“A London taxi driver who sexually assaulted a string of women passengers whom he plied with champagne laced with sedatives was jailed for at least eight years today.”
The Independent, 21st April 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Peter Sutcliffe is held there. So is Ian Brady. But can anything be done to treat the criminally insane? Katherine Faulkner is given a tour of the hospital”
The Independent, 21st April 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Lawyers for the government have admitted that a senior MI5 officer gave false evidence to the high court in the case of former Guantánamo Bay prisoner Binyam Mohamed.”
The Guardian, 21st April 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Dignitaries representing the British and Indian legal professions gathered in New Delhi this weekend to mark the latest step in the opening of the prized Indian legal services market to foreign law firms.”
The Times, 20th April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“British lawyers attempting to build a war crimes case against Israel have been blocked from entering the Gaza Strip because the Foreign Office has refused to support their work, the Guardian has learned.”
The Guardian, 21st April 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A couple who set up and ran an international fake ID factory from their Cheshire home have been jailed.”
BBC News, 20th April 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A magistrate has resigned after making derogatory comments about homosexuals in a BBC television documentary.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th April 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A man has been jailed for 27 months for the manslaughter of a motorist after he ‘lost control’ in a road rage incident.”
BBC News, 20th April 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A court in Sweden has found the co-founders of file-sharing site The Pirate Bay guilty of copyright offences. Each of them has been sentenced to one year in prison. But while the ruling has symbolic significance outside Sweden, it has little legal significance.”
OUT-LAW.com, 17th April 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
AT & Anor, R. v [2009] EWCA Crim 668 (12 March 2009)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Watersheds v Simms [2009] EWHC 713 (QB) (12 March 2009)
High Court (Family Division)
Re A (Minor) V [2009] EWHC 710 (Fam) (17 March 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
The Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (Application to the Armed Forces) Order 2009
The Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (Code of Practice) (Armed Forces) Order 2009
The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (Application to the Armed Forces) Order 2009
The Armed Forces (Conditional Release from Custody) Order 2009
The Court Martial Appeal Court (Bail) Order 2009
The Armed Forces (Proceedings) (Costs) Regulations 2009
The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Application to Service Courts) (Evidence) (Revocation) Order 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
“The head of the police complaints watchdog is calling for a national debate on how officers maintain public order after revealing nearly 90 complaints had been received about the use of force at the G20 protests.”
The Independent, 19th April 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“An elderly waiter is suing the hotel where he worked for more than £100,000 after they called time on his career.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th April 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Home Secretary Jacqui Smith is to clamp down on local councils who use anti-terror laws to catch litterbugs and other minor offenders.”
BBC News, 17th April 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Police officers must remember they are ‘the servants and not the masters’ of the people, the head of the police watchdog said yesterday as he condemned the practice of concealing shoulder numbers as ‘unacceptable’.”
The Independent, 20th April 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Hundreds of appeal hearings are going ahead without a representative from the Home Office to defend its original decision to deny asylum.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th April 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Justice Secretary, Jack Straw, is facing calls to explain how one of Britain’s most notorious murderers allegedly terrorised a crucial witness from prison.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th April 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The argument over the right to stage two Premier League football matches on Easter Sunday was a stark reminder of the battles fought 15 years ago about the introduction of Sunday trading. Football chiefs have been accused by church leaders of disregarding the importance of religion in the name of profit.”
The Times, 20th April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A nurse who was struck off for misconduct after secretly filming patients being neglected is considering appealing against the decision.”
BBC News, 17th April 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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