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Chippendales dance troupe sues rival strippers ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on May 26, 2009
“Chippendales, the male erotic dance troupe, has begun legal action to stop a rival group from using its name to promote a new British tour.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 25th May 2009 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Council uses terror law to spy on shirker in shower ? The Times

Posted on May 26, 2009
“A local council has used surveillance powers designed to catch terrorists and prevent serious crime to check how long a member of staff spent in the shower.” Full story The Times, 24th May 2009 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Recent Statutory Instruments ? OPSI

Posted on May 26, 2009
The Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2009 The Energy Act 2004 (Commencement No. 9) Order 2009 The Energy Act 2008 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2009 The Banking Act 2009 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2009 The National Savings (Unclaimed Moneys) Regulations 2009 The Surface Waters (Fishlife) (Classification) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 The National Health Service (Charges) (Amendments Relating to Pandemic Influenza) [...

NHS patients given right to delete electronic record ? The Guardian

Posted on May 26, 2009
“NHS patients will be allowed to delete electronic summaries of their treatment records from a new national medical database, the Guardian has learned.” Full story The Guardian, 26th May 2009 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

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eBay wins L?Oreal UK court case ? BBC News

Posted on May 26, 2009
“Online marketplace eBay is not jointly liable for the sale of any counterfeit L’Oreal products through its website, the High Court in London has ruled.” Full story BBC News, 22nd May 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Bishops fight for right to criticise gay lifestyle ? The Guardian

Posted on May 26, 2009
“Church of England bishops are on a collision course with the government over its plans to amend the incitement to hatred laws, claiming they will stifle what they believe is legitimate criticism of homosexual lifestyles.” Full story The Guardian, 24th May 2009 Source: www...

Three in four people caught with guns avoid jail ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on May 26, 2009
“Three in four criminals found with a gun escape prison even though the number caught has almost doubled in four years, the Daily Telegraph can disclose.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 25th May 2009 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Legal fight for release of terror douments ? The Independent

Posted on May 26, 2009
“The High Court was urged today to order full disclosure of correspondence from America setting out the Obama administration’s current stance on whether US intelligence outlining its agents’ treatment of former terror detainee Binyam Mohamed should be made public...

Fraud challenge to home secretary ? BBC News

Posted on May 26, 2009
“A man has appeared in court to try to start a private prosecution against the home secretary over her expense claims.” Full story BBC News, 22nd May 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

City law firms to suffer in weaker market ? The Times

Posted on May 26, 2009
“Businesses are deserting the ‘magic circle’ and other City law firms in favour of cheaper alternatives as the legal market continues to struggle with weaker demand, a study has found.” Full story The Times, 20th May 2009 Source: www...

David Southall loses appeal over being struck off ? The Guardian

Posted on May 26, 2009
“Controversial paediatrician Dr David Southall today (22nd May) lost a high court battle to overturn a decision to strike him off the medical register for serious professional misconduct.” Full story The Guardian, 22nd May 2009 Source: www...

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on May 22, 2009
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) Nasuna, R v [2009] EWCA Crim 880 (3 April 2009) Symmons, R v [2009] EWCA Crim 734 (07 April 2009) High Court (Chancery Division) Kayley Vending Ltd, Re Insolvency Act 1986 [2009] EWHC 904 (Ch) (15 May 2009) HM Revenue & Customs v Prince Karunaraina Samarappulli Arachchige [2009] EWHC 1077 (Ch) (20 [...

Industry and Exports (Financial Support) Act 2009

Posted on May 22, 2009
Industry and Exports (Financial Support) Act 2009 published Full text of Act Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

Recent Statutory Instruments ? OPSI

Posted on May 22, 2009
The Legislative Reform (Insolvency) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 2009 The Overseas Companies Regulations 2009 The Terrorism Act 2006 (Disapplication of Section 25) Order 2009 The Companies Act 2006 (Part 35) (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009 The Registrar of Companies and Applications for Striking Off Regulations 2009 The Armed Forces (Part 5 of the Armed Forces Act 2006) Regulations [...

Council lawyers admit Baby P could have been put into care ? The Guardian

Posted on May 22, 2009
“There was probably sufficient evidence to justify taking Baby P into care days before he was brutally killed, council lawyers at the centre of the case have privately admitted, according to documents seen by the Guardian.” Full story The Guardian, 21st May 2009 Source: www...

