Miller wins biggest payout for invasion of privacy – The Independent

Posted December 10th, 2007 in news, privacy by sally

“The Sun and The News of the World were forced to pay the actress Sienna Miller damages yesterday for publishing nude photographs taken against her will during the filming of a movie.”

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The Independent, 8th December 2007

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Judges hang on to their wigs – The Independent

Posted December 10th, 2007 in court dress, judiciary, news by sally

“Plans which would have forced judges in civil courts to ditch their wigs have been postponed.”

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The Independent, 8th December 2007

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Pensioners challenge smoking ban – BBC News

Posted December 10th, 2007 in elderly, news, smoking by sally

“Pensioners are launching a legal battle against a smoking ban which stops them lighting up in the communal room of their sheltered housing.”

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BBC News, 10th December 2007

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Employment Bill published by UK Government – OUT-LAW.com

Posted December 10th, 2007 in employment, news by sally

“Rogue employers could face unlimited fines and agency workers will enjoy stronger protection under a new Employment Bill published by the Government on Friday. The reforms also abolish the current statutory disciplinary procedures.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 10th December 2007

Source: www.out-law.com

UK red tape law leaves regulations untouched – Financial Times

Posted December 10th, 2007 in financial regulation, news by sally

“A law to cut red tape – hailed by Gordon Brown as a crucial means of reducing the burden on business – has failed to axe or even amend a single regulation in the first year of its existence.”

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Financial Times, 9th December 2007

Source: www.ft.com

Rabbit poachers’ old law reprieve – BBC News

Posted December 10th, 2007 in game laws, news by sally

“Two men caught taking rabbits and trespassing could have been deported overseas for seven years had an old English poaching law been upheld.”

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BBC News, 7th December 2007

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Podcast 34: Podcast on Human Rights with Carl Gardner, author of the Head of Legal blog – Charon QC

Posted December 10th, 2007 in human rights, podcasts by sally

“Today I am talking to Carl Gardner, former government lawyer and now a freelance author, lecturer and author of the Head of Legal Blog.”

Podcast

Source: www.charonqc.wordpress.com

Related link: Head of Legal

BSB to pilot Bar code compliance scheme – Legal Week

Posted December 10th, 2007 in barristers, news, professional conduct by sally

“A pilot scheme to monitor chambers’ compliance with the Code of Conduct is set to be launched under new proposals by the Bar Standards Board (BSB), it was announced today (7 December).”

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Legal Week, 7th December 2007

Source: www.legalweek.com 

Secretary of State for Trade and Industry v Vohora and Another – Times Law Reports

Posted December 10th, 2007 in company directors, disqualification, law reports, time limits by sally

Secretary of State for Trade and Industry v Vohora and Another

Chancery

“A claim by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry to disqualify a director of a company under section 6 of the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 had to be brought, rather than commenced within two years.”

The Times, 10th December 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

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

Regina v Foster – Times Law Reports

Posted December 10th, 2007 in juries, law reports, verdicts by sally

Regina v Foster
Regina v Newman
Regina v Kempster
Regina v Birmingham

Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)

“There was no absolute obligation on a trial judge to leave an alternative lesser verdict for the jury to consider whenever the defence to the more serious charge on the indictment involved an admission of a lesser or different offence; sometimes it would be appropriate, but sometimes it would not.”

The Times, 10th December 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.

Fixation with terrorism ‘exposes Britain to other security risks’ – The Times

Posted December 10th, 2007 in crime, news, terrorism by sally

“The national security effort focuses too heavily on terrorism at the expense of fighting organised crime, securing energy supplies and tackling other international threats, a report states today.”

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The Times, 10th December 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Violence interventions systematic review – Ministry of Justice

Posted December 10th, 2007 in reports, violent offenders by sally

“A systematic review of the national and international evidence on the effectiveness of interventions with violent offenders. The review was commissioned to provide a comprehensive overview of the available evidence and was not designed to evaluate National Offender Management Service or HM Prison Service programmes.”

A systematic review of the national and international evidence on the effectiveness of interventions with violent offenders (PDF)

Ministry of Justice, 7th December 2007

Source: www.justice.gov.uk

Santa putting children’s information at risk, warn experts – OUT-LAW.com

Posted December 10th, 2007 in children, data protection, news by sally

“Santa Claus could be breaking privacy laws in his collection and use of data about British children, experts have warned. Yuletide cheer-bringer Claus could be putting the personal data of millions of children at risk.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 10th December 2007

Source: www.out-law.com

More debate needed on ID cards, think-tank warns – The Independent

Posted December 10th, 2007 in identity cards, news by sally

“The Government should launch a ‘serious renewed debate’ on ID cards or scrap the scheme, a thinktank report says.”

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The Independent, 8th December 2007

Source: www.independent.co.uk 

Prison service ‘failed’ woman who killed herself – The Independent

Posted December 10th, 2007 in news, prisons, suicide by sally

“The grim pattern to Louise Giles’s short life was set at the age of 13 when she took her first overdose.”

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The Independent, 8th December 2007

Source: www.independent.co.uk

And then there was one: four British residents freed from Guantánamo – The Guardian

Posted December 10th, 2007 in detention, news, terrorism by sally

“Four British residents held without charge at the American detention camp for suspected terrorists at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba are to be released, reducing the UK involvement with the camp to just one inmate.”

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The Guardian, 8th December 2007

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Family justice policy does not work for children, report says – The Guardian

Posted December 10th, 2007 in children, family courts, news by sally

“A key element of the government’s family justice policy is failing the children it was intended to help, a two-year study funded by the Ministry of Justice has concluded.”

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The Guardian, 10th December 2007

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Lawyer defections set to continue, survey says – The Times

Posted December 10th, 2007 in law firms, news by sally

“Two-thirds of law firms have poached a team from a rival practice, according to research by Smith & Williamson.”

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The Times,  7th December 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Gallery faces lawsuit over Rubens – The Independent

Posted December 10th, 2007 in artistic works, news, theft by sally

“One of Britain’s leading art galleries faces the threat of legal action over three paintings by the 17th-century Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens from the granddaughter of the works’ former owner who was murdered by the Nazis.”

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The Independent, 9th December 2007

Source: www.independent.co.uk

OFT fines supermarkets £116m in dairy probe – The Times

Posted December 10th, 2007 in news, price fixing by sally

“Sainsburys and Asda have admitted fixing the price of dairy products with producers in the aftermath of the Foot and Mouth outbreak of 2001 following an investigation by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).”

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The Times, 7th December 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk