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?Theft of 0.003p? case is dropped ? BBC News

Posted on August 19, 2009
“The Crown Prosecution Service has dropped a case against a filmmaker from west London who was accused of stealing 0.003 pence worth of electricity.” Full story BBC News, 19th August 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Coroners block tests to monitor vCJD spread ? The Times

Posted on August 19, 2009
“Coroners are refusing to carry out post-mortem tests for an infection that causes the human form of mad cow disease, despite pleas that they could help to monitor the disease.” Full story The Times, 19th August 2009 Source: www.timesonline...

Brothel owner must pay back Ł2m ? BBC News

Posted on August 19, 2009
“The owner of a brothel in the West Midlands has been ordered to pay back Ł2m under the Proceeds of Crime Act.” Full story BBC News, 19th August 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Directors to face tougher penalties for competition law breaches ? OUT-LAW.com

Posted on August 19, 2009
“The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) plans to extend company director bans to include not just those who were directly involved in competition law offences but those who should have done more to prevent them.” Full story OUT-LAW.com, 19th August 2009 Source: www...

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Legal Services Act 2007 ? second consultation on review of the rules ? Bar Standards Board

Posted on August 19, 2009
“The BSB has published its second consultation on the review of the rules relating to the structure of self-employed practice.” Full story Bar Standards Board, 17th August 2009 Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on August 19, 2009
Court Appeal (Civil Division) Booth v Oldham MBC [2009] EWCA Civ 880 (18 August 2009) High Court (Queen’s Bench) Strydom v Vendside Ltd [2009] EWHC 2130 (QB) (18 August 2009) High Court (Commercial Court) Sabmiller Africa BV v Tanzania Breweries Ltd [2009] EWHC 2140 (Comm) (18 August 2009) High Court (Technology and Construction Court) City & General (Holborn) Ltd [...

Recent Statutory Instruments ? OPSI

Posted on August 19, 2009
The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2009 The Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 (Designation of a Gas Transporter) Order 2009 The Motor Vehicles (Refilling of Air Conditioning Systems by Service Providers) Regulations 2009 The Welsh Ministers (Transfer of Functions) (No...

Regina v K (Matrimionial proceedings: Privilege against self-incrimination) ? Times Law Reports

Posted on August 19, 2009
Regina v K (Matrimionial proceedings: Privilege against self-incrimination) Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) “While information disclosed under compulsion in matrimonial ancillary relief proceedings was not admissible in criminal proceedings, admissions made in withoutprejudice negotiations were not inadmissible...

Jailed drug dealer gets 18-year sentence for running cocaine ring from his cell ? The Guardian

Posted on August 19, 2009
“Two prisoners ran an international cocaine ring from their jail cells in England and Panama, a court heard today.” Full story The Guardian, 18th August 2009 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Repeat and serious offenders are escaping court with on-the-spot fines ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on August 19, 2009
“Repeat and serious offenders are escaping court because police just hand out a string of on-the-spot fines for easy convictions, magistrates have warned.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 19th August 2009 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

NHS compensation costs rise to Ł807m ? The Guardian

Posted on August 19, 2009
“The NHS spent more than Ł800m settling legal claims last year as complaints of medical negligence against the service rose sharply.” Full story The Guardian, 19th August 2009 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Sharp fall in use signals death of the Asbo ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on August 19, 2009
“The number of anti-social behaviour orders has plummeted by almost half in two years signalling the death of Labour?s flagship weapon.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 19th August 2009 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Police force admits errors over intimate body search figures ? The Guardian

Posted on August 19, 2009
“A police force has been rebuked by the Home Office after admitting that its statistics for intimate body searches going back to 2000 are misleading.” Full story The Guardian, 18th August 2009 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Corby to appeal against disability verdict ? The Independent

Posted on August 19, 2009
“A council found negligent in its clean-up of former steel works which may have led to birth defects is to appeal against a High Court ruling.” Full story The Independent, 19th August 2009 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Two free in roof protester case ? BBC News

Posted on August 19, 2009
“Two property developers accused of assaulting and falsely imprisoning a rooftop protester have walked free from Cardiff Crown Court.” Full story BBC News, 18th August 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Judge to rule on UK soccer fan?s extradition ? The Independent

Posted on August 18, 2009
“A judge is expected to give his ruling today on whether an England football fan convicted of involvement in a riot during the Euro 2004 tournament should be extradited to Portugal to serve a prison term.” Full story The Independent, 18th August 2009 Source: www...

Recent Statutory Instruments ? OPSI

Posted on August 18, 2009
The Smoke Control Areas (Authorised Fuels) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 The Smoke Control Areas (Exempted Fireplaces) (England) (No.2) Order 2009 The Medical Profession (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2008 (Commencement No. 2) Order of Council 2009 Source: www...

Wildlife crime effort criticised ? BBC News

Posted on August 18, 2009
“A review of investigation and prosecution of wildlife crime has been called for by conservation charities.” Full story BBC News, 18th August 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Police cannot be trusted with fines, magistrates warn ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on August 18, 2009
“Police cannot be trusted to hand out summary justice and will act as ‘judge and jury’ if given powers to issue more on-the-spot fines, magistrates have warned.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 17th August 2009 Source: www.telegraph...

Defoe in police harassment claim ? BBC News

Posted on August 18, 2009
“England footballer Jermain Defoe has accused Essex Police of harassment for pulling him over days after he said he would sue them for wrongful arrest.” Full story BBC News, 17th August 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Charity sues government for details of Afghanistan rendition case ? The Guardian

Posted on August 18, 2009
“A human rights group began legal action against the government today in a case involving two alleged victims of rendition to Afghanistan who may have been tortured.” Full story The Guardian, 17th August 2009 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Women jailed over murder cover-up ? BBC News

Posted on August 18, 2009
“Two women who admitted perverting the course of justice in a hit-and-run murder case have been jailed.” Full story BBC News, 17th August 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Unclear Wi-Fi laws damage UK economy and social inclusion, says academic ? OUT-LAW.com

Posted on August 18, 2009
“Laws controlling the sharing of wireless internet access are hindering the digital economy and the digital social inclusion plans of Government, an academic has warned. The law should be clarified to help spread broadband access more widely, he said...

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on August 17, 2009
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) I & Ors, R. v [2009] EWCA Crim (B1) (14 August 2009) High Court (Commercial Court) Deutsche Bank AG v Sebastian Holdings Inc [2009] EWHC 2132 (Comm) (14 August 2009) Source: www.bailii.org

Four in ten gun offenders avoid minimum terms ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on August 17, 2009
“Four in ten offenders caught with a gun avoid the minimum jail terms that courts are supposed to hand down, according to new figures.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 17th August 2009 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Recent Statutory Instruments ? OPSI

Posted on August 17, 2009
The Transport for London (East London Line) Transfer Scheme 2009 Confirmation Order 2009 The Rules of the Air (Amendment) Regulations 2009 The Church Representation Rules (Amendment) Resolution 2009 Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

Former chair of Armed Forces compensation tribunals backs Justice for Wounded campaign ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on August 17, 2009
“John Frankland, a former chairman of the Armed Forces tribunals that decide whether to increase compensation paid to injured servicemen and women has hit out at the current scheme, saying it was designed simply to save money.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 17th August 2009 Source: www...

Regina v Knaggs ? Times Law Reports

Posted on August 17, 2009
Regina v Knaggs Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) “A defendant who had pleaded guilty to an offence without any challenge to the facts presented by the prosecution was not, as a matter of law, thereby debarred from challenging the prosecution evidence for the purposes of a confiscation hearing...

Transport for London (London Underground Ltd) v Spirerose Ltd (in Administration) ? Times Law Reports

Posted on August 17, 2009
Transport for London (London Underground Ltd) v Spirerose Ltd (in Administration) House of Lords “Where the Lands Tribunal had found on the balance of probability that permission for development of the claimant?s land would have been granted as at the valuation date, its valuation on the basis that permission would actually have been granted was not sustainable...

Peers: lap dancing is a respectable career ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on August 17, 2009
“Parliament is currently considering laws which would give local residents greater power to object to ‘gentlemen?s clubs’ which have grown in number substantially since the Government relaxed the licensing laws.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 17th August 2009 Source: www...

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