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Rock shareholders begin legal bid - BBC News

Posted on May 08, 2008
“Shareholders in nationalised bank Northern Rock are launching a court challenge over compensation they are due to receive.” Full story BBC News, 8th May 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Recent Statutory Instruments - OPSI

Posted on May 08, 2008
The Extradition Act 2003 (Amendment to Designations) Order 2008 The Mental Health (Nurses) (England) Order 2008 The Mental Health (Hospital, Guardianship and Treatment) (England) Regulations 2008 The Disabled Facilities Grants (Maximum Amounts and Additional Purposes) (England) Order 2008 The Housing Renewal Grants (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2008 The Mental Health (Mutual Recognition) Regulations 2008 The Mental Health (Conflicts of Interest) (England) Regulations [...

Schillings wins Appeal Court victory for author JK Rowling - The Lawyer

Posted on May 08, 2008
“Media law firm Schillings scored a victory in the Court of Appeal today (7 May), which held that the privacy of client and Harry Potter author JK Rowlings? five-year-old son had been infringed.” Full story The Lawyer, 7th May 2008 Source: www...

Paediatrician to face GMC again - BBC News

Posted on May 08, 2008
“The General Medical Council is due to begin a new investigation into the work of paediatrician David Southall.” Full story BBC News, 8th May 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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?Extreme? web porn ban made law - BBC News

Posted on May 08, 2008
“A mother whose daughter was murdered by a man addicted to violent internet porn has won her bid to have it outlawed with the introduction of a new law.” Full story BBC News, 8th May 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Last of NatWest Three enters US jail - The Guardian

Posted on May 08, 2008
” The three former NatWest bankers sentenced to 37 months imprisonment for fraud offences relating to the collapse of Enron will all be behind bars in the US tomorrow after the last of the trio reports to a Californian jail.” Full story The Guardian, 8th May 2008 Source: www...

ITV fined record amount for phone-ins - Reuters

Posted on May 08, 2008
“Media watchdog Ofcom fined commercial broadcaster ITV a record 5.68 million pounds on Thursday for cheating viewers over phone-in competitions on some of its most popular shows.” Full story Reuters, 8th May 2008 Source: www.reuters.com

Man jailed for baby shake death - BBC News

Posted on May 08, 2008
“A Leicestershire father has been jailed for four-and-a-half-years after he admitted shaking his 10-week-old baby daughter to death.” Full story BBC News, 8th May 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Boy awarded damages over bouncy castle accident - The Independent

Posted on May 08, 2008
” A teenager who was brain damaged when he was kicked in the head on a bouncy castle today won his damages action against the couple who hired it for their children’s birthday party.” Full story The Independent, 8th May 2008 Source: www...

Level of breached Asbos increases - BBC News

Posted on May 08, 2008
“The proportion of people who have breached their Asbos in England and Wales has gone up.” Full story BBC News, 8th May 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Lords linger over extreme porn definition - The Register

Posted on May 07, 2008
“The camel that is the UK Government?s answer to what it terms ‘extreme porn’ lumbers onward. Although, by the time it escaped the Lords last week it really was beginning to look like a particularly moth-eaten dromedary.” Full story The Register, 5th May 2008 Source: www...

The Voice of the Child: Children?s ?rights? in Family Proceedings - Speech by Sir Mark Potter President of the Family Division

Posted on May 07, 2008
The Voice of the Child: Children?s ?rights? in Family Proceedings (PDF) Speech by Sir Mark Potter President of the Family Division Israel, 4th May 2008 Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk

How to make the LPC and BVC fees war work for you - The Times

Posted on May 07, 2008
“Rebecca Attwood looks at why there is such disparity in what colleges charge.” Full story The Times, 6th May 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Oyarce v Cheshire County Council (Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening) - WLR Daily

Posted on May 07, 2008
Oyarce v Cheshire County Council (Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening); [2008] WLR (D) 138 “S 54A of the Race Relations Act 1976, which implemented Council Directive 2000/43/EC, on its true construction shifted the burden of proof upon a respondent to disprove discrimination in relation only to a complaint of discrimination and not [...

Recent Statutory Instruments - OPSI

Posted on May 07, 2008
The Primary Ophthalmic Services Transitional Provisions Regulations 2008 The Defence Aviation Repair Agency Trading Fund (Revocation) Order 2008 The Primary Ophthalmic Services Regulations 2008 The Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (Scottish Highlands) Regulations 2008 The Teesport (Land Acquisition) Order 2008 The General Ophthalmic Services Contracts Regulations 2008 Source: www...

