Her Majesty’s Courts Service court user survey – Ministry of Justice
“The bulletin presents the findings of the second year (2007/08) results from Her Majesty’s Courts Service (HMCS) court user survey.”
Ministry of Justice, 11th September 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
‘Accidental’ stabbing man guilty – BBC News
“A man who claimed his girlfriend fatally stabbed herself in the back with a kitchen knife has been jailed for life.”
BBC News, 11th September, 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Voodoo-cursed’ woman is jailed – BBC News
“A woman who produced human fingers in court in a bid to explain her involvement in a £925,000 tax credit fraud has been jailed for five years.”
BBC News, 11th September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Paedophilia blamed on teacher’s medication – The Independent
“A former headmaster who amassed thousands of indecent images of children on his computer walked free from court yesterday, after a judge ruled that the drug he had been taking to treat his Parkinson’s disease was responsible for his crime.”
The Independent, 12th September 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Gurkha veterans’ toughest battle – for the right to live in Britain – The Times
“The old soldiers whose test case at the high court could open the door for up to 10,000 comrades.”
The Times, 12th September 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Lawyer Jeffrey Tesler ‘bribed officials in $6bn Nigerian gas deal’ – The Times
“A suburban solicitor accused of distributing £100 million of bribes to secure lucrative gas contracts is being investigated by the Serious Fraud Office.”
The Times, 12th September 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Man sentenced for strangling wife – BBC News
“A man who killed his 30-year-old wife and dumped her body in a Staffordshire lay-by has been jailed for seven years.”
BBC News, 11th September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Counting the cost of reforms – The Times
“Fat cats living high on the hog of taxpayers’ money – or impoverished toilers at the front line of the criminal justice system? Lawyers who do legal aid work have always had a bad press and no one shed a tear when ministers announced radical reforms to curb the soaring costs of the £2 billion legal aid scheme.
The Times, 11th September 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
More freelancers might be taxed as employees after High Court ruling – OUT-LAW.com
“An IT contractor has been hit with a £99,000 tax bill after the High Court ruled that he should be taxed as an employee of the company he undertook work for.”
OUT-LAW.com, 10th September 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
High Court ruling attacks ‘bits of legal boilerplate, bolted together’ – OUT-LAW.com
“A court has attacked lawyers who let word processors do their thinking for them. Standard paragraphs are being bolted together to make nonsensical agreements, said a High Court ruling on Friday.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th September 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Harwich Haven Harbour Revision Order 2008
The Housing (Approval of a Code of Management Practice) (Student Accommodation) (England) Order 2008
The Fal & Helford Designated Area (Fishing Restrictions) Order 2008
The Housing (Right to Manage) (England) Regulations 2008
The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) Regulations 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Motorist who killed pensioner fined £50 – Daily Telegraph
“A motorist who killed a pensioner while driving friends to a band rehearsal has been fined just £50.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th September 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Paraplegic jailed for child abuse – BBC News
“A paraplegic has been jailed for five years after admitting sexual abuse involving children.”
BBC News, 9th September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Reflexologist jailed for sexually assaulting patients – The Independent
“A perverted reflexologist was jailed for eight years today for sexually assaulting four women during treatment sessions.”
The Independent, 11th September 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Muslim woman to lodge race case against the Met – The Guardian
“The Metropolitan police is facing another racial discrimination claim from a senior employee amid allegations that a failure of leadership in the force is allowing prejudice to flourish.”
The Guardian, 11th September 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Inquiry over officer’s Bin Laden outfit – The Guardian
“A police chief superintendent who appeared at a carnival dressed as Osama bin Laden is being investigated by the Independent Police Complaints Commission, it emerged yesterday.”
The Guardian, 11th September 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Hospital consultant who beat wife keeps job – Daily Telegraph
“A General Medical Council (GMC) disciplinary panel has ruled Stuart Brown, 38, a consultant anaesthetist who earns around £100,000 a year, should be suspended for three months, but not struck off.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th September 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Mother fined £700 for putting rubbish out on wrong day – Daily Telegraph
“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
