Put everyone on DNA database, says judge – Daily Telegraph
“A senior appeal court judge has called for a national DNA database recording everyone living in or entering the country.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th September 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Parents must keep barred pupils at home – The Guardian
“Parents whose children are suspended from school because of bad behaviour will be required to keep them indoors or face fines of up to £1,000. Laws coming into force this week will compel parents to put excluded pupils under home detention and prevent them from roaming the streets during the first five days of an exclusion order.”
The Guardian, 5th September 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Magistrates discharge student who rested feet on train seat – The Guardian
“A railway company was rebuked by magistrates yesterday as they gave a student an absolute discharge for resting her feet on a train seat.”
The Guardian, 5th September 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
English lawyers take the high road – The Lawyer
“A poor work-life balance and the high cost of living is leading English lawyers to head north of the border to practise, according to Scottish law firms and recruiters.”
The Lawyer, 3rd September 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
Tour operators lose ‘stealth tax’ legal challenge – The Times
“A group of tour operators has lost its High Court challenge against the Government’s Air Passenger Duty (APD), a controversial £2 billion a year levy branded a ‘stealth tax of the skies’.”
The Times, 4th September 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
New anti-laundering rules prove ineffective – The Lawyer
“The move to a risk-based approach to anti-money laundering regulation has yielded little fruit, according to new research.”
The Lawyer, 3rd September 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
In re Leeds United Association Football Club Ltd – Times Law Reports
No priority for liability to dismissal damages
In re Leeds United Association Football Club Ltd
“Where administrators adopted the contracts of employment of a company and the company subsequently become liable to pay damages for the wrongful termination of those contracts, the damages were not payable in priority to other expenses since that liability was not within the words ‘wages or salary’.”
The Times, 4th September 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
Magic circle left wanting in female partnership stakes – The Lawyer
“The magic circle is falling short in the diversity stakes when it comes to female partners, with all four seeing less than 10 per cent of their equity falling into female hands.”
The Lawyer, 3rd September 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Licensing Act 2003 (Summary Review of Premises Licences) Regulations 2007
The Gambling (Lottery Machine Interval) Order 2007
The Electronic Commerce Directive (Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006) Regulations 2007
The Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2006 (Commencement No.2) Order 2007
The Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006 (Commencement No.1) Order 2007
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Christie v Department for Constitutional Affairs and Another – Times Law Reports
No pension entitlement for fee-paid part-time chairmen
Christie v Department for Constitutional Affairs and Another
“Part-time fee-paid tribunal chairmen were not workers and were not entitled to a pension.”
The Times, 4th September 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
Marked increase in employment tribunal cases – The Lawyer
“Employment tribunal cases continued to rise during 2006-07, up 15 per cent on the previous year, figures from the Tribunals Service have revealed.”
The Lawyer, 3rd September 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
HIV couple sue in British courts – BBC News
“A Cardiff couple infected with HIV via contaminated blood products are taking their fight to the British courts.”
BBC News, 3rd September 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
MEP ‘facing prison’ in fraud case – BBC News
“An MEP for South East England convicted of 21 charges of benefit fraud is to be sentenced later.”
BBC News, 4th September 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Student who put feet on train seat faces court – Daily Telegraph
“A student is being hauled before the courts for putting her feet up on a train seat ‘for 10 seconds’.”
Daily Telegraph, 4th September 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
25 men in court over dog fight – The Guardian
“A group of 25 men appeared in court yesterday charged in connection with one of the largest dog fights investigated by the RSPCA. The fight, which took place behind a shop in Alum Rock, Birmingham, left two pit bull terriers so badly injured that one died hours later while the other had to be put down.”
The Guardian, 4th September 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Human-animal embryo study wins approval – The Guardian
“Plans to allow British scientists to create human-animal embryos are expected to be approved tomorrow by the government’s fertility regulator. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority published its long-awaited public consultation on the controversial research yesterday, revealing that a majority of people were ‘at ease’ with scientists creating the hybrid embryos.”
The Guardian, 4th September 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
New Criminal Bar Chairman calls for Review of the Treatment of Young People in the Criminal Justice System – Bar Council
“Sally O’Neill QC, who starts work as Chairman of the Criminal Bar Association today, has called for a wide-ranging review of the treatment of young people caught up in the criminal justice system.”
Bar Council press release, 3rd September 2007
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
Top UK firms embrace flexible working – The Lawyer
“More than three-quarters of the UK’s top 50 law firms have introduced flexible working, The Lawyer can exclusively reveal.”
The Lawyer, 31st August 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
