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Joe Calzaghe to sue promoter Frank Warren for £1.8m ? BBC News

Posted on February 11, 2010
“Former world champion Joe Calzaghe is suing his ex-manager and promoter Frank Warren for £1.8m.” Full story BBC News, 10th February 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Teenage killer?s custody doubled over Gloucester attack ? BBC News

Posted on February 11, 2010
“A teenager who killed a man with one punch has had his sentence more than doubled to three-and-a-half years.” Full story BBC News, 10th February 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Facebook takes down 30 prisoners? pages after victim taunts ? The Guardian

Posted on February 11, 2010
“Jack Straw, the justice secretary, says the 30 offending pages brought to the attention of Facebook had been removed within 48 hours.” Full story The Guardian, 11th February 2010 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Ex-Cazenove trader set to stand trial for insider deals ? The Times

Posted on February 11, 2010
“A former partner at Cazenove, the Queen?s stockbroker, who is due to stand trial on insider-dealing charges next week appeared in court for a pre-trial hearing yesterday.” Full story The Times, 11th February 2010 Source: www.timesonline.co...

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Man who attacked intruder with samurai sword walks free ? The Independent

Posted on February 11, 2010
“A householder who faced a possible eight-year jail sentence for attacking an intruder with a samurai sword said today he just wanted to stop him getting into his house.  David Fullard, 46, from Brough, East Yorkshire, was charged with unlawful wounding but walked free when a jury found him not guilty, according to the Sun...

Woman jailed for killing lover with poison curry ? The Independent

Posted on February 11, 2010
“A jealous woman who killed her former lover by lacing his curry with an ancient poison has been convicted of murder.” Full story The Independent, 11th February 2010 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Paying more to gardeners than cleaners is ?sexist?, Appeal court rules ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on February 11, 2010
“The Appeal Court decided that inequality between the pay of mainly female carers working for Sheffield City Council and their predominantly male colleagues doing equivalent jobs, like gardening and rubbish collection, was ‘tainted by sex’...

Brown wins big Commons victory for vote reform ? The Independent

Posted on February 11, 2010
“Gordon Brown’s plan to hold a referendum next year on scrapping the first-past-the-post system for elections for Westminster won a convincing majority last night in the Commons.” Full story The Independent, 10th February 2010 Source: www...

Paedophile church worker who ?boasted about his abuse online? jailed ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on February 11, 2010
“A paedophile, Owen Baxter, who volunteered as a church youth worker so he could sexually abuse young boys before boasting about it on the internet, has been jailed.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 9th February 2010 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Advert for pills that guaranteed ?sex life of you dreams? is banned ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on February 11, 2010
“An advertisement for tablets that guaranteed ‘the sex life of your dreams’  has been banned after a man complained that it didn’t work and demanded his money back.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 11th February 2010 Source: www...

Trevor Phillips accused of trying to influence equalities watchdog inquiry ? The Guardian

Posted on February 11, 2010
“Trevor Phillips, the head of the equalities watchdog, was today accused of attempting to influence an official inquiry into his work and may face a high-level investigation into allegations that his actions amount to contempt of both houses of parliament...

Top judge: Binyam Mohamed case shows MI5 to be devious, dishonest and complicit in torture ? The Guardian

Posted on February 11, 2010
“Legal defeat plunges Security Service into crisis over torture evidence, and it is revealed that judge removed damning verdict after Foreign Office QC’s plea.” Full story The Guardian, 1oth February 2010 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

MPs and expenses: no hiding behind the Bill of Rights ? The Times

Posted on February 11, 2010
“It is the ultimate twist in the expenses scandal that the three MPs who, with one peer, face charges under the Theft Act 1968 are now invoking parliamentary privilege as their defence. It is also a lawyers? field day: even before any trial starts, a court will have to rule on whether the Bill of [...

I can die in peace, says Hindu, after judges back fight for open-air pyre ? The Times

Posted on February 11, 2010
“Hindus and Sikhs in Britain won a landmark court victory yesterday that will allow mourners to cremate their dead on funeral pyres.The Court of Appeal ruling follows a lengthy battle waged by a devout 71-year-old Hindu for the right to be cremated by ’sacred fire’ according to the ancient diktats of his religion...

Recent Statutory Instruments ? OPSI

Posted on February 10, 2010
The Building Societies (Insolvency and Special Administration) (Amendment) Order 2010 The Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions Designation Order 2010 The Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Prescribed Police Stations) Regulations 2010 The National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements and Assessment of Resources) Amendment (England) Regulations 2010 The Warehousekeepers and Owners of Warehoused Goods (Amendment) Regulations 2010 Source: www...

