Paedophile ‘schoolboy’ is jailed – BBC News
“A man who masqueraded as a schoolboy and abducted a young teenage girl has been jailed for two-and-a-half years.”
BBC News, 9th September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Chelsea shooting: Barrister was using gun loaded with game pellets – Daily Telegraph
“The family of a barrister shot dead by police after exchanging fire with police claim he should not have been killed because he was using a shotgun loaded with pellets for hunting game and posed no ‘imminent threat.’ ”
Daily Telegraph, 9th September 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Foreign GPs, midwives and teachers are facing tougher immigration tests – Daily Telegraph
“Thousands of foreign GPs, midwives, teachers and social workers will find it harder to come to work in Britain under a new Government immigration clampdown.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th September 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
al-Jazeera English management branded ‘malicious’ as tribunal opens – The Guardian
“A former executive at al-Jazeera English seeking more than £1m compensation for alleged discrimination today branded the Qatar-based news channel’s management ‘inconsistent, inefficient and malicious’ at an employment tribunal in London.”
The Guardian, 9th September 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Minimum wage for apprentices increased by £15 – The Guardian
“The minimum wage for young people in apprenticeships will rise by £15 a week in a bid to boost vocational education, the skills secretary announced today.”
The Guardian, 9th September 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Tarique Ghaffur ‘relieved of duties’ at Scotland Yard – Daily Telegraph
“Tarique Ghaffur, Britain’s most senior Asian police officer, has been relieved of his duty by the Metropolitan Police, the Daily Telegraph can disclose.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th September 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Trade mark owners will need greater vigilance from October – OUT-LAW.com
“Trade mark owners will have to be more vigilant than ever in protecting their marks from the beginning of next month when new trade mark laws come into effect. The change is expected to increase demand for brand monitoring services.”
OUT-LAW.com, 8th September 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
Aspinall’s Club Ltd v Al-Zayat (No 2) [2008] – WLR Daily
Aspinall’s Club Ltd v Al-Zayat (No 2) [2008] EWHC 2101 (Comm); [2008] WLR (D) 301
“A fixed-term deferral or postponement of a sum owed to a gaming club by a patron amounted to the providing or allowing of credit contrary to s 16(1)(b) of the Gaming Act 1968.”
WLR Daily, 8th September 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.
TB (Jamaica) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – Times Law Reports
TB (Jamaica) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
Court of Appeal
“It would be wrong as a matter of principle if the Secretary of State for the Home Department could circumvent the decision of an immigration appeal tribunal by an administrative decision.”
The Times, 9th 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.
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The A465 Trunk Road (Llangua Bridge to A49/A465 Belmont Roundabout) (Detrunking) Order 2008
The Postal Services (Consumer Complaints Handling Standards) Regulations 2008
The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provision) Order 2008
The Houses in Multiple Occupation (Specified Educational Establishments) (England) Regulations 2008
The Sea Fishing (Recovery Measures) Order 2008
The Private and Voluntary Health Care (England) Amendment Regulations 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Certificates of Professional Competence – amendments to the Transport Tribunal Rules 200 – Ministry of Justice
“This consultation invited comments on the draft amendments to the Transport Tribunal Rules to accommodate appeals related to Certificates of Professional Competence.
The summarised responses report outlines the conclusions reached on the options.”
Ministry of Justice, 8th September 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Rapist sues landlady from prison – BBC News
“A hairdresser has said she hopes to appeal after a convicted rapist sued her from jail when she cleared out the flat he rented above one of her salons.”
BBC News, 9th September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Foreign worker limits introduced – BBC News
“New advice to the government aimed at cutting the number of foreign workers coming to the UK from outside the EU are due to be announced later.”
BBC News, 9th September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Police in crisis after jury rejects £10m terror case – The Times
“Police and prosecutors were locked in crisis meetings last night after what they believed to be the strongest terrorism case ever presented to a court was rejected by a jury.”
The Times, 9th September 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Security fears as 116 mentally ill criminals escape in a year – The Times
“England’s director of mental health care today called for tougher standards for secure hospitals after it emerged that at least 116 mentally ill criminals escaped last year, more than 20 times the rate of escapes by offenders held in prison.”
The Times, 9th September 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Liquid bomb plot: three guilty of murder conspiracy – The Guardian
“Three men were yesterday convicted of conspiring to commit mass murder through suicide bomb explosions, but a jury failed to reach a verdict on the allegation they were part of the biggest terrorist plot since the September 11 attacks.”
The Guardian, 9th September 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Polish cleaner demands compensation claiming lack of English is disability – Daily Telegraph
“A Polish cleaner claimed her lack of English should be classed as a disability as she tried to sue her employers for alleged discrimination.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th September 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Thomas Cook workers will face trial over children’s gas deaths – Daily Telegraph
“Two Thomas Cook workers are to face trial in Greece over the deaths of two British children killed following a gas leak at a Corfu hotel.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th September 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Neighbour attack pensioner jailed – BBC News
“A Nottingham pensioner who threatened and attacked neighbours has been jailed for six months.”
BBC News, 8th September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Boy, 16, jailed over crash death – BBC News
“A 16-year-old boy has been jailed for five years for killing a teenage passenger in a car crash during a police pursuit in Brighton.”
BBC News, 8th September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
