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Payout for railway whistleblower - BBC News

Posted on January 15, 2009
“A rail worker has won Ł200,000 in compensation for being sacked after he blew the whistle on a manager who asked him to lie about an accident.” Full story BBC News, 14th January 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Rhys killer appeals over murder - BBC News

Posted on January 15, 2009
“The teenage killer of schoolboy Rhys Jones has lodged an appeal against his conviction and sentence.” Full story BBC News, 14th January 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Biofuels ad banned by ASA after George Monbiot complaint - The Guardian

Posted on January 15, 2009
“A complaint to the advertising watchdog by Guardian columnist and environmental campaigner George Monbiot has caused a national press ad claiming biofuels offer a sustainable alternative to oil to be banned.” Full story The Guardian, 15th January 2009 Source: www...

Keir Starmer: public need to see justice done - The Times

Posted on January 15, 2009
“Television cameras in the courts, no reform needed on assisted suicide and strong backing for the Human Rights Act 1998 ? the new Director of Public Prosecutions has given a first taste of his views two months into the job.” Full story The Times, 15th January 2009 Source: www...

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Air steward drops racism and homophobia case against F1 chief Ron Dennis - The Times

Posted on January 15, 2009
“An air steward apologised ‘unreservedly’ yesterday for making ‘unfounded’ allegations of racism and homophobia against Ron Dennis, the McLaren Formula One chairman.” Full story The Times, 14th January 2009 SOurce: www...

Shareholders challenge ?unlawful? Northern Rock bailout - The Times

Posted on January 14, 2009
“Northern Rock was secretly given a ’substantial’ valuation by the Government while shareholders received nothing in compensation when it was nationalised, the High Court was told yesterday.” Full story The Times, 14th January 2009 Source: www...

Serious Fraud Office asks for Ł15m to cover ?urgent? hole in budget - The Times

Posted on January 14, 2009
“Fraud investigators were accused yesterday of letting their budgets slide ‘out of control’ after asking ministers for an extra Ł15 million, the second request in two months.” Full story The Times, 14th January2009 Source: www...

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on January 14, 2009
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) Joynson, R. v [2008] EWCA Crim 3049 (26 November 2008) High Court (Queen’s Bench Division) Birmingham City Council v Forde [2009] EWHC 12 (QB) (13 January 2009) High Court (Family Division) S (A Child) v Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council & Anor [2008] EWHC 3283 (Fam) (31 December 2008) High Court (Commercial Court) Emmott v Michael Wilson & [...

Regina (Shields) v Secretary of State for Justice - Times Law Reports

Posted on January 14, 2009
Regina (Shields) v Secretary of State for Justice Queen’s Bench Divisional Court “The Secretary of State for Justice did have power and jurisdiction to consider granting a pardon under the Royal Prerogative in respect of a person convicted and sentenced in a foreign court but transferred to the United Kingdom to serve his sentence...

Moriarty and Another v Atkinson and Others - Times Law Reports

Posted on January 14, 2009
Moriarty and Another v Atkinson and Others Court of Appeal “If a company, in breach of its promise to a payer to keep money in a separate client account to be held on trust, paid it into a deficit current account to be used to settle the company?s debts, the payer could not trace the money paid [...

Sir Duncan Nichol CBE?s Review of the QC Appointment System Welcomed by the Bar Council and the Law Society - The Bar Council

Posted on January 14, 2009
“Sir Duncan Nichol CBE?s review of the Queen?s Counsel Appointment System was jointly commissioned by the Bar Council and the Law Society in September 2008. The terms of reference of the review included considering whether it would be appropriate to re-affirm the purpose of the award; the forms of excellence that it is intended to [...

Daily Cause List, 14th January 2009

Posted on January 14, 2009
Wednesday 14th January 2009 Source: www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk Please note only the current day?s list will be accessible.

Legal change: Abused woman who kill could escape murder - Daily Telegraph

Posted on January 14, 2009
“Abused women who kill their partners in cold blood could escape a murder conviction under the biggest planned change in the law for a generation.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 13th January 2009 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

New law to enforce social mobility - The Independent

Posted on January 14, 2009
“Young people from poor backgrounds have less chance of landing a highly paid job than their parents did because some measures of social mobility have gone backwards, the Government has admitted.” Full story The Independent, 14th January 2009 Source: www...

Robbery trial collapses after judge finds victim ?too believable? - Daily Telegraph

Posted on January 14, 2009
“A man accused of robbing a driving instructor has been found not guilty after a judge found that his alleged victim was ‘too believable’ in her evidence.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 13th January 2009 Source: www.telegraph.co...

