“A mother of two has won more than £800,000 at the High Court after she claimed that a radical detox diet left her brain-damaged and epileptic.”
The Times, 23rd July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The government is to encourage more fathers to work part time or flexible hours so that they can spend more time with their children.”
The Independent, 23rd July 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“An Oxford-educated businessman who set fire to a friend’s trousers in a drunken prank has been jailed for a year.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd July 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A new Indian restaurant may have to take on an international business in the High Court to keep its name.”
BBC News, 22nd July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Source: www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk
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“Today I am talking to barrister and author Stephen Mason. Stephen is an expert in the field of electronic and digital evidence. The author of several books on digital evidence and electronic signatures, his website is a useful resource for lawyers and students alike.”
Charon QC, 18th July 2008
Source: www.charonqc.wordpress.com
Related link: Chambers of Stephen Mason
“Charon QC” is the blogging pseudonym of Mike Semple Piggot, editor of insitelaw newswire.
“Tighter rules on when witnesses can claim anonymity in court were issued yesterday to ensure that trials are not undermined because defendants do not know the identity of witnesses.”
The Times, 22nd July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“With the misery of mortgage repossession returning to haunt us Law In Action visits the courts where these devastating dramas are played out.”
BBC Law in Action, 22nd July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Prison reform has been hastily implemented, underfunded and has left record numbers behind bars, MPs said in a scathing report published today.”
The Guardian, 22nd July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Special Educational Needs (Information) Act 2008 published
Full text of Act (PDF)
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008 published
Full text of Act (PDF)
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Criminal Evidence (Witness Anonymity) Act 2008 published
Full text of Act (PDF)
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
“A family living next to a golf course are to receive thousands of pounds in compensation after their garden was bombarded with balls.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st July 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Ice-cream vans have been ordered to silence their jingles after four seconds because they are considered to be noise pollution.”
The Times, 22nd July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
R (Lewis) v Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council; [2008] WLR (D) 246
“Where, in relation to a question whether user of land had been user as of right, the issue of deference arose as between a landowner and other people making use of the land, the question was how the position would have appeared to the landowner, rather than to the other users, and what would matter to the landowner would be the fact of deference, not the reasons for it.”
WLR Daily, 22nd July 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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