Former South Yorkshire PC jailed for £300m tax fiddle – BBC News

Posted November 11th, 2011 in fraud, news, sentencing, VAT by tracey

“An ex-policeman who went from ‘rags to riches’ in weeks by trying to fleece the taxman in a £300m fraud has been jailed for 10 years.”

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BBC News, 11th November 2011

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Lucozade is a drink not a ‘functional food’ court rules – Daily Telegraph

Posted November 11th, 2011 in food, news, VAT by tracey

“The energy drink Lucozade has lost a bizarre legal attempt to prove it is a ‘functional food’ rather than a ‘beverage’, in a ruling which means it will still be eligible for VAT.”

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Daily Telegraph, 11th November 2011

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Mike Tindall removed from England elite squad and fined by RFU – BBC News

Posted November 11th, 2011 in disciplinary procedures, fines, news, sport by tracey

“Mike Tindall has been fined £25,000 by the Rugby Football Union (RFU) and removed from England’s elite player squad for his World Cup conduct.”

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BBC News, 11th November 2011

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Council’s social care cuts are unlawful, high court rules – The Guardian

Posted November 11th, 2011 in budgets, community care, judicial review, local government, news by tracey

“Two severely disabled adults have won a landmark high court battle over cost-cutting by their local authority when a judge ruled that Isle of Wight council’s plans to reduce its adult social care budget are unlawful.”

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The Guardian, 11th November 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

The Sun pays damages over false child sex offence claim – The Guardian

Posted November 11th, 2011 in damages, defamation, media, news by tracey

“The Sun has apologised and paid a substantial sum in damages to a man it falsely claimed had been deported from Thailand over child sex offences.”

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The Guardian, 11th November 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Testicle bite woman Maria Topp given suspended sentence – BBC News

Posted November 11th, 2011 in alcohol abuse, domestic violence, grievous bodily harm, news, sentencing by tracey

“A mother of four who admitted biting her boyfriend’s scrotum during a drunken row has been given a suspended jail term.”

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BBC News, 11th November 2011

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

 

Baby force-feeding death: Mother Gloria Dwomoh jailed – BBC News

“A mother who force-fed her baby girl who later died has been jailed.”

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BBC News, 11th November 2011

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Ex-soldier jailed for 1987 rape – The Independent

Posted November 11th, 2011 in news, rape, sentencing by tracey

” A former soldier who raped a nine-year-old girl while serving in Germany 24 years ago was today jailed for seven years after justice finally caught up with him.”

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The Independent, 10th November 2011

Source: www.indpendent.co.uk

UK Border Agency official faces jail – The Guardian

Posted November 11th, 2011 in abuse of position of trust, immigration, news, sentencing, visas by tracey

“Official admits he issued indefinite visas to people who should not have been allowed to stay in the UK.”

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The Guardian, 10th November 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Expert says ‘right to be forgotten’ could cause problems for publishers – OUT-LAW.com

Posted November 11th, 2011 in archives, data protection, EC law, internet, media, news, public interest by tracey

“A system where newspaper stories can be ‘locked away’ but not entirely deleted from archives under new data protection law proposals could be used to ensure a balance is struck between privacy and free speech rights, a media law expert has said.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 10th November 2011

Source: www.out-law.com

Bar Conference 2011: barristers ‘ready to strike’ over tendering plan – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted November 11th, 2011 in barristers, competition, criminal justice, news, tenders by tracey

“Criminal barristers will take ‘direct action’ – including withdrawing their services – if the government presses ahead with its plans for price-competitive tendering, the chair of the Criminal Bar Association has warned. Max Hill QC (pictured) said that the proposal to introduce best value tendering for the provision of publicly funded services will spell the ‘end of the bar’.”

