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British Crime Survey Extended To Under-16s As Design Experts Meet To Tackle Youth Crime - Home Office

Posted on May 15, 2008
“Forty of the UK?s leading technology designers and manufacturers will today (14 May) join Home Secretary Jacqui Smith and a number of young people to discuss new ways of harnessing the power of design to protect young people from crime ? particularly theft of ?hot products? like mobile phones and MP3 players...

Police apologise for ?fake? claim over Channnel 4 mosque documentary - The Times

Posted on May 15, 2008
“The Crown Prosecution Service and West Midlands Police will apologise in the High Court today for wrongly accusing a Channel 4 film of faking an exposé of Islamic extremism.” Full story The Times, 15th May 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co...

?Fundamental flaws? in 42-day detention plan - The Guardian

Posted on May 15, 2008
“Gordon Brown should abandon plans to take the ‘extraordinary step’ of detaining terror suspects without charge for up to 42 days because the proposals are fundamentally flawed, a committee of MPs and peers advised yesterday.” Full story The Guardian, 15th May 2008 Source: www...

Draft legislative programme: new proposals to empower the individual - Ministry of Justice

Posted on May 15, 2008
“New proposals to give greater protection to victims and witnesses in court are among those set out in the Ministry of Justice’s contribution to the Draft Legislative Programme announced by the Prime Minister today.” Full story Ministry of Justice, 14th May 2008 Source: www...

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Hi-tech tool spots child drinkers - BBC News

Posted on May 15, 2008
“The supermarket chain Budgens has installed face recognition cameras in one of its stores to stop children buying alcohol and cigarettes.” Full story BBC News, 13th May 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Actor Grant wins privacy damages - BBC News

Posted on May 15, 2008
“Hugh Grant, Liz Hurley and her husband Arun Nayar have accepted £58,000 damages for invasion of privacy over photographs taken of them on holiday.” Full story BBC News, 15th May 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

I will not quit as judge - Cherie - BBC News

Posted on May 15, 2008
“Cherie Blair has insisted she will not resign as a judge after a senior barrister said publishing her memoirs had brought the law into disrepute.” Full story BBC News, 15th May 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Whitehead and Another v Hibbert Pownall & Newton (a Firm) - Times Law Reports

Posted on May 14, 2008
Whitehead and Another v Hibbert Pownall & Newton (a Firm) Court of Appeal “Where solicitors had negligently failed to prosecute a claim for damages for clinical negligence on behalf of a mother in respect of future losses for a wrongful birth, those losses were curtailed by the death of the mother; the solicitors were not [...

Regina v L (Evidence of wife) - Times Law Reports

Posted on May 14, 2008
Regina v L (Evidence of wife) Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) “There was no requirement to tell a wife that she was not a compellable witness against her husband before interviewing her about a crime of which her husband was suspected.” The Times, 14th May 2008 Source: www...

Pressure grows for guardians to protect trafficked children - The Guardian

Posted on May 14, 2008
“Leading politicians from the three main parties are putting pressure on the home secretary, Jacqui Smith, to halt the disappearance from care of hundreds of suspected victims of child trafficking.” Full story The Guardian, 14th May 2008 Source: www...

Longer terror limit ?unnecessary? - BBC News

Posted on May 14, 2008
“Extending the pre-charge detention limit for terrorism suspects to 42 days is ‘wholly unnecessary’, a cross-party group of MPs and peers has said.” Full story BBC News, 14th May 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Human rights law ?shielding rapists? - Daily Telegraph

Posted on May 14, 2008
“A senior police officer has launched a scathing attack against ‘appalling’ murderers and rapists who protect themselves from justice using the Human Rights Act.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 13th May 2008 Source: www.telegraph...

Alien knitting patterns undo Dr Who fan - The Times

Posted on May 14, 2008
“A Doctor Who fan who created knitting patterns for the programme?s monsters and gave them away online has been told by the BBC to stop or face the threat of court action.” Full story The Times, 14th May 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Anti-terror law used to snoop on fishermen - Daily Telegraph

Posted on May 14, 2008
“A council which used anti-terrorism powers to check whether a child lived within a school’s catchment area has used the same law to spy on fishermen, it has emerged.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 14th May 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co...

Met extends powers to stop and search youths - The Guardian

Posted on May 14, 2008
“Police officers in London were last night using powers that allow them to stop and search youths without having reasonable suspicion in an attempt to stem the tide of stabbing deaths on the capital’s streets.” Full story The Guardian, 14th May 2008 Source: www...

