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Electronic Arts slams video game ratings proposals - Daily Telegraph

Posted on June 30, 2008
“Plans to introduce cinema-style age classifications for video games have been criticised by the world’s largest games developer.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 30th June 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Jealous husband killed adulterous wife and tried to strangle son - Daily Telegraph

Posted on June 30, 2008
“A jealous husband strangled his wife to death and then tried to kill his young son when he discovered she had been cheating on him.” Full story  Daily Telegraph, 30th June 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Call to give councils control over youth jails - The Guardian

Posted on June 30, 2008
“Making councils responsible for the cost of youth custody could help reduce the rising number of juveniles locked up each year, a campaigning charity said today.” Full story The Guardian, 30th June 2008 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Kangaroo referred to Competition Commission - The Guardian

Posted on June 30, 2008
“The Office of Fair Trading has today referred Kangaroo - the proposed video-on-demand joint venture between BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4 - to the Competition Commission.” Full story The Guardian, 30th June 2008 Source: www.guardian.co...

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Food poison alert after fraudsters steal trader?s identity to place £2m orders - The Times

Posted on June 30, 2008
“A national food poisoning alert linked to meat and fish products has been issued after a fraud of least £2million, The Times has learnt.” Full story The Times, 30th June 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Psychiatrist who released killer patient is suing for compensation - Daily Telegraph

Posted on June 28, 2008
“A psychiatrist is suing her employer for £300,000 compensation because she was ‘humiliated’ and made to stop work after she released a mental patient who fatally stabbed a retired banker the next day.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 28th June 2008 Source: www...

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on June 28, 2008
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) Anwoir & Ors, R. v [2008] EWCA Crim 1354 (27 June 2008) High Court (Chancey Division) Football Association Premier League Ltd & Ors v QC Leisure & Ors [2008] EWHC 1411 (Ch) (24 June 2008) Astall & Anor v Revenue & Customs [2008] EWHC 1471 (Ch) (27 June 2008) High Court (Queen’s Bench Division) Buckley & [...

Recent Statutory Instruments - OPSI

Posted on June 28, 2008
The Commissioner for Older People in Wales (Amendment) Regulations 2008 The European Parliament (House of Lords Disqualification) Regulations 2008 The Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) (No.2) Order 2008 The Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Collective Investment Schemes) (Amendment) Order 2008 The Industrial Training Levy (Reasonable Steps) [...

Is it legal to shoot pigeons? - BBC News Magazine

Posted on June 28, 2008
“Animal welfare activists have complained to Wimbledon organisers and the police over the culling of pigeons. Is it against the law for marksmen to take out the feral birds?” Full story BBC News Magazine, 26th June 2008 Source: www.bbc.co...

Mother jailed for abandoning son - BBC News

Posted on June 28, 2008
“A woman who left her two-year-old son alone for the weekend has been jailed for 18 months.” Full story BBC News, 27th June 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Couple jailed after leaving girl to die in ?filth and squalor? - The Guardian

Posted on June 28, 2008
“A judge today questioned a decision by prosecutors not to pursue a murder charge against a mother who left her three-year-old daughter to die from malnutrition in her bedroom.” Full story The Guardian, 27th June 2008 Source: www.guardian...

Midwives: Law on breastfeeding must be widened - The Independent

Posted on June 28, 2008
“Midwives and maternity groups are urging the Government to extend a new law to give mothers the legal right to breastfeed babies more than six months old in public.” Full story The Independent, 28th June 2008 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Addict who murdered had been freed on bail - The Guardian

Posted on June 28, 2008
“Police last night criticised prosecutors for failing to charge a crack addict accused of rape who went on to sexually assault and murder a woman a week after being released from custody.” Full story The Guardian, 28th June 2008 Source: www...

Overworked? QBD judges blast long hours culture - The Lawyer

Posted on June 28, 2008
“The High Court?s Queen?s Bench Division (QBD) is in turmoil after being branded ?chaotic? by a raft of judges, some of whom claim not to have had a break in the past 10 months.” Full story The Lawyer, 28th June 2008 Source: www.thelawyer...

Report questions gun crime policy - BBC News

Posted on June 28, 2008
“Policies on gun crime are flawed because ministers overlook its root causes - poverty and inequality, a report by criminologists claims.” Full story BBC News, 28th June 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Shiv Malik ordered to hand police source material for terrorism book - The Guardian

Posted on June 27, 2008
“Freelance journalist Shiv Malik must hand over his source material for a book on terrorism to Greater Manchester Police within seven days and pay legal costs, a judicial review of the case ruled yesterday.” Full story The Guardian, 27th June 2008 Source: www...

