Current Awareness

The Fire and Rescue Services (Emergencies) (Wales) Order 2007

The Caravan Sites Act 1968 (Amendment) (Wales) Order 2007

The Rating Lists (Valuation Date) (Wales) Order 2007

The Maintained Schools (Partnership Agreements) (Wales) Regulations 2007

The Substance Misuse (Formulation and Implementation of Strategy) (Wales) Regulations 2007

The Animal Welfare Act 2006 (Commencement No. 2 and Saving and Transitional Provisions) (Wales) Order 2207

The Radioactive Contaminated Land (Modification of Enactments) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2007

The Radioactive Contaminated Land (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2007

The European Communities (Definition of Treaties) (Partnership and Cooperation Agreement) (Republic of Tajikistan) Order 2007

The Harbour School Order 2007

The Radioactive Contaminated Land Regulations (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2007

The East Kent Railway Order 2007

The Education (Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales) (No 3) Order 2007

The Education (Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales) (No 2) Order 2007

Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

Regina (D) v Bromley London Borough Council and Another

Court of Appeal

“It was contrary to natural justice for an education appeals panel to fail to provide an excluded pupil with the opportunity to comment on exceptional circumstances or other reasons which led the panel to refuse to direct his reinstatement at the school from which he had been permanently excluded.”

The Times, 20th November 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication. 

In re LM (Reporting restrictions: Coroner’s inquest)

Family Division

“Coroner’s inquests were court proceedings subject to the same principles and limitations governing other courts.”

The Times, 20th November 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.

New Testament Church of God v Stewart

Court of Appeal

“An employment tribunal was not required to approach its consideration of the nature of the relationship between a minister and his church with the presumption that there was no intention to create legal relations.”

The Times, 20th November 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.

“Michael Martin, the Speaker of the House of Commons, is fighting an attempt by Gordon Brown to scrap the ‘grace and favour’ pension that comes with his job, The Times has learnt.”

Full story

The Times, 20th November 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

“Scotland Yard is spending £15,000 on ethnically diverse police mascots after complaints that PCSO Steve, its current rubber representative, is too white, too male, and too blond.”

Full story

The Times, 20th November 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

“Heart transplants have been allowed to resume at one of the UK’s specialist hospitals following an investigation into a rise in the number of patient deaths, the Healthcare Commission said today.”

Full story

The Guardian, 20th November 2007

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

“The Woolf reforms are facing their first ‘economic stress test’ as commercial court cases rise for the first time in six years.”

Full story

The Times, 19th November 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

“Counter-terrorism officials are rethinking their approach to tackling the radicalisation of Muslim youth, abandoning what they admit has been offensive and inappropriate language. They say the term ‘war on terror’ will no longer be heard from ministers. Instead, they will use less emotive language, emphasising the criminal nature of the plots and conspiracies. The government in future, they add, will talk of a ’struggle’ against extremist ideology, rather than a ‘battle’.”

Full story

The Guardian, 20th Novemeber 2007

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

“A shooting victim who was too scared to help police catch his attacker has been jailed for three months.”

Full story

BBC News, 19th November 2007

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

“Britain’s longest-serving prisoner, John Straffen, who was sentenced to hang more than half a century ago, has died in prison. Straffen, aged 77, was convicted of murdering a schoolgirl in 1952 and admitted killing two others, but his death sentence was commuted because he was ‘feeble-minded’. The Ministry of Justice said last night that Straffen had died in Frankland prison, County Durham, yesterday after an illness. He was believed to be on a list of around 20 prisoners, which includes the Yorkshire Ripper, Peter Sutcliffe, who were never to be released.”

Full story

The Guardian, 20th November 2007

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

“MPs have accused West Midlands Police of seeking to undermine freedom of speech by making a ‘perverse’ complaint about a Channel 4 programme that exposed extremism in a British mosque.”

Full story

The Times, 20th November 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

“Lord Hunt of Wirral tells Edward Fennell about the dogged, systematic and determined work on the Legal Services Bill.”

Full story

The Times, 20th November 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

“Nearly two-thirds of family doctors are poised to boycott the government’s scheme to put the medical records of 50 million NHS patients on a national electronic database, a Guardian poll reveals today.”

Full story

The Guardian, 20th November 2007

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

“British lawyers have joined the call on the Canadian Government to intervene over Omar Khadr, the youngest detainee at Guantanamo Bay who has now spent a quarter of his life in captivity there.”

Full story

The Times, 19th November 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

“Lord Bingham of Cornhill can’t quite see the point of a new bill of rights.”

Full story

The Times, 20th November 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

“Information requirements are an irritant for business and consumers routinely ignore the small print overload because it is turgid and confusing, according to a Government study. A new report calls for a rethink by policy-makers and businesses.”

Full story

OUT-LAW.com, 19th November 2007

Source: www.out-law.com

“Private equity firms will face tougher standards demanding ‘more openness’, a review is expected to say.”

Full story

BBC News, 20th November 2007

Source: www.bbc.co.uk  

“Lie detection technology will be used for the first time on telephone calls of unemployment benefit claimants.”

Full story

BBC News, 20th November 2007

Source: www.bbc.co.uk  

“The Archbishop of York last night led a powerful cross-party attack by peers on plans to make it easier for lesbian couples to become parents through fertility treatment.”

Full story

The Independent, 20th November 2007

Source: www.independent.co.uk

“A Christian group trying to prosecute the producer and broadcaster of Jerry Springer - The Opera under blasphemy laws will take its case to the high court in London today.”

Full story

The Guardian, 20th November 2007

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

“A generation of British “tweenagers” - children aged between eight and 13 - are at risk of losing interest in school and experimenting with drugs and alcohol as the problems traditionally associated with teenagers come into effect earlier, a minister warned yesterday.”

Full story

The Guardian, 20th November 2007

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

“The UK government will be criticised today over key aspects of children’s human rights in a report highlighting how youngsters in custody are being handcuffed or have needed oxygen after being restrained.”

Full story

The Guardian, 20th November 2007

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

“Britain’s most senior judge has expressed fears that reforms to the way judges are appointed risks politicising the judiciary and threatening standards.”

Full story

The Times, 20th November 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

“Bereaved families cannot generally claim legal aid for inquests or it will ‘risk imposing an unjustified burden’ on the system, the Court of Appeal ruled yesterday.”

Full story

The Times, 20th November 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk