“Humberside police service recorded the highest number of women murdered by their partners, and the City of London police the lowest, in the past five years, according to a new map of murder rates across England and Wales published by the government’s Equalities Unit yesterday.”
The Guardian, 30th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Law Lords are expected to rule later on whether a police force breached the human rights of a witness who was murdered before he could give evidence.”
BBC News, 30th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Our shy and retiring privacy law is rarely out of the media spotlight. The media lawyer Amber Melville-Brown suggests why we should be grateful that it exists.”
The Independent, 30th July 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Government guidance on cohesion is thought to have spurred some councils to stop funding black and minority ethnic charities. But now a high court victory could force a serious rethink. Saba Salman reports.”
The Guardian, 30th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A Sikh teenager won a legal battle yesterday over her right to wear a bangle that she holds central to her faith.”
The Times, 30th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Where do the plans for new rules come from? Earlier this year, Tanya Byron, a psychologist advising the Government, said that video game ratings should to be overhauled to make them easier for parents and children to understand.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th July 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Law Lords are due to decide whether a Briton accused of hacking into top secret military computers should be extradited to the US to stand trial.”
BBC News, 30th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A generation of young Britons is being criminalised for life by the relentless expansion of the national DNA database, ministers are warned today.”
The Independent, 30th July 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A ‘dangerous’ precedent of which the victim is public morality; a ruling that trivialises ‘unspeakable and indecent behaviour’ that is ‘depraved, brutal and repugnant’, thundered Lord Carey, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, this week.”
The Times, 29th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The minister for police, security and community safety tells Julie Bindel how he wants men to take a more responsible attitude towards domestic and sexual violence against women – and to spread the word to others.”
The Guardian, 29th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Special Forces soldiers who die in action could be named in inquests after a coroner overturned a ruling to allow the identification of two dead troops.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th July 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A man who murdered a schoolgirl and dumped her body on the Yorkshire moors 30 years ago has been told he cannot appeal against his conviction.”
BBC News, 29th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Cantrell v Wycombe District Council [2008] EWCA Civ 866 (29 July 2008)
Bailey v The Ministry of Defence & Anor [2008] EWCA Civ 883 (29 July 2008)
G, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Southwark [2008] EWCA Civ 877 (29 July 2008)
High Court (Administrative Division)
Sedgefield Borough Council v Crowe [2008] EWHC 1814 (Admin) (08 July 2008)
High Court (Commercial Court)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Makers UK Ltd v London Borough of Camden [2008] EWHC 1836 (TCC) (25 July 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
The Education and Inspections Act 2006 (Commencement No.7 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2008
The Crown Office Fees Order 2008
The Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 (Commencement No.2) Order 2008
The Land Registration (Amendment) Rules 2008
The Trade Marks (Fees) Rules 2008
The Community Trade Mark (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Personal and Occupational Pension Schemes (Amendment) Regulations 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
“Tens of thousands of women working for local councils and health authorities won the right to higher wages today following a landmark Court of Appeal ruling on equal pay laws.”
The Times, 29th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A care worker has been jailed for nine years for carrying out a ‘vicious’ sex attack on an elderly patient at a nursing home.”
BBC News, 29th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Sikh girl who took her fight for the right to wear a religious bangle at school to the High Court has won a landmark claim for discrimination.”
The Times, 29th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Noble, R. v [2008] EWCA Crim 1473 (24 June 2008)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
British Airways Plc v Grundy [2008] EWCA Civ 875 (28 July 2008)
ETI Euro Telecom International NV v Republic of Bolivia & Anor [2008] EWCA Civ 880 (28 July 2008)
JT (Cameroon) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWCA Civ 878 (28 July 2008)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Mason v Ministry of Justice [2008] EWHC 1787 (QB) (28 July 2008)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Daniels & Ors v Deville & Ors [2008] EWHC 1810 (Ch) (25 July 2008)
High Court (Administrative Division)
Lewis, R (on the application of) v Persimmon Homes Plc [2008] EWHC 1813 (Admin) (18 July 2008)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Orascom Telecom Holding SAE v Republic of Chad & Ors [2008] EWHC 1841 (Comm) (28 July 2008)
Berghoff Trading Ltd & Ors v Swinbrook Developments Ltd & Ors [2008] EWHC 1785 (Comm) (28 July 2008)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Makers UK Ltd v London Borough of Camden [2008] EWHC 1836 (TCC) (25 July 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
Source: www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk
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“The government has been conducting a review into the law on homicide. The first part of the review was conducted by the Law Commission. This paper now sets out the government proposals for reforms on:
Ministry of Justice, 29th July 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Related link: Murder, manslaughter and infanticide: proposals for reform of the law (PDF)
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