“The government’s ’42 days’ counter-terror legislation faces fresh criticism today, with peers warning that a ‘quasi-judicial’ role for parliament to debate each use of the new detention powers risks undermining the independence of judges and the chances of a fair trial for suspects.”
The Guardian, 5th August 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Websites which accept user-generated content should do more to screen out content that might be harmful to the public, a Parliamentary committee has warned. Sites should also publish prominent terms and conditions banning harmful content, it said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 4th August 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“UBS today won the first stage of a legal fight to stop former employees from poaching its investment clients or the bank’s staff.”
The Times, 4th August 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“One of the country’s most experienced judges has said he is taking a near ‘zero tolerance’ approach to Britain’s binge drinking culture, warning that he is locking up first offenders involved in drunken criminality.”
Daily Telegraph, 4th August 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Iorworth Hoare, the convicted rapist who won £7.2 million on the lottery, is fighting for full access to his money so that he can emigrate to France, it has been reported.”
Daily Telegraph, 4th August 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Sentencing Guidelines Council published the definitive guidelines (in May 2008) which are implemented from 4th August 2008. Significant attention has been paid to the guideline for sentencing adult offenders convicted of possessing a bladed article or offensive weapon ahead of it coming into effect as a result of the current focus on violent crimes involving knives.
The attached note sets out the effect of the guideline, which is not limited to knives, and the recent Court of Appeal decision in Povey [2008] EWCA Crim 1261 which recommended that the guideline be applied in a particular way given current prevalence concerns. Further notification will follow when courts should revert to the approach in the guideline as published.”
Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Guidelines – knife crime (PDF)
Sentencing Guidelines Council, 4th August 2008
Source: www.sentencing-guidelines.gov.uk
“Proposed anti-terrorism laws to detain suspects for up to 42 days will be seriously undermined this week when senior peers condemn them as politicised and unconstitutional.”
The Independent, 3rd August 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The British government faces a potential diplomatic row with Antigua over the shooting of the honeymoon couple Catherine and Benjamin Mullany after demanding that anyone convicted of the crime will not face the death penalty.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd August 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A case against three men accused of killing 29 swans has been dropped after evidence was lost at a police station.”
BBC News, 1st August 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An estate agent has killed himself two weeks after being ordered to pay a former employee tens of thousands of pounds for sexual harassment.”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd August 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A glaring error by judges in the case of a man accused of killing his wife by faking her suicide is to be used in a fresh attempt to clear his name.”
The Times, 4th August 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The law should be clarified to make clear that removing organs for transplant may be in a donor’s ‘best interests’, the new National Clinical Director for Transplantation says.”
The Times, 4th August 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A woman caused uproar in court when she pulled two fingers from her handbag claiming they had belonged to one of her six children.”
BBC News, 1st August 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Sentencing Guildelines Council, headed by senior judges, was forced to introduce tougher sentences in response to the public outcry over the recent spate of fatal stabbings.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd August 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Thousands of young children are at risk of neglect or abuse because the system set up to protect them in the wake of the death of Victoria Climbié is failing.”
The Times, 4th August 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“MI5 misled MPs about what it knew of the whereabouts of Binyam Mohamed, a British resident who says he was tortured before being secretly rendered to Guantánamo Bay, the high court was told yesterday.”
The Guardian, 2nd August 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Barry George, who was cleared last week of murdering the Crimewatch presenter Jill Dando, is considering legal action over the picture of a masked gunman that police claim is him.”
The Times, 4th August 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Some estate agents in England and Wales are breaking the law by marketing properties without ordering a Home Information Pack, the BBC has learned.”
BBC News, 2nd August 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“One of Britain’s most wanted men will be extradited to the UK this week after being arrested in Benidorm, southern Spain. Bobby Spiers will be interviewed by Manchester police in connection with a bungled underworld hit in a Salford pub that left two men dead.”
The Guardian, 3rd August 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Speculation is mounting about how much compensation Barry George could receive if he decides to make a claim to the Miscarriages of Justice Support Service.”
BBC News, 2nd August 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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