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Elitist culture of secrecy must end, says Lord Falconer ? The Times

Posted on June 03, 2009
“The former Lord Chancellor wants an end to off-the-record briefings and a relaxation of Cabinet collective responsibility.” Full story The Times, 2nd June 2009 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Code for handling personal data is muddled, says lawyer ? OUT-LAW.com

Posted on June 03, 2009
“A code of conduct for handling personal data was launched in London yesterday. But the document is inconsistent on the need for consent when collecting personal data, according to a data protection expert. Sometimes consent is not necessary, he said...

Catholic charities breaking law on homosexual adoption ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on June 03, 2009
“Catholic charities who discriminate against homosexual couples who want to adopt children are breaking the law, the Charity Tribunal has ruled.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 3rd June 2009 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

A more civilised approach to suicide ? The Times

Posted on June 03, 2009
“Under current law if you accompany a terminally ill relative to a clinic, knowing they are going there to be assisted in ending their own life, you are committing a crime. The Suicide Act 1961, now almost half a century old, makes this clear when it says that it is unlawful to ?aid, abet, counsel [...

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Privacy rights thwart evidence search in hammer attack lawsuit ? OUT-LAW.com

Posted on June 02, 2009
“A school that is being sued for failing to prevent a vicious attack on a pupil does not need to give the victim’s legal team access to a database of pupil misbehaviour because the disclosure would be disproportionate and breach children’s human rights...

Napier and Another v Pressdram Ltd ? Times Law Report

Posted on June 02, 2009
Napier and Another v Pressdram Ltd Court of Appeal “A barrister who made a complaint against his solicitor to his professional body owed no duty of confidentiality to the solicitor or his firm not to reveal to others the result of the adjudication against the solicitor where the subject matter underlying the adjudication was nothing private to [...

Recent Statutory Instruments ? OPSI

Posted on June 02, 2009
The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Commencement No. 10) Order 2009 The European Organization for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere (Immunities and Privileges) Order 2009 The Transfer of Functions (Estate Agents Appeals and Additional Scheduled Tribunal) Order 2009 The Transfer of Functions of the Charity Tribunal Order 2009 The Transfer of Functions of the Consumer Credit Appeals [...

£300,000 for judge off sick after blackmail trial ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on June 02, 2009
“Immigration judge Mohammed Ilyas Khan who had an affair with his Brazilian cleaner has been paid nearly £300,000 while off work.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 2nd July 2009 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Woman set for suicide appeal bid ? BBC News

Posted on June 02, 2009
“A woman with multiple sclerosis is urging the House of Lords to clarify the law on assisted suicide.” Full story BBC News, 2nd June 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Britons confused by legality of downloads, finds report ? OUT-LAW.com

Posted on June 02, 2009
“Consumers are spoilt for choice when they seek content online and are confused about what is legal and not legal, according to a report published on Friday. That confusion, and the ease of lawbreaking, present challenges for Government, the authors say...

Charity loses funding to help child refugees wrongly classified as adults ? The Guardian

Posted on June 01, 2009
“Hundreds of children fleeing war and persecution will be wrongly denied education and given no more help than adult asylum seekers in the UK under controversial changes introduced by the government, a leading charity warned yesterday.” Full story The Guardian, 1st June 2009 Source: www...

FSA steps up battle against insider trading ? The Times

Posted on June 01, 2009
“The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is to increase the firepower of its enforcement division by hiring several lawyers from leading City firms, The Times has learnt.” Full story The Times, 1st June 2009 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

House of Lords Judgments: What?s new?

Posted on June 01, 2009
McConkey and another (Appellants) v The Simon Community (Respondents) (Northern Ireland) [2009] UKHL 24 (20 May 2009) Odelola (FC) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) [2009] UKHL 25 (20 May 2009) R (on the application of G) (FC) (Appellant) v London Borough of Southwark (Respondents) [2009] UKHL 26 (20 May 2009) Smith (Appellant) v [...

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on June 01, 2009
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) Curtis, R v [2009] EWCA Crim 1003 (30 April 2009) Straughan, R v [2009] EWCA Crim 955 (28 April 2009) Fazli, R v [2009] EWCA Crim 939 (24 April 2009) Welsh, R. v [2009] EWCA Crim 945 (24 April 2009) Hakimzadeh, R...

Recent Statutory Instruments ? OPSI

Posted on June 01, 2009
The Firefighters’ Pension (Wales) Scheme (Amendment) Order 2009 The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2009 The Functions in relation to External Qualifications (Wales) Order 2009 The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (Wales) Order 2009 The Pension Schemes (Reduction in Pension Rates) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 The Fisheries (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2009 The Transfer of Tribunal Functions (Lands [...

Brown to launch ?code of conduct? for MPs ? The Independent

Posted on June 01, 2009
“Gordon Brown said today there were ‘clear cases’ of MPs who may have broken the law over expense claims but insisted that only ‘a few’ MPs had abused the Westminster perks system.” Full story The Independent, 31st May 2009 Source: www...

Three convicted of petrol murder ? BBC News

Posted on June 01, 2009
“Three people who tied up a student, doused him in petrol and set him on fire have been convicted of his murder.” Full story BBC News, 29th May 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Foreign Office abandoned me to Iraqi jail torture, Briton says ? The Guardian

Posted on June 01, 2009
“A British man who spent more than two years in an Iraqi jail has told the Guardian that he was abandoned by the British government and feared it would leave him to die.” Full story The Guardian, 29th May 2009 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Abortion numbers for disabilities should be kept secret: Government lawyers ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on June 01, 2009
“Releasing data on the number of abortions performed for conditions like clubroot and cleft palate may cause ‘mental distress or harm’ to vulnerable women and must be kept secret, lawyers for the Department of Health have argued.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 29th May 2009 Source: www...

?Slavery? mother-in-law is jailed ? BBC News

Posted on June 01, 2009
“A 63-year-old woman who imprisoned her three daughters-in-law, treating them as ’slaves and dogs’, has been jailed for seven years.” Full story BBC News, 29th May 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Britain and rendition: Wait for the facts, says Tony Blair ? The Times

Posted on June 01, 2009
“Tony Blair has appeared to wash his hands of the extraordinary rendition scandal, claiming he was not aware of Britain’s involvement under his watch as Prime Minister. The former premier was yesterday accused of ‘evasiveness’ and failing to ask ‘awkward questions’ when he was in Downing Street about the UK’s role in the rendition of [...

Court takes child of ?stupid? mother ? The Times

Posted on June 01, 2009
“When Rachel celebrated her daughter?s third birthday three weeks ago the little girl was a picture of happiness. Yet for her mother it was a bittersweet occasion.” Full story The Times, 31st May 2009 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Lord Falconer backs suicide reform ? The Times

Posted on June 01, 2009
“Lord Falconer, the former cabinet minister, has backed a campaign to provide legal protection to people who travel abroad to help terminally ill relatives commit suicide.” Full story The Times, 31st May 2009 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Identity of men on CIA rendition flights to British island revealed ? The Guardian

Posted on June 01, 2009
“Two terror suspects who were flown by the CIA to the British territory of Diego Garcia and later allegedly tortured have been named and evidence about their treatment has been revealed for the first time. Mohammed Madni and Shaykh al-Libi are identified in evidence prepared for the Commons foreign affairs committee by Clive Stafford Smith, [...

Smith fights defamation claim ? The Independent

Posted on June 01, 2009
“Home Secretary Jacqui Smith will fight defamation proceedings launched against her by a US “shock jock” barred from entering the UK, the Home Office said today.” Full story The Independent, 1st June 2009 Source: www.indepedent...

British agents would have had ministers? OK for collusion in torture ? ex-MI6 chief ? The Guardian

Posted on June 01, 2009
“British intelligence agents are unlikely to have been involved in the abuse of terror suspects without the approval of ministers, the former head of MI6 said.” Full story The Guardian, 31st May 2009 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Regina v Hughes (James) ? Times Law Reports

Posted on June 01, 2009
Regina v Hughes (James) Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) “The statutory right of a single appeal to the Court of Appeal, Criminal Division was not removed when the Attorney-General referred the case to that court, since the defendant had not exercised his right to appeal...

Regina (Wood) v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis ? Times Law Reports

Posted on June 01, 2009
Regina (Wood) v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis Court of Appeal “Justification for state interference with the right to privacy had to be the more compelling where that interference was in pursuit of the protection of the community from the risk of public disorder or low level crime as against the danger of terrorism or really [...

Man jailed for murdering student ? The Independent

Posted on May 29, 2009
“A man was jailed for life after being found guilty today of murdering a college student on the same day he started his course.” Full story The Independent, 29th May 2009 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Man jailed for love rival murder ? BBC News

Posted on May 29, 2009
“A man has been jailed for life for slashing the throat of a man he believed to be his love rival.” Full story BBC News, 29th May 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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