Car park ban for ‘prolific’ thief – BBC News
“A thief with more than 40 previous convictions has been banned from every car park in England and Wales.”
BBC News, 16th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Month: October 2008
Father convicted of son’s murder – BBC News
“A bus driver has been convicted of murdering his 19-year-old son after an argument at their Norfolk flat.”
BBC News, 16th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Bans for violent drunks not being used – Daily Telegraph
“A key plank of the Government’s plans to tackle alcohol-fuelled disorder introduced two years ago has still not been used.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Legal battle over hotelier’s £14m will: Children to find out how estate will be split – Daily Telegraph
“A High Court judge will rule on case that has set three siblings against each other since the death of their father Douglas Firkin-Flood in 200.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Killer jailed in skull-find case – BBC News
“A man has been jailed for life for the murder of a fellow Lithuanian whose skull was discovered in the garden of a house in north-west London.”
BBC News, 16th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Police leniency call on park sex – BBC News
“People caught having sex in public should only be arrested as a last resort, according to draft guidelines being issued to police.”
BBC News, 16th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
We’ll get tough with City, says watchdog – The Guardian
“The days of soft-touch regulation of the City are over, the head of the financial watchdog said yesterday, as he revealed that a new cadre of higher-paid regulators would ask tougher questions about the health of financial institutions in the wake of the credit crisis.”
The Guardian, 17th October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Scrap qualifying conditions for abortion and let women decide, say academics – The Times
“Britain’s 40-year-old abortion law flouts the legal principles that underpin modern medical practice, 85 academic lawyers and ethicists say today.”
The Times, 17th October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Mother is sentenced over truancy – BBC News
“A mother who claimed her daughter was too old and too big to be forced to go to school has been sentenced.”
BBC News, 16th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Cannabis murderer jailed for life – BBC News
“A cannabis user who stabbed his girlfriend to death after becoming convinced she was part of a plot to kill him has been jailed for murder.”
BBC News, 16th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Ofcom to have wider remit with more online powers, says David Currie – The Guardian
“Outgoing Ofcom chairman David Currie has said that his successor should expect the communications regulator to have an expanded remit with responsibility for stricter control over internet content.”
The Guardian, 16th October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Information Commissioner orders naming of Tribunal employers – OUT-LAW.com
“Organisations involved in Employment Tribunals will have their identities published after a ruling by privacy watchdog the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). The ruling reinstates a practice that was discontinued in 2001.”
OUT-LAW.com, 16th October 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
BAILII : Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
AS (Pakistan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWCA Civ 1118 (15 October 2008)
High Court (Administrative Division)
Source: www.bailii.org.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Double Taxation Relief (Surrender of Relievable Tax Within a Group) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The European Communities (Designation) (No. 3) Order 2008
The Income Tax (Deposit-takers and Building Societies) (Interest Payments) Regulations 2008
The Income Tax (Interest Payments) (Information Powers) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Amusement Machine Licence Duty, etc (Amendments) Regulations 2008
The Discipline of Judges (Designation) Order 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Anti-corruption champion – Ministry of Justice
“Jack Straw has made a statement on the UK’s anti-corruption strategy following his appointment as the government’s anti-corruption champion.”
Ministry of Justice, 15th October 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Responses to Ministry of Justice consultation paper: Bail and Murder – Judiciary of England and Wales
“Responses to Ministry of Justice consultation paper: Bail and Murder.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 15th October 2008
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
More powers needed to fight terrorism – Home Office
“Saying terrorists ‘wish to kill British people anywhere in the world’ the Home Secretary called for greater powers to track down and prosecute terrorists.”
Home Office, 15th Ocotber 2008
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
Tougher action on cannabis – Home Office
“When cannabis is reclassified as a Class B drug in 2009, those who continually break the law will face tougher penalties.”
Home Office, 15th October 2008
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
R (Haase) v District Judge Nuttall and another – WLR Daily
R (Haase) v District Judge Nuttall and another [2008] EWCA Civ 1089; [2008] WLR (D) 316
“There was no general requirement that a prosecutor be independent and impartial to comply with the right to a fair trial in art 6 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.”
WLR Daily, 15th October 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.
