“The Home Secretary, Alan Johnson, has placed the future of the expert body at the centre of the row over drugs policy in doubt by ordering a swift review of how it operates, the Guardian has learned.”
The Guardian, 3rd November 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Alan Johnson, the Home Secretary, has sacked his chief drugs adviser, Professor David Nutt, after he criticised the reclassification of cannabis and said alcohol and cigarettes were more dangerous than ecstasy.”
The Daily Telegraph, 30th October 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Controversial government plans to allow Jobcentre staff to ‘order’ benefit claimants to undergo tests for drug and alcohol dependency are in breach of European law and unlikely to work, according to leading addiction charities.”
The Guardian, 27th September 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A driver has been jailed for killing a cyclist while over the drink-drive limit and under the influence of drugs.”
BBC News, 8th June 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The home secretary, Jacqui Smith, is to ban two ‘legal highs’ and a range of anabolic steroids in preparation for the London 2012 Olympics.”
The Guardian, 21st May 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Employers are increasingly using drug testing to get rid of staff without having to make redundancy payouts, as a way of cutting costs during the recession, a charity has said.”
The Guardian, 18th May 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“For the purposes of gross negligence manslaughter, when a person had created or contributed to the creation of a state of affairs which he knew, or ought to have known had become life-threatening to another person, a consequent duty would normally arise on him to act by taking reasonable steps to save the other’s life.”
The Times, 7th April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by a woman who failed to call for medical help while her half-sister was dying of a heroin overdose.”
BBC News, 2nd April 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Teenage criminals who commit repeated crimes because of a drug habit could get only a single caution to cover all their offences under new Government rules.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A father was jailed for storming into a drug dealer’s home and flushing his heroin stash down the toilet.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th February 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A recovering drug addict who owned up to 145 crimes has walked free from court after a judge ruled his ‘substantial progress’ earned him the right to rehabilitate in freedom.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th January 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Simms v Islington London Borough Council
Court of Appeal
“The risk that a recovering drug addict’s relapse might be caused by his homelessness did not entitle him to be treated as having a priority need for accommodation.”
The Times, 3rd December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
“Illicit drug use in Britain is declining, with cannabis use at its lowest level for 10 years and cocaine also down, according to British Crime Survey figures published yesterday. The estimated falls in drug consumption are matched by a 15% rise in seizures of all classes of drugs by the police and customs in England and Wales to 186,028 – a level not seen since 1973.”
The Guardian, 31st October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal
“An addict who was injured in custody after suffering a seizure through drugs withdrawal did not contribute to his injury as his addiction was not a potent cause of the damage.”
The Times, 22nd October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
“A drug addict who stabbed a 75-year-old man to death in a random attack in Bristol has been told he must serve at least 16 years in prison.”
BBC News, 17th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“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
St George v Home Office [2008] EWCA Civ 1068; [2008] WLR (D) 309
“When a person who was an addict suffered a seizure while he was in custody as a result of withdrawal from addiction, and then fell and suffered injury, regard was to be had, when considering the claimant’s possible contributory negligence and whether the resulting damage was the result ‘partly of his own fault’, to the question whether the addiction was a ‘potent cause’ of the damage.”
WLR Daily, 9th 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.
“A culture of long hours and stress are driving increasing numbers of lawyers to drink and drugs, both within and outside the workplace.”
The Times, 6th October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Two chemicals which can be used as date rape drugs will be banned, under plans announced by ministers.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th August 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The unemployed will be forced to declare drug or heavy drinking habits when they apply for benefits and will have payments cut if they give misleading answers, under government proposals which were announced yesterday.”
The Observer, 20th July 2008
Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk
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