Strange case of Damien Hirst and the stuffed squirrels sale – The Times

Posted December 6th, 2007 in auctioneers, news by sally

“The former owner of a museum of Victorian curiosities is suing the auction house that sold it for turning down a £1 million offer from the artist Damien Hirst.”

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The Times, 6th December 2007

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Village wants to digitally disappear – OUT-LAW.com

Posted December 6th, 2007 in news, road safety, satellite navigation by sally

“A small English village has asked a provider of GPS data to take it off the map. Villagers said that dangerous truck traffic has rocketed in the tiny town since GPS use became ubiquitous.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 6th December 2007

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‘Lady in Lake’ killer to appeal – BBC News

Posted December 6th, 2007 in appeals, murder, news by sally

“A man found guilty of the ‘Lady in the Lake’ murder of his wife is to appeal against his conviction.”

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BBC News, 6th December 2007

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Judges to be given media training – BBC News

Posted December 6th, 2007 in judiciary, media, news, sentencing by sally

“Five senior judges are to be trained in how to handle the media so that they can explain controversial sentencing decisions, peers have been told.”

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BBC News, 6th December 2007

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Wife found guilty of poison plot – BBC News

Posted December 6th, 2007 in news, poisoning, theft by sally

“A woman has been found guilty of poisoning her husband in an attempt to confuse him while she stole £43,000 from his mother.”

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BBC News, 6th December 2007

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Commercial litigation reforms draw mixed response – The Times

Posted December 6th, 2007 in Commercial Court, costs, news by sally

“Litigation lawyers have been cautious in welcoming proposed reforms aimed at cutting the length and cost of complex commercial court cases.”

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The Times, 6th December 2007

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What do clients think of their lawyers? – The Times

Posted December 6th, 2007 in complaints, solicitors, Solicitors Regulation Authority, special report by sally

“The time-honoured complaints of communication, costs and delay still top the list. But the Solicitors Regulatory Authority is determined to improve things.”

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The Times, 6th December 2007

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Brighton to ban ‘murder music’ in clampdown on hate artists – The Times

Posted December 6th, 2007 in freedom of expression, inciting racial hatred, local government, news by sally

“Brighton and Hove is to become the first British city to prohibit art that incites racist, homophobic or sectarian violence.”

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The Times, 6th December 2007

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Terror detention limit ‘should be 42 days’ – The Independent

Posted December 6th, 2007 in detention, news, terrorism by sally

“The Government wants to increase the period police can detain terror suspects without charge to 42 days, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said today.”

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The Independent, 6th December 2007

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Serial killer nurse Allitt must serve 30 years – The Guardian

Posted December 6th, 2007 in murder, news, sentencing by sally

“The serial killer nurse Beverly Allitt must serve a minimum of 30 years in jail for the murder and abuse of children in her care, the high court ruled today.”

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The Guardian, 6th December 2007

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‘Lyrical terrorist’ sentenced over extremist poetry – The Guardian

Posted December 6th, 2007 in news, sentencing, terrorism by sally

“A 23-year-old former Heathrow shop assistant who called herself the ‘lyrical terrorist’ and scrawled her extremist thoughts on till receipts has been handed a nine-month suspended jail sentence.”

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The Guardian, 6th December 2007

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Securing the future: Proposals for the efficient and sustainable use of custody in England and Wales – Ministry of Justice

Posted December 6th, 2007 in prisons, reports by sally

“Lord Carter’s review of prisons, which gives options for improving the balance between the supply of prison places and demand for them and recommendations on how this could be achieved.”

Securing the Future: Proposals for the efficient and sustainable use of custody in England and Wales (PDF)

Ministry of Justice, 5th December 2007

Source: www.justice.gov.uk

Daily Telegraph Law Reports, 6th December 2007

Posted December 6th, 2007 in law reports by sally

Re C (A Child) v XYZ CC & Anr

Hughes v Guise Motors Ltd

R (Hasan) v Secretary of State for Trade & Industry

Sharp v Ministry of Defence

R v Nadarajah

Slee v Secretary of State for Justice

Daily Telegraph, 6th December 2007

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Regina v Cartwright – Times Law Reports

Posted December 6th, 2007 in criminal procedure, evidence, law reports, sexual offences by sally

Regina v Cartwright

Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)

“Restrictions imposed on adducing evidence and cross-examination as to a complainant’s sexual history by section 41 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 continued to apply to trials after the coming into force of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, in respect of offences allegedly committed before that date, even though there was no express saving provision to that effect.”

The Times, 6th December 2007

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In re M and Another (Minors) – Times Law Reports

Posted December 6th, 2007 in child abduction, law reports by sally

In re M and Another (Minors)

House of Lords

“The circumstances under which a court should refuse to order the return of a child who had been abducted from a state subscribing to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction 1980 had been laid down under the Convention itself and it was neither necessary nor desirable for English courts to add an additional test of ‘exceptionality’ over and above the requirements of the Convention.”

The Times, 6th December 2007

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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.

‘NatWest Three’ deal re-ignites plea bargain debate in the UK – Legal Week

Posted December 6th, 2007 in fraud, news, plea bargaining by sally

“Lawyers are debating the benefits of introducing US-style plea bargaining in UK fraud cases following the guilty pleas of three former NatWest bankers last week.”

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Legal Week, 6th December 2007

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Alzheimer’s drugs appeal granted – BBC News

Posted December 6th, 2007 in medicines, mental health, news by sally

“A row over funding for Alzheimer’s drugs on the NHS is to go to the Court of Appeal.”

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BBC News, 5th December 2007
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Doubt cast on baby death verdict – BBC News

Posted December 6th, 2007 in evidence, murder, news by sally

“Fresh evidence casting doubt on the conviction of a woman for the murder of a boy she was babysitting, has been uncovered by BBC Newsnight.”

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BBC News, 6th December 2007
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Child killer Allitt’s tariff set – BBC News

Posted December 6th, 2007 in appeals, murder, news, sentencing by sally

“Killer nurse Beverly Allitt, jailed for life for murdering four children and attacking nine others, has had her minimum tariff fixed at 30 years.”

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BBC News, 6th December 2007

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Murder victim was failed by the system – The Guardian

Posted December 6th, 2007 in mental health, news, police, social services by sally

“Police, social workers and other agencies missed dozens of chances to intervene in the case of a man with severe learning difficulties who was tortured and drugged before plunging to his death from a viaduct, it emerged yesterday.”

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The Guardian, 6th December 2007

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