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Woman jailed for gay couple abuse - BBC News

Posted on April 25, 2008
“A mother has been jailed and her daughter given a community order after being found guilty of harassing a gay couple in Kent.” Full story BBC News, 24th April 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

MPs debate junk food advert ban - BBC News

Posted on April 25, 2008
“MPs are to debate a bill calling for a ban on advertising junk food and drinks to children.” Full story BBC News, 24th April 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk  

Legal victory for B&B owner who evicted Irving for being too moody - The Independent

Posted on April 25, 2008
“In his long history of legal calamity, David Irving has confronted and lost to courtroom adversaries from the publisher Penguin, to a British Second World War convoy commander, to the Austrian state. To that list can now be added Jennie Allen, the 60-year-old owner of a B&B in the genteel London suburb of Kew...

OFT accuses tobacco firms and retailers of cigarette price-fixing - The Guardian

Posted on April 25, 2008
“The Office of Fair Trading has accused tobacco manufacturers and retailers, including the UK’s biggest supermarkets, of acting unlawfully over the price of tobacco products.” Full story The Times, 25th April 2008 Source: www.guardian...

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Jail inmates win £120,000 payout over abuse claims - The Guardian

Posted on April 25, 2008
“The Prison Service yesterday agreed to pay more than £120,000 to prisoners who said they had suffered beatings and racial discrimination by prison officers, the Guardian has learned.” Full story The Guardian, 25th April 2008 Source: www.guardian...

Freezing assets of terror suspects ruled unlawful by High Court - The Times

Posted on April 25, 2008
“Anti-terrorism legislation was condemned as poorly thought-out by a senior High Court judge yesterday as he declared that the Treasury?s powers to freeze suspects? bank accounts were unlawful.” Full story The Times, 25th April 2008 Source: www...

Crime down but gun offences rise - The Times

Posted on April 25, 2008
“Crime is falling in England and Wales at an accelerating rate, according to figures from police forces published yesterday.” Full story  The Times, 25th April 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk  

Banks told to stop stalling and pay up after verdict on charges - The Times

Posted on April 25, 2008
“Banks have been accused of trying to block compensation claims from customers, after they refused to accept the findings of a High Court test case on penalty charges.” Full story The Times, 25th April 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Judges will carry on holding ministers to account - because that?s their job - The Times

Posted on April 25, 2008
“Yesterday?s court rulings highlight the delicate relationship between the executive and the judiciary ? one in which judges increasingly hold ministers to account, and find them wanting.” Full story The Times, 25th April 2008 Source: www...

House of Lords to rule on BAE corruption inquiry - The Times

Posted on April 25, 2008
“The Serious Fraud Office is to challenge the ruling that it must rethink the halting of its investigation into a £43 billion arms deals between BAE Systems and Saudi Arabia.” Full story The Times, 25th April, 2008 Source: www.timesonline...

Watchdog censures health secretary over illegal donation - The Guardian

Posted on April 25, 2008
“The cost of the Labour deputy leadership contest threatened to bring further embarrassment for the government today as it emerged that another cabinet minister has been reprimanded over an illegal donation.” Full story The Guardian, 25th April 2008 Source: www...

Kurdish father-to-be set for deportation to Iraq - The Guardian

Posted on April 25, 2008
“A Kurdish asylum seeker who has been living in Britain for eight years and whose wife is expecting their first baby is due to be deported today.” Full story  The Guardian, 25th April 2008 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Office of Fair Trading v Abbey National plc and Others - WLR Daily

Posted on April 25, 2008
Office of Fair Trading v Abbey National plc and Others [2008] EWHC 875 (Comm); [2008] WLR (D) 128 “Terms in standard form contracts between bank and customer providing for relevant charges were not exempt from assessment as to fairness under reg 6 of the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999...

R v Ibrahim and others - WLR Daily

Posted on April 25, 2008
R v Ibrahim and others [2008] EWCA Crim 880; [2008] WLR (D) 127 “Evidence obtained during ’safety’ interviews conducted with a defendant under the provisions of the Terrorism Act 2000 was admissible at his subsequent trial subject to the ordinary principles governing a fair trial, and the over-arching provisions in s 78 of the Police and [...

