“Britain is to become the only European country that allows motorists to have at least one alcoholic drink and still be legally fit to drive.”
The Times, 6th October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A judge has hit out at the participants involved in a four-year dispute over the construction of Wembley Stadium after they racked up £22m in costs, including £1m on photocopying.”
The Lawyer, 6th October 2008
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“The case of Dhiren Barot, the most senior al-Qaeda figure to be detained in Britain, convinced police that they needed more time to hold terrorist suspects.”
The Times, 6th October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Records of deaths are to be released for the first time in a bid to stop fraudsters stealing the identity of the deceased.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Baroness Warnock, Britain’s leading expert on medical ethics and a vocal supporter of euthanasia, has said that it would be wrong to give immunity from prosecution to relatives who help terminally ill patients to die abroad.”
The Times, 4th October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Max Mosley, the president of formula one’s governing body, is to continue his challenge to the law of privacy by taking his case to the European court of human rights in Strasbourg.”
The Guardian, 4th October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Bus passengers will have weaker legal rights than rail passengers, despite a government pledge that they would be treated equally by a new public transport watchdog.”
The Times, 6th October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Two charities are taking the government to court because they say not enough is being done to tackle high energy bills.”
BBC News, 6th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Ministers are considering a £12 billion plan to monitor the e-mail, telephone and internet browsing records of every person in Britain.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Britain’s secure training centres (STCs) – privately run ‘child prisons’– are using a disproportionate amount of physical force to control children in their care.”
The Independent, 5th October 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Gordon Brown is preparing for a humiliating climbdown over his proposal to hold terrorist suspects for 42 days after being told that it will be defeated in the House of Lords.”
The Times, 6th October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Teachers should not be prosecuted for having affairs with their sixth formers, a union chief has said.”
BBC News, 5th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Christine Lakinski lay dying on her doorstep when Anthony Anderson decided to urinate on her. Ms Lakinski, a severely disabled woman, had been walking back from her local shops, in Hartlepool, with a box of laminate flooring when she collapsed.”
The Independent, 6th October 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A culture of long hours and stress are driving increasing numbers of lawyers to drink and drugs, both within and outside the workplace.”
The Times, 6th October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Electoral Commission, which oversees party funding, has rejected a complaint made by the Labour party about the Tories’ use of Constituency Campaigning Services (CCS).”
Daily Telegraph, 6th October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A man whose teacher admitted abusing him over six years was told that his claim for government compensation should be kept at the lowest level because his experience was a ‘one-off incident’ and ‘consensual’, the Guardian can reveal.”
The Guardian, 6th October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Gomez & Ors v Vives [2008] EWCA Civ 1065 (03 October 2008)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Hutchison & Ors v B & DF Ltd [2008] EWHC 2286 (Ch) (03 October 2008)
High Court (Commercial Court)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Vitpol Building Service v Samen [2008] EWHC 2283 (TCC) (16 September 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
“Incarcerating more and more offenders is supposedly not the point of new supersize prisons. Anna Bawden inspects plans to make them centres of learning.”
The Guardian, 3rd October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A father who murdered his disabled daughter and young son in their bedrooms after struggling with the breakdown of his marriage has been jailed for life.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Stephen Cooper v Attorney General [2008] EWHC 2285 (QB); [2008] WLR (D) 303
“A judicial error in the application of European Community law must be a manifest infringement of the applicable law in order to create liability for damages.”
WLR Daily, 2nd October 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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