“Senior prosecutors are calling for the laws on race hate crimes to be strengthened to counter the threat posed by the British National party.”
The Guardian, 28th June 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
James, R v [2009] EWCA Crim 1261 (25 June 2009)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Walbrook Trustees (Jersey) Ltd & Ors v Fattal & Ors [2009] EWHC 1446 (Ch) (25 June 2009)
High Court (Admiralty Division)
Source: www.bailii.org
“The report on the controversial death of the anti-racist campaigner Blair Peach should finally be published more than 30 years after he died in a demonstration in west London. The commissioner of the Metropolitan police, Sir Paul Stephenson, agreed today that it should be made public after an unanimous call to do so by the Metropolitan Police Authority.”
The Guardian, 25th June 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A parliamentary inquiry into allegations of British collusion in torture is set to investigate whether counter-terrorism chiefs ordered the repeated torture and rendition of a former British resident.”
The Guardian, 25th June 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Vodafone2 v Commissioners for Revenue and Customs
Court of Appeal
“In order to interpret United Kingdom legislation concerning the profits of controlled foreign companies in a way which avoided any unlawful restriction of a taxpayer company’s right to freedom of establishment, conferred by article 43 of the European Treaty, the court was entitled to introduce an additional exception to those contained in section 748(1)(a) to (e) and (3) of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988.”
The Times, 26th June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“A defendant who allowed another person, B, to lodge, receive, retain or withdraw money which amounted to criminal property from the defendant’s bank account, was to be regarded as having criminally converted that property.”
The Times, 26th June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) will still pursue bank overdraft charges as unfair, even if it loses the current legal appeal in the House of Lords.”
BBC News, 25th June 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A law firm manager was at the heart of a lucrative plot to con the Home Office into allowing ‘hundreds’ of foreign nationals to settle in Britain, a court heard today.”
The Independent, 25th June 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Reformed computer hackers are being recruited by the Government to defend Britain from international crime gangs and terrorists plotting cyber attacks on the country.”
The Independent, 26th June 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A twice convicted murderer who kidnapped and killed his wife on Teesside has failed to have his whole life sentence cut on appeal.”
BBC News, 25th June 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Offences of treachery must be met with severe deterrent prison sentences to provide protection for members of the armed forces who risk their lives for the country, the Lord Chief Justice said today.”
The Independent, 25th June 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A man who murdered his partner’s lover has been jailed for life.”
BBC News, 25th June 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Thousands of men may have to wait for equal pay awards after a local authority said it was to challenge a landmark legal ruling.”
BBC News, 25th June 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A secret report into the suspected police killing of an anti-racism campaigner 30 years ago must be published, Sir Paul Stephenson said today.”
The Independent, 25th June 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Concerns that Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs still poses a risk are laughable, his lawyer said today. A Parole Board panel which recommended the 79-year-old’s early release said he had not undertaken risk-related work and did not regret his offending.”
The Independent, 25th June 2009
Source: www.independent.co,uk
“Coroner records verdict of accidental death in case of three-month-old Joseph Mack, mauled while grandmother slept.”
The Guardian, 25th June 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Jewish school’s refusal to admit boy whose mother converted to Judaism ruled unlawful.”
The Guardian, 25th June 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A divorced wife who tried to claim for more money from her former husband after his shares quadrupled in value was blocked by senior judges today.”
The Times, 25th June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Should people who have been seriously wronged by the State — whether the police or a care home — be able to obtain redress in the shape of compensation? The Law Commission, the Government’s law reform watchdog, thinks so. Last year it put forward a series of reforms to improve justice and the quality of public services. But the Government has different ideas: it has privately just told the commission in a draft response that it has ‘significant concerns’ over the reforms as they stand and fears that they will help to create a compensation culture.”
The Times, 25th June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
QD (Iraq) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] EWCA Civ 620 (24 June 2009)
P and P (Children), Re [2009] EWCA Civ 610 (24 June 2009)
Reeves v Blake [2009] EWCA Civ 611 (24 June 2009)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Johnson v MGN Ltd [2009] EWHC 1481 (QB) (24 June 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org.
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