“Criminals should be ‘frightened’ of going to court, the most senior judge in England and Wales has said, signalling a new tougher attitude towards sentencing.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Prime Minister’s plans to introduce a ‘Bill of Rights and Responsibilities’ have been dealt a blow with the resignation of the Lord Lester of Herne Hill, the Liberal Democrat peer.”
The Times, 5th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A single mother who lost an appeal against her ex-partner’s settlement which included a £1.1m house has vowed to take her case to the European Court.”
BBC News, 5th November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Government tonight pledged to ‘stand firm’ to maintain an opt-out to the Working Time Directive after a committee of Euro MPs, including a Labour member, voted to scrap it.”
The Independent, 5th November 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Britain’s highest-ranking Asian police officer, Assistant Commissioner Tarique Ghaffur, is due to reach an out-of-court settlement with the Metropolitan police over his employment tribunal claim for racial discrimination before Commissioner Sir Ian Blair leaves office next month, a source has told the Guardian.”
The Guardian, 5th November 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The government has been defeated in the House of Lords over the issue of keeping peoples’ DNA and fingerprints on the police national database.”
BBC News, 5th November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The age at which someone can apply for a marriage visa will increase from 18 to 21 from the end of this month, the Government announced today.”
UK Border Agency, 4th November 2008
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
Hussain v Chief Constable of West Mercia Constabulary [2008] EWCA Civ 1205; [2008] WLR (D) 342
“Transient physical symptoms caused by stress or anxiety did not constitute either psychiatric or physical injury so as to amount to material damage for the purposes of the tort of misfeasance in public office.”
WLR Daily, 4th November 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Helow v Secretary of State for the Home Department and Another
House of Lords
“A judge’s membership of a Jewish association whose magazine had expressed partisan views against Palestinian causes did not in itself imply that the judge shared or endorsed such views so as to have raised the possibility of bias and want of impartiality when determining an immigration appeal by a Palestinian activist.”
The Times, 5th 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.
Privy Council
“The refusal by the High Court of Justiciary in Scotland to receive a devolution minute was the determination of an issue sufficient to give jurisdiction to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council to hear an appeal.”
The Times, 5th 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.
“On 28 October 2008, Phil Woolas, Minister of State for Borders and Immigration, announced the go live date for the new Business and Special Visitor route. Today we have published the Immigration Rules for Business and Special Visitors.”
UK Border Agency, 4th November 2008
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
“Smokers in a north-east London borough will not be able to foster children from January 2012 – unless there are ‘exceptional circumstances’.
BBC News, 5th November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A coroner has accused the NHS of systemic failure following the death of a 60-year-old woman who repeatedly called on the service for medical help.”
BBC News, 4th November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A database of international pro bono projects and a protocol to promote standards in pro bono work abroad are being launched by Baroness Scotland, the Attorney General, today.”
Attorney-General’s Office, 3rd November 2008
Source: www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk
“A man who spied on a nine-year-old girl in a supermarket toilet has been given a suspended prison sentence.”
BBC News, 4th November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Norfolk farmer has been jailed for five months for animal cruelty.”
BBC News, 4th November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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