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on February 10, 2010
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) Hussain & Anor, R. v [2010] EWCA Crim 94 (20 January 2010) High Court (Chancery Division) Tew & Ors v BoS (Shared Appreciation Mortgages) No 1 Plc & Ors [2010] EWHC 203 (Ch) (22 January 2010) High Court (Family Division) Doctor A & Ors v Ward & Anor [2010] EWHC 205 (Fam) (09 February 2010) High [...

Definitive Sentencing Guideline on corporate manslaughter and health and safety offences causing death ? Sentencing Guidelines Council

Posted on February 10, 2010
“On 9 February 2010 the Sentencing Guidelines Council published its definitive guideline ‘Corporate manslaughter and health and safety offences causing death’.” Guideline on Corporate Manslaughter (PDF) Sentencing Guidelines Council, 9th February 2010 Source: www...

Regina v Irving; Regina v Squires ? Times Law Reports

Posted on February 10, 2010
Regina v Irving; Regina v Squires Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) “Greater efforts were needed to ensure that correct information was available to sentencing judges so that proper effect could be given to the requirement to give credit for half of the number of any days spent by an offender on bail subject to a qualifying [...

Government loses Binyam Mohamed torture appeal ? BBC News

Posted on February 10, 2010
“The foreign secretary has lost a bid to prevent the disclosure of secret information relating to the alleged torture of a UK resident.” Full story BBC News, 10th February 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Labour broke privacy rules with elections phone campaign ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on February 10, 2010
“Labour breached privacy rules by making unsolicited automated phone calls to almost half a million people without their consent, the Information Commissioner’s Office has ruled.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 9th February 2010 Source: www...

Lords watchdog to investigate peer?s expenses ? The Guardian

Posted on February 10, 2010
“A House of Lords standards watchdog is to look into a complaint over the expenses of former Labour chairman Lord Clarke of Hampstead, it was announced today.” Full story The Guardian, 9th February 2010 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Man who tried to ?sell? sister to Chinese man jailed ? BBC News

Posted on February 10, 2010
“A man who admitted trying to ’sell’ his vulnerable sister into a sham marriage as part of a Chinese immigration scam has been jailed.” Full story BBC News, 9th February 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

High numbers of women and solicitors appointed to judicial posts ? Law Society?s Gazette

Posted on February 10, 2010
“More than half the candidates selected in the last recruitment round for fee-paid employment tribunal judge positions were women, statistics have shown, while three-quarters of selected candidates were solicitors.” Full story Law Society’s Gazette, 9th February 2010 Source: www...

Binyam Mohamed torture case ruling at Court of Appeal ? BBC News

Posted on February 10, 2010
“The Court of Appeal is to decide whether to release documents detailing the alleged torture of a UK resident.” Full story BBC News, 10th February 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

A fifth of female lawyers choose kids over careers ? The Lawyer

Posted on February 09, 2010
“The pressure of motherhood is the reason that 20 per cent of all female departees decide to leave some of the UK?s top 50 firms.” Full story The Lawyer, 8th February 2010 Source: www.thelawyer.com

Iraq war was illegal, says former lord chief justice ? The Guardian

Posted on February 09, 2010
“The Guardian once ­described Lord ‘call me Tom’ Bingham as ‘the radical who is leading a new English revolution’. That would not ­necessarily be your impression on meeting the gentlemanly, old-school 76-year-old who, when I arrive at his tall-ceilinged, book-lined, art-filled mansion flat in Notting Hill, west ­London, immediately makes me ­ coffee, served in [...

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on February 09, 2010
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) Curtis v R [2010] EWCA Crim 123 (09 February 2010) Court of Appeal (Civil Division) O’Beirne v Hudson [2010] EWCA Civ 52 (09 February 2010) Drew v Whitbread [2010] EWCA Civ 53 (09 February 2010) B, R (on the application of) v Cornwall Council & Anor [2010] EWCA Civ 55 (09 February 2010) W (Children), Re [...

Radical cleric?s home seized to pay legal bills ? The Independent

Posted on February 09, 2010
“Legal aid bosses have seized the house belonging to radical cleric Abu Hamza to pay off his legal bills, it was revealed today.” Full story The Independent, 9th February 2010 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Webcam user jailed for inciting US woman to abuse child ? BBC News

Posted on February 09, 2010
“A 19-year-old man from the West Midlands has been jailed for four years and eight months for inciting a mother in the US to abuse her own child.” Full story BBC News, 8th February 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Recent Statutory Instruments ? OPSI

Posted on February 09, 2010
The Representation of the People (Timing of the Canvass) (Northern Ireland) Order 2010 The Financial Assistance Scheme (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2010 The School Budget Shares (Prescribed Purposes) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 The Business Rate Supplements (Collection and Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2010 The Pension Protection Fund and Occupational Pension Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2010 The Legal Services Act 2007 (Levy) Rules [...

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