“Lawyers acting for vulnerable children and families have today joined forces with the leading children’s charity, the NSPCC, to call for a Parliamentary inquiry into the state of the family justice system.”
The Bar Council, 16th March 2009
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
Sinclair v Glatt and others [2009] EWCA Civ 176; [2009] WLR (D) 97
“A receiver appointed pursuant to s 77 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 to get in the assets of a convicted money launderer was entitled to recover his remuneration, costs and expenses from the realisable assets caught by the order. That right extended to assets to which the convicted person had legal title but which were beneficially owned by someone else.”
WLR Daily, 16th March 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in once of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“It would be unjust to activate a completed unpaid work requirement attached to a suspended order of imprisonment where an offender breached the suspended order by committing a further offence.”
The Times, 17th March 2009
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.
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“Legislation criminalising sexual activity with a child did not make any distinction according to whether the victim was a girl or a boy and, in sentencing for such an offence, the court should not do so either.”
The Times, 17th March 2009
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.
The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Pensions Act 2008 (Abolition of Safeguarded Rights) (Consequential) Order 2009
The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Amendment Regulations 2009
The Health and Safety Information for Employees (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Regulations 2009
The Social Security Revaluation of Earnings Factors Order 2009
The Social Security (Transitional Payments) Regulations 2009
The Social Security Pensions (Low Earnings Threshold) Order 2009
The Housing Benefit (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Pensions Regulator (Miscellaneous Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Occupational, Personal and Stakeholder Pensions (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2009
The Local Authorities (Charges for Property Searches)(Wales) Regulations 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
“The Foreign Office has admitted failing to make complaints on behalf of British nationals who say they have been tortured after being detained overseas during counter-terrorism investigations.”
The Guardian, 17th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A former Oxford university chemist has been jailed for sexually assaulting a 17-month-old girl and having almost 20,000 child sex images and videos.”
BBC News, 16th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Media law specialists Carter-Ruck has obtained a legal injunction from the high court to protect popstar Lily Allen from harassment by two paparazzi agencies, Big Pictures and Matrix Photos.”
The Guardian, 16th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Single mothers will be forced to give the name of the child’s father on birth certificates to encourage men to take responsibility for their children, under plans to be approved by Parliament.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A prisoner who could be freed after DNA evidence cast doubt over his conviction has apologised for wrongly confessing to murder in 1979.”
BBC News, 16th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A British Muslim man accused of raising funds for terrorism was punched, kicked and strangled during his arrest by specialist officers from the Metropolitan police, the high court in London heard today.”
The Guardian, 16th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Police Federation vice-chairman Simon Reed has accused the Crown Prosecution Service of allowing serious criminals to avoid justice so that they can save money and meet government targets.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A new code of conduct for banks to stop them avoiding billions of pounds in taxes is to be introduced, Alistair Darling announced yesterday.”
The Independent, 17th March 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“One of Scotland Yard’s elite sexual assault units has been condemned for serious failures after untrained officers were left investigating rapes, despite repeated pleas to management for more detectives.”
The Guardian, 17th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The information commissioner has said pubs with no history of trouble should not be forced to install CCTV cameras.”
BBC News, 16th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The Fixed Penalty Offences Order 2009
The Road Safety (Financial Penalty Deposit) (Appropriate Amount) Order 2009
The Road Safety (Immobilisation, Removal and Disposal of Vehicles) Regulations 2009
The Fixed Penalty (Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Fixed Penalty (Procedure) (Vehicle Examiners) Regulations 2009
The Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Fees) Regulations 2009
The Mutual Societies (Transfers) Order 2009
The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Controllers) Regulations 2009
The Industrial Training Levy (Engineering Construction Industry Training Board) Order 2009
The Industrial Training Levy (Construction Industry Training Board) Order 2009
The Monkseaton Community High School (Governing Body Procedures) (Amendment) Order 2009
Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons (Specified Public Authority) Order 2009
The Contracted-Out Prisons (Specification of Restricted Activities) Order 2009
The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 2009
The Court of Protection (Amendment) Rules 2009
The Value Added Tax (Amendment) Regulations 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
“A schoolboy awoke from surgery to remove a lump from his finger to discover the wrong one had been operated on.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Human rights campaigner and former hostage Terry Waite has called on the US to drop charges against British computer hacker Gary McKinnon.”
BBC News, 16th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man whose invention caught the attention of millions of television viewers may have infringed a patent he applied for himself 10 years ago. A contestant on the Dragons’ Den TV programme may have to defend his invention from legal action.”
OUT-LAW.com, 16th March 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“A young father was convicted of unlawful imprisonment after he put a young tearaway into his car and gave him a ‘good talking to’.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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