“A drink-driver who killed a woman when she crashed into her broken-down car while using a mobile phone has been jailed for six years.”
BBC News, 11th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Archive for July 11th, 2008
Fatal drink driver was on phone – BBC News
Published July 11, 2008 alcohol abuse , news , road traffic offences , sentencing Leave a CommentDamages for worker over needles – BBC News
Published July 11, 2008 damages , health & safety , news , personal injuries Leave a Comment“An engineer has received £2,000 in compensation from an Essex hospital where he was hit by dirty needles which flew out of a drain he was unblocking.”
BBC News, 11th July 2008
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Death assault officer spared jail – BBC News
Published July 11, 2008 assault , news , police , sentencing Leave a Comment“A policeman has been given a three-month suspended jail sentence for assaulting a man who later died.”
BBC News, 11th July 2008
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Firework blaze pair spared jail – BBC News
Published July 11, 2008 arson , news , sentencing , young offenders Leave a Comment“Two teenagers who set fire to a home in Oxford while a family of four slept upstairs have been spared a jail term.”
BBC News, 11th July 2008
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Policeman ‘pestered prostitutes’ – BBC News
Published July 11, 2008 misfeasance in public office , news , police Leave a Comment“A police sergeant who left a colleague answering a 999 call so he could visit prostitutes has been given a suspended eight-month jail sentence.”
BBC News, 11th July 2008
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Lib Dem whip broke postage rules – BBC News
Published July 11, 2008 expenses , news , parliament Leave a Comment“A senior Lib Dem MP broke parliamentary rules by sending newsletters to constituents at taxpayers’ expense, the Commons standards watchdog says.”
BBC News, 11th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Paying to be discriminated against – The Guardian
Published July 11, 2008 civil partnerships , homosexuality , news , registrars Leave a Comment“The decision in favour of a registrar who refused to deal with gay couples sets a hugely dangerous precedent.”
The Guardian, 11th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
July 21 ringleader’s fiancée jailed for aiding escape – The Guardian
Published July 11, 2008 aiding and abetting , news , sentencing , terrorism Leave a Comment“The fiancée of the ringleader of the failed July 21 bombings was today jailed for three years for helping him to escape London dressed in a burka.”
The Guardian, 11th July 2008
source: www.guardian.co.uk
Podcast 67: R v Davis – Witness Anonymity with Andrew Keogh – Charon QC
Published July 11, 2008 anonymity , podcasts , witnesses Leave a Comment“On the 18th June the House of Lords handed down their opinions
IN THE CAUSE
R v Davies (Appellant) (On appeal from the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division))
I quote from the speech of Lord Bingham, the senior law lord at paragraph 5 : ‘It is a long-established principle of the English common law that, subject to certain exceptions and statutory qualifications, the defendant in a criminal trial should be confronted by his accusers in order that he may cross-examine them and challenge their evidence.’
Today I am talking to Andrew Keogh, a barrister, published author and author of the White Rabbit blog about the case and the proposed anonymity legislation”
Charon QC, 10th July 2008
Source: www.charonqc.wordpress.com
“Charon QC” is the blogging pseudonym of Mike Semple Piggot, editor of insitelaw newswire.
“Leading figures from the profession recently debated the likely shape of a post-Legal Services Act world. The Gazette was granted exclusive access.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 10th July 2008
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
The Education (National Curriculum) (Modern Foreign Languages) (England) Order 2008
The East Devon College, Tiverton (Dissolution) Order 2008
The Dewsbury College (Dissolution) Order 2008
The Rochdale Sixth Form College (Incorporation) Order 2008
The Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment (Temporary Increase) Regulations 2008
The Rochdale Sixth Form College (Government) Regulations 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
The Childcare (Disqualification) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (Additional Functions) Order 2008
The Education (Pupil Information) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The South Staffordshire College (Incorporation) Order 2008
The South Staffordshire College (Government) Regulations 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Transfield Shipping Inc v Mercator Shipping Inc – WLR Daily
Published July 11, 2008 charterparties , damages , law reports Leave a CommentTransfield Shipping Inc v Mercator Shipping Inc [2008] UKHL 48; [2008] WLR (D) 232
“Charterers were not liable in damages for a shipowner’s loss of profits on a subsequent fixture resulting from the late redelivery of the vessel.”
WLR Daily, 10th July 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Common Services Agency v Scottish Information Commissioner – WLR Daily
Published July 11, 2008 Scotland , data protection , freedom of information , law reports Leave a CommentCommon Services Agency v Scottish Information Commissioner [2008] UKHL 47; [2008] WLR (D) 231
“Information which in its basic form would constitute ‘personal data’ for the purposes of s 1(1) of the Data Protection Act 1998 could be released under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 provided it had been modified in such a way that it was rendered anonymous, so that no individual from whom it was derived was identifiable, as it would then no longer be ‘personal data’ within the meaning of s 1(1).”
