“An abusive father killed himself in the dock of a court after being found guilty of a brutal assault on his baby daughter.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th July 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Three police forces are to be investigated after armed police ordered a man to lie face-down at a railway station in a case of mistaken identity.”
BBC News, 8th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Constitutional Justice: lessons from Magna Carta (PDF)
Speech by Sir Anthony Clarke, Master of the Rolls at Royal Holloway, University of London, 16th June 2008
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“A judge has jailed a murderer who 24 hours earlier had threatened to escape custody and kill him.”
BBC News, 8th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Sir Igor Judge’s job demands that he flag up legal pitfalls of proposed legislation before it reaches the statute book.”
The Times, 8th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A ‘large number’ of court cases could be ‘at risk’ if judges do not have the power to grant anonymity to witnesses, MPs and peers have been told.”
BBC News, 8th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Welsh pub has been banned from selling alcohol for a month as part of a series of tough measures to reduce bad behaviour, the local council said today.”
The Guardian, 8th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A cross-party group of MPs will attempt next week to end the requirement for a second doctor to give their approval for an abortion to take place.”
BBC News, 8th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The judiciary jealously guards its independence and has traditionally preserved it by speaking through its judgments alone.”
BBC Law in Action, 8th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A retired teacher has cleared the final legal hurdle standing in the way of her bid to claim compensation from a serial rapist who won £7m on the lottery.”
BBC News, 8th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“MPs are to debate emergency legislation to restore trial judges’ powers to grant anonymity to witnesses.”
BBC News, 8th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The two most senior legal figures in Tony Blair’s government will today join peers from all parties to attack the government’s plans for 42-day pre-charge detention for terrorist suspects.”
The Guardian, 8th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A student has been awarded more than £7,000 compensation after breaking her ankle when a heel on one of her new shoes snapped at the start of a night out.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th July 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Whitehall department fighting benefit fraud and error will always lose more than £1bn of taxpayers’ cash every year to cheats and through mistakes, the civil servant running the department tells MPs in a letter published today.”
The Guardian, 8th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“New security devices, including hand-held mobile-phone blockers and metal-detecting chairs are to be introduced in prisons in England and Wales by March to crack down on the supply of illicit drugs into jails, it was announced yesterday.”
The Guardian, 8th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The former Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer of Thoroton, is to join a top American law firm, The Times has learned.”
The Times, 8th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Ali, R. v [2008] EWCA Crim 1410 (21 May 2008)
Cundell, R. v [2008] EWCA Crim 1420 (06 June 2008)
Richards, R. v [2008] EWCA Crim 1427 (09 June 2008)
Beeton, R v [2008] EWCA Crim 1421 (6 June 2008)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Letting International Ltd v London Borough of Newham [2008] EWHC 1583 (QB) (07 July 2008)
British Seafood Ltd. v Kruk & Anor [2008] EWHC 1528 (QB) (25 June 2008)
High Court (Family Division)
F v M & Anor [2008] EWHC 1525 (Fam) (02 July 2008)
High Court (Amiralty Division)
Krysia Maritime Inc v Intership Ltd [2008] EWHC 1523 (Admlty) (1 July 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
“The government needs to do more to prosecute suspected benefit fraudsters, MPs have said.”
BBC News, 8th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Bar Council has prepared a Parliamentary Briefing on the Criminal Evidence (Witness Anonymity) Bill 2008 which is being taken through its Commons Second Reading stage tomorrow, Tuesday 8 July 2008.”
Parliamentary Briefing Paper (PDF)
The Bar Council, 7th July 2008
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
The Service Voters’ Registration Period (Northern Ireland) Order 2008
The Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2008
The Goods Vehicles (Authorisation of International Journeys) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Education (School Inspection etc.) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Network Access Appeal Rules 2008
The Adjudicator to Her Majesty’s Land Registry (Practice and Procedure) (Amendment) Rules 2008
The Statutory Sick Pay (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Company Names Adjudicator Rules 2008
The North Wales National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
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