“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
“A gallery employee with Crohn’s disease who claimed managers failed to take her disability into account when they moved her from Tate Britain to Tate Modern had her case dismissed today.”
The Guardian, 14th August 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A council in Northamptonshire at the centre of a birth defects case has been ordered to pay affected families an initial £1.6m to cover legal fees.”
BBC News, 14th August 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A drunk mother who killed her fiance by running him over with her car outside a pub was jailed for three years today.”
The Independent, 12th August 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A student who caused £150,000 of damage to a nightclub in an ‘alcohol-fuelled act of buffoonery’ was branded a ‘twot’ by a judge today.”
The Independent, 13th August 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A cyclist who knocked down an 84-year-old pedestrian who later died has been jailed for seven months.”
BBC News, 12th August 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“More than a third of children sent to prison last year were wrongly jailed, a report into child custody rates says.”
The Independent, 13th August 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“British victims of terrorist attacks abroad could be compensated by the government, it has emerged.”
BBC News, 13th August 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Danny Fitzsimmons, the former British soldier accused of murdering two of his colleagues during a drunken brawl in Iraq, was already facing a potential jail sentence in Britain and had previously been convicted for firearm offences it emerged today.”
The Independent, 12th August 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A disabled woman from north-west London has won her employment tribunal against clothing giant Abercrombie and Fitch.”
BBC News, 13th August 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An abattoir which supplies meat to high street stores was ordered to pay more than £33,000 today for pumping too much waste into a waterway.”
The Independent, 13th August 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
The Authorised Investment Funds (Tax) (Amendment No.2) Regulations 2009
The Motor Vehicles (Type Approval and Approval Marks) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Housing (Right to Enfranchise) (Designated Protected Areas) (England) Order 2009
The Ecclesiastical Judges, Legal Officers and Others (Fees) Order 2009
The Legal Officers (Annual Fees) Order 2009
The Ecclesiastical Offices (Terms of Service) Regulations 2009
The Church of England Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Income Tax (Purchased Life Annuities) Regulations 2008
The Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations 2009
The Food Irradiation (Wales) Regulations 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Estor Ltd v Multifit (UK) Ltd [2009] EWHC 2108 (TCC) (12 August 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
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