“A consultation on proposals to make changes to civil court fees, particularly in enforcement processes and to make changes to the magistrates’ court fees order.”
Ministry of Justice, 10th December 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“The government’s one year progress report on its strategy for addressing the needs of women offenders, in response to Baroness Corston’s independent review of women with particular vulnerabilities in the criminal justice system.”
Ministry of Justice, 10th December 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“A man who ran a bogus college in a £16m fraud which involved 80,000 students has been jailed for seven years.”
BBC News, 11th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Three Asian men who were jailed for life for murdering a 23-year-old black man during riots in Birmingham in 2005 have had their convictions overturned.”
BBC News, 11th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“EDITORIAL: The Internet Watch Foundation faced a storm of criticism this week over its decision to add a Wikipedia entry to a blacklist of pages that ISPs block. Under pressure, the IWF removed the image from its blacklist. That decision was a mistake.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th December 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“The de facto standard for web accessibility has been updated for the first time since 1999. Version two of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, or WCAG 2.0, was published today after several years of development and debate.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th December 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“Refugees warned to expect deportation even if judicial review bid has been lodged .”
The Independent, 12th December 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A toddler who died in a fire at his family home screamed for help as rescuers tried in vain to pull him out of the house, an inquest has heard.”
BBC News, 11th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A father and son have been jailed for their part in the death of a 19-year-old who was killed in a revenge attack.”
BBC News, 11th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A teenage girl was kidnapped from a train, robbed, beaten and kicked, and pushed into a stream by a gang of seven who were given prison sentences at Luton crown court yesterday.”
The Guardian, 12th December 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Credit card companies will no longer be able to raise interest rates overnight, and will only be able to implement an increase twice a year, under a new government agreement.”
The Guardian, 12th December 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A fertility doctor has been cleared of sexually assaulting one his long-term female IVF patients.”
BBC News, 11th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Proper criminal checks were not carried out on a convicted child sex offender who went on to film the abuse of boys on field trips, an inquiry has found.”
BBC News, 12th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Jim Beresford aims to bounce back from yesterday’s public humiliation with a multimillion-pound marketing campaign to set up Britain’s first ‘legal services supermarket’.”
The Times, 12th December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A solicitor who became Britain’s richest lawyer was yesterday struck off after being found guilty of creaming millions of pounds from compensation paid to sick miners. Jim Beresford, 58, and his partner Douglas Smith, 52, were also ordered to pay substantial costs for serious professional misconduct over the handling of personal injury claims made under a compensation scheme for miners suffering coal dust-related diseases and other injuries.”
The Independent, 12th December 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A High Court judge called yesterday for a review of Britain’s surrogacy laws after making a ruling that rescued baby twins from a legal limbo, which had left them ‘marooned, stateless and parentless’ in Ukraine.”
The Times, 12th December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Hollywood actor Josh Hartnett has accepted libel damages of £20,000 over allegations of a ‘sexual dalliance’ in a public area of a London hotel.”
BBC News, 11th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
D v Buckinghamshire County Council [2008] EWCA Civ 1372 (10 December 2008)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Anderson v Lyotier & Anor (t/a Snowbizz) [2008] EWHC 2790 (QB) (14 November 2008)
TCD v Harrow Council & Ors [2008] EWHC 3048 (QB) (10 December 2008)
High Court (Family Division)
T v B & Anor [2008] EWHC 3000 (Fam) (10 December 2008)
A B v J L B [2008] EWHC 2965 (Fam) (01 December 2008)
KSO v MJO & Ors [2008] EWHC 3031 (Fam) (08 December 2008)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Kehr & Tucker Ltd v Astronomical Ltd [2008] EWHC 2862 (TCC) (07 November 2008)
Air Design (Kent) Ltd v Deerglen (Jersey) Ltd [2008] EWHC 3047 (TCC) (10 December 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
The Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander Limited (Determination of Compensation) Order 2008
The Heritable Bank plc (Determination of Compensation) Order 2008
The Bradford & Bingley plc Compensation Scheme Order 2008
The UK Borders Act 2007 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2008
The School Admissions (Admission Arrangements) (England) Regulations 2008
The Gambling (Operating Licence and Single-Machine Permit Fees) (Amendment) (No 2) Regulations 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
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