“Harriet Harman has been accused of a conflict of interest after it emerged that she once advocated the watering down of child pornography laws.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Shabby solicitor’s office in north London at the centre of an extraordinary transatlantic investigation.”
The Independent, 7th March 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A 19-year-old man from Oxfordshire has been jailed for 14 months for carrying out a bomb hoax at the Swindon headquarters of WH Smith.”
BBC News, 6th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A former Kent priest has been jailed for 18 months after pleading guilty to five charges of gross indecency and indecent assault against teenage boys.”
BBC News, 6th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A former English teacher who threatened to blow up a Hampshire hospital with a car bomb has been jailed for 16 months.”
BBC News, 6th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Parents who took their children out of school in protest at them being taught about gay, bisexual and transgender history could be prosecuted.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Doctors will be told to place a greater weight on the wishes of dying patients when making decisions about their care under new guidelines from their professional regulator.”
The Guardian, 6th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The artist who created an inflatable artwork which blew away in a high wind, killing two people, will not face a retrial on manslaughter charges, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) announced this morning.”
The Guardian, 6th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A former police chief who was jailed for 10 years after being found guilty of raping his daughter has lost an appeal against his conviction.”
BBC News, 5th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A 50-year-old man from Staffordshire has been jailed for six months for a drunken air rage attack on a plane.”
BBC News, 5th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is to apologise to the family of a woman who was murdered by her unfaithful husband after she had warned police that he had threatened her.”
The Times, 6th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Mother Michelle Brown who left her 22-month-old daughter home alone to die in a fire while she attended a court hearing has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A Worcestershire woman whose twin girls were stillborn after ‘warning signs’ of medical problems were missed has won compensation from an NHS trust.”
BBC News, 5th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A mother-of-three, whose business made more than £20m from selling high speed boats to drugs cartels, has been given a two-year suspended prison sentence.”
BBC News, 5th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Divsion)
Lediaev v Vallen [2009] EWCA Civ 156 (05 March 2009)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Von Der Pahlen v Leoben High Court, Austria [2009] EWHC 383 (Admin) (04 March 2009)
Capel Parish Council v Surrey County Council [2009] EWHC 350 (Admin) (05 March 2009)
High Court (Patents Court)
AT&T Knowledge Ventures LP, Re [2009] EWHC 343 (Pat) (03 March 2009)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Stanton v Collinson [2009] EWHC 342 (QB) (02 March 2009)
Prince Radu of Hohenzollern v Houston & Anor [2009] EWHC 398 (QB) (04 March 2009)
Flood v Times Newspapers Ltd & Ors [2009] EWHC 411 (QB) (05 March 2009)
Porter v Zurich Insurance Company [2009] EWHC 376 (QB) (05 March 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
The Education and Skills Act 2008 (Commencement No. 2 and Savings) Order 2009
The Finance Act 2008, Schedule 37 (Appointed Day) Order 2009
The Finance Act 2008, Schedule 39 (Appointed Day, Transitional Provision and Savings) Order 2009
The Finance Act 2008, Schedule 36 (Appointed Day and Savings) Order 2009
The Finance Act 2008, Section 119 (Appointed Day) Order 2009
The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Commencement No. 1 and Saving Provisions) Order 2009
The Medicines (Products for Human Use) (Fees) Regulations 2009
The Criminal Defence Service (Information Requests) Regulations 2009
The National Health Service (Dental Charges) Amendment Regulations 2009
The Parole Board (Amendment) Rules 2009
The National Health Service (Amendments Relating to Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations 2009
The Care Quality Commission (Additional Functions) Regulations 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Regina (Ahmad) v Newham London Borough Council
House of Lords
“A scheme for the allocation of council housing which placed all applicants with priority needs, save for a few extreme cases, into one group and allocated any available property to the applicant who had been on the waiting list for the longest period was neither unlawful nor irrational.”
The Times, 6th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 from the date of publication.
“A deaf would-be law student has begun proceedings against a London law school, alleging disability discrimination on the grounds of ‘unfavourable treatment’ and failure to make ‘reasonable adjustments’.”
Law Society’s Gazette. 5th March 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A mobile phone airtime reseller did not have a legal duty to take network O2 to court on behalf of a company which had sold it its subscriber base, the High Court has said. The Court said the claim was based on a mistaken interpretation of a contract.”
OUT-LAW.com, 4th March 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
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