from the Inner Temple Library
“The independent Sentencing Commission Working Group is seeking views on how a structured sentencing framework could be adapted for England and Wales, drawing reference to the US experience. The aim is to develop a set of proposals to improve the operation of the CJS in relation to sentencing.”
Consultation paper: A structured sentencing framework and Sentencing Commission (PDF)
Judiciary of England and Wales, 31st March 2008
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“A financial trader accused of murdering a wealthy reclusive author at his north London home has been found guilty of dishonesty charges.”
BBC News, 31st March 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A woman who falsely accused a soldier of rape has been described as ‘wicked’ by the judge who sentenced her to a year in jail.”
Daily Telegraph, 31st March 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2008
The Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (Approved Devices) (Wales) Order 2008
The Civil Enforcement Officers (Wearing of Uniforms) (Wales) Regulations 2008
The Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (Guidelines on Levels of Charges) (Wales) Order 2008
The Removal and Disposal of Vehicles (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2008
The Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (Commencement) (Wales) Order 2008
The Welsh Levy Board Order 2008
The Immigration (Disposal of Property) Regulations 2008
The Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2008
The Childcare Act 2006 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2008
The Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (Audit of Public Bodies) Order 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
“Lawyers across the City have been sifting through traders’ e-mails and listening to recordings of their phone conversations in an attempt to piece together thousands of financial transactions.”
The Times, 31st March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The coroner leading the inquest into the death of Princess Diana has said there is no evidence that Prince Philip, the Secret Intelligence Service or any other government agency had anything to do with the 1997 car crash that killed the Princess and her lover Dodi Fayed.”
Daily Telegraph, 31st March 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The number of Bar Vocational Course (BVC) graduates invited to take pupillage has dropped by 20 per cent since the turn of the century, with less than a third of graduates securing pupillages last year.”
The Lawyer, 31st March 2008
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“Plans to extend the limit on detaining terror suspects without charge to 42 days could face an Equality and Human Rights Commission court challenge.”
BBC News, 31st March 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Employers will be duty-bound from next week to protect their staff from sexual harassment by customers, suppliers and others they encounter in the course of their work. Workers are already protected from harassment by colleagues, but under new rules which come into force on April 6, they will be able to seek damages from employers who fail to take reasonable steps to protect them from harassment by a third party, if bosses knew that at least two incidents had already taken place.”
The Guardian, 31st March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“New parking regulations have come into force in England despite concerns over the use of CCTV footage to enforce rules and impose fines.”
BBC News, 31st March 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has dismissed claims by a fellow minister that the government is out of touch.”
BBC News, 30th March 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Nearly 12 years after conservationists asked government to help save the disappearing water vole, the whiskered creature that inspired the character Ratty in Kenneth Grahame’s Wind in the Willows – along with seahorses, a shark and an edible snail – has become one of Britain’s most protected species.”
The Guardian, 31st March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A group representing nearly 1,000 doctors is preparing to mount a legal action against the health service to stop care being withdrawn from patients who want to pay for their own cancer medicines.”
The Times, 30th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The government has been urged by a charity to ratify fully an international treaty on disability.”
BBC News, 30th March 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Most women prisoners have mental health problems, and nine of out 10 were convicted of non-violent offences. Now a new study shows an alarming rise in suicides and self-harm – and behind the statistics lie ruined lives and shattered relatives. With four inquests about to open, Amelia Hill reports on the growing scandal in Britain’s penal system.”
The Guardian, 30th March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Thousands of passengers faced further misery stranded on the huge concourse at Heathrow’s Terminal 5 today, as behind the scenes a ‘blame game’ began over the chaos that has gripped the airport since opening.”
The Independent, 30th March 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“After almost six months and more than 250 witnesses, the judge presiding over the inquest into Princess Diana’s death wraps up the case on Monday with his summary to the jury.”
Reuters, 30th March 2008
Source: www.reuters.com
“Crisis meetings are to take place in the House of Lords today over a series of sleaze allegations against peers, the Guardian can disclose. These include accusations that cash has been taken from lobbyists, passes handed out to commercial interests and expenses improperly claimed.”
The Guardian, 31st March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The spy writer John Le Carré, the actors Colin Firth and Patrick Stewart, the novelist Iain Banks, fashion designer Vivienne Westwood and professor of philosophy A C Grayling are among a group of leading figures from the arts and academia who have written to Gordon Brown to oppose the extension of pre-charge detention to 42 days for terrorist suspects.”
The Independent, 31st March 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Regina (Griffin) v Richmond Magistrates Court
Queen’s Bench Divisional Court
“A defendant charged with failing to deliver up books and papers in the course of the winding-up of a company and who raised the statutory defence of no intent to defraud bore a legal burden rather than an evidential one; that burden was not incompatible with the right to a fair trial.”
The Times, 31st March 2008
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.
Ministry of Justice v Prison Officers’ Association
Queen’s Bench Division
“Article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights guaranteeing freedom of assembly and association, conferred no express right to strike and it was not breached by a court order forbidding any form of industrial action.”
The Times, 31st March 2008
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.
“One of the gang who kicked to death father-of-three Garry Newlove is to appeal against his conviction.”
BBC News, 29th March 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The Immigration (Registration Card) Order 2008
The Welfare Reform Act 2007 (Commencement No. 6 and Consequential Provisions) Order 2008
The National Health Service Pension Scheme Regulations 2008
The National Health Service Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Police and Justice Act 2006 (Commencement No. 8) Order 2008
The Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2008
The Consumer Credit Act 2006 (Commencement No. 4 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2008
The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Childcare (Voluntary Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (General Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 2008
The Dairy Produce Quotas (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Meat Products (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
“Parliament should have the final say over whether Britain ‘opts in’ to the most controversial parts of the EU’s Lisbon treaty, an influential group of peers said today.”
The Guardian, 28th March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Four men and a woman have been convicted of a £10m plot to kidnap a businessman by seducing him.”
BBC News, 28th March 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A woman nicknamed the ‘cash martyr’ has lost her legal battle to stop BT penalising customers who pay their bills by cash or cheque.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th March 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Ministers were forced into a rapid rethink of a controversial early-release scheme last night after it emerged that two prisoners convicted of terrorism-related offences had been freed earlier this year.”
The Independent, 29th March 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Two sisters have been jailed for 39 years between them for attempting to smuggle heroin worth more than £5m into the UK through an Essex port.”
BBC News, 28th March 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A 71-year-old man has been jailed after letting his mentally ill wife starve to death while he went to the pub and visited the bookmakers.”
BBC News, 28th March 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A British soldier who was crushed while repairing a tank in Afghanistan died becasue his regiment was not provided with proper equipement, a coroner ruled.”
BBC News, 28th March 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A request was made for a copy of the current internal departmental guidelines for briefing a minister. Below are copies of the guidelines requested. These cover submissions and briefings for the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State, other departmental ministers and the Permanent Secretary.”
Ministry of Justice, 28th March 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Monks from the largest Hindu temple in Europe, angered by the RSPCA’s slaughter of its sacred cow, will serve the charity with legal papers today.”
The Guardian, 28th March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A convicted Islamist terrorist who was caught trying to smuggle blueprints into Britain showing how to build a missile has been released from prison early under the Government’s controversial plans to ease prison overcrowding.”
The Times, 28th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Police arrested six children for allegedly using a social networking website to organise gang fights.”
The Independent, 28th March 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“On 28 March 2008 the Law Commission published a consultation paper provisionally proposing wide-ranging reform of the law governing easements, covenants and profits à prendre.”
Law Commission, 28th March 2008
Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk
“This report reviews existing research on drivers of public and participant satisfaction with courts and tribunals. It examines both UK and international evidence (published from 2000 onwards) on what factors may be associated with satisfaction with, and trust in, the justice system.”
Ministry of Justice, 27th March 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Justice Minister Bridget Prentice has said that the government remains committed to reforming the coroners system, placing the bereaved firmly at the centre of the process.”
Ministry of Justice, 27th March 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Jack Straw has made a written ministerial statement on the government’s response to coroners’ recommendations following inquests into the deaths of two teenagers at secure training centres.”
Ministry of Justice, 27th March 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Staff working in Welsh hospitals will not have extra legal protection from violence and abuse offered to their English colleagues, it has emerged.”
BBC News, 28th March 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Complaints of homophobia against eight officers from Devon and Cornwall Police have been dsimissed by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).”
BBC News, 27th March 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A grandmother from Cornwall who delivered drugs in Plymouth and Truro has been jailed for six months after being caught with 10 kilos of cannabis.”
BBC News, 27th March 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“London Mayor Ken Livingstone has been cleared by the Electoral Commission of breaking the law on donations.”
BBC News, 28th March 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A ban on paedophiles being housed in hostels near schools undermined public protection, a report has said.”
BBC News, 28th March 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Britain must radically change its immigration policy and end immediately the deportation of failed asylum-seekers who fear persecution in Iran, a group of leading peers will tell the Government today.”
The Independent, 28th March 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Government argues that policy decision-making requires ’space to think’ and should remain safe from prying eyes. Is this in the public interest? asks Maurice Frankel.”
The Independent, 28th March 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A serial petty thief convicted for the 175th time at a total cost to the taxpayer of more than £700,000, has been spared jail despite carrying out her latest crime while on bail.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th March 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The government is to admit ’substantive breaches’ of the European Convention on Human Rights over the death and torture of Iraqi civilians in the custody of British soldiers, Des Browne, the defence secretary, revealed yesterday.”
The Guardian, 28th March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The doctor who first sparked widespread safety fears over the MMR vaccine said yesterday that his paramount concern was ‘clinical care’ for children who had developed autism after being vaccinated.”
The Guardian, 28th March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Whistle-blowers are to be granted immunity from prosecution in return for evidence.”
The Times, 28th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Incentives that encourage people to stay on incapacity benefit were scrapped yesterday in the latest stage of the Government’s welfare reform package.”
The Times, 28th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Schools are set to to be given further powers to search pupils for drugs, alcohol and stolen goods to help head teachers to enforce discipline among the most disruptive students.”
The Times, 28th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A holidaymaker who pushed his two children from a fourth-floor balcony during a row with his wife may be prosecuted in England after his release from a Greek psychiatric hospital.”
The Times, 28th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A mother whose daughter was killed because she was dressed as a Goth made a plea yesterday for teenagers to show more compassion to each other after a 15-year-old boy was found guilty of stamping Sophie Lancaster to death, writes Russell Jenkins.”
TheTimes, 28th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
