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Gloucester man jailed indefinitely for kidnap of girl ? BBC News

Posted on February 11, 2011
“A man who admitted kidnapping and sexually assaulting a teenage girl in Gloucestershire has been jailed indefinitely.” Full story BBC News, 10th February 2011 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Oldham care baby mother takes battle to European courts ? BBC News

Posted on February 11, 2011
“A mother from Greater Manchester who claims her baby daughter was wrongly taken into care has taken her case to the European Courts.” Full story BBC news, 11th February 2011 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Credit and debit card surcharges ?are excessive? ? BBC News

Posted on February 11, 2011
“A super-complaint is to be launched about the ‘murky practice’ of surcharges levied on customers who pay by debit or credit card.” Full story BBC News, 11th February 2011 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Retracting rape and domestic violence allegations: CPS launches public consultation ? Crown Prosecution Service

Posted on February 11, 2011
“Individuals who retract truthful allegations of rape or domestic violence out of fear are less likely to be prosecuted under proposed new guidance for prosecutors on the offence of perverting the course of justice, the Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC, said today...

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Criminal checks on people working with children to be eased ? The Guardian

Posted on February 11, 2011
“More than half of the 9 million people who have needed criminal record checks to work with children and vulnerable adults are to be freed from the burden under new legislation.” Full story The Guardian, 11th February 2011 Source: www.guardian...

People get power to take CCTV abusers to court ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on February 11, 2011
“Any member of the public will be able to refer a local authority for judicial review if they can argue their cameras were set up or are being used inappropriately.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 10th February 2011 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Birmingham hospital trust pays out after baby?s death ? BBC News

Posted on February 11, 2011
“A Birmingham couple has received an out-of-court settlement following hospital failures which allegedly led to the death of their baby son.” Full story BBC News, 8th Febraury 2011 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Four men jailed over £2m cannabis farm in Essex ? BBC news

Posted on February 11, 2011
“Four men found at a large cannabis factory in Essex have been jailed.” Full story BBC News, 4th February 2011 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Bradford family fire deaths: brothers jailed ? BBC News

Posted on February 11, 2011
“A man who killed two children and their mother in an ‘evil and cowardly’ arson attack in West Yorkshire has been jailed for at least 29 years.” Full story BBC News, 11th February 2011 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Factory fined over Hull worker?s severed hand ? BBC News

Posted on February 11, 2011
“A food factory has been fined £14,000 after two workers had a hand and fingertips severed by machinery.” Full story BBC News, 11th February 2011 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Councils defeat government over school buildings ? BBC News

Posted on February 11, 2011
“The government has been defeated in the High Court over the way it scrapped part of England’s school building programme.” Full story BBC News, 11th February 2011 Source; www.bbc.co.uk

Criminal justice reform at a time of austerity: what needs to be done? ? The Guardian

Posted on February 11, 2011
“A criminologist reflects on lessons to learn from the way in which governments, New Labour in particular, have approached crime.” Full story The Guardian, 11th February 2011 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Jeremy Bamber loses appeal court bid ? The Independent

Posted on February 11, 2011
“Jeremy Bamber’s convictions for murdering five of his relatives more than 25 years ago will not be referred to the Court of Appeal, the Criminal Cases Review Commission has said.” Full story The Independent, 11th February 2011 Source: www...

Court rejects fluoride challenge ? The Independent

Posted on February 11, 2011
“A local health authority’s plans for the fluoridation of a city’s tap water was not unlawful, the High Court ruled today.” Full story The Independent, 11th February 2011 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Recent Statutory Instruments ? legislation.gov.uk

Posted on February 10, 2011
The Police Federation (Amendment) Regulations 2011 The Apprenticeship Sectors (Specification) Order 2011 The Apprenticeships (Specification of Apprenticeship Standards for England) Order 2011 The Value Added Tax (Amendment) Regulations 2011 Source: www...

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on February 10, 2011
Supreme Court Brent London Borough Council and others v Risk Management Partners Ltd [2011] UKSC 7 (9 February 2011) Manchester City Council v Pinnock [2011] UKSC 6 (9 February 2011) Court of Appeal (Civil Division) SS (Sri Lanka) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] EWCA Civ 76 (09 February 2011) Immingham Storage [...

Brady v Norman ? WLR Daily

Posted on February 10, 2011
Brady v Norman [2011] EWCA Civ 107; [2011] WLR (D) 40 “The policy behind the limitation period for defamation cases being shorter than that in personal injuries claims was clear, since the defamatory impact of libel or slander was likely to be transient and Parliament evidently intended that a claimant should assert and pursue his [...

Regina v Windsor and others ? WLR Daily

Posted on February 10, 2011
Regina v Windsor and others [2011] EWCA Crim 143; [2011] WLR (D) 41 “On an appeal against the making of restraint and receivership orders under Part 2 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 the Court of Appeal has power to suspend the effect of its final order...

Supreme Court ruling puts children first in immigration cases ? Law Society?s Gazette

Posted on February 10, 2011
“A landmark Supreme Court ruling has put the ?best interests of the child? at the centre of decision-making in immigration cases involving the deportation or removal of their parents.” Full story Law Society’s Gazette, 10th February 2011 Source: www...

Withdrawal from the European court of human rights is not a legal problem ? The Guardian

Posted on February 10, 2011
“Bringing Rights Back Home is the latest policy document to address the tension between judges and politicians over public policy with human rights implications.” Full story The Guardian, 9th February 2011 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

High Court ruling paves the way for patent attorneys ? Law Society?s Gazette

Posted on February 10, 2011
“A High Court ruling has cleared the way for patent attorney litigators to conduct litigation in High Court cases.” Full story Law Society’s Gazette, 10th February 2011 Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Response to Ministry of Justice Consultation as to reform of Legal Aid in England and Wales on behalf of Inner Temple Bar Liaison Committee ? The Inner Temple

Posted on February 10, 2011
“This response is made by the Inner Temple Bar Liaison Committee which is the representative body for practitioner members of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, one of the four Inns of Court to which all barristers must belong. The committee represents 3,275 barrister practitioners...

Schools to be banned from fingerprinting without parental consent ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on February 10, 2011
“Schools are to be banned from fingerprinting children without their parent’s consent as part of a raft of measures to restore civil liberties, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 10th February 2011 Source: www...

Prisoners? right to vote: Q&A ? The Guardian

Posted on February 10, 2011
“MPs are set to debate on a motion calling for Britain to defy the European court of human rights over giving prisoners the right to vote on Thursday.” Full story The Guardian, 10th February 2011 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

The campaign against proposed legal aid cuts gains public support ? Law Society?s Gazette

Posted on February 10, 2011
“Last week?s adjournment debate on legal aid cuts in the House of Commons marked a change in tone among MPs who, before Christmas, had not made much of the Ministry of Justice?s proposed £350m annual cut to the legal aid budget. What became evident in the debate, secured by Labour MP Yvonne Fovargue, is that [...

ID cards go up in flames in first step to tackle ?database state? ? The Independent

Posted on February 10, 2011
“Identity cards will be consigned to history today as the database recording the biometric details of thousands of people goes up in flames. Hard disk drives from the national identity register, which underpinned the ID card scheme, will be shredded and incinerated in a symbolic demonstration of efforts to rein back the ‘database state’ and [...

The Twitter era of court reporting is here, despite the risk of prejudice ? The Guardian

Posted on February 10, 2011
“Is there a legitimate demand for the use of live, text-based communications from the courtroom? That’s one of the questions that the Judicial Office for England and Wales is asking in a new consultation paper.” Full story The Guardian, 9th February 2011 Source: www...

Rape guidelines may prevent unfair prosecutions of those who retract claim ? The Guardian

Posted on February 10, 2011
“Tougher measures to prevent women being unfairly prosecuted after making and retracting rape claims are to be announced under new guidelines from the director of public prosecutions, Keir Starmer.” Full story The Guardian, 10th February 2011 Source: www...

MPs? expenses: Eric Illsley jailed for 12 months ? The Guardian

Posted on February 10, 2011
“The former Labour MP Eric Illsley has been jailed for 12 months at Southwark crown court after pleading guilty to charges of false accounting concerning nearly £14,500 in parliamentary expenses.” Full story The Guardian, 10th February 2011 Source: www...

Attorney general: UK would be in breach of law if it defied European court rulings ? The Guardian

Posted on February 10, 2011
“Britain would be acting ‘tyranically’ and in breach of the rule of law if it defied rulings from the European court of human rights, the attorney general, Dominic Grieve, has said.” Full story The Guardian, 10th February 2011 Source: www...

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