Coroner reform: stronger powers give families more involvement - Ministry of Justice

Posted on June 27, 2008
“New coroners’ powers to help prevent avoidable deaths were announced today (26 June) by Justice Minister Bridget Prentice in response to views expressed by bereaved families.” Full story Ministry of Justice, 26th june 2008 Source: www...

Responses to the Sentencing Commission Working Group consultation paper: A Structured Sentencing Framework and Sentencing Commission - Judiciary of England and Wales

Posted on June 27, 2008
Response on behalf of the Council of Her Majesty’s Circuit Judges (PDF) and Postscript (PDF) Response on behalf of the Magistrates Association (Word) Judiciary of England and Wales, 26th June 2008 Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk

R v Kenning; R v Blackshaw; R v Fenwick - WLR Daily

Posted on June 27, 2008
R v Kenning; R v Blackshaw; R v Fenwick; [2008] WLR (D) 212 “An agreement to aid and abet an offence was not capable of constituting a criminal conspiracy.” WLR Daily, 26th June 2008 Source: www.lawreports.co.uk Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed...

R v Higgs - WLR Daily

Posted on June 27, 2008
R v Higgs [2008] EWCA Crim 1324; [2008] WLR (D) 211 “To establish the offence of selling a device which is primarily designed, produced, or adapted for the purpose of enabling or facilitating the circumvention of effective technological measures, it must be shown that the technological measure concerned physically prevents infringement of copyright, and is not [...

Gray v Thames Trains Ltd and another - WLR Daily

Posted on June 27, 2008
Gray v Thames Trains Ltd and another [2008] EWCA Civ 713; [2008] WLR (D) 210 “A claim in negligence was not defeated by public policy unless the claim or a head of claim was inextricably bound up with or linked to the claimant?s criminal conduct...

Beoku-Betts v Secretary of State for the Home Department - WLR Daily

Posted on June 27, 2008
Beoku-Betts v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] UKHL 39; [2008] WLR (D) 209 “S 65 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 required an adjudicator, in determining an alleged breach of a claimant?s right to respect for his family life under art 8 of the European Convention, as scheduled to the Human Rights [...

Howard de Walden Estates Ltd v Aggio and others; Earl Cadogan and another v 26 Cadogan Square Ltd - WLR Daily

Posted on June 27, 2008
Howard de Walden Estates Ltd v Aggio and others; Earl Cadogan and another v 26 Cadogan Square Ltd [2008] UKHL 44; [2008] WLR (D); [2008] WLR (D) 208 “A head lessee of a block of flats could be a qualifying tenant of an individual flat in the block so as to be entitled to claim a [...

Howard de Walden Estates Ltd v Aggio and Others; Earl Cadogan and Another v 26 Cadogan Square Ltd Before Lord - Times Law Reports

Posted on June 27, 2008
Howard de Walden Estates Ltd v Aggio and Others; Earl Cadogan and Another v 26 Cadogan Square Ltd Before Lord House of Lords “A head lessee of a block of flats could be a qualifying tenant of an individual flat in the block so as to be entitled to claim a lease extension for it under [...

Johns v Solent SD Ltd - Times Law Reports

Posted on June 27, 2008
Johns v Solent SD Ltd Court of Appeal “Where there was a reasonable chance that the Court of Justice of the European Communities might decide a case pending before it so as to give a plaintiff a good claim in the English courts, the sensible answer was to stay the hearing of the claimant?s case so [...

Childless couples denied as anonymity loss scares egg and sperm donors - The Times

Posted on June 27, 2008
“The removal of anonymity from sperm and egg donors has provoked a crisis in fertility treatment that is denying couples the chance to try for a baby.” Full story The Times, 26th June 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Government will crack down on unnecessary CRB checks, Phil Hope says - Daily Telegraph

Posted on June 27, 2008
“Voluntary groups who force adults to have unnecessary criminal records checks will be given special training by the Government, ministers said.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 26th June 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

State to take action against parents who can?t control their children - The Times

Posted on June 27, 2008
” Children as young as 5 will be identified as being at risk of becoming criminals or troublemakers under government plans to tackle offending and disorder on the streets.” Full story The Times, 27th June 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Straw?s emergency bill to shield witnesses - The Guardian

Posted on June 27, 2008
“Jack Straw, the justice secretary, will introduce an emergency bill in the Commons next week to try to stop hundreds of serious criminal cases collapsing because of concerns about anonymous witnesses. Announcing the move yesterday, he said the bill was expected to go through all its Commons stages the week beginning [...

Expro takeover given High Court approval - The Times

Posted on June 27, 2008
“The Takeover Panel received a significant boost to its authority to police takeovers today after the High Court approved a £1.8 billion acquisition of Expro, the oil services provider, by a private equity consortium.” Full story The Times, 26th June 2008 Source: www...

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