“An urgent cash injection of £40m to promote the use of alternatives to short prison sentences was announced yesterday by the justice minister David Hanson in the face of a prison population which stands at record levels of nearly 82,000.”
The Guardian, 12th March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A gay Iranian teenager faces deportation from Britain and execution in his home country after a Dutch court refused to hear his asylum claim.”
The Times, 12th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Three local authorities are to take the government to the high court in an attempt to stop night flights which they claim break noise regulations. Richmond, Wandsworth, and Windsor and Maidenhead councils have campaigned against night flights at Heathrow for several years and claim that the transport secretary, Ruth Kelly, is ‘failing in her duty to protect residents from excessive night noise’.”
The Guardian, 12th March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Alitalia-Linee Aeree Italiane SpA v Rotunno and Others
Chancery Division
“There was no reason not to give the word ‘secure’ its usual meaning as a transitive verb when contained within the words ‘to secure the benefits under the scheme’ in a set of trust rules.”
The Times, 12th 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.
Mayr v Backerei und Konditorei Gerhard Flockner OHG Case C-506/06
Court of Justice of the European Communities
“The dismissal of a female employee when her ova had been fertilised in an in vitro procedure but had not yet been transferred into her uterus was not prohibited by the Community directive on the safety and health of pregnant workers, but was prohibited by the equal treatment directive it if was established that the dismissal was based on the fact that she had undergone in vitro fertilisation.”
The Times, 12th 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.
Court of Appeal
“Proposals to replace two-tier local government in some parts of the country with unitary authorities, made before the necessary statutory powers were in place, were lawful as long as genuine reconsideration had been given to them after the commencement of the relevant Act.”
The Times, 12th 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.
“The controversial bill which will ratify the Lisbon Treaty has cleared its final Commons stages.”
BBC News, 11th March 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Independent schools are threatening legal action over new rules that would force them to offer more free places to children from poor backgrounds.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th March 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“About 1,000 detainees are involved each year in incidents that result in serious illness or self-harm while in police custody, a report has suggested.”
BBC News, 12th March 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The House of Lords will rule tomorrow on whether Ian Norris should be extradited to the US, in what is one of the most eagerly awaited legal cases of recent years.”
The Times, 11th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Ministers have allowed headlines and political posturing to dictate penal policy. Now the time has come for the Government to step back from introducing more sentencing legislation, says Robert Verkaik, Law Editor.”
The Independent, 12th March 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Patients at a top security psychiatric hospital have brought a test case over the Government’s smoking ban.”
The Times, 12th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
The Penwith College, Penzance (Dissolution) Order 2008
The Local Government Finance (New Parishes) (England) Regulations 2008
The Local Government (Parishes and Parish Councils) (England) Regulations 2008
The Occupational Pension Schemes (Non-European Schemes Exemption) Regulations 2008
The Discharge of Fines by Unpaid Work (Pilot Schemes) (Amendment) Order 2008
The Tax Credits (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2008
The Young Offender Institution (Amendment) Rules 2008
The Offender Management Act 2007 (Establishment of Probation Trusts) Order 2008
The Water Supply and Sewerage Services (Customer Service Standards) Regulations 2008
The Personal Injuries (Civilians) (Amendment) Scheme 2008
The FCO Services Trading Fund Order 2008
The Street Works (Inspection Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Companies (Cross-Border Mergers) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Town and Country Planning (Mayor of London) Order 2008
The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Income Tax (Purchased Life Annuities) Regulations 2008
The Statistics of Trade (Customs and Excise) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Value Added Tax (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Pensions Act 2004 (Commencement No. 11) Order 2008
The Electoral Administration Act 2006 (Commencement No.6) Order 2008
The Greater London Authority Act 2007 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2008
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board Order 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
“Ask a group of schoolchildren what they know about treason and they are most likely to mention Guy Fawkes and Ann Boleyn – but a closer look at the law brings some more recent names to mind.”
The Times, 11th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Does the growing power and readiness of judges to question government decisions threaten to unbalance our democracy?”
BBC Law in Action, 11th March 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
” A man who admitted possessing an al Qai’da training manual was jailed for 16 months today.”
The Independent, 11th March 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Staff at Leeds magistrates court are facing disciplinary action for serious errors which resulted in hundreds of offenders escaping prosecution, the Ministry of Justice said today.”
The Guardian, 11th March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Justice Minister David Hanson has made a written ministerial statement on investing in community sentences.”
Ministry of Justice, 11th March 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
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