President of the Family Division Guidance: McKenzie Friends October 2008 – Judiciary of England and Wales
“President of the Family Division Guidance: McKenzie Friends October 2008.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 16th October 2008
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Business visitors face strict new rules – UK Border Agency
“Tough new rules to safeguard the visitor route into the United Kingdom from abuse and keep Britain an attractive place to do business were published by the Government today.”
UK Border Agency, 16th October 2008
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
Devenish Nutrition Ltd v Sanofi-Aventis SA (France) and others – WLR Daily
“An account of profits could not be awarded on a claim for a non-proprietary tort. Community law neither prevented nor required the recognition in domestic law of a restitutionary award as a remedy for breach of statutory duty.”
WLR Daily, 16th October 2008
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.
Court of Appeal orders men to disclose encryption keys – OUT-LAW.com
“Two men have been told that they cannot rely on their right to silence to refuse to give British police a computer password.”
OUT-LAW.com, 16th October 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
Guilty of murder: man who set up shooting from prison cell – The Guardian
“A man was convicted yesterday of plotting the murder of his former friend on a mobile phone from his cell in a high security prison.”
The Guardian, 17th October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Community support officers to be given the power to detain – The Independent
“Police community support officers should be given extended powers that would allow them to be able to detain suspects for the first time, Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary, said yesterday.”
The Independent, 17th October 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Car park ban for ‘prolific’ thief – BBC News
“A thief with more than 40 previous convictions has been banned from every car park in England and Wales.”
BBC News, 16th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Father convicted of son’s murder – BBC News
“A bus driver has been convicted of murdering his 19-year-old son after an argument at their Norfolk flat.”
BBC News, 16th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Bans for violent drunks not being used – Daily Telegraph
“A key plank of the Government’s plans to tackle alcohol-fuelled disorder introduced two years ago has still not been used.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Legal battle over hotelier’s £14m will: Children to find out how estate will be split – Daily Telegraph
“A High Court judge will rule on case that has set three siblings against each other since the death of their father Douglas Firkin-Flood in 200.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Killer jailed in skull-find case – BBC News
“A man has been jailed for life for the murder of a fellow Lithuanian whose skull was discovered in the garden of a house in north-west London.”
BBC News, 16th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Police leniency call on park sex – BBC News
“People caught having sex in public should only be arrested as a last resort, according to draft guidelines being issued to police.”
BBC News, 16th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
We’ll get tough with City, says watchdog – The Guardian
“The days of soft-touch regulation of the City are over, the head of the financial watchdog said yesterday, as he revealed that a new cadre of higher-paid regulators would ask tougher questions about the health of financial institutions in the wake of the credit crisis.”
The Guardian, 17th October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Scrap qualifying conditions for abortion and let women decide, say academics – The Times
“Britain’s 40-year-old abortion law flouts the legal principles that underpin modern medical practice, 85 academic lawyers and ethicists say today.”
The Times, 17th October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Mother is sentenced over truancy – BBC News
“A mother who claimed her daughter was too old and too big to be forced to go to school has been sentenced.”
BBC News, 16th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Cannabis murderer jailed for life – BBC News
“A cannabis user who stabbed his girlfriend to death after becoming convinced she was part of a plot to kill him has been jailed for murder.”
BBC News, 16th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Ofcom to have wider remit with more online powers, says David Currie – The Guardian
“Outgoing Ofcom chairman David Currie has said that his successor should expect the communications regulator to have an expanded remit with responsibility for stricter control over internet content.”
The Guardian, 16th October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Information Commissioner orders naming of Tribunal employers – OUT-LAW.com
“Organisations involved in Employment Tribunals will have their identities published after a ruling by privacy watchdog the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). The ruling reinstates a practice that was discontinued in 2001.”
OUT-LAW.com, 16th October 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