Doctor sentenced over child porn - BBC News

Posted on April 25, 2008
“A children’s hospital doctor has escaped a jail sentence after admitting downloading child pornography.” Full story BBC News, 25th April 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Former Pc is jailed over violence - BBC News

Posted on April 25, 2008
“A former Lincolnshire policeman, once hailed for saving an 11-year-old boy’s life, has been jailed for two years for abusing his partner.” Full story BBC News, 25th April 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Burglar jailed for sexual assault - BBC News

Posted on April 25, 2008
“A burglar who broke into a woman’s home and sexually assaulted her has been jailed for at least six years.” Full story BBC News, 25th April 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Blackmailing designer avoids jail - BBC News

Posted on April 25, 2008
“A man who tried to extort money from three US car designers and accused them of illegally developing his creations has been given a suspended jail term.” Full story BBC News, 25th April 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Cinema sex act mother sentenced - BBC News

Posted on April 25, 2008
“A married mother who sexually assaulted a 14-year-old boy at a cinema in London’s Leicester Square has been given a three-year supervision order.” Full story BBC News, 25th April 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk  

Two jailed over boy?s pool death - BBC News

Posted on April 25, 2008
“Two men who forced a boy into a flooded clay pit and watched him drown have been jailed for five-and-a-half years.” Full story  BBC News, 25th April 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Police condemn ?bad drivers? site - BBC News

Posted on April 24, 2008
“A website which publishes registration plates of “bad drivers” could lead to vigilantism, police have said.” Full story BBC News, 24th April 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Terror prisoner threatens to sue to get deported - The Guardian

Posted on April 24, 2008
“A foreign prisoner convicted of a terrorism offence is threatening to go to court to force the government to deport him from Britain.” Full story The Guardian, 24th April 2008 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on April 24, 2008
Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Fowler v Barron [2008] EWCA Civ 377 (23 April 2008) Enfield Technical Services Ltd. v Payne & Anor [2008] EWCA Civ 393 (22 April 2008) Foxtons Ltd. v Bicknell & Anor [2008] EWCA Civ 419 (23 April 2008) Green Lane Products Ltd v PMS International Group Plc & Ors [2008] EWCA Civ 358 (23 [...

R (Compton) v Wiltshire Primary Care Trust - WLR Daily

Posted on April 24, 2008
R (Compton) v Wiltshire Primary Care Trust; [2008] WLR (D) 123 “There was no test of exceptionality to be applied before a protective costs order could be made.” WLR Daily, 23rd April 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...

Carver v BAA plc - WLR Daily

Posted on April 24, 2008
Carver v BAA plc [2008] EWCA Civ 412; [2008] WLR (D) 122 “Where a claimant had obtained judgment as to liability, and an award in damages of a sum exceeding an earlier payment in, a judge was empowered by CPR r 36.14(1) to adopt a broad approach when considering costs and the question [...

Recent Statutory Instruments - OPSI

Posted on April 24, 2008
The Zootechnical Standards (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2008 The Seed Potatoes (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 The National Savings Bank (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2008 The Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment and Support Schemes (Amendment) Regulations 2008 The Bathing Water Regulations 2008 The Control of Major Accident Hazard (Amendment) Regulations 2008 The Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (County of Nottinghamshire) Designation Order 2008 The [...

Small shareholders seek judicial review over Northern Rock compensation - The Times

Posted on April 24, 2008
“Northern Rock?s small shareholders will take High Court action against the Treasury within weeks after the Government?s lawyers rejected their plea for compensation.” Full story The Times, 24th April 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Peers back data recklessness law - BBC News

Posted on April 24, 2008
“Peers have backed a Liberal Democrat move to make it an offence for public or private sector workers to “recklessly” disclose people’s details.” Full story BBC News, 23rd April 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Govt to sound out law firms as Catalist fails to deliver on hype - Legal Week

Posted on April 24, 2008
“The Government?s procurement arm has begun talks with all 48 firms on the Catalist legal panel, amid continued problems with the much-hyped attempt to centralise Whitehall legal spending.” Full story Legal Week, 24th April 2008 Source: www...

Probation cuts lead to criminal sentence lag - Daily Telegraph

Posted on April 24, 2008
“Thousands of criminals are not completing their sentences properly because of funding cuts at the Probation Service, a new report warns.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 24th April 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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