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Police will use new device to take fingerprints in street - The Guardian

Posted on October 27, 2008
“Civil rights campaigners say images must not be added to databases.” Full story The Guardian, 27th October 2008 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

MPs must rule on assisted suicide, says Director of Public Prosecutions - The Times

Posted on October 27, 2008
“Any reform of the law on assisting suicide is a matter for Parliament, not prosecutors, the Director of Public Prosecutions has told The Times.” Full story The Times, 27th October 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Single parents face seven-year wait for child support - The Times

Posted on October 27, 2008
“Thousands of single mothers awaiting maintenance payments from absent fathers may have to hold on until 2015 before the successor to the Child Support Agency processes their cases.” Full story The Times, 27th October 2008 Source: www.bbc...

Calzaghe and Warren court fight - BBC News

Posted on October 27, 2008
“A High Court legal fight has begun between world champ boxer Joe Calzaghe and his former manager Frank Warren.” Full story BBC News, 24th October 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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Hacker is ?too sick? to survive US extradition - The Observer

Posted on October 27, 2008
“The Home Secretary has backed the extradition of a UFO-obsessed computer hacker, despite hearing expert argument that it would be in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights.” Full story The Observer, 26th October 2008 Source: http://observer...

New laws on porn ?will criminalise thousands? - The Observer

Posted on October 27, 2008
“Son of designer Westwood joins bid to overturn ban that activists say stifles creative freedom.” Full story The Observer, 26th October 2008 Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk

WRU?s High Court player-row win - BBC News

Posted on October 27, 2008
“The Welsh Rugby Union has won a High Court battle with Wales’ four regions over the player-release row.” Full story BBC News, 24th October 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Appeal court to rule on log cabin - BBC News

Posted on October 27, 2008
“A council will not fight a legal challenge by travellers over a building at the Dale Farm site in Essex.” Full story BBC News, 26th October 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Youth guilty of shooting girl while dancing wildly with gun at party - The Times

Posted on October 27, 2008
“A young gunman who shot a girl in the head while dancing wildly at a party and waving the weapon in the air was jailed for eight years yesterday.” Full story The Times, 25th October 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Man jailed for girlfriend murder - BBC News

Posted on October 27, 2008
“A former soldier in the Latvian army who killed his girlfriend by stabbing her through the heart will spend at least 18 years in prison.” Full story BBC News, 27th October 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Teacher had indecent child images - BBC News

Posted on October 27, 2008
“A teacher who admitted possessing and making indecent images of children has been given a suspended sentence.” Full story BBC News, 27th October 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Pensioner in trouble over house painting face-lift - Daily Telegraph

Posted on October 27, 2008
“A pensioner who revamped her cottage by painting it blue has been threatened with legal action unless she returns it to its original shade of yellow.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 27th Octiber 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Man jailed for sleepover shooting - BBC News

Posted on October 24, 2008
“A man who shot a teenage girl in the head at a sleepover party has been jailed for eight years.” Full story BBC News, 24th October 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Businessman jailed for downloading ?horrific? child porn - The Independent

Posted on October 24, 2008
“A businessman and former chamber of commerce member was jailed today for downloading some of the worst images of child pornography, including babies.” Full story The Independent, 24th October 2008 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Father jailed for 22 years for baby?s murder - The Independent

Posted on October 24, 2008
“A man who killed his 16-month-old daughter by snapping her spine in a ‘chilling and brutal attack’ following months of abuse was told today that he must spend at least 22 years in prison.” Full story The Independent, 24th October 2008 Source: www...

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on October 24, 2008
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) Barker, R v [2008] EWCA Crim 2395 (24 October 2008) Doody, R v [2008] EWCA Crim 2394 (24 October 2008) Times Newspapers Ltd & Ors v R. & Ors [2008] EWCA Crim 2396 (24 October 2008) Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Yorkshire Bank Finance Ltd v Mulhall & Anor [2008] EWCA Civ 1156 (24 October [...

R (RJM) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening) - WLR Daily

Posted on October 24, 2008
R (RJM) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening) [2008] UKHL 63; [2008] WLR (D) 00; [2008] WLR (D) 328 “The policy of disentitling persons without accommodation from receiving the disability premium to which they would otherwise be entitled in their income support amounted to discrimination within art 14 [...