Straw: too many white male judges - BBC News

Posted on May 14, 2008
“Too few women and people from black and Asian backgrounds are appointed judges, Jack Straw has told MPs.” Full story BBC News, 13th May 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on May 14, 2008
High Court (Administrative Court) Secretary of State for the Home Department, R (on the application of) v AH [2008] EWHC 1045 (Admin) (23 April 2008) Qaderi, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWHC 1033 (Admin) (13 May 2008) Hama, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the [...

Is knife crime on the increase? - The Guardian

Posted on May 14, 2008
“High-profile teenage killings over the past 12 months have pushed knife crime to the top of the political agenda, but the true scale of the problem is difficult to assess.” Full story The Guardian, 14th May 2008 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Yorkshire ripper launches freedom bid - Daily Telegraph

Posted on May 14, 2008
“Yorkshire ripper Peter Sutcliffe has launched a bid for freedom, claiming his human rights have been breached.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 14th May 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on May 14, 2008
Court of Appeal (Civil Division) HM Revenue & Customs v EB Central Services Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 486 (14 May 2008) Mason & Anor v East Potential Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 494 (14 May 2008) High Court (Administrative Court) Mabanaft Ltd, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for Trade & Industry [2008] EWHC 1052 (Admin) (14 [...

Recent Statutory Instruments - OPSI

Posted on May 13, 2008
The Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (Disclosure of Information by SOCA) Order 2008 The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Disclosure of Information) Order 2008 The Cash Ratio Deposits (Value Bands and Ratios) Order 2008 The Maintenance Orders (Facilities for Enforcement) (Revocation) Order 2008 The Primary Care Trusts and National Health Service Trusts (Membership and Procedure) Amendment Regulations [...

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on May 13, 2008
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) King v The Serious Fraud Office [2008] EWCA Crim 530 (18 March 2008) High Court (Administrative Court) Harlow-Hayes, R (on the application of) v Cambridge Crown Court [2008] EWHC 1023 (Admin) (21 April 2008) Moulai v Deputy Public Prosecutor in Creteil France [2008] EWHC 1024 (Admin) (09 May 2008) High Court (Patents Court) Rolawn Ltd & [...

Drunk ?Darth Vader? spared jail - BBC News

Posted on May 13, 2008
A man has been given a suspended jail sentence for attacking two Star Wars fans while dressed as Darth Vader.” Full story BBC News, 13th May 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on May 13, 2008
High Court (Chancery Division) London Strategic Health Authority v Pandya & Ors [2008] EWHC 967 (Ch) (09 May 2008) High Court (Family Division) SK, Re [2007] EWHC 3289 (Fam) (12 December 2007) Lancashire County Council v D & E [2008] EWHC 832 (Fam) (14 March 2008) Source: www...

Recent Statutory Instruments - OPSI

Posted on May 13, 2008
The Financial Assistance For Industry (Increase of Limit) Order 2008 The Freedom of Information (Additional Public Authorities) Order 2008 The Measuring Instruments (EC Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 The Offender Management Act 2007 (Approved Premises) Regulations 2008 Source: www...

Shoplifter asks for her own Asbo - BBC News

Posted on May 13, 2008
“A convicted shoplifter is believed to be the first person to have requested her own Asbo, police have said.” Full story BBC News, 13th May 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Alton and Others v Secretary of State for the Home Department - Times Law Reports

Posted on May 13, 2008
Alton and Others v Secretary of State for the Home Department Court of Appeal “An organisation that had no capacity to carry on terrorist activities and was taking no steps to acquire such capacity or otherwise to promote or encourage terrorist activities could not be said to be concerned in terrorism simply because its leaders had the [...

Regina (A) v West Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust - Times Law Reports

Posted on May 13, 2008
Regina (A) v West Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust Queen’s Bench Division “A failed asylum seeker could become ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom so as to be eligible for free treatment by the National Health Service.” The Times, 13th May 2008 Source: www...

Gregson v HAE Trustees Ltd and Others - WLR Daily

Posted on May 13, 2008
Gregson v HAE Trustees Ltd and Others [2008] EWHC 1006 (Ch); [2008] WLR (D) 146 “The duty in s 4(2) of the Trustee Act 2000 (?the Act?) was a separate and independent duty, which was not restricted to exercises of the power of investment.” WLR Daily, 12th May 2008 Source: www...

King v Serious Fraud Office - WLR Daily

Posted on May 13, 2008
King v Serious Fraud Office [2008] EWCA Crim 530; [2008] WLR (D) 147 “Arts 6, 7 and 8 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (External Requests and Orders) Order 2005, read as a whole, provided a scheme to make a restraint order in response to an external request only in respect of property in England [...

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