Life term for cellmate sex killer ? BBC News

Posted on May 22, 2009
“A man has been jailed for life for the sexually motivated murder of a fellow prison inmate in Nottinghamshire.” Full story BBC News, 21st May 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Jacqui Smith to ban ?legal high? drugs ? The Guardian

Posted on May 22, 2009
“The home secretary, Jacqui Smith, is to ban two ‘legal highs’ and a range of ­anabolic steroids in preparation for the London 2012 Olympics.” Full story The Guardian, 21st May 2009 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Call for reform over child witnesses in court ? The Independent

Posted on May 22, 2009
“The barrister who cross-examined the four-year-old girl raped by one of Baby P’s killers has called for reform in the way that child witnesses are treated by the courts system.” Full story The Independent, 22nd May 2009 Source: www...

Scientific advances brought demise of double jeopardy rule ? The Times

Posted on May 22, 2009
“It was David Blunkett who scrapped the 800-year-old legal principle that people could not be tried twice for the same crime.” Full story The Times, 22nd May 2009 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Could the Queen really dissolve Parliament now? ? The Times

Posted on May 21, 2009
“Thinking the unthinkable is what constitutional lawyers are paid to do. Many are now saying that with the daily revelations about improper expenses claims from beleaguered MPs the Queen should step in and dissolve Parliament ? against the Government?s wishes ? forcing a general election to compel MPs to stand for immediate re-election after a [...

Ingrained arrogance in the police leads to miscarriages of justice ? The Times

Posted on May 21, 2009
“Police attitudes have progressed by light years since the bad days of the 1980s and highly publicised miscarriages of justice. So runs the prevailing wisdom. But the recent police operation at the G20 summit and instinctive reaction of some officers to doctor the facts indicates that a deep-seated corruption in policing still prevails...

Expenses: in the spirit of the rules? ? The Times

Posted on May 21, 2009
“A police investigation into the MPs expenses scandal will swiftly identify false accounting as the criminal offence most likely to have been committed by the most egregious of the SW1 claimants.” Full story The Times, 21st May 2009 Source: www...

Medical law too often doffs its cap to the doctor?s white coat ? The Times

Posted on May 21, 2009
“‘It?s up to you what you do with your own body,’ goes the rhetoric. But when you dive away from abstractions into the real world of suffering and desire, things are not so simple.” Full story The Times, 21st May 2009 Source: www...

Regina v Hughes (James) ? WLR Daily

Posted on May 21, 2009
Regina v Hughes (James) [2009] EWCA Crim 841; [2009] WLR (D) 160 “The words ‘or in subsequent proceedings’ in s 9(1) of the Criminal Appeal Act 1968 did not enable a defendant to appeal against a sentence passed by the Court of Appeal on an Attorney General?s reference, but his right of appeal still remained extant [...

Regina (G) v Southwark London Borough Council ? WLR Daily

Posted on May 21, 2009
Regina (G) v Southwark London Borough Council [2009] UKHL 26; [2009] WLR (D) 159 “When a child aged 16 or 17 who had been excluded from his family home applied to the children?s service department of the local authority for accommodation under s 20 of the Children Act 1989, and he satisfied all the requirements of [...

Coroners Bill: now the battle begins for legal aid and juries ? The Times

Posted on May 21, 2009
“With Jack Straw?s dropping of plans this week for secret inquests, one of the big battles in the Coroners and Justice Bill has been fought and won. But the Justice Secretary?s move does not guarantee the Bill a trouble-free ride.” Full story The Times, 21st May 2009 Source: www...

Law ?will force churches to employ gay staff? ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on May 21, 2009
“Churches will be banned from turning down gay job applicants on the grounds of their sexuality under new anti-discrimination laws, a Government minister said.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 20th May 2009 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Failure to gag Private Eye clears the way to publication of rulings against lawyers ? The Times

Posted on May 21, 2009
“Thousands of disciplinary rulings against lawyers accused of misconduct can be publicised after one of Britain’s leading solicitors lost a battle in the Court of Appeal to keep his own case under wraps.” Full story The Times, 21st May 2009 Source: www...

Pringles too much like potato crisps to escape VAT, appeal court rules ? The Times

Posted on May 21, 2009
“The taxman took a multimillion-pound bite out of Pringles today after winning a VAT legal battle.” Full story The Times, 20th May 2009 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Gurkhas win final victory to stay in Britain ? The Independent

Posted on May 21, 2009
“All Gurkha veterans will today win the right to settle in Britain following an embarrassing climb-down by Gordon Brown.” Full story The Independent, 21st May 2009 Source: www.independent.co.uk

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