“A defendant has escaped confiscation proceedings because she was unable to find an advocate willing to accept the legal aid rate to represent her. The court’s decision, upheld in the Court of Appeal, will fuel an ongoing dispute over the levels of legal aid fees.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 4th June 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The Ministry of Justice has published reports on the management of Dano Sonnex within the criminal justice system, following his conviction for the murders of French students Laurent Bonomo and Gabriel Ferez.”
Ministry of Justice, 4th June 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Three people have today been jailed for a total of 19 years following the largest ever immigration crime investigation by the UK Border Agency and police.”
UK Border Agency, 3rd June 2009
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
“Courts in the EU must examine and rule on terms in consumer contracts that may be unfair even if no consumer has complained about them, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has said. The duty will exist when a company seeks to enforce a consumer contract.”
OUT-LAW.com, 4th June 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“A proposed treaty that would change copyright laws to allow the supply of books across borders for the benefit of blind people has survived resistance from the US, UK, France, Germany and other countries.”
OUT.LAW.com, 3rd June 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“An advert that appeared in search engine results to promote an IQ test has been banned by the UK’s advertising watchdog for failing to disclose in the text of the ad that participants would be charged to receive their results.”
OUT-LAW.com, 3rd June 2009
Source: www.outlaw.com
“A West Yorkshire couple who abused their six-week-old daughter and failed to get medical help for her broken bones and meningitis have been jailed.”
BBC News, 4th June 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Three members of a Hungarian family have been jailed for trafficking women to the UK for sexual exploitation, by an Inner London Crown Court judge.”
BBC News, 4th June 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Ten men convicted of attempting to smuggle 12.5 tonnes of cannabis resin worth £36 million into Britain stashed in a rusty tugboat were jailed today.”
The Independent, 4th June 2009
Source: www.independent.co,uk
“An art historian and author today failed to win a £500,000 divorce settlement from his wealthy former wife whose grandchildren he sexually abused.”
The Independent, 4th June 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The government will acquire powers to apply ‘technical measures’ to crack down on persistent illegal filesharers on the internet, the culture secretary, Andy Burnham, said today.”
The Guardian, 5th June 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The parents of murdered French students Laurent Bonomo and Gabriel Ferez are to sue British authorities over systematic failures in the justice system that contributed to their sons’ deaths.”
The Guardian, 5th June 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Perceptions of unfairnness and prejudice in the selection of judges still widely persist, three years after a new body was set up to modernise the system.”
The Times, 4th June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A dangerous knife thug freed from jail by mistake was today jailed for life with a minimum of 40 years for the ‘sadistic’ murders of two brilliant French students.”
The Independent, 4th June 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
NH v A County Council & Ors [2009] EWCA Civ 472 (04 June 2009)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Karafarin Bank v Mansoury-Dara [2009] EWHC 1217 (Comm) (04 June 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
The Legislative Reform (Limited Partnerships) Order 2009
The Armed Forces (Powers of Stop and Search, Search, Seizure and Retention) Order 2009
The Armed Forces Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2009
The International Monetary Fund (Limit on Lending) Order 2009
The Fire and Rescue Services (Appointment of Inspector) (Wales) Order 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
“A serial rapist who went unchecked for years because of police mistakes was jailed for life today.”
The Guardian, 4th June 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Crown Prosecution Service v Campbell [2009] EWCA Crim 997 (22 May 2009)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Webster & Ors v The Governors of the Ridgeway Foundation School [2009] EWHC 1140 (QB) (21 May 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
“Two illegal immigrants from India earned millions of pounds from a visa fraud ‘factory”’that helped an estimated 4,000 bogus students to cheat Britain’s “shambolic” border controls.”
The Times, 4th June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Regina (G) v Southwark London Borough Council
House of Lords
“A local authority’s children’s services unit could not purport to fulfil its duties to look after a homeless child merely by referring him to the homeless persons unit.”
The Times, 4th June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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