“Privacy watchdog the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has taken action against a local authority which lost two laptop computers despite the fact that they were stored in a locked office and password-protected.”
OUT-LAW.com, 23rd July 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“Why are we asking this now?
Because a government watchdog has warned against the use of phone-tap evidence in court, following mock trials in which its use gave every indication of being a disaster. Sir Paul Kennedy, the Interception of Communications Commissioner and a former Lord Justice of Appeal, said he could see no way to overcome problems with such evidence, and that the Government should drop its plans. Use of the technique at trials through March and April revealed “real legal and operational difficulties inherent in using intercept as evidence in the UK”, he said, before adding: “I cannot see a way to safely overcome these”. Aside from the immediate question of whether the law should be changed, intercepted phone calls have come under the spotlight with increasing frequency. Andy Coulson, the former News of the World editor who now advises David Cameron, revealed this week that he had his phone bugged during his reign at the paper. Last year Sadiq Khan, a Labour MP, had his phone bugged during conversations with a constituent who was suspected of involvement in terrorism.”
The Independent, 23rd July 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A drunken couple who celebrated winning £100 on the National Lottery with a display of exhibitionism in a town centre have walked free from court.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd July 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Rocker who lost part of leg in motorcycle accident given suspended sentence for attacking fellow concertgoer.”
The Guardian, 22nd July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Who are Britain’s most powerful lawyers? The debate this year was lengthy and sometimes fiery, but here are our picks.”
The Times, 23rd July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A man has been jailed for life for the murder of a policewoman who was shot dead during a bungled robbery.”
BBC News, 22nd July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Foreign criminals awaiting deportation have been handed some £500,000 in compensation since April last year, it has been revealed.”
The Independent, 22nd July 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The father of a soldier killed in Iraq has won permission to challenge a coroner’s decision not to hold a full investigation into his son’s death.”
BBC News, 22nd July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Privacy regulator the Information Commissioner will be handed new powers to issue fines next April. The Commissioner’s office has confirmed for the first time the date on which it will be able to hand out new fines.”
OUT-LAW.com, 22nd July 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009 published
Full text of Act (PDF)
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
The Planning (Hazardous Substances) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2009
The Overseas Companies (Execution of Documents and Registration of Charges) Regulations 2009
The Armed Forces (Disposal of Property) Regulations 2009
The Financial Markets and Insolvency (Settlement Finality) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Whole of Government Accounts (Designation of Bodies) Order 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
“A police dog handler who left two alsatians to die in a car during the recent heatwave could face up to six months in jail and a £20,000 maximum fine after the RSPCA confirmed today it would prosecute the case.”
The Guardian, 21st July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Regina v Erskine; Regina v Williams
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“Firm measures were required immediately to ensure that appeals against conviction and sentence could be heard without an excessive citation of earlier, largely factual decisions which did no more than illustrate or restate a principle.”
The Times, 22nd July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Regina (Bates) v Chief Constable of Avon and Somerset Constabulary
Queen’s Bench Divisional Court
“A court order requiring the police to return items seized under a search warrant could not be enforced because no time had been set for compliance with the order.”
The Times, 21st July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“When a court was reviewing an international arbitration award made under ss 100–103 of the Arbitration Act 1996 careful attention was to be accorded to the type of hearing and the standard of proof required to establish that an award was “not valid” for the purposes of s 103(2)(b) of the 1996 Act. Further, when an assertion of estoppel was made, going to the matter of non-validity, the fact that the jurisdiction of the arbitral tribunal was founded on consent, rather than legislation, could be critical.”
WLR Daily, 21st July 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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R v Tilley [2009] EWCA Crim 1426; [2009] WLR (D) 249
“Where a third party knew of a change that affected the benefit of a person claiming income support, he would be guilty of an offence if he dishonestly allowed the beneficiary to fail to report the change, but to commit the offence the third party had to have been active in some way in the failure.”
WLR Daily, 21st July 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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