R (Reynolds) v Independent Police Complaints Commission (Chief Constable of Sussex Police appearing as interested party) - WLR Daily

Posted on October 24, 2008
R (Reynolds) v Independent Police Complaints Commission (Chief Constable of Sussex Police appearing as interested party) [2008] EWCA Civ 1160; [2008] WLR (D) 327 “Where a man who had been arrested for being drunk and disorderly was found, while in custody, to be in a coma and was later shown to be suffering from a serious [...

Helow v Secretary of State for the Home Department - WLR Daily

Posted on October 24, 2008
Helow v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] UKHL 62; [2008] WLR (D) 00; [2008] WLR (D) 326 “A judge’s membership of a Jewish association whose magazine had expressed extreme views against Palestinian causes did not in itself imply that the judge shared or endorsed such views so as to require her determination of [...

EM (Lebanon) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (AF and others intervening) - WLR Daily

Posted on October 24, 2008
EM (Lebanon) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (AF and others intervening) [2008] UKHL 64; [2008] WLR (D) 00; [2008] WLR (D) 325 “The removal of a foreign national from the United Kingdom was unlawful, as incompatible with the United Kingdom’s obligations under art 8 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human [...

IPCO (Nigeria) Ltd v Nigerian National Petroleum Corpn - WLR Daily

Posted on October 24, 2008
IPCO (Nigeria) Ltd v Nigerian National Petroleum Corpn [2008] EWCA Civ 1157; [2008] WLR (D) 324 “Part of a New York Convention arbitration award could be enforced pursuant to the Arbitration Act 1996.” WLR Daily, 23rd October 2008 Source: www...

R (Binyam Mohamed) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (3) - WLR Daily

Posted on October 24, 2008
R (Binyam Mohamed) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (3) [2008] EWHC 2519 (Admin); [2008] WLR (D) 323 “In the light of the stance taken by the US government that it would reconsider the intelligence relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom if the court were to make the order sought [...

R (Bancoult) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (No 2) - WLR Daily

Posted on October 24, 2008
R (Bancoult) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (No 2) [2008] UKHL 61; [2008] WLR (D) 322 “Prerogative orders in council which prevented the unrestricted return of Chagos Islanders to their homeland were not unlawful.” WLR Daily, 23rd October 2008 Source: www...

Regina v M (Restraint order: Jurisdiction) - Times Law Reports

Posted on October 24, 2008
Regina v M (Restraint order: Jurisdiction) Court of Appeal “A trial judge did have jurisdiction to try an application by the prosecution for a defendant to be committed for contempt for allegedly breaching a restraint order.” The Times, 24th October 2008 Source: www...

EM (Lebanon) v Secretary of State for the Home Department - Times Law Reports

Posted on October 24, 2008
EM (Lebanon) v Secretary of State for the Home Department House of Lords “The removal of a foreign national from the United Kingdom would be incompatible with the United Kingdom?s obligations under article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights as it would completely deny or nullify her right to family life in the destination country...

Legal defeat for neighbours who complain of pub and church bell noise - Daily Telegraph

Posted on October 24, 2008
“People who buy homes near church bells or cricket pitches then complain about the noise should just tolerate it, the High Court has ruled.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 24th October 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Isle of Man?s Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander investors plan legal action - The Times

Posted on October 24, 2008
“Thousands of depositors who held more than £800 million in offshore accounts with Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander, the failed Icelandic-owned bank, are preparing to take legal action to get their money back.” Full story The Times, 24th October 2008 Source: www...

Violent crime underestimated for 10 years - The Independent

Posted on October 24, 2008
“Police have been under-recording the most serious violent crimes for up to a decade, the Home Office admitted, as figures revealed an apparent 22 per cent increase in incidents this year. Conservatives said the Government’s claims to have cut crime were ‘fatally undermined’ as reports of violent crimes from murders to grievous bodily harm leapt [...

Woman?s ear sliced for £10 debt - BBC News

Posted on October 24, 2008
“A drug dealer has been found guilty of cutting part of a woman’s ear off because she owed him £10.” Full story BBC News, 23rd October 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Man sued for libel over comments on eBay - Daily Telegraph

Posted on October 24, 2008
“A man is being threatened with a libel action after posting critical comments on the internet about an eBay user who sold him a mobile phone.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 23rd October 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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