“A human rights group began legal action against the government today in a case involving two alleged victims of rendition to Afghanistan who may have been tortured.”
The Guardian, 17th August 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Two women who admitted perverting the course of justice in a hit-and-run murder case have been jailed.”
BBC News, 17th August 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Independent Advisory Panel, a key part of the newly formed Ministerial Council on Deaths in Custody, has commenced its initial work programme.”
Ministry of Justice, 17th August 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“People appealing against rulings by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) will face a new tribunal structure from January next year. The Information Tribunal, which hears appeals on ICO rulings, will become part of a wider system.”
OUT-LAW.com, 17th August 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“Police use of Taser stun guns has increased by nearly a third, figures revealed today.”
The Independent, 17th August 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Reprieve, a human rights organisation is suing the British Government over questions of alleged rendition to Afghanistan.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th August 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
I & Ors, R. v [2009] EWCA Crim (B1) (14 August 2009)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Deutsche Bank AG v Sebastian Holdings Inc [2009] EWHC 2132 (Comm) (14 August 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
“Four in ten offenders caught with a gun avoid the minimum jail terms that courts are supposed to hand down, according to new figures.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th August 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“John Frankland, a former chairman of the Armed Forces tribunals that decide whether to increase compensation paid to injured servicemen and women has hit out at the current scheme, saying it was designed simply to save money.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th August 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“A defendant who had pleaded guilty to an offence without any challenge to the facts presented by the prosecution was not, as a matter of law, thereby debarred from challenging the prosecution evidence for the purposes of a confiscation hearing.”
The Times, 17th August 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Transport for London (London Underground Ltd) v Spirerose Ltd (in Administration)
House of Lords
“Where the Lands Tribunal had found on the balance of probability that permission for development of the claimant’s land would have been granted as at the valuation date, its valuation on the basis that permission would actually have been granted was not sustainable.”
The Times, 17th August 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Parliament is currently considering laws which would give local residents greater power to object to ‘gentlemen’s clubs’ which have grown in number substantially since the Government relaxed the licensing laws.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th August 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Millions of parents whose teenage children illegally download films and pop songs face having their internet connection cut off and fines of up to £50,000.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th August 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A British legal team will fly from Heathrow airport to Iraq later today to begin work on behalf of Danny Fitzsimons – the British military contractor who faces the death penalty for the alleged shooting of two of his colleagues in Baghdad, Iraq.”
The Independent, 16th August 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The government has been accused of presiding over a ‘desperate’ attempt to manage the prisons crisis by placing thousands more offenders in some of the oldest jails which are already operating at close to capacity.”
The Guardian, 16th August 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Hundreds of Britons will be extradited for minor misdemeanours ranging from driving offences and drunkenness to more bizarre crimes such as stealing chickens, under new rules which come into force next year.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th August 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Children could disappear from our television screens if the Government decides to press ahead with plans to tighten regulations covering their appearance in entertainment, broadcasters claim.”
The Times, 15th August 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“He was feted by the film studio as a misunderstood prisoner locked up for 35 years because he dared to fight the system. But a year after the biopic of Charles Bronson won rave reviews at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival and helped frame calls for his release, prisoner BT1314 is back in trouble.”
The Independent, 15th August 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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