Judges rule on child discipline – BBC News
“Judges in the case of a girl who was kicked and slapped by her parents have drawn a line at which disciplining children becomes physical abuse.”
BBC News, 1st August 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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Criminal Records Bureau errors lead to hundreds being branded criminals – Daily Telegraph
“More than 1,500 people have been wrongly branded as criminals or mistakenly given a clean record by the government agency set up to vet those working with children, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.”
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Daily Telegraph, 2nd August 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Government ‘would push for Gary McKinnon to serve sentence in UK’ – The Guardian
“The government will push for Gary McKinnon, the computer hacker fighting extradition to the US, to serve his sentence in a British prison if he is found guilty, Labour’s deputy leader said today.”
The Guardian, 2nd August 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
New bid to cut youth re-offending – BBC News
“More than £8m will be spent over the next two years in a bid to reduce youth re-offending in England and Wales, the government has announced.”
BBC News, 3rd August 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Probationers commit 1,167 crimes – The Independent
“Criminals being supervised by the probation service have committed more than 1,100 serious offences over the past two years.”
The Independent, 1st August 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Two jailed over hit-and-run death – BBC News
“Two men have been jailed over the death of a grandfather who was hit by a car which failed to stop.”
BBC News, 31st July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Man incited internet child abuse – BBC News
“A British man who used an internet chatroom to incite a paedophile to sexually abuse an eight-year-old girl in the United States has been jailed.”
BBC News, 31st July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
High Court revokes control order – BBC News
“The government’s anti-terror strategy has suffered a blow after the High Court revoked the control order of a suspect accused of links to al-Qaeda.”
BBC News, 31st July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Teaching assistant who helped husband film girls jailed – Daily Telegraph
“Teaching assistant Rosemary Foxall who helped her husband secretly film young girls as they bathed at their home has been jailed for two-and-a-half years.”
Daily Telegraph, 31st July 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Peter Andre wins libel payout from the People newspaper – The Guardian
“Singer Peter Andre accepts undisclosed but substantial libel damages from the People newspaper.”
The Guardian, 31st July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Ofcom proposes relaxing local radio and cross-media ownership rules – The Guardian
“Watchdog launches consultation on plans to allow commercial radio stations in one area to be owned by one company.”
The Guardian, 31st July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Hacker Gary McKinnon fights on as extradition appeal rejected – The Times
“Computer hacker Gary McKinnon will appeal to the newly formed Supreme Court after he today lost his latest High Court bid to avoid extradition to America.”
The Times, 31st July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Warning over constitution reforms – BBC News
“The government’s attempts to reform the UK constitution risk failure if they are carried out in too ‘ad hoc and piecemeal’ a way, an MPs’ report said.”
BBC News, 29th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Hillsborough files to be opened – BBC News
“Families who lost their loved ones in the Hillsborough disaster have renewed hope of a full disclosure after a meeting with the home secretary.”
BBC News, 29th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
R (SRM Global Master Fund LP) v Commisioners of HM Treasury; R (RAB Special Situations (Master) Fund Ltd v Same; R (Grainger and others) v Same – WLR Daily
“The statutory scheme established to compensate shareholders subsequent to the nationalisation of Northern Rock plc, on the basis of the assessment of the valuation of the shares by means of the statutory assumptions provided for in s 5(4) of the Banking (Special Provisions) Act 2008, did not violate the shareholders’ right to the protection of their property guaranteed under art 1 of the First Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. Those statutory assumptions struck the balance, required by the Convention, between the demands of the general interest of the community and the requirements of the protection of the individual’s fundamental rights.”
WLR Daily, 30th July 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.
HIV sex offender appeal rejected – BBC News
“A sex offender from Devon who breached an order banning him from contacting people over the age of 60 has failed in a bid to reduce his latest jail term.”
BBC News, 30th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Stiletto snag smoker wins payout – BBC News
“A woman who broke a leg after catching her stiletto heel in a pub’s smoking area has received £18,000 compensation.”
BBC News, 30th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Bar Council accuses CPS of ‘Alice in Wonderland accounting’ – Law Society’s Gazette
“The Bar Council accused the Crown Prosecution Service of ‘Alice in Wonderland accounting’ this week over the CPS’s claim to have saved millions using its own lawyers rather than external advocates.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 30th July 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
News focus: miners’ compensation – Law Society’s Gazette
“The work that solicitors have done under the mineworkers’ compensation scheme has attracted the attention of press, parliament and the public ever since details of wrongdoing began to emerge earlier this decade. But the debate has focused on two controversies: the millions of pounds that solicitors have earned, and the deductions that some solicitors made from miners’ compensation.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 30th July 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Food mixer did not violate rival’s trade mark by using similar shape – OUT-LAW.com
“A claim that one food mixer violated the trade mark rights of another by being similar in shape has failed. The Court of Appeal said that any similarity in shape between the machines had not given Kenwood an unfair advantage over Whirlpool.”
OUT-LAW.com, 31st July 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
