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Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers appointed as Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary - 10 Downing Street

Posted on April 01, 2008
“The Queen has been pleased to approve that The Right Honourable the Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, be appointed Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, in succession to the Right Honourable The Lord Bingham of Cornhill KG, who retires on 30 September 2008...

Dedicated drug court pilots: a process report - Ministry of Justice

Posted on April 01, 2008
“In December 2005, the then Department of Constitutional Affairs announced a commitment to pilot Dedicated Drug Courts as part of the government’s agenda to reduce drug-related crime. Matrix Knowledge Group has produced an independent process evaluation of the pilots in England and Wales: Leeds Magistrates’ Court and West London Magistrates’ Court...

Legal threat over detentions bill - BBC News

Posted on March 31, 2008
“Plans to extend the limit on detaining terror suspects without charge to 42 days could face an Equality and Human Rights Commission court challenge.” Full story BBC News, 31st March 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

New sexual harassment law to protect staff from customers - The Guardian

Posted on March 31, 2008
“Employers will be duty-bound from next week to protect their staff from sexual harassment by customers, suppliers and others they encounter in the course of their work. Workers are already protected from harassment by colleagues, but under new rules which come into force on April 6, they will be able to seek [...

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New parking rules come into force - BBC News

Posted on March 31, 2008
“New parking regulations have come into force in England despite concerns over the use of CCTV footage to enforce rules and level fines.” Full story BBC News, 31st March 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Government is in touch - Smith - BBC News

Posted on March 31, 2008
“Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has dismissed claims by a fellow minister that the government is out of touch.” Full story BBC News, 30th March 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Endangered Ratty gets legal protection - The Guardian

Posted on March 31, 2008
“Nearly 12 years after conservationists asked government to help save the disappearing water vole, the whiskered creature that inspired the character Ratty in Kenneth Grahame’s Wind in the Willows - along with seahorses, a shark and an edible snail - has become one of Britain’s most protected species...

Doctors for Reform fight NHS order to halt cancer care - The Times

Posted on March 31, 2008
“A group representing nearly 1,000 doctors is preparing to mount a legal action against the health service to stop care being withdrawn from patients who want to pay for their own cancer medicines.” Full story The Times, 30th March 2008 Source: www...

UK ?must adopt disability treaty? - BBC News

Posted on March 31, 2008
“The government has been urged by a charity to ratify fully an international treaty on disability.” Full story BBC News, 30th March 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Sick and suicidal: plight of women in UK jails - The Guardian

Posted on March 31, 2008
“Most women prisoners have mental health problems, and nine of out 10 were convicted of non-violent offences. Now a new study shows an alarming rise in suicides and self-harm - and behind the statistics lie ruined lives and shattered relatives. With four inquests about to open, Amelia Hill reports on the growing scandal in Britain’s [...

More passenger misery at Terminal 5 as BA faces lawsuit - The Independent

Posted on March 31, 2008
“Thousands of passengers faced further misery stranded on the huge concourse at Heathrow’s Terminal 5 today, as behind the scenes a ‘blame game’ began over the chaos that has gripped the airport since opening.” Full story The Independent, 30th March 2008 Source: www...

Judge wraps up Diana inquest - Reuters

Posted on March 31, 2008
“After almost six months and more than 250 witnesses, the judge presiding over the inquest into Princess Diana’s death wraps up the case on Monday with his summary to the jury.” Full story Reuters, 30th March 2008 Source: www.reuters...

Crisis Lords meetings over sleaze allegations - The Guardian

Posted on March 31, 2008
“Crisis meetings are to take place in the House of Lords today over a series of sleaze allegations against peers, the Guardian can disclose. These include accusations that cash has been taken from lobbyists, passes handed out to commercial interests and expenses improperly claimed...

Leading cultural figures attack folly of 42-day detention limit - The Independent

Posted on March 31, 2008
“The spy writer John Le Carré, the actors Colin Firth and Patrick Stewart, the novelist Iain Banks, fashion designer Vivienne Westwood and professor of philosophy A C Grayling are among a group of leading figures from the arts and academia who have written to Gordon Brown to oppose the extension of pre-charge [...

Regina (Griffin) v Richmond Magistrates Court - Times Law Reports

Posted on March 31, 2008
Regina (Griffin) v Richmond Magistrates Court Queen’s Bench Divisional Court “A defendant charged with failing to deliver up books and papers in the course of the winding-up of a company and who raised the statutory defence of no intent to defraud bore a legal burden rather than an evidential one; that burden was not incompatible with the [...