Straw plan for private inquests back on agenda - The Guardian

Posted on January 14, 2009
“Jack Straw, the justice secretary, will today revive his plan to hold inquests that involve aspects of national security in private without a jury when the coroners and justice bill is published.” Full story The Guardian, 14th January 2009 Source: www...

Lawyer ?aided illegal passports? - BBC News

Posted on January 14, 2009
“A lawyer tried to help criminals get passports by using the identities of dead children, a court has heard.” Full story BBC News, 13th January 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Drunk judge suspended for kissing lawyer and swearing in court - Daily Telegraph

Posted on January 14, 2009
“A drunk judge had to be escorted from court after kissing a solicitor, swearing at an usher and insulting a prosecutor while ‘fortified’ with brandy, a disciplinary tribunal has heard.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 13th January 2009 Source: www...

Police seek new rights for searching rail passengers - The Guardian

Posted on January 14, 2009
“Passengers who buy a London train or tube ticket would automatically be giving their consent to be searched, under proposals now under consideration.” Full story The Guardian, 13th January 2009 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Jack Straw: new laws focus on victims of crime and the bereaved - Ministry of Justice

Posted on January 14, 2009
“Modernisation of the coroners system and better protection for witnesses during criminal investigations were amongst the new measures announced by Justice Secretary Jack Straw in Parliament today when he published the Coroners and Justice Bill...

British data protection standard is published - OUT-LAW.com

Posted on January 14, 2009
“A set of instructions on how organisations can stay within the Data Protection Act (DPA) while storing personal information has been published by British Standards (BSI).” Full story OUT-LAW.com, 14th January 2009 Source: www.out-law.com

Mother jailed for five years for killing baby - The Guardian

Posted on January 14, 2009
“A young mother was jailed for five years today for killing her three-month-old baby, who died of injuries so severe they were likened to a car accident or fall from a first-floor window.” Full story The Guardian, 14th January 2009 Source: www...

Lawyer?s family ends legal action - BBC News

Posted on January 14, 2009
“The family of a lawyer shot dead by police have said they will not appeal against a ruling on the manner in which police are investigating his death.” Full story BBC News, 14th January 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on January 13, 2009
Berwood Homes Ltd, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Bromley [2008] EWHC 3243 (Admin) (11 December 2008) Hague & Anor, R (on the application of) v Warwick District Council [2008] EWHC 3252 (Admin) (15 December 2008) Newland v Secretary of State for Communities & Local Government & Anor [2008] EWHC 3132 (Admin) (22 December [...

Gang culture flourishing in top-security jail, report reveals - The Guardian

Posted on January 13, 2009
“Fresh evidence that gang culture is flourishing inside Britain’s top-security prisons emerges today in a report by the chief inspector of prisons on Long Lartin jail in Worcestershire.” Full story The Guardian, 13th January 2009 Source: www...

New admission over legal advice on Iraq invasion - The Guardian

Posted on January 13, 2009
“Government fails to provide proof that the former attorney general was not pressured to change his initial opinion that 2003 invasion could be illegal.” Full story The Guardian, 13th January 2009 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

The Bar?s recent initiatives to promote social mobility in the profession will assist former Minister Alan Milburn?s review being launched this week alongside a Government White Paper - The Bar Council

Posted on January 13, 2009
“An in-depth inquiry into the background of entrants to the Bar by Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury in 2007 produced 57 recommendations amounting to a detailed road-map for the promotion of social mobility. The Bar Council is hard at work implementing those proposals with the whole-hearted cooperation of the Inns of Court, which all student barristers [...

Daily Cause List, 13th January 2009

Posted on January 13, 2009
Tuesday 13th January 2009 Source: www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk Please note only the current day?s list will be accessible.

Recent Statutory Instruments - OPSI

Posted on January 13, 2009
The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Registration of Regulated Activities) Regulations 2009 The Local Government (Structural Changes) (Further Financial Provisions and Amendment) Regulations 2009 The Smoke Control Areas (Authorised Fuels) (Wales) Regulations 2008 The Controlled Drugs (Supervision of Management and Use) (Wales) Regulations 2008 Source: www...

Privacy watchdog warns companies on self-serving privacy policies - OUT-LAW.com

Posted on January 13, 2009
“Privacy policies are full of jargon and are designed to reduce organisations’ liability rather than to help people understand what their personal data might be used for, the UK’s privacy watchdog has said.” Full story OUT-LAW...

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