WLR Daily, 10th July 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Liberty and Others v United Kingdom – Times Law Reports
Published July 11, 2008 human rights , interception , law reports Leave a CommentLiberty and Others v United Kingdom
European Court of Human Rights
“Complaints by civil liberty organisations about secret interception by the Ministry of Defence of their external communications were not dealt with adequately under the Interception of Communications Act 1985 which had not been formulated with sufficient clarity to give individuals protection.”
The Times, 11th july 2008
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Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
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Please note only the current day’s cause list will be accessible.
Sentencing Commission Working Group Report – Ministry of Justice
Published July 11, 2008 press releases , sentencing Leave a Comment“The Sentencing Commission Working Group set up by the Lord Chancellor and Lord Chief Justice in December 2007 has issued its final report.”
Ministry of Justice, 10th July 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Results of Britain’s first global visa review – UK Border Agency
Published July 11, 2008 immigration , press releases Leave a Comment“Tough new visa regimes could be introduced for 11 countries following the first global review of who needs a visa to come to the UK, the Government announced today.”
UK Border Agency, 10th July 2008
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
Visa plan for ‘risky’ visitors – BBC News
Published July 11, 2008 immigration , news Leave a Comment“The government has warned 11 countries that their citizens will need visas to visit the UK unless they ’significantly reduce’ the risk they pose.”
BBC News, 10th July 2008
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OAP jailed for neglecting horses – BBC News
Published July 11, 2008 animal cruelty , news , sentencing Leave a Comment“A pensioner has been jailed for eight weeks and banned from keeping horses for two years after pleading guilty to animal neglect charges.”
BBC News, 10th July 2008
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Pc samurai sword attacker jailed – BBC News
Published July 11, 2008 dangerous offenders , news , sentencing , wounding Leave a Comment“A man who attacked a police officer with a samurai sword has been given an indeterminate jail sentence, to protect the public.”
BBC News, 10th July 2008
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New charges in child neglect case – BBC News
Published July 11, 2008 child neglect , news Leave a Comment“The mother and stepfather of a seven-year-old girl who allegedly starved to death have been charged with five counts of cruelty to children.”
BBC News, 11th July 2008
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Labour retreats on deportation threat to Zimbabweans – The Independent
Published July 11, 2008 Zimbabwe , asylum , news Leave a Comment“The threat of deportation has been lifted from more than 10,000 Zimbabwean asylum-seekers while Robert Mugabe remains in power.”
The Independent, 11th July 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Crackdown on out-of-town superstores to protect small shops and curb ‘clone towns’ – The Independent
Published July 11, 2008 competition , news , planning Leave a Comment“Small shops are to be given some protection against competition from out-of-town supermarkets, Hazel Blears, the Communities Secretary, said. She added that this would help independent shops survive the credit crunch.”
The Independent, 11th July 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Mother sues over tale of ‘drunken party’ lifted from Bebo – The Independent
Published July 11, 2008 defamation , internet , news , privacy Leave a Comment“It read like the teenage party from hell: a riot of sex and wanton damage fuelled by under-age drinking that only ended when the police arrived.
But Jodie Hudson’s lurid description of the party on the social networking website Bebo, subsequently carried in a number of national newspapers, turned out to be fantasy. The media stories, and the accompanying pictures taken from Bebo, are now the subject of a landmark legal case that could redraw the boundaries of the use of information published on social networking sites including Bebo, Facebook and MySpace.”
The Independent, 11th July 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Ban town halls from selling voter data’ – The Independent
Published July 11, 2008 advertising , electoral register , news Leave a Comment“A wide-ranging clampdown on the sources of junk mail, cold-calling and spam email was proposed by an official report today.”
The Independent, 11th July 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Sex tourists face UK prosecution over abuse abroad – Daily Telegraph
Published July 11, 2008 child abuse , jurisdiction , news , prosecutions , sexual offences Leave a Comment“Sex tourists who abuse children abroad face prosecution in the UK. The new legislation, contained in the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008, will come into effect from Monday. It means that UK nationals who commit a specified sexual offence against a child overseas can expect to be prosecuted for the offence on their return to the UK.”
Daily Telegraph, 11July 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
You can’t trust a witness’s memory, experts tell courts – The Times
Published July 11, 2008 news , witnesses Leave a Comment“The memories of witnesses are flawed, marred by gaps or inventions and should not be relied upon in court cases, researchers say.”
The Times, 11th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Sir Ian Blair denies blocking promotion of Asian police officer Shabir Hussain – The Times
Published July 11, 2008 minorities , news , police , race discrimination Leave a Comment“Britain’s most senior police officer was forced to defend his record on race yesterday, telling a tribunal that it would have been an ‘extraordinary aberration’ if he had tried to block the promotion of an ethnic minority colleague.”
The Times, 11th July 2008
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MoD to pay £3 million in compensation to Iraqi torture victims – The Times
Published July 11, 2008 Iraq , armed forces , compensation , news , torture Leave a Comment“The Ministry of Defence faces a series of huge compensation claims for alleged abuse by troops in Iraq after agreeing a settlement of £2.8 million over the death of a civilian in custody.”
The Times, 11th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
