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Jack Straw to probe internet libel law - The Times

Posted on March 12, 2009
“Jack Straw is to examine the ‘chilling’ menace of internet libel which makes newspapers liable to legal action every time an article is downloaded from their websites.” Full story The Times, 11th March 2009 Source: www.timesonline...

Life term for drunken rage murder - BBC News

Posted on March 12, 2009
“An alcoholic who stabbed his partner 177 times at her home in Pembrokeshire will spend at least 18 years behind bars, a judge has ruled.” Full story BBC News, 11th March 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Database infringements depend on taking, not usage, of data - OUT-LAW.com

Posted on March 12, 2009
“The European Union’s Database Directive is infringed when data is taken out of someone else’s database regardless of what they intend using the information for, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has said.” Full story OUT-LAW...

Landowner ordered to remove iron gates after £300,000 legal battle - Daily Telegraph

Posted on March 12, 2009
“A landowner has been ordered by a judge to remove wrought iron gates blocking a public footpath after a five-year, £300,000 legal battle.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 11th March 2009 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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27 years on, man wrongly convicted of killing barmaid is a week from freedom - The Guardian

Posted on March 12, 2009
“For 27 years the mother of a young barmaid had believed her daughter’s rapist and killer was behind bars. In the last few days it has become clear to Mary Sedotti that the man who strangled her daughter in the early hours of a December morning 30 years ago has never been caught...

Texting peer freed after appeal - BBC News

Posted on March 12, 2009
“A peer who was jailed for 12 weeks for sending and receiving text messages while driving on the M1 has been released by the Court of Appeal.” Full story BBC News, 12th March 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Baby P inquiry: 200,000 children at risk of violence or abuse, says Lord Laming - Daily Telegraph

Posted on March 12, 2009
“Two hundred thousand children are at risk of violence or abuse in their own home, according to an official report from Lord Laming commissioned after the death of Baby P.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 12th March 2009 Source: www.telegraph...

BBC programme broke law with botnets, says lawyer - OUT-LAW.com

Posted on March 12, 2009
“A BBC programme has broken the Computer Misuse Act by acquiring and using software to control 22,000 computers, creating a botnet capable of bringing down websites. A technology law specialist has said that the activity is illegal.” Full story OUT-LAW...

Legal aid in 21st-century Britain - The Guardian

Posted on March 12, 2009
“This year marks the 60th anniversary of the Legal Aid and Advice Act, but how successful is the system in providing state-funded help to those in need?” Full story The Guardian, 12th March 2009 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

No charges for shooting officers - BBC News

Posted on March 12, 2009
“Police involved in shooting a man dead at Guildford Cathedral will not face criminal charges, says the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).” Full story BBC News, 12th March 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Lord Judge: recession could harm judicial diversity - The Times

Posted on March 12, 2009
“The economic recession could hit efforts to broaden the make-up of the judiciary to bring in candidates from less traditional backgrounds, Britain?s most senior judge said yesterday.” Full story The Times, 12th March 2009 Source: www.timesonline...

Mohamed ?not the only victim? - The Guardian

Posted on March 12, 2009
“According to evidence heard at the high court during proceedings brought on behalf of Binyam Mohamed, an interrogation policy that subsequently led to detainees being tortured in Pakistan was devised by MI5 lawyers and figures in government. The Guardian has learned from other sources that the interrogation policy was directed at a high level in [...

Neighbours? High Court feud over curfews, trellises and hosepipes - Daily Telegraph

Posted on March 12, 2009
“A feud between neighbours turned so bitter that one couple tried to impose a curfew preventing the other from leaving their home at night, the High Court has heard.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 12th March 2009 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Lawcast 120: Paul Marsh, President of The Law Society on the future of the profession after recession - Insite Law Magazine

Posted on March 12, 2009
“Today I am talking to Paul Marsh, the President of The Law Society of England & Wales. We live in difficult and interesting times.I talk to Paul Marsh about a range of topics including his thoughts on the recession, how the law society is helping solicitors during these difficult days, the recent rise of nearly 10 [...

Lawcast 119: Access to Justice denied? Legal Aid? or the lack of it - Charon QC

Posted on March 12, 2009
“Today I am talking to Steve Hynes the director of the Legal Action Group. The purpose of The Legal Action group, a national, independent charity, is to promote equal access to justice for all members of society who are socially, economically or otherwise disadvantaged...

