Wrongly-jailed men lose compensation bids – The Independent
“Two victims of high-profile ‘miscarriages of justice’ cases lost a legal battle for increased compensation awards today.”
The Independent, 13th November 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Binge drinkers to confront their alcohol-related criminal behaviour – Home Office
“Binge drinkers arrested for alcohol related offences in nine police force areas across the country will be compelled to face up to the consequences of their drinking, Home Office Minister Alan Campbell announced today.”
Home Office, 13th November 2008
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
R v Moulden – WLR Daily
R v Moulden [2008] EWCA Crim 2561; [2008] WLR (D) 352
“In s 6(2)(a) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, the words ‘proceedings before the Crown Court’ meant proceedings under a single indictment. The expression did not cover everything, in whatever form, before the court on the date sentence was to be imposed.”
WLR Daily, 12th 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.
E v Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary and another (Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission intervening) – WLR Daily
“The positive obligation imposed on the state and its emanations by art 3 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms to prevent the infliction by third parties of inhuman or degrading treatment was not unqualified, and was an obligation to do all that was reasonably to be expected to avoid a real or immediate risk to an individual once the existence of that risk was known or ought to have been known.”
WLR Daily, 12th 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.
Artists lobby for royalty rights of the dead – OUT-LAW.com
“Artists have unanimously backed a proposal to award resale royalties to artists after their death, the UK Intellectual Property Office (UK-IPO) has said. The art trade has almost unanimously rejected the plan.”
OUT-LAW.com, 13th November 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
Tougher rules on prosecuting death drivers after killers escape jail – Daily Telegraph
“Prosecutors have been told to take a tougher line on dangerous driving after a review showed that motorists who killed have escaped jail.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
13,000 people wrongly branded criminals – Daily Telegraph
“Up to 13,000 people have been wrongly labelled as criminals or accused of more serious offences because of blunders by the police and the Criminal Records Bureau.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Free, gratis and for nothing: why pro bono has finally come of age – The Times
“Afghanistan is a long way, in every sense, from the elegant rooms of barristers within the ancient Inns of Court and London’s legal square mile.
But for the past five years, barristers from a number of chambers have travelled out of their comfort zone for regular trips there for Access to Justice in Afghanistan, a Bar human rights committee project.”
The Times, 11th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Catching up with the ‘internet pimps’ – BBC News
“Nine people from Thailand have been jailed for up to two-and-a-half-years for their part in exploiting women who were advertised in ‘online brothels’. They are thought to have made millions of pounds from women trafficked from Asia to the UK for use in the sex trade.”
BBC News, 12th November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
UK Government consults on consumer protection law overhaul – OUT-LAW.com
“The Government has asked businesses whether they back a set of consumer protection laws proposed by the European Commission. If the proposals become law then retailers across Europe will have to offer the same consumer rights.”
OUT-LAW.com, 12th November 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
Garry Newlove murder pair to begin appeals – Daily Telegraph
“Two teenagers convicted of the murder of father-of-three Garry Newlove – who died after confronting a gang outside his home – are launching their appeals.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Judges reject Met police appeal – The Independent
“The brother of a pilot falsely accused of involvement in the September 11 terror attacks today fought off a police attempt to overturn a ruling that he is entitled to damages arising out of his own arrest.”
The Independent, 12th November 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Are high costs failing those looking for justice? – The Times
“The fundamental review of costs of litigation in the civil courts set up under Lord Justice Jackson was described as the biggest thing since the Woolf report, at the Civil Justice Council’s (CJC) costs forum last month — which is appropriate, given that high costs are a particular failure of the former Lord Chief Justice’s reforms.”
The Times, 13th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Investigation called after child murder case with echoes of Climbie – The Times
“A nationwide review of child protection has been ordered after a mother duped social workers into believing that a series of brutal injuries that led to her son’s death were accidental.”
The Times, 12th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
BA executives appear in court to face price-fixing charges – The Times
“Four former and current British Airways executives appeared in court today in the first criminal prosecution for price-fixing against a major UK company.”
The Times, 12th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Gill Switalski, lawyer in record £19m claim, ‘took free advice’ from employer’s law firm – The Times
“A City lawyer claiming £19 million after sex discrimination, bullying and harassment forced her from her job took £18,000 worth of free legal advice from one of her company’s preferred law firms, an appeal tribunal heard today.”
The Times, 12th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
200,000 jobs barred to non-European migrants – The Guardian
“Two hundred thousand skilled jobs in Britain will be closed to non-European migrants from November 27, when the new points-based immigration system comes into effect, the Home Office announced yesterday.”
The Guardian, 12th November 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Chelsea star Ashley Cole sues over sex claims – Daily Telegraph
“Footballer Ashley Cole is launching a privacy case against a newspaper group over allegations about his sex life.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Data retention laws: what they mean for ISPs – OUT-LAW.com
“This guide is based on UK law. It was last updated in October 2008.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th November 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Retention of Registration Marks (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Family Proceedings Courts (Children Act 1989) (Amendment) Rules 2008
The Magistrates’ Courts (Enforcement of Children Act 1989 Contact Orders) Rules 2008
The Police (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Police (Complaints and Misconduct) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Political Donations and Regulated Transactions (Anonymous Electors) Regulations 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
