www.out-law.com

Owner banned after dogs kill cat - BBC News

Posted on June 30, 2008
“A man has been banned from owning dogs for 10 years and ordered to pay £250 compensation after his Staffordshire bull terriers killed a neighbour’s cat.” Full story BBC News, 30th June 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Rugby star is sentenced for GBH - BBC News

Posted on June 30, 2008
“Wigan rugby league player Iafeta Palea’aesina has been sentenced to 200 hours community service for breaking a bus driver’s jaw.” Full story BBC News, 30th June 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Trust fined over man?s bath death - BBC News

Posted on June 30, 2008
“A mental health trust has been fined £25,000 after the death of an elderly man who was scalded in a bath filled with 95C water at a respite home.” Full story BBC News, 30th June 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Suicide pact pensioner walks free - BBC News

Posted on June 30, 2008
“A man who tried to carry out a suicide pact with his wife after she was taken into care with dementia has been spared jail by a judge at the Old Bailey.” Full story BBC News, 30th June 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Official delays stop Baha Mousa?s father entering Britain - The Independent

Posted on June 30, 2008
“Family of hotel worker tortured to death in Army’s Basra detention camp are excluded from compensation talks.” Full story The Independent, 29th June 2008 Source: www.independent.co.uk  

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