“The fight against organised crime is to be overhauled, in a tacit admission by the Government that the problem is out of control. In his first speech on crime since becoming Prime Minister almost two years ago, Gordon Brown announced today a new strategy to tackle criminal businesses.”
The Times, 12th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Family doctors accused of misconduct are being suspended for up to four years and at a cost of up to £900,000, according to figures revealed by the NHS under the Freedom of Information Act.”
The Times, 12th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Scotland Yard’s anti-terror chief has been cleared of wrongdoing after an investigation into claims he misused a corporate credit card.”
BBC News, 11th May 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The UK minimum wage will rise by 7p to £5.80 an hour from October, the government has announced.”
BBC News, 12th May 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
High Court (Chancery Division)
Port of London Authority v Ashmore [2009] EWHC 954 (Ch) (08 May 2009)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Midgulf International Ltd v Groupe Chimiche Tunisien [2009] EWHC 963 (Comm) (11 May 2009)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Amaryllis Ltd v HM Treasury [2009] EWHC 962 (TCC) (08 May 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
The Taxation of Pension Schemes (Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) Order 2009
The Medicines for Human Use (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2009
The Medicines for Human Use (Prescribing)(Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2009
The National Health Service (Charges) (Amendments Relating to Pandemic Influenza) Regulations 2009
The Export Control (Uzbekistan) (Amendment) Order 2009
The Value Added Tax (Refund of Tax to Charter Trustees and Conservators) Order 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Regina (M) v East Sussex County Council
Queen’s Bench Division
“The failure by a local authority to amend a child’s statement of special educational needs during the year of his transfer between phases of schooling, and to name and specify the type of school was a breach of its statutory obligation.”
The Times, 12th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Regina v Curtis (Attorney General’s Reference No 17 of 2009)
Court of Appeal
“It was always dangerous to use a mobile phone while driving and there was never any excuse for doing so.”
The Times, 12th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Muslim catering manager Hasanali Khoja refused to cook sausages and bacon because it was against his religion, a tribunal has heard.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th May 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The jailing of children in England and Wales has become a postcode lottery where child custody rates in some parts of the country are five times higher than in others, according to league tables seen by The Independent.”
The Independent, 12th May 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The first signs of a fight-back against reforms that will enable supermarkets and other stores to offer customers legal services came yesterday with a ‘baked beans’ protest by solicitors.”
The Times, 12th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A 57-year-old Blackpool man has been jailed for life for murdering his estranged wife and her boyfriend.”
BBC News, 11th May 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A former teacher has been jailed for four-and-a-half years for a series of sexual assaults on young boys.”
BBC News, 11th May 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Data Protection Act should not be a backup plan in failed defamation cases, a High Court judge has said. Mr Justice Eady has rejected a claim that an allegedly libellous statement was also a breach of the privacy law.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th May 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“Two men from Crawley have been jailed for supplying ecstasy at a party in West Sussex which killed a teenager.”
BBC News, 11th May 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Talksport has been found in breach of broadcasting rules over an incident last November which saw presenter Jon Gaunt call a local councillor a ‘Nazi’.”
BBC News, 11th May 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Gordon Ramsay was given a dressing down by the broadcasting regulator today for an extraordinary outburst of swearing in which his show featured the f-word almost every 20 seconds over a 40 minute period.”
The Times, 11th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A German cyber-war fan was jailed for life today for flying to Britain to stab a student 86 times after he became obsessed with his girlfriend.”
The Times, 11th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Ann Abraham, the Parliamentary Ombudsman, has today laid before both Houses of Parliament a further report concerning Equitable Life.”
Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, 6th May
Source: www.ombudsman.org.uk
“The government has failed to carry out its election pledge to tackle the causes of crime, says a world expert on crime reduction.”
BBC News, 11th May 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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