“Staff at a privately run jail failed to do all they could to ensure the safety of an inmate who killed himself while suffering a mental illness, a coroner’s jury ruled yesterday.”
The Times, 10th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Attorney General’s Reference No 70 of 2008 [2009] EWCA Crim 100 (21 January 2009)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Masri v Consolidated Contractors (Oil and Gas) Company Sal [2009] EWCA Civ 36 (06 February 2009)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Source: www.bailii.org
The European Parliament (Disqualification)(United Kingdom and Gibraltar) Order 2009
The Public Service Vehicles Accessibility (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Financial Assistance For Industry (Increase of Limit) Order 2009
The Companies Act 2006 (Accounts, Reports and Audit) Regulations 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
“A guide to the main provisions in the European Community regulation on the law applicable to non-contractual obligations (Rome II), which came into force on 11 January 2009.”
Ministry of Justice, 9th February 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“S 84(4) of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 did not require that the period of ten weeks referred to in that section be spent in the United Kingdom.”
WLR Daily, 6th February 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Diggins v Condor Marine Crewing Services Ltd; [2009] WLR (D) 37
“The claimant, who lived in the United Kingdom and was employed as a chief officer on a ferry registered in Nassau which sailed from Portsmouth to the Channel Islands, returning to Portsmouth each working day, was entitled to bring a claim of unfair dismissal and was not excluded by the provisions relating to mariners in s 199 of the Employment Rights Act 1996.”
WLR Daily, 6th February 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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ZT (Kosovo) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
House of Lords
“When a claim for asylum had been rejected as clearly unfounded under section 94(2) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002, and the claimant made further submissions, the Secretary of State for the Home Department had to consider whether those further submissions created a realistic prospect of success under rule 353 of the Immigration Rules (HC 395) and not whether they were clearly unfounded under section 94 of the 2002 Act.”
The Times, 9th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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“Ecstasy should be downgraded to a class B drug, the government’s drugs advisers are to recommend.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th February 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Government is compiling a database to track and store the international travel records of millions of people. ”
The Independent, 8th February 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“An international human rights organisation is calling on the British government to close down legal loopholes that appear to give MI5 officers immunity from prosecution if they collude in the torture of British terrorism suspects in Pakistan.”
The Guardian, 6th February 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Attorney General is to review the sentence of a motorist jailed for causing death by dangerous driving after using her mobile phone.”
BBC News, 6th February 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Six prisoners in British jails have applied to have children with their partners following a landmark European court ruling that their human rights would be breached if they are prevented from becoming fathers.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th February 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A woman, raped by an ex-boyfriend, has waived her anonymity to encourage other victims to report their ordeal.”
BBC News, 6th February 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“MoD accused of waging ‘black propaganda’ campaign against human rights activists.”
The Independent, 7th February 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A teacher who was assaulted by a pupil has been awarded £280,000 – one of the highest awards given to a teacher, it is believed.”
BBC News, 6th February 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Children’s secretary Ed Balls launched a strong defence of his handling of the Baby P tragedy last night after Haringey’s former head of children’s services accused him of ‘breathtaking recklessness’ that had left social workers demoralised and put children’s safety at risk.”
The Guardian, 8th February 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man was awarded £20,000 in damages after claiming he was distressed by parking fines totalling £200.”
BBC News, 8th February 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Charlton v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2009] EWCA Civ 42 (06 February 2009)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
“A novel issue, the striking of a balance between the public interest in national security and the public interest in open justice, the rule of law and democratic accountability, lay at the heart of the court’s consideration of whether to restore passages, summarising information relating to an arguable case of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment of the claimant, which had been redacted from the court’s first open judgment at the request of the Foreign Secretary on grounds of national security. The rule of law required that the determination of where the balance lay was ultimately for the decision of the court.”
WLR Daily, 5th February 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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