“Barry George will not be giving evidence in his own defence at his trial for the murder of Jill Dando, a jury has been told.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st July 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
RS (Zimbabwe) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWCA Civ 839 (18 July 2008)
Bradford & Anor v James & Ors [2008] EWCA Civ 837 (18 July 2008)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Rousselon Freres Et Cie v Horwood Homewares Ltd [2008] EWHC 1660 (Ch) (18 July 2008)
High Court (Family Division)
Medway Council v G & Ors [2008] EWHC 1681 (Fam) (18 July 2008)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Mealing v Chelsea & Westminster Healthcare NHS Trust [2008] EWHC 1664 (QB) (18 July 2008)
Tulley (A Minor) v Wirral Hospitals NHS Trust [2008] EWHC 1685 (QB) (18 July 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
Court of Appeal
“The mere existence of an ex gratia scheme for compensation to the victims of miscarriages of justice was not by itself sufficient to create a legitimate expectation that the scheme would be continued. In consequence, the minister was entitled to abolish it without consultation or notice.”
The Times, 21st July 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 (Criminal Division)
“Defendants who failed to attend court in response to a summons should not be convicted and sentenced for offences under the Bail Act 1976 or for contempt of court if they were not on bail and/or had received no notice of the summons.”
The Times, 21st July 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 Probate Services (Approved Bodies) Order 2008
The Local Involvement Networks (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Employment and Support Allowance (Consequential Provisions) (No. 3) Regulations 2008
The Pensions Act 2004 (Code of Practice) (Dispute Resolution) Appointed Day Order 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
“A European Commission investigation has found that four in five websites selling mobile phone services such as ringtones appear to breach consumer protection rules.”
OUT-LAW.com. 18th July 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
Source: www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk
Please note only the current day’s cause list will be accessible
“Solicitor General speech: crimes against older people prosecution policy.”
Attorney’s General’s Office, 18th July 2008
“Today the Attorney General Baroness Scotland will announce new measures that are designed to prevent fraudsters committing further offences, and ensure that they pay back all the victims of their crimes.”
Attrorney-General’s Office, 18th July 2008
“Radical plans to get hundreds of thousands of people off benefits and into work will be launched today by the Government.”
The Independent, 21st July 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A Christian policeman is taking his own force to an employment tribunal over claims that it ‘harassed’ him because of his religious opposition to homosexuality.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th July 