“New sentencing guidelines for magistrates and judges have for the first time included general public disorder as an aggravating factor in burglary offences.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th October 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Today the Sentencing Council is publishing a new definitive guideline for the sentencing of burglars.”
Sentencing Council, 13th October 2011
Source: http://sentencingcouncil.judiciary.gov.uk
“The British Army wilfully used illegal methods of interrogation against Iraqi prisoners after military leaders ignored advice from their top lawyer, it was claimed last night.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th October 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
HM Advocate v P [2011] UKSC 44; [2011] WLR (D) 290
“There was no absolute rule that evidence which had been obtained from an accused who had been questioned by police when he had not been given access to legal advice, but which existed independently of his answers, was inadmissible.”
WLR Daily, 6th October 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Jonathan Djanogly, the justice minister, has admitted for the first time to MPs that inquiries had been launched by his own department and the Cabinet Office following an investigation by the Guardian that revealed he could personally profit from changes he was piloting in the Commons.”
The Guardian, 11th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A government ban on non-EU foreign spouses under the age of 21 entering the UK is unlawful, judges have ruled.”
BBC News, 12th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Guardian’s efforts to win the right to see a set of key documents in a controversial extradition case continued today (11 October) at the court of appeal, where judges indicated they were minded to allow the paper an opportunity to appeal a High Court decision.”
The Guardian, 11th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Residents at Dale Farm, the UK’s largest illegal travellers’ site will learn later if they have won their High Court battle against eviction.”
BBC News, 12th October 20111
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A woman who was convicted of stalking Manchester United footballer Rio Ferdinand has had her appeal dismissed after she failed to appear at the court hearing.”
The Guardian, 11th October 2011
Source:www.guardian.co.uk
“A children’s charity has expressed anger after a female paedophile was released from prison nine months after her conviction.”
BBC News, 11th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Parts of a proposed civil rights law threaten the UK’s compliance with human rights obligations and infringe on individuals’ rights, Parliament’s Human Rights Joint Committee has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th October 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“The founding president of the UK’s Supreme Court, Lord Phillips, has defended the Human Rights Act as he announces his retirement.”
BBC News, 11th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The editor of Private Eye told peers on Tuesday that the sex lives of well-known figures can be a legitimate subject of journalistic investigation.”
The Guardian, 11th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Police could take DNA samples from up to 13,000 people convicted of serious offences like murder, manslaughter and rape, whose profiles are not on record.”
BBC News, 11th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Not every supreme court justice need be a judge – or even a barrister.”
The Guardian, 11th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The UK Supreme Court has backed the right of people in Scotland to claim damages for the asbestos-related condition pleural plaques.”
BBC News, 12th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A high court judge’s ruling reveals the importance of deciding on parental roles before embarking on artificial insemination.”
The Guardian, 11th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, has warned of the dangers of adopting a European Sales Law, the latest legislative proposal by the European Commission which would introduce a second contract law into the laws of all Member States.”
The Bar Council, 11th October 2011
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
“Employment contracts are distinctive. The most obvious reason for this is statutory intervention. Statute regulates both the freedom of employers to select the individuals with whom they may make contracts of employmentand the terms of employment contracts. For example, in neither respect may the employer discriminate on grounds of sex, race, disability, etc.; and the contract must provide for a rate of pay greater than or equal to the national minimum wage.”
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