Recent Statutory Instruments - OPSI

Posted on March 11, 2009
The Gender Recognition (Application Fees) (Amendment) Order 2009 The Insolvency Practitioners and Insolvency Services Account (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2009 The Insolvency (Amendment) Regulations 2009 The Guaranteed Minimum Pensions Increase Order 2009 The Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (Audit of Non-profit-making Companies) Order 2009 The Register of Judgments, Orders and Fines (Amendment) Regulations 2009 The Further Education (Principals? Qualifications) (England) (Amendment) [...

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on March 11, 2009
Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Tucke & Anor (Joint Supervisors of Energy Holdings (No 3)) v Gold Fields Mining Llc [2009] EWCA Civ 173 (11 March 2009) TE (Eritrea) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] EWCA Civ 174 (11 March 2009) Youell & Ors v La Reunion Aerienne & Ors [2009] EWCA Civ 175 (11 [...

Power of Attorney forms to be cheaper and simpler - Ministry of Justice

Posted on March 11, 2009
“Lasting Powers of Attorney forms will be overhauled to make them simpler to complete and cheaper to register, the Public Guardian Martin John said today.” Full story Ministry of Justice, 11th March 2009 Source: www.justice.gov.uk

Red tape fears for child services - BBC News

Posted on March 11, 2009
“On Thursday, the government’s expert on children’s services, Lord Laming, will outline how he thinks his own recommendations for change have been implemented following the Victoria Climbie case.” Full story BBC News, 11th March 2009 Source: www...

?Drink and sex? ads broke rules - BBC News

Posted on March 11, 2009
“Nightclub adverts aimed at students which linked cheap drinks with sex broke industry rules, a watchdog said.” Full story BBC News, 11th March 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

More than 1,000 police officers have criminal records, figures show - The Guardian

Posted on March 11, 2009
“More than 1,000 serving police officers have criminal convictions ranging from assault to burglary, according to figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act.” Full story The Guardian, 11th March 2009 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Community service for ex-officer - BBC News

Posted on March 11, 2009
“A former Lancashire police officer who abused his police powers to uncover his wife’s affair has been sentenced to 150 hours’ community service.” Full story BBC News, 10th March 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

House of Lords Judgments: Whats new?

Posted on March 11, 2009
In re McE (Appellant) (Northern Ireland); In re M (Appellant) (Northern Ireland); In re C (AP) and another (AP) (Appellants) (Northern Ireland) [2009] UKHL 15 (11 March 2009) Ofulue and another (FC) (Appellant) v Bossert (FC) (Respondent) [2009] UKHL 16 (11 March 2009) Source: www...

R (Parish) v Pensions Ombudsman - WLR Daily

Posted on March 11, 2009
R (Parish) v Pensions Ombudsman; [2009] WLR (D) 86 “Where the ultimate question to be determined by the Pensions Ombudsman in an investigation differed from the ultimate question which had arisen in previously begun court or employment tribunal proceedings, s 146(6)(a)(i) of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 did not preclude an investigation by reason of a [...

Truex v Toll - WLR Daily

Posted on March 11, 2009
Truex v Toll [2009] EWHC 396 (Ch); [2009] WLR (D) 85 “In respect of fees owed to a solicitor by a client, an unliquidated sum did not become liquidated by a mere admission unsupported by consideration.” WLR Daily, 9th March 2009 Source: www...

Tongue bite girlfriend faces jail - BBC News

Posted on March 11, 2009
“A woman who bit off her boyfriend’s tongue during a drunken birthday kiss has been told she faces jail.” Full story BBC News, 10th March 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Times Newspapers Limited (Nos 1 and 2) v United Kingdom - Times Law Reports

Posted on March 11, 2009
Times Newspapers Limited (Nos 1 and 2) v United Kingdom European Court of Human Rights “The European Court of Human Rights held, unanimously, that a court?s finding that Times Newspapers Ltd had libelled G. L. by the continued publication on its internet site of two articles was not a disproportionate restriction on the newspaper?s freedom of expression, [...

MK and Others (Somalia) v Entry Clearance Officer, Addis Ababa; Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants, intervening - Times Law Reports

Posted on March 11, 2009
MK and Others (Somalia) v Entry Clearance Officer, Addis Ababa; Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants, intervening Court of Appeal “Children who were not legally adopted could not rely on concessions for asylum-seekers to enter the UK to stay with their aunt...

Broadening Britain?s judicial ranks - BBC News

Posted on March 11, 2009
“Judges in England and Wales are holding their first conference to try to increase the number of women and people from ethnic minorities in their ranks.” Full story BBC News, 11th March 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Mother jailed for crushing baby - BBC News

Posted on March 11, 2009
“A mother has been jailed for eight years for inflicting a ‘horrific’ series of injuries on her two-month-old son, who died hours later.” Full story BBC News, 10th March 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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