Burden and Another v United Kingdom (Application No 13378/05) - Times Law Reports

Posted on May 07, 2008
Burden and Another v United Kingdom (Application No 13378/05) European Court of Human Rights “Sisters who shared a house could not be compared to a couple united by law so as to invoke provisions prohibiting discrimination.” The Times, 7th May 2008 Source: www...

Regina (Eisai Ltd) v National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence - Times Law Reports

Posted on May 07, 2008
Regina (Eisai Ltd) v National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence Court of Appeal “Procedural fairness required the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to release a fully executable version of an economic model to those consulted in the course of an appraisal process and not simply a read-only version...

More lie detectors to curb fraud - BBC News

Posted on May 07, 2008
“Fifteen councils across Britain are to be offered lie detectors to help catch out benefit cheats who cost taxpayers up to £400m a year.” Full story BBC News, 7th May 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

The Big Question: Are CCTV cameras a waste of money in the fight against crime? - The Independent

Posted on May 07, 2008
“Why are we asking this now? This is one man’s view of how effective CCTV has been so far: ‘It’s been an utter fiasco: only 3 per cent of crimes were solved by CCTV. There’s no fear of CCTV. Why don’t people fear it? (They think) the cameras are not working...

BAE wants review of SFO inquiry - BBC News

Posted on May 07, 2008
“BAE Systems is urging the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) to review its abandoned investigation into the company’s £43bn arms deal with Saudi Arabia.” Full story BBC News, 7th May 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Clarke urges Brown to drop 42-day detention - The Guardian

Posted on May 07, 2008
“Charles Clarke, the former home secretary, has urged Gordon Brown to signal a change in his leadership style by abandoning his controversial plans to extend the detention without charge limit to 42 days.” Full story The Guardian, 7th May 2008 Source: www...

Reefer madness: Do the drug laws work? - The Independent

Posted on May 07, 2008
“Defying the weight of medical and scientific opinion, Gordon Brown is to order tougher new laws today on cannabis possession. The Prime Minister has decided to overrule his own expert advisers and reverse the downgrading four years ago of Britain’s favourite illegal drug from a class B to a class C substance, threatening cannabis smokers [...

Home Information Packs delayed again - Daily Telegraph

Posted on May 07, 2008
“The packs, which have been dogged by delays and controversy over the past 18 months, have now been hit by the slowdown in the property market, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 7th May 2008 Source: www.telegraph...

Plan to increase abortion sites - BBC News

Posted on May 07, 2008
“A consultation is to be launched over whether to relax abortion rules by allowing terminations outside hospital settings in England, ministers say.” Full story BBC News, 7th May 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Barrister shot dead in London police siege - The Guardian

Posted on May 07, 2008
“A gunman shot dead after repeatedly opening fire on police during a five-hour stand-off in an exclusive west London square has been named locally as a practising barrister who may also have recently served in the British army.” Full story The Guardian, 7th May 2008 Source: www...

How did no-win no-fee change things? - BBC News Magazine

Posted on May 07, 2008
“It’s a decade since no-win no-fee rules were extended to most civil court cases, but what change has the now notorious “conditional fee agreement” brought?” Full story BBC News Magazine, 7th May 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Cannabis laws to be strengthened - The Independent

Posted on May 07, 2008
” Jacqui Smith defied the Government’s own experts today by announcing that laws on cannabis will be toughened up.” Full story The Independent, 7th May 2008 Source: www.independent.co.uk

UK?s ?terror? ban appeal denied - BBC News

Posted on May 07, 2008
“The government has been denied permission to challenge an order that it take an Iranian opposition group off a list of banned terror organisations.” Full story BBC News, 7th May 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Boris bans alcohol on buses and tube - The Independent

Posted on May 07, 2008
” New London Mayor Boris Johnson today announced an alcohol ban on transport in the capital.” Full story The Independent, 7th May 2008 Source: www.independent.co.uk

New national reoffending measures - a guide - Ministry of Justice

Posted on May 07, 2008
“An explanation of changes to the way the government is measuring reoffending rates.” Full story Ministry of Justice, 7th May 2008 Source: www.justice.gov.uk

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