Just one criminal jailed for every 93 crimes – Daily Telegraph

Posted May 26th, 2011 in criminal justice, news, sentencing, statistics by sally

“Just one criminal is jailed for every 93 offences committed, figures showed.”

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Daily Telegraph, 26th May 2011

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Cost judges voiced fears over Jackson reforms, report reveals – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted May 26th, 2011 in costs, fees, news by sally

“Three costs judges from the Senior Court Costs Office broke ranks to object to radical reform of civil litigation, it has emerged.”

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Law Society’s Gazette, 26th May 2011

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Man jailed for 1991 sex attack – The Independent

Posted May 26th, 2011 in assault, news, sentencing, sexual offences by sally

“A serial sex offender who subjected a doctor to a ‘pitiless, wicked’ attack two decades ago was jailed for nine years today after a cold case review.”

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The Independent, 26th May 2011

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Kenneth Clarke warns on EU data protection rules – Ministry of Justice

Posted May 26th, 2011 in data protection, EC law, news by sally

“Europe is in danger of making the wrong choices on new data protection rules, Secretary of State for Justice Kenneth Clarke said.”

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Ministry of Justice, 26th May 2011

Source: www.justice.gov.uk

How a specialist court is helping families riven by addiction – The Guardian

Posted May 26th, 2011 in alcoholism, care orders, drug abuse, families, news by sally

“The family drug and alcohol court is making a difference in breaking the intergenerational cycle of self-destructive behaviour.”

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The Guardian, 26th May 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Yvonne Freaney cleared of murder of autistic son, 11 – BBC News

Posted May 26th, 2011 in autism, diminished responsibility, mental health, murder, news by sally

“A woman has been cleared of the murder of her severely autistic 11-year-old son.”

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BBC News, 26th May 2011

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Lord Sugar forced to remove Twitter message by high court judge – The Guardian

Posted May 26th, 2011 in contempt of court, internet, juries, news by sally

“Lord Sugar was forced to remove a Twitter message during one of the parliamentary expenses trials earlier this year, which speculated that a peer would be cleared because he was a Tory, it was revealed on Thursday.”

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The Guardian, 26th May 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Lord Hanningfield found guilty of expenses fraud – Daily Telegraph

Posted May 26th, 2011 in expenses, false accounting, news, parliament by sally

“Former Tory peer Lord Hanningfield has been found guilty of fiddling his parliamentary expenses.”

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Daily Telegraph, 26th May 2011

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Farm labourer guilty of four shotgun killings – The Independent

Posted May 26th, 2011 in murder, news, sentencing by sally

“A man who murdered two couples with a sawn-off shotgun was jailed for life today after evading justice for more than 25 years.”

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The Independent, 26th May 2011

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Ofcom bans three-year broadband and phone contracts – The Guardian

Posted May 26th, 2011 in consumer protection, contracts, news, telecommunications by sally

“Three-year broadband and phone contracts have been banned by the communications regulator Ofcom, with providers now only able to offer maximum contracts of two years. They must also make 12-month contracts available under the new regulations which bring the UK in line with EU telecoms law.”

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The Guardian, 26th May 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Eight years average term for rape – The Independent

Posted May 26th, 2011 in news, rape, sentencing, statistics by sally

“One in seven rapists is sentenced to four years or less in jail, figures showed today.”

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The Independent, 26th May 2011

Source: www.independent.co.uk

RSS feeds by category

Posted May 26th, 2011 in news by sally

You can of course subscribe to the RSS feed for this blog as a whole; however it is now easy to limit the updates you receive by subscribing to individual categories.

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New law on cookies, data breaches and ICO powers comes into force today – OUT-LAW.com

Posted May 26th, 2011 in consent, data protection, EC law, internet, legislation, news, privacy by sally

“New laws governing cookies, personal data breaches and the powers of the UK’s privacy watchdog come into force today. The Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendment) Regulations implement changes in EU law.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 26th May 2011

Source: www.out-law.com

Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk

Posted May 26th, 2011 in legislation by sally

The Export Control (Eritrea and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2011

The Export Control (Iran) Order 2011

Source: www.legislation.gov.uk

Source: www.legislation.gov.uk

‘Staff failed’ in Newport police cell death says IPCC – BBC News

Posted May 26th, 2011 in complaints, death in custody, duty of care, news, police by sally

“An investigation by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) into the death of a ‘vulnerable’ man in a police cell has found “staff failed” to protect him.”

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BBC News, 25th May 2011

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Regina (Kambadzi) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [On appeal from Regina (SK (Zimbabwe)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department] – WLR Daily

Posted May 26th, 2011 in deportation, detention, immigration, law reports, Supreme Court by sally

Regina (Kambadzi) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [On appeal from Regina (SK (Zimbabwe)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department] [2011] UKSC 23; [2011] WLR (D) 175

“In addition to complying with the statutory requirements for detaining a foreign national who was awaiting deportation from the United Kingdom, the Secretary of State was also required to comply with the published Home Office policy relating to the detention of such persons. A failure to conduct regular reviews as required by the published policy rendered the continued detention of a foreign national unlawful so as entitle him to damages for false imprisonment.”

WLR Daily, 25th May 2011

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.

Regina v Redmond – WLR Daily

Posted May 26th, 2011 in appeals, customs and excise, law reports, VAT by sally

Regina v Redmond [2011] EWCA Crim 203; [2011] WLR (D) 174

“Although a defendant, who had pleaded guilty to being knowingly concerned in the fraudulent evasion of the duty chargeable on cigarettes, was not liable to pay the duty if he was not holding the cigarettes at the excise duty point and had not caused them to reach it, he was liable to pay VAT on the consignment. That was therefore a liability which he had evaded ‘as a result of or in connection with’ the criminal conduct of which he was convicted, and amounted to a “benefit” within the meaning of section 75(6) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.”

WLR Daily, 24th May 2011

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.

Best Buy Co Inc and another v Worldwide Sales Corporation Espaňa SL – WLR Daily

Best Buy Co Inc and another v Worldwide Sales Corporation Espaňa SL [2011] EWCA Civ 618; [2011] WLR (D) 173

“A person threatened another with proceedings for infringement of a registered trade mark within section 21 of the Trade Marks Act 1994 if he stated or implied that he would bring a claim if the other did not agree to the terms he proposed. The test to be applied was whether a reasonable recipient would understand the statements made to indicate nor merely an assertion of legal rights but an intention to enforce those rights.”

WLR Daily, 24th May 2011

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.

NSPCC says child sex abuse has risen to 64 crimes a day – BBC News

Posted May 26th, 2011 in child abuse, news, sexual offences, statistics by sally

“At least 64 children are sexually abused every day in England and Wales, figures obtained by the NSPCC suggest.”

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BBC News, 26th May 2011

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Legal bid to halt Sittingbourne magistrates court closure – The Guardian

Posted May 26th, 2011 in courts, judicial review, news by sally

“The fate of a Victorian magistrates building serving a deprived part of Kent has emerged as a test case for opposition to government plans to close nearly 150 courts across the country.”

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The Guardian, 25th May 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk