“British troops were accused at the High Court yesterday of using interrogation techniques on Iraqi civilian detainees that breached human rights laws.”
The Times, 23rd April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“On Wednesday 22 April the Sentencing Advisory Panel published a consultation paper relating to the sentencing of the most commonly committed drug offences.”
Consultation paper on sentencing of drug offences (PDF)
Press Notice (PDF)
Drugs consultation paper – Annex B (xls)
Sentencing Guidelines Council, 22nd April 2009
Source: www.sentencing-guidelines.gov.uk
“Two family lawyers assess the impact of new rules allowing the media the right to attend all divorce court hearings.”
The Times, 23rd April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A senior adviser on rape to the government criticised the sentence given to the serial sex attacker John Worboys as ‘absolutely bizarre’ yesterday, warning it could undermine work to improve the investigation and prosecution of sexual offences.”
The Guardian, 23rd April 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The opening up of family courts to the media is a step in the right direction, argues a senior family lawyer.”
The Times, 23rd April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Next week Lord Justice Jackson, the Court of Appeal judge, will outline provisional proposals of his review on the costs of litigation. Among other things he is likely to urge a look at a new way to fund civil cases that could substantially replace no-win, no-fee cases for a large range of civil actions.”
The Times, 23rd April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
The Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations 2009
The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (References to Financial Investigators) Order 2009
The Value Added Tax (Increase of Registration Limits) Order 2009
The Value Added Tax (Consideration for Fuel Provided for Private Use) Order 2009
The Substantial Donor Transactions (Variation of Threshold Limits) Regulations 2009
The Excise Goods (Drawback) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Finance Act 1998, Schedule 2 (Assessments in Respect of Drawback) (Appointed Day) Order 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
“David Miliband, the foreign secretary, was accused yesterday of seriously misleading high court judges by claiming that the United States would stop sharing crucial intelligence with Britain if they agreed to disclose CIA documents showing how a UK resident was tortured.”
The Guardian, 23rd April 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Baroness Scotland of Asthal could be forgiven if she saw no problem. Britain’s first black, first woman holder of the post of Attorney-General is a living example of diversity in the legal profession. But, as with women political leaders, is she a one-off?”
The Times, 23rd April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The operation that led to 12 men being arrested on suspicion of plotting a large al-Qaida atrocity is to be investigated by Lord Carlile, the country’s terror watchdog.”
The Guardian, 23rd April 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Drugs barons should be given shorter prison sentences, according to official proposals published today (22 April).”
The Times, 22nd April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The UK legal sector has been highlighted by the Government as one of a number of professions becoming increasingly socially exclusive.”
Legal Week, 23rd April 2009
Source: www.legalweek.com
“First it wins the ultimate accolade as the most-played song in British public places; now A Whiter Shade of Pale enters the legal history books.”
The Times, 23rd April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A party-goer dressed as a smurf ran over a man and knocked out two others with a baseball bat has been jailed for three years.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd April 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“This week lawyers for Binyam Mohamed, the former Guantánamo detainee, return to court to challenge the ruling that he cannot see secret evidence that, he maintains, is central to his claim to have been subject to torture with the consent of the UK intelligence authorities.”
The Times, 22nd April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Whippey v Jones [2009] EWCA Civ 452 (08 April 2009)
So v HSBC Bank Plc & Anor [2009] EWCA Civ 296 (03 April 2009)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Heslop v Bishton & Ors [2009] EWHC 607 (Ch) (20 April 2009)
High Court (Commercial Court)
High Court (Admiralty Division)
George v Coastal Marine 2004 Ltd (t/a Mashfords) [2009] EWHC 816 (Admlty) (21 April 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
H (a Child) v East Sussex County Council
Court of Appeal
“Special educational needs tribunals were required to give only summary reasons for their decisions.”
The Times, 22nd April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Court of Appeal
“When a liquidator disclaimed a lease, that did not determine any liability under the lease of the original lessee or of the guarantor in relation to leases or assignments of the leases executed after the Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995 had come into force on January 1, 1996, although the liability of the insolvent assignee company had ceased after the disclaimer.”
The Times, 22nd April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Bereaved families will be allowed to pay for pathologists to perform body scans on their loved ones to establish cause of death if they object to post-mortems for religious reasons, the Government announced yesterday.”
The Independent, 22nd April 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“An attempt to stop new footage being broadcast of the moments leading up to the death of Ian Tomlinson has failed.”
BBC News, 21st April 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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