Mother jailed for leaving toddler home alone – Daily Telegraph
“A mother who left her two-year-old daughter home alone while she went out shopping has been jailed for nine months.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th May 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Month: May 2009
Government will clarify consumer law to encourage e-commerce – OUT-LAW.com
“The Government plans to clarify and simplify consumers’ rights in a bid to encourage online shoppers to make more use of them. It will publish a plan in the summer for helping shoppers to understand and exercise their rights.”
OUT-LAW.com, 6th May 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
Ex-detective backs miscarriage of justice claim – The Guardian
“A former detective now working as a private investigator says that a file seized from him by police last year could hold key information about an alleged miscarriage of justice. His claim is the latest concern to be raised in the case, which involved another officer since convicted of corruption.”
The Guardian, 5th May 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Judge condemns police for cautioning convicted sex offender – Daily Telegraph
“A judge has condemned police for only cautioning a convicted sex offender who breached a court order before going on to abuse more children.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th May 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Animal By-Products (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Armed Forces (Evidence in Proceedings before Civilian Courts) Regulations 2009
The Reserve Forces (Evidence in Proceedings before Civil Courts) Regulations 2009
The Armed Forces (Warrants of Arrest for Service Offences) Rules 2009
The Armed Forces (Forfeitures and Deductions) Regulations 2009
The Armed Forces (Evidence of Illegal Absence and Transfer to Service Custody) Regulations 2009
The Service Custody and Service of Relevant Sentences Rules 2009
The Armed Forces (Custody Without Charge) Regulations 2009
The Armed Forces (Custody Proceedings) Rules 2009
The Armed Forces (Protection of Children of Service Families) Regulations 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
R v Briggs-Price – WLR Daily
R v Briggs-Price [2009] UKHL 19; [2009] WLR (D) 142
“A confiscation order could be made under the Drug Trafficking Act 1994 in respect of benefit derived from drug trafficking other than that of which the defendant had been convicted which had been established by evidence during the trial.”
WLR Daily, 1st May 2009
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.
Lawyers to fight bail conditions that ‘stifle’ climate protests – The Guardian
“Lawyers representing climate change protesters who were arrested in parliament last week are to mount a legal challenge against bail conditions that were imposed, they say, to ‘stifle’ future protest by their clients.”
The Guardian, 3rd May 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Y (Sri Lanka) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; Z (Sri Lanka) v Same – Times Law Reports
Y (Sri Lanka) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; Z (Sri Lanka) v Same
Court of Appeal
“It would be a breach of article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights, prohibiting torture, to order the return of an asylum seeker to a country where there was an undisturbed finding that the asylum seeker had been tortured and raped in captivity and where credible and uncontradicted expert evidence was that the likely effect of the trauma, if return was enforced, would be suicide.”
The Times, 5th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Gomes v Republic of Trinidad and Tobago; Goodyer v Same – Times Law Reports
Gomes v Republic of Trinidad and Tobago; Goodyer v Same
House of Lords
“An accused who deliberately fled from a jurisdiction where his trial was pending was not generally entitled to rely on the passage of time due to the delay of the extraditing state in bringing him to justice as a bar to his extradition.”
The Times, 5th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Jacqui Smith says DNA database profiles of 800,000 innocent people will be axed – The Guardian
“The home secretary, Jacqui Smith, will publish plans this week for the destruction of the DNA profiles of nearly a million innocent people from the police national database. The government’s response follows a ruling by the European court of human rights last year that the practice of retaining the DNA profiles was illegal.”
The Guardian, 3rd May 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Criminals to face easier deportation – The Times
“Human rights legislation that prevents ministers from deporting foreign criminals is to be overhauled under new government plans.”
The Times, 3rd May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
DNA search for miscarriages of justice – The Guardian
“The head of the organisation that investigates alleged miscarriages of justice has ordered an urgent review of cases where DNA evidence is involved to find whether there are long-term prisoners whose innocence could now be scientifically proved.”
The Guardian, 5th May 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Review begins into cross-examination of rape victim, four – The Times
“An independent review is underway into how Haringey Social Services dealt with the case of a two-year-old girl raped by a man convicted over Baby P’s death.”
The Times, 2nd May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
‘Baby P’ stepfather may challenge rape verdict – The Independent
“Lawyers representing Baby P’s ‘stepfather’ confirmed today they are considering an appeal against his conviction for raping a two-year-old girl.”
The Independent, 5th May 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Rules on Gurkhas ‘need rethink’ – BBC News
“The government must come up with a revised policy on Gurkha immigration rights, a senior Labour MP has warned.”
BBC News, 3rd May 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Extremists banned from Britain named and shamed by Home Office – Daily Telegraph
“Extremists and preachers of hate who have been banned from Britain are named and shamed by the Government for the first time today.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th May 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Do not widen out-of-court penalties, magistrates tell Jack Straw – The Times
“Magistrates want ministers to halt the widening of on-the-spot fines for offenders, warning that serious crimes are not reaching the courts. They have told Jack Straw, the Justice Secretary, that the use of the fines in cases involving assault is undermining confidence in the justice system.”
The Times, 5th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Fair tipping law ‘won’t cost waiters their jobs’ – The Independent
“The restaurant trade’s warning that 45,000 jobs could be lost when ministers outlaw the use of tips to top up the earnings of staff paid less than the minimum wage has been rejected by an official government study.”
The Independent, 5th May 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Amy Winehouse wins court ban on paparazzi at her home – The Guardian
“Singer Amy Winehouse has fought back against paparazzi photographers keen to record every aspect of her troubled private life, winning a high court anti-harassment injunction and posting the ruling outside her new home in the London suburbs.”
The Guardian, 1st May 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
