“A teenager who killed his two sisters in an arson attack has been jailed for at least six years. But Shane Spence, 18, could be held for much longer after the judge ruled that he posed a serious risk to the public.”
The Independent, 20th May 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A massive government database holding details of every phone call, e-mail and time spent on the internet by the public is being planned as part of the fight against crime and terrorism. Internet service providers (ISPs) and telecoms companies would hand over the records to the Home Office under plans put forward by officials.”
The Times, 20th May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The UK Border Agency today (19 May) announced plans for up to 60 per cent more immigration removal centre places. The extra spaces, which will total between 1,300 and 1,500, will help the new Agency lift the number of removals of illegal immigrants up from its current performance of one removal every eight minutes.”
Home Office, 19th May 2008
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“Michael Martin, the Speaker of the House of Commons, has abandoned a legal bid, costing taxpayers £150,000, to keep secret a detailed breakdown of MPs’ expenses.”
The Guardian, 20th May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The legal sector is under fire again over excessive fees. Allen & Overy has been criticised widely after a scathing High Court judgment highlighted that the firm charged more than £5 million of costs during a five-day trial.”
The Times, 20th May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A composer who refused to pay £5 for a lost car parking ticket at a supermarket ended up in police custody for six hours, was interrogated, finger-printed and made to take a DNA test, it has been disclosed.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th May 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An update on the work of the Family Procedure Rule Committee in March and April 2008.”
Ministry of Justice, 19th May 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“A man with a fetish for plastic raincoats and cling film has pleaded guilty to two sexual assaults.”
BBC News, 19th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Google could face difficulties with European privacy laws if it launches the Street View feature of its maps service in European Union countries, it has been warned.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th May 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A radical shake-up of the tribunals system was unveiled by the government today.”
Ministry of Justice, 19th May 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“The mother and half-sister of a teenage heroin overdose victim have been jailed for a total of six years.”
BBC News, 19th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
LSA, R. v [2008] EWCA Crim 1034 (16 May 2008)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Carter & Ors v The Chief Constable of the Cumbria Police [2008] EWHC 1072 (QB) (15 May 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
“Discrimination against armed forces personnel in military uniform is to be made a criminal offence under proposals accepted today by the Government.”
The Independent, 19th May 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“MPs will today begin a two-day debate that will affect the future of embryo research, IVF treatment and abortion.”
The Guardian, 19th May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man walked free from court today after he admitted setting alight an RAF pilot who was dressed as a sheep for a fancy dress party.”
The Guardian, 19th May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A station florist found negligent after a commuter slipped and injured himself on a petal has lost its bid to appeal against the decision.”
BBC News, 19th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The document contains the government’s response to each of the recommendations made by the Public Administration Committee following its enquiry into whether the system of scrutiny for propriety of honours and peerages for political services was satisfactory.”
Propriety and Honours and Propriety and Peerages (PDF)
Ministry of Justice, 16th May 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
S-H v Kingston upon Hull City Council and another [2008] EWCA Civ 493; [2008] WLR (D) 154
“When deciding whether to grant leave to a parent to apply for revocation of an order placing a child for adoption, the court should ask itself the question whether, in all the circumstances, including the parent’s prospect of success in securing revocation and the child’s interests, leave should be given.”
WLR Daily, 16th May 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Jennings v Crown Prosecution Service [2008] UKHL 29; [2008] WLR (D) 153
“Orders for the confiscation criminal assets, or orders restraining the disposal of property pending the hearing of a confiscation order, were to be made in respect of property which the person had actually obtained, not property he had merely helped others to obtain.”
WLR Daily, 16th May 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
R v Green [2008] UKHL 30; [2008] WLR (D) 152
“The Drug Trafficking Act 1994 fell to be construed without regard to legislation in other countries which had chosen to give effect to common international obligations in a different way.”
WLR Daily, 16th May 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
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