Rabbit torture filmed on mobile – BBC News
“A drunken Darlington teenager has admitted smashing a rabbit against a wall while her friend filmed the attack on a mobile phone.”
Full story
BBC News, 20th August 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Academic wins tribunal case over re-marked papers – Daily Telegraph
“An academic has won a case against a university that ‘meddled’ in the marking of his students’ exams and gave new grades to papers he had failed.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th August 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
New legal bid for Shields release – BBC News
“Lawyers acting for jailed Liverpool fan Michael Shields are to launch a new legal bid to secure his release.”
BBC News, 21st August 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Invasion of the libel tourists – The Independent
“US celebrities are being actively courted by media lawyers to take advantage of Britain’s tougher libel laws and bring their cases to London.”
The Independent, 21st August 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Terrorist ‘Mr Fix-It’ convicted with two others of terrorism offences – Crown Prosecution Service
“Aabid Khan was a terrorism facilitator with international connections and the leader of a cell which gathered a library of terrorism information helpful to those plotting attacks, said Karen Jones of the Crown Prosecution Service Counter Terrorism Division.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 18th August 2008
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
BAILII: Rececnt Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Hills, R. v [2008] EWCA Crim 1871 (17 July 2008)
High Court (Administrative Court)
S, R (on the application of) v Halton Borough Council & Anor [2008] EWHC 1982 (Admin) (21 July 2008)
Cleary, R (on the application of) v HM Revenue & Customs [2008] EWHC 1987 (Admin) (24 July 2008)
High Court (Commercial Court)
ESR Insurance Services Ltd. v Clemons & Ors [2008] EWHC 2023 (Comm) (11 August 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2008
The Traffic Signs (Amendment) Regulations and General Directions 2008
The Cosmetic Products (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (Responsible Authorities) Order 2008
The Enterprise Act 2002 (Bodies Designated to make Super-complaints) (Amendment) Order 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Regina (Heffernan) v Rent Service – Times Law Reports
Regina (Heffernan) v Rent Service
House of Lords
“Rent officers should not base a local reference rent on too large an area.”
The Times, 20th August 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
Regina (Gilboy) v Liverpool City Council, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government as interested party – Times Law Reports
Court of Appeal
“A secure tenant, who lost that security when the tenancy was demoted on account of antisocial behaviour, failed in her challenge to the local authority landlord’s internal review procedure for reconsideration of the landlord’s seeking a county court order for possession.”
The Times, 20th August 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
Morgan Stanley faces £9m lawsuit over failed Irish mortgage venture – The Times
“Morgan Stanley is facing a €12 million (£9 million) legal action after turmoil in credit markets forced the investment bank to abandon plans to enter the Irish mortgage market.”
The Times, 19th August 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Laws tighten on paedophile travel – BBC News
“Tighter controls on the movements of paedophiles have been announced by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith.”
BBC News, 19th August 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Judge promises end to lenient sentences for knife crime – Daily Telegraph
“A judge has publicly promised a clamp down on knife crime, saying the ‘days of lenient sentences’ were over.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th August 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Growing violence’ at UK prison – BBC News
“An inspection of one of Britain’s high-security prisons has raised concern about levels of violence.”
BBC News, 19th August 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Fresh pressure on Met chief Blair as top Asian police officer sues force over alleged racial discrimination – The Guardian
“Britain’s biggest police force will this week be plunged into crisis after one of its own leaders sues, alleging he was the victim of racial discrimination. Assistant commissioner Tarique Ghaffur, third most senior officer at Scotland Yard, is expected to issue employment tribunal proceedings that heap fresh pressure on Sir Ian Blair, the Metropolitan police commissioner.”
The Guardian, 20th August 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Computer ‘villains’ are not geeks, just savvy children – The Times
“In the past 15 years, nothing has given entertainment publishers quite as many sleepless nights as internet piracy. Starting with the rise of Napster, the music-sharing service, in the 1990s, the rapidly increasing speed of broadband connections has allowed consumers to share and copy media files in vast quantities.”
The Times, 20th August 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Personal details of 4 million lost by Whitehall in just one year – Daily Telegraph
“Sensitive data for more than four million people was lost by Government departments in the past year, on top of the high profile loss of child benefit records.”
Daily Telegraph,
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Computer games: Industry acts on illegal downloads – The Guardian
“The computer games industry is launching a crackdown on people who illegally download games from the internet by writing to 25,000 people in Britain suspected of illegally sharing files and asking them to pay £300 immediately to avoid any further legal action.”
The Guardian, 20th August 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Does disability hate crime exist? – BBC News Magazine
“A handful of violent and degrading attacks on disabled people have provoked outrage among the press and public. But are they isolated cases or one end of a spectrum of intimidation and violence that many disabled people encounter?”
BBC News Magazine, 19th August 2008
Source: www.bb.co.uk
Sun website censured over video footage – Reuters
“The Sun newspaper website has been censured by the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) in a landmark ruling over the use of undercover video footage of a man convicted of child pornography offences.”
Reuters, 19th August 2008
Source: www.reuters.com
War widow wins £20,000 compensation after being burned by heater – Daily Telegraph
“A war widow has won £20,000 damages after a botched plumbing job left her trapped beneath a heavy electric heater for more than 24 hours.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th August 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
