“The UK Border Agency has responded to a report on the Yarl’s Wood immigration removal centre by Sir Al Aynsley-Green, the children’s commissioner for England, which was published today.”
UK Border Agency, 28th April 2009
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
“A man found guilty of attempting to suffocate a woman in an intended sex attack has been jailed but will not sign the sex offenders register.”
BBC News, 30th April 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Government has published its proposals for new equality legislation and one employment law expert has warned that a policy u-turn could leave companies exposed to a deluge of equal pay claims.”
OUT-LAW.com, 30th April 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“Organisations should not hand over employees’ personal details to private investigators except in very limited circumstances, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has warned.”
OUT-LAW.com, 30th April 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“A man has been jailed for 18 months for breaking a ban on approaching young men and touching their muscles.”
BBC News, 30th April 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A fourth complaint against police officers in London’s G20 protests is being investigated, the Independent Police Complaints Commission has said.”
BBC News, 30th April 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Scotland Yard was accused of misleading its own watchdog last night after an official report on the policing of the G20 London protests was said to contain ‘false claims’ and ‘gross inaccuracies’.”
The Guardian, 1st May 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A child-sex murderer whose delicate sculpture of a paper orchestra was bought and displayed by the Royal Festival Hall, asked judges yesterday to free him in a year because of the exceptional progress he has made in prison.”
The Times, 1st May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A former television presenter who became one of Britain’s highest-earning solicitors has been struck off for ‘disgraceful’ misconduct in his handling of sick miners’ compensation claims.”
The Times, 1st May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Police stopped and searched three times as many people under anti-terrorism powers in 2007/8 compared to the year before, Home Office figures reveal.”
BBC News, 30th April 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Barron, R. v [2009] EWCA Crim 837 (29 April 2009)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Heidelberg Graphic Equipment Ltd.& Anor v Revenue & Customs [2009] EWHC 870 (Ch) (08 April 2009)
High Court (Admiralty Division)
Dornoch Ltd & Ors v Westminster International BV & Ors [2009] EWHC 889 (Admlty) (29 April 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
R v JTB (on appeal from R v T) [2009] UKHL 20; [2009] WLR(D) 140
“S 34 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 abolished the defence as well as the presumption of doli incapax.”
WLR Daily, 29th April 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Gomes v Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago [2009] UKHL 21; [2009] WLR (D) 139
“Where an accused deliberately fled from a jurisdiction where his trial was pending, he was not, save in exceptional circumstances, entitled to rely, under s 82 of the Extradition Act 2003, on the passage of time due to delay on the part of the requesting state in bringing him to justice as a bar to his extradition.”
WLR Daily, 29th April 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
House of Lords
“A confiscation order could be made against a convicted drug trafficker in respect of benefit received from other drug trafficking which had not been charged on the indictment but which had been established by evidence during the trial.”
The Times, 30th April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Scotland Yard has paid £85,000 damages to five people who were arrested, imprisoned for 40 hours and prosecuted after a protest outside a London embassy.”
The Times, 30th April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Two British Muslims cleared of helping the 7 July bombers were yesterday accused by a judge of betraying the country that had given them a home, as he jailed them for seven years each for planning to attend a terrorist training camp in Pakistan.”
The Guardian, 30th April 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Janet Paraskeva explains why new powers are not threatening anyone’s civil liberties.”
The Times, 30th April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Poetic warning to separated parents that constant fighting hurts their children.”
The Guardian, 30th April 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Communties are to present statements to prosecutors and courts to describe how crimes have affected them in a bid to encourage tougher action or sentences.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th April 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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