“Victoria Clarke, 24, left bin bags outside her gate so her four-year-old daughter had more room to play in the family back yard . But litter patrols spotted the rubbish on the pavement and Miss Clarke was taken to magistrates’ court for the offence of ‘the advancement of waste.’ ”
Daily Telegraph, 10th September 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Seven young British Muslims are to be retried for plotting to blow up transatlantic passenger jets using home-made liquid explosives in soft drink bottles.”
The Independent, 11th September 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Lawyers acting for Iraqi interpreters who risked their lives working for the British military in Iraq failed yesterday to ease the tight conditions that must be met for them to be resettled in Britain.”
The Times, 11th September 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A Manchester man has been convicted of advertising a ‘natural cure’ for cancer on the internet.”
BBC News, 10th September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two men have been jailed for their roles in a violent clash between Derby County and Nottingham Forest fans.”
BBC News, 10th September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Six Greenpeace activists have been found not guilty of causing criminal damage during a protest in Kent.”
BBC News, 10th September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A British soldier who shot dead a colleague while ‘playing’ with a rifle in Iraq in 2007 has been sentenced to two years in an Army detention centre.”
BBC News, 10th September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The delicate task of keeping a jury on the road in a long-running trial requires a mix of firmness, diplomacy and hand-holding from judges.”
The Times, 10th September 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Two men jailed for life for kicking a retired builder to death in a Surrey street have had their convictions quashed by Appeal Court judges.”
BBC News, 10th September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A radio advertisement for Vodafone has been banned after the industry watchdog ruled that its legal terms were read out too quickly.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th September 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“From next month, most families seeking to make better use of their attics will not need to clear it with their local council, under proposals to be put through Parliament.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th September 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A former Black Watch soldier who stole £15,000 of his fiancée’s lottery winnings while she was dying of cancer has been sentenced to 225 hours’ community service.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th September 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A distributor which lost a consignment of PlayStation memory cards must compensate Sony at the sale price of the cards and not their cost to manufacture, the Court of Appeal has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 9th September 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
The Smoke Control Areas (Authorised Fuels) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Nitrate Pollution Prevention Regulations 2008
The Serious Crime Act 2007 (Specified Anti-fraud Organisations) Order 2008
The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule 4) (England) Order 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Court of Appeal
“When the court was sentencing a person for the possession of a false passport, the use to which the passport had been put was of potential significance.”
The Times, 10th September 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.
Court of Appeal
“It was preferable for crown court judges to direct police officers not to execute a warrant for the arrest except at the crown court, of a witness who had failed to appear in response to a summons, if satisfied that if the witness was going to attend voluntarily or was going to accompany them, or at least to back the warrant for bail.”
The Times, 10th September 2008
Source: www.timesonlineco.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times online for 21 days from the date of publication.
Sony Computer Entertainment UK Ltd and Another v Cinram Logistics UK Ltd
Court of Appeal
“A manufacturer and seller of goods who lost them through the fault of another before he could make delivery and earn the price could recover that price as damages for their loss.”
The Times, 10th September 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.
“The government’s response to a consultation on changes to the Criminal Defence Service (Recovery of Defence Costs Orders) Regulations.”
Ministry of Justice, 10th September 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“A response to the consultation paper, Certificates of Professional Competence – Transport Tribunal Amendment Rules 2008.”
Ministry of Justice, 9th September 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
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