Ministry of Justice v Prison Officers? Association - Times Law Reports

Posted on March 31, 2008
Ministry of Justice v Prison Officers? Association Queen’s Bench Division “Article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights guaranteeing freedom of assembly and association, conferred no express right to strike and it was not breached by a court order forbidding any form of industrial action...

Sentencing Commission Working Group Consultation: A structured sentencing framework and Sentencing Commission - Judiciary of England and Wales

Posted on March 31, 2008
“The independent Sentencing Commission Working Group is seeking views on how a structured sentencing framework could be adapted for England and Wales, drawing reference to the US experience. The aim is to develop a set of proposals to improve the operation of the CJS in relation to sentencing...

Murder accused guilty of deceit - BBC News

Posted on March 31, 2008
“A financial trader accused of murdering a wealthy reclusive author at his north London home has been found guilty of dishonesty charges.” Full story BBC News, 31st March 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Year?s jail for ?wicked? false rape accusation - Daily Telegraph

Posted on March 31, 2008
“A woman who falsely accused a soldier of rape has been described as ‘wicked’ by the judge who sentenced her to a year in jail.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 31st March 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Recent Statutory Instruments - OPSI

Posted on March 31, 2008
The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2008 The Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (Approved Devices) (Wales) Order 2008 The Civil Enforcement Officers (Wearing of Uniforms) (Wales) Regulations 2008 The Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (Guidelines on Levels of Charges) (Wales) Order 2008 The Removal and Disposal of Vehicles (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2008 The Local Government [...

Credit crunch fallout could drag on for years, lawyers warn - The Times

Posted on March 31, 2008
“Lawyers across the City have been sifting through traders’ e-mails and listening to recordings of their phone conversations in an attempt to piece together thousands of financial transactions.” Full story The Times, 31st March 2008 Source: www...

Diana coroner: No evidence of Royal plot - Daily Telegraph

Posted on March 31, 2008
“The coroner leading the inquest into the death of Princess Diana has said there is no evidence that Prince Philip, the Secret Intelligence Service or any other government agency had anything to do with the 1997 car crash that killed the Princess and her lover Dodi Fayed...

Pupillages nosedive by 20 per cent since 2000 - The Lawyer

Posted on March 31, 2008
“The number of Bar Vocational Course (BVC) graduates invited to take pupillage has dropped by 20 per cent since the turn of the century, with less than a third of graduates securing pupillages last year.” Full story The Lawyer, 31st March 2008 Source: www...

Newlove killer lodges appeal bid - BBC News

Posted on March 29, 2008
“One of the gang who kicked to death father-of-three Garry Newlove is to appeal against his conviction.” Full story BBC News, 29th March 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Recent Statutory Instruments - OPSI

Posted on March 29, 2008
The Immigration (Registration Card) Order 2008 The Welfare Reform Act 2007 (Commencement No. 6 and Consequential Provisions) Order 2008 The National Health Service Pension Scheme Regulations 2008 The National Health Service Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2008 The National Health Service Pension Scheme (Additional Voluntary Contributions) and National Health Service (Injury Benefits and Compensation for Premature Retirement) Amendment Regulations 2008 The [...

Parliament should have final say on EU treaty, say peers - The Guardian

Posted on March 29, 2008
“Parliament should have the final say over whether Britain ‘opts in’ to the most controversial parts of the EU’s Lisbon treaty, an influential group of peers said today.” Full story The Guardian, 28th March 2008 Source: www...

Five guilty of £10m kidnap plot - BBC News

Posted on March 29, 2008
“Four men and a woman have been convicted of a £10m plot to kidnap a businessman by seducing him.” Full story BBC News, 28th March 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Appropriation Act 2008

Posted on March 29, 2008
Appropriation Act 2008 published Full text of Act (PDF) Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

?Cash martyr? loses fee battle against BT - Daily Telegraph

Posted on March 29, 2008
“A woman nicknamed the ‘cash martyr’ has lost her legal battle to stop BT penalising customers who pay their bills by cash or cheque.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 29th March 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Early release of terrorists prompts Straw to rethink prisons policy - The Independent

Posted on March 29, 2008
“Ministers were forced into a rapid rethink of a controversial early-release scheme last night after it emerged that two prisoners convicted of terrorism-related offences had been freed earlier this year.” Full story The Independent, 29th March 2008 Source: www...

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