Addict jailed for Poppy tin theft – BBC News
“A man caught on CCTV stealing a Poppy Appeal tin from a shop counter on Remembrance Sunday has been jailed for a year.”
BBC News, 27th November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Undercover’ NHS as tribunal throws out allegations against nurse who filmed ward – Daily Telegraph
“Doctors and nurses have effectively been told they can film undercover in the NHS, after an industrial tribunal threw out allegations against a nurse who exposed neglect on a ward.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Senile rapist, 82, avoids prison – BBC News
“An 82-year-old rapist with dementia has avoided a jail sentence for an attack he committed in 1993 because of his diminished mental state.”
BBC News, 27th November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Lap dance laws ‘to be tightened’ – BBC News
“Jacqui Smith has told the BBC that the government will take action to tighten licensing laws for lap-dancing clubs.”
BBC News, 27th November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Mother who abandoned baby in court battle to stop father being told – Daily Telegraph
“A man is unwittingly at the centre of what could prove to be a landmark court case about his right to know he may be a father.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Foggy the dog shot dead after row over early morning barking – The Times
“A parish council chairman shot his neighbours’ dog dead because its early morning barking annoyed him, a court heard yesterday.”
The Times, 28th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
George Osborne’s psychiatrist brother banned over drug allegations – The Times
“The younger brother of George Osborne, the Shadow Chancellor, has been suspended from working as a junior psychiatrist, four months after he resigned over allegations that he prescribed tranquillisers for friends.”
The Times, 28th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Solicitor pocketed £4,000 by claiming non-existent delays on Tube – Daily Telegraph
“A ‘senior’ solicitor, who pocketed thousands by claiming for non-existent delays on London Underground, narrowly escaped jail today.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Power firm fined £200,000 over electrocution – The Guardian
“A power company was fined £200,000 yesterday for errors that led to a university vice-chancellor being electrocuted on a country walk.”
The Guardian, 28th November 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Paediatrician who failed to detect Baby P’s broken bones is suspended – The Times
“The doctor who failed to detect Baby P’s injuries and concluded that he was just ‘cranky’ two days before he died has been suspended from practising medicine.”
The Times, 28th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Offenders on community work projects will have to wear orange bibs – The Times
“Tens of thousands of criminals sentenced to community punishment are to be forced from next week to wear high visibility orange bibs identifying them as offenders.”
The Times, 28th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
‘Summary justice’ soars as courts bypassed – The Times
“Out-of-court punishments accounted for more than half of all offences dealt with by the criminal justice system last year, according to figures published today.”
The Times, 27th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Intel ruling restricts legal protection for famous brands – The Times
“Companies will find it harder to protect well-known brands from being exploited by other businesses following a landmark ruling by Europe’s highest court today.”
The Times, 27th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Small v R [2008] EWCA Crim 2788 (26 November 2008)
Murray v R [2008] EWCA Crim 2787 (26 November 2008)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Peer International Corp & Ors v Editora Musical De Cuba [2008] EWCA Civ 1260 (26 November 2008)
St Ivel Ltd & Anor. v Wincanton Group Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 1286 (26 November 2008)
Pratt v Aigaion Insurance Company SA [2008] EWCA Civ 1314 (27 November 2008)
Kaczmarek v Secretary of State for Work & Pensions [2008] EWCA Civ 1310 (27 November 2008)
M (Children), Re [2008] EWCA Civ 1261 (19 November 2008)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Bailey v Dargue [2008] EWHC 2903 (Ch) (04 November 2008)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Louca v Public Prosecutor In Bielefel, Germany [2008] EWHC 2907 (Admin) (27 November 2008)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2008
The Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (Amendment of List of Responders) Order 2008
The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2008
The Gambling Act 2005 (Variation of Monetary Limit) Order 2008
The Gambling Act 2005 (Gaming Machines in Bingo Premises) Order 2008
The Bradford (Parish Electoral Arrangements) Order 2007 (PDF)
The Castle Point (Parish Electoral Arrangements) Order 2007 (PDF)
The Cotswold (Electoral Changes) Order 2007 (PDF)
The Bromsgrove (Parish Electoral Arrangements) Order 2007 (PDF)
The Burnley (Parish Electoral Arrangements) Order 2007 (PDF)
The Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2008
The Mutual Recognition of Driving Disqualifications (Great Britain and Ireland) Regulations 2008
The Allocation of Housing (England)(Amendment)(Family Intervention Tenancies) Regulations 2008
The North Yorkshire County Council (School Meals) Order 2008
The Local Government (Structural Changes) (Finance) Regulations 2008
The Local Government (Structural Changes) (Finance) Regulations 2008
The Plant Health (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2008
The Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2008
The Value Added Tax (Change of Rate) Order 2008
The Value Added Tax (Amendment) (No 2) Regulations 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Truancy: Number of parents jailed trebles – The Guardian
“The number of parents jailed for failing to stop their children playing truant has trebled in the past five years, government figures show.”
The Guardian, 27th November 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Regina (Kay) v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis – Times Law Reports
Regina (Kay) v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
House of Lords
“Since a procession could be commonly or customarily held even though on each occasion it took a different route, a monthly mass cycle ride through London which set off from a fixed starting place but the route of which was determined by whoever happened to be at the front at any one time was such a procession so as to be excluded from the statutory requirement for organisers of public processions to give the police prior notice of the event.”
The Times, 27th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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