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Law Society’s Gazette, 10th November 2011

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted November 11th, 2011 in law reports by tracey

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

SA, R (on the application of) v Kent County Council [2011] EWCA Civ 1303 (10 November 2011)

Berry v Ashtead Plant Hire Co Ltd & Ors [2011] EWCA Civ 1304 (10 November 2011)

Bubb v London Borough of Wandsworth [2011] EWCA Civ 1285 (09 November 2011)

Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)

Mears & Anor, R. v [2011] EWCA Crim 2651 (10 November 2011)

High Court (Administrative Court)

Cherwell District Council v Anwar [2011] EWHC 2943 (Admin) (10 November 2011)

The Sefton Care Association & Ors, R (on the application of) v Sefton Council [2011] EWHC 2676 (Admin) (09 November 2011)

High Court (Chancery Division)

JSC BTA Bank v Shalabayev & Anor [2011] EWHC 2915 (Ch) (10 November 2011)

Forensic Telecommunications Services Ltd v West Yorkshire Police & Anor [2011] EWHC 2892 (Ch) (09 November 2011)

High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)

Hussain v Bradford Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust & Anor [2011] EWHC 2914 (QB) (10 November 2011)

Germany v Flatman [2011] EWHC 2945 (QB) (10 November 2011)

Fortune v Roe [2011] EWHC 2953 (QB) (10 November 2011)

High Court (Technology and Construction Court)

Carillion Construction Ltd. v Stephen Andrew Smith [2011] EWHC 2910 (TCC) (10 November 2011)

Source: www.bailii.org

Bubb v Wandsworth London Borough Council – WLR Daily

Posted November 11th, 2011 in appeals, homelessness, housing, judicial review, law reports, local government by tracey

Bubb v Wandsworth London Borough Council: [2011] EWCA Civ 1285;  [2011] WLR (D)  323

“A county court judge hearing an appeal on a point of law under section 204 of the Housing Act 1996, against a review of whether a local housing authority owed a duty to a homeless person under the 1996 Act, had no jurisdiction to find the relevant primary facts for himself. The judge’s function was to consider whether the reviewing officer’s decision should be quashed on judicial review grounds.”

WLR Daily, 9th November 2011

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

UK solar companies take legal action against subsidies cuts – The Guardian

Posted November 11th, 2011 in energy, judicial review, news by tracey

“A coalition of UK solar companies has initiated legal action against the government in response to its plans to more than halve solar subsidies.”

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The Guardian, 10th November 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Gun runner’s accomplice found guilty of conspiracy to import – The Guardian

Posted November 11th, 2011 in conspiracy, firearms, news by tracey

“A man has been found guilty of helping an international gun runner to smuggle dozens of handguns into Britain on commercial transatlantic flights.”

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The Guardian, 10th November 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk

Posted November 11th, 2011 in legislation by tracey

The Legislative Reform (Industrial and Provident Societies and Credit Unions) Order 2011

The Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) (No.4) Order 2011

The Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Approved Premises) (Amendment) Regulations 2011

The Public Service Vehicles (Community Licences) Regulations 2011

The Goods Vehicles (Community Licences) Regulations 2011

The Road Transport Operator Regulations 2011

The Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products (Amendment) Regulations 2011

The Export Control (Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions) Regulations 2011

The Animal By-Products (Enforcement) and Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2011

Source: www.legislation.gov.uk

Common European Sales Law – Law Commission

Posted November 11th, 2011 in consumer protection, contracts, EC law, reports, sale of goods by tracey

“An optional system of European contract law advice to the UK Government published.”

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Law Commission, 10th November 2011

Source: www.justice.gov.uk/lawcommission

CPS statement on the case of Anne the Elephant – Crown Prosecution Service

Posted November 11th, 2011 in animal cruelty, press releases, prosecutions by tracey

“CPS takes on the prosecution of Bobby and Moira Roberts over mistreatment of circus elephant.”

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Crown Prosecution Service, 10th November 2011

Source: www.cps.gov.uk

Dumo Sibanda house fire murder: George Sithole jailed – BBC News

Posted November 11th, 2011 in murder, news, sentencing by tracey

“A ‘jealous and possessive’ man has been jailed for life for murdering a six-year-old girl who died in a Sussex house fire seven years ago.”

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BBC News, 10th November 2011

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Met Police chief inspector sacked over sex and drugs boast – BBC News

Posted November 11th, 2011 in disciplinary procedures, news, police by tracey

“A Metropolitan Police chief inspector has been sacked after boasting on a dating website of committing a sexual offence and taking drugs.”

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BBC News, 10th November 2011

Source: www.bbc.co.uk