“Britain’s highest court will hear a test challenge today that to extradite a retired businessman to the United States would be a breach of his human rights.”
The Times, 30th November 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Almost 200 prisoners including murders and sex offenders have been released early by mistake from jails, according to official government figures.”
The Times, 30th November 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The ‘devastated’ lawyers for computer hacker Gary McKinnon are to challenge the home secretary’s decision not to block his extradition to the US.”
BBC News, 27th November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A judge has ruled in the favour of taxi drivers in Newport, who challenged a council decision to impose age limits on vehicles.”
BBC News, 27th November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Too many children being held at detention centres for too long, says home affairs select committee.”
The Observer, 29th November 2009
Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/
“A former soldier from North Yorkshire who raped a woman outside a nightclub in Preston nearly 11 years ago has been jailed for seven years.”
BBC news, 27th November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A father and his 14-year-old son have been given life terms for stabbing a man to death in a pub in east London.”
BBC News, 27th November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Three boys who forced their young victims to perform degrading sex acts in a park have been given supervision orders.”
The Independent, 27th November 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Faith in the workplace has become a source of heightened anxiety in recent times. Traditionalists mourn the apparent demise of Christendom’s monopoly over the public sphere and some of my fellow bleeding hearts sound more bloody-minded than liberal whenever religion crops up. But as so often, our shared framework of fundamental rights and freedoms can help to negotiate the limits of tolerance and cohesion as we rub along together.”
The Times, 26th November 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Lawyers face having to return more than £25 million paid to them by mistake because of mismanagement in the running of the legal aid scheme.”
The Times, 27th November 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A new Crime and Security Bill aims to protect our communities by making our streets safer and giving more help to victims of crime.”
Home Office, 20th November 2009
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
Supreme Court
Office of Fair Trading (OFT) v Abbey National plc & Ors [2009] UKSC 6 (25 November 2009)
BA (Nigeria) v Secretary of State for the Home Department & Ors [2009] UKSC 7 (26 November 2009)
A, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Croydon [2009] UKSC 8 (26 November 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
“Home office figures show that only tiny proportion of anti-terror searches lead to arrests.”
The Guardian, 26th November 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A London theatre is being investigated after it allegedly promoted its production of the Shawshank Redemption by quoting comments about the hit film.”
BBC News, 26th November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two men have started appeals against the UK’s first convictions for inciting racial hatred via a foreign website.”
BBC News, 26th November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Cornwall v R. [2009] EWCA Crim 2458 (26 November 2009)
High Court (Chancery Division)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Threlfall v Hull City Council [2009] EWHC 3042 (QB) (26 November 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
The Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2009
The Ministry of Defence Police Appeals Tribunals Regulations 2009
The Medicines (Pharmacies) (Applications for Registration and Fees) Amendment No. 2 Regulations 2009
The Prison and Young Offender Institution (Amendment) Rules 2009
The Seed Potatoes (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Local Authorities (Alternative Arrangements) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Specified Animal Pathogens (Amendment) Order 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
“Where a person, in reliance, inter alia, upon art 3(2) of the Citizen Directive, sought to claim a right of entry and residence as a dependant of a Union citizen, there was no requirement to ask whether the claimed dependence arose from a need for the support of such a citizen.”
WLR daily, 26th November 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.
“Where an asylum seeker’s claim to be under the age of 18 (and so entitled to accommodation under s 20(1) of the Children Act 1989) was disputed by the local authority who would have to provide the accommodation, the question of age was an objective fact to be ultimately determined, in the event of challenge, by the court.”
WLR Daily, 24th November 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.
“A woman has been jailed for killing a man she met on the day she appeared in court for punching a police officer who tried to stop her running on to the M6.”
BBC news, 26th November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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