Driver is jailed for 51st offence – BBC News
“A 35-year-old man has been jailed for eight months and banned for driving for five years for his 51st offence of driving while disqualified.”
BBC News, 21st April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Day: 21 April 2008
Babysitter guilty of boy’s murder – BBC News
“A teenage babysitter has been found guilty of the murder of a 22-month-old boy in his care.”
BBC News, 21st April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
File-sharing should not be a crime, says European Parliament – OUT-LAW.com
“The European Parliament has said that copyright-infringing music and film file-sharing should not be criminalised. The Parliament has said that file-sharers should not be prosecuted as criminal offenders unless they seek to profit from the sharing.”
OUT-LAW.com, 21st April 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
Bank charges ruling due on Thursday – The Guardian
“The long-running controversy over bank charges could come a step closer to being resolved this week after it was announced that the judge hearing the test case would be handing down his judgment on Thursday.”
The Guardian, 21st April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
College of Law set for 2009 Manchester launch – Legal Week
“The College of Law has announced plans to open up a new centre in Manchester.”
Legal Week, 21st April 2008
Source: www.legalweek.com
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
R v T [2008] EWCA Crim 815 (16 April 2008)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Oxford Legal Group Ltd v Sibbasbridge Services Plc & Anor [2008] EWCA Civ 387 (18 April 2008)
High Court (Family Division)
M v H [2008] EWHC 324 (Fam) (21 February 2008)
SW v RC [2008] EWHC 73 (Fam) (24 January 2008)
P v P [2007] EWHC 2877 (Fam) (11 December 2007)
B County Council v R & Anor [2007] EWHC 2742 (Fam) (22 November 2007)
Source: www.bailii.org
Legal Services Commission v Rasool – Times Law Reports
Legal Services Commission v Rasool
Court of Appeal
“Where the Legal Services Commission sought to recover sums following the revocation of a legal aid certificate, the quantum of costs paid or payable need not first be established before a cause of action accrued.”
The Times, 21st April 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.
Regina v Plant – Times Law Reports
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“Where a summary offence was tried with an indictable offence in the crown court but there was no case to answer on the indictable offence, the summary offence did not have to be withdrawn from the jury and retried before justices.”
The Times, 21st April 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.
MY (Turkey) v Secretary of State for Home Department – Times Law Reports
MY (Turkey) v Secretary of State for Home Department
Court of Appeal
“Where an immigration judge found a witness to be reliable and accepted his evidence, it was inappropriate and an error of law for another immigration judge at a second hearing to attack the credibility of the same witness.”
The Times, 21st April 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.
New anti-terrorism rules ‘allow US to spy on British motorists’ – Daily Telegraph
“Routine journeys carried out by millions of British motorists can be monitored by authorities in the United States and other enforcement agencies across the world under anti-terrorism rules introduced discreetly by Jacqui Smith.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st April 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Inquiry reveals errors in investigation of Eddie Gilfoyle – The Times
“Nine blunders were made by police investigating the death of a woman whose husband claims he was wrongly jailed for her murder, an inquiry report seen by The Times shows.”
The Times, 21st April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Man jailed for first Friends Reunited murder – Daily Telegraph
“A Sardinian who stabbed his wife’s British lover to death has become the first person to be convicted of a murder involving the website Friends Reunited.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th April 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Drink-drive offenders could keep licences – The Times
“Drink drivers would no longer automatically lose their licences under government plans to lower the alcohol limit for motorists to the equivalent of less than a pint of beer or glass of wine.”
The Times, 21st April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Increase in sex offender arrests – BBC News
“The number of suspected child sex offenders arrested in the UK has risen threefold in the past year, says the organisation set up to tackle abuse.”
BBC News, 20th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Government to quiz households on sex lives and salaries – Daily Telegraph
“More than 500,000 people a year are to be questioned about their sex lives and salaries by Government inspectors, it has emerged.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st April 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Judge sums up with Shakespeare – The Guardian
“A senior appeal court judge livened up a hearing over a boundary dispute yesterday by quoting from Shakespeare.”
The Guardian, 19th April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Unfair’ royal succession law may be changed – Daily Telegraph
“The law that forces the eldest daughter of a monarch to make way for her younger brother in the succession could be abolished under new equality legislation.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th April 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Almost 3,000 children now held in custody – The Independent
“A drive to cut the number of children behind bars in England and Wales – the highest in western Europe – has failed.”
The Independent, 19th April 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
