“Owners and skippers of six vessels that work out of one of Britain’s most important fishing ports weretoday ordered to pay more than £200,000 for fiddling catch quotas.”
The Guardian, 6th January 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A person does not need to be gay to be protected against homophobic abuse in the workplace, the Court of Appeal has ruled. The ruling extends harassment legislation to situations where someone is teased for being something they clearly are not.”
OUT-LAW.com, 6th January 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“Arthur Scargill’s trade union was paid more than £6 million by a firm of solicitors that deducted the money from compensation awarded to sick miners for industrial disease, a tribunal was told.”
The Times, 7th January 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The early release of knife crime statistics by the Home Office last month flouted new official guidelines in 10 different ways, the UK statistics authority said today.”
The Guardian, 6th January 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“One in five people fear a criminal records check will not protect children from being groomed by paedophiles, a poll for the Home Office shows.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th January 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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Ansari v Ansari (Bank of Scotland plc intervening) [2008] EWCA Civ 1456; [2008] WLR (D) 413
“Where a disposition of property made with the intention of reducing financial relief had been followed by further transactions made for valuable consideration and in good faith, the discretion conferred by s 37(3) of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 would not be used to set aside, as a consequence of setting aside the original reviewable disposition under the Act, a charge, not in itself a reviewable disposition which had been granted by the purchaser on the security of the property.”
WLR Daily, 5th January 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Barclay v British Airways plc [2008] EWCA Civ 1419; [2008] WLR (D) 412
“Where a passenger slipped on a standard fitting plastic strip embedded in the floor of an aircraft in its normal state and sustained bodily injury, there was no ‘accident’ within the meaning of art 17.1 of the Montreal Convention 1999 since there was no distinct event which was not part of the usual, normal and expected operation of the aircraft and which had happened independently of anything done or omitted by the passenger.”
WLR Daily, 5th January 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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“Once regarded as secure for life, partners in Britain’s leading law firms are now being presented with a stark choice: prove your worth or leave. Almost 2,000 of them could go.”
The Times, 6th January 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Fury as stop-and-search powers are used to block and confiscate legal pictures.”
The Independent, 6th January 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Residents of England and Wales can now access online maps which plot recorded crime in their neighbourhood.”
BBC News, 6th January 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A recovering drug addict who owned up to 145 crimes has walked free from court after a judge ruled his ‘substantial progress’ earned him the right to rehabilitate in freedom.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th January 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Law firms will be able to enforce a mandatory retirement age for partners following a landmark ruling that clarifies how age discrimination laws apply to partnerships.”
The Times, 5th January 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Home Office has signed up to an EU strategy against cybercrime that ‘encourages’ police across Europe to remotely access personal computers.”
BBC News, 5th January 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The Mutilations (Permitted Procedures) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Criminal Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2008
The Local Authorities (England) (Charges for Property Searches) Regulations 2008
The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Prescribed Information) Regulations 2008
The A38 Trunk Road (Weeford, Staffordshire to Minworth, Birmingham) (Detrunking) Order 2008
The A38 Trunk Road (Langley Mill, Warwickshire/Birmingham) (Detrunking) Order 2008
The Education (Independent School Standards) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The General Teaching Council for England (Disciplinary Functions) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Employment and Support Allowance (Up-rating Modification) (Transitional) Regulations 2008
The Armed Forces (Alignment of Service Discipline Acts) (No. 2) Order 2008
The Severn Bridges Tolls Order 2008
Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2008
The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution by Sewage and Garbage from Ships) Regulations 2008
The Overview and Scrutiny (Reference by Councillors) (Excluded Matters) (England) Order 2008
The Assembly Learning Grants (European Institutions) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2008
The Shrimp Fishing Nets (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2008
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“On Thursday 18 December the Sentencing Advisory Panel issued a consultation paper on the principles that should guide courts when sentencing those under the age of 18 convicted of a criminal offence. This consultation paper follows the recent Panel consultation Overarching Principles of Sentencing, which similarly considered a wide range of issues of general principle relating to the sentencing of adult offenders.”
Consultation paper on principles of sentencing for youths (PDF)
Sentencing Guidelines Council, 19th December 2008
Source: www.sentencing-guidelines.gov.uk
The Rates of Child Benefit (Commencement) Order 2008
The Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2008
The Companies (Model Articles) Regulations 2008
The General Dental Council (Constitution) (Amendment) Order of Council 2008
The Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Fines Collection (Disclosure of Information) (Prescribed Benefits) Regulations 2008
The Financial Assistance for Environmental Purposes (England and Wales) Order 2008
The Local Government Pension Scheme (Administration) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Beef and Veal Labelling Regulations 2008
The Non-Domestic Rating (Demand Notices) (Wales) (Amendment No 2) Regulations 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
English v Thomas Sanderson Ltd
Court of Appeal
“Harassment at work on the ground of sexual orientation could occur irrespective of the victim’s actual sexual orientation or the tormentors’ perception of his orientation.”
The Times, 5th January 2009
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