“Government departments and private sector companies who leak sensitive personal information into the public domain will in future face fines, under a proposal to give ‘teeth’ to the UK’s data watchdog.”
The Times, 24th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Women who change their name after marriage could face fines of up to £1,000 if they fail to tell the government, under new proposals.”
BBC News, 21st November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Loan sharks who use violence and intimidation to get money from their clients could soon be prosecuted by an agency tackling illegal lending.”
BBC News, 24th November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Singer Amy Winehouse’s husband, jailed for an assault on a pub landlord, is to appeal against his sentence.”
BBC News, 24th November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Dealers and resellers can use a manufacturer’s trade mark as a domain name even when their sales are not authorised by the manufacturer, an arbitration panel has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 19th November 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“European law is introducing a ‘three strikes and you’re out’ law for ISPs to disconnect illegal file sharers ‘under cover of stealth’, according to legal experts. The EU’s telecoms reform package could guarantee the legality of such schemes.”
OUT-LAW.com, 19th November 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“A juror has been dismissed from a trial after asking friends on Facebook to help make a decision.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Source: www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk
Please note only the current day’s cause list will be accessible
Court of Appeal
“Even a definitive sentencing guideline was not to be used or approached as if each offence could be put into a fixed and inflexible compartment. The assessment of the seriousness of an offence involved a broad judgment of the overall criminality.”
The Times, 24th November 2008
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.
Regina v Height and Regina v Anderson
Court of Appeal
“The sentencing provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 were not intended to be applied inflexibly. No scheme or guidance or statutory framework could be fully comprehensive, and any system of purported compartmentalisation or prescription had the potential to produce injustice.”
The Times, 24th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from teh date of publication.
“A number of recent measures have been introduced to help those at risk of losing their homes.”
Ministry of Justice, 21st November 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Updated guidance for public authorities on how to treat requests for information on different phases of the procurement process.”
Ministry of Justice, 20th November 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“We have published our recommendations in a report on Reforming Bribery.”
Law Commission, 20th November 2008
Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk
“Tough new measures will tackle the demand for prostitution by cracking down on sex buyers and kerb crawlers.”
Home Office, 19th November 2008
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“A businesswoman who killed a young couple by driving a Jaguar into them at 111mph was jailed for nine years today.”
The Independent, 21st November 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Families of the Potters Bar rail crash victims have criticised Geoff Hoon, the Transport Secretary, for delaying his decision over whether to grant a public inquiry into the accident.”
The Independent, 24th November 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Council staff are said to have spied on the young parents at night as part of a plan to see if they were fit to look after their baby, who was sleeping in another room. The mother and father were forced to cite the Human Rights Act, which protects the right to a private life, before the social services team backed down and agreed to switch off the surveillance camera while they were in bed together. The case is highlighted in a new dossier of human rights abuses carried out against vulnerable and elderly adults in nursing homes and hospitals across Britain.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Sir Ian Blair will escape possible disciplinary action over the award of Metropolitan Police contracts to a friend when he leaves his job this week.”
The Times, 24th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Michael Jackson’s planned appearance in a London courtroom to fight claims that he owes an Arab sheikh nearly £5 million was cancelled last night after the sides struck an eleventh hour deal.”
The Times, 24th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A ‘misleading’ figure included in a major government watchdog report has led to a false and vastly inflated picture of the numbers of children who die from abuse in England.”
The Observer, 23rd November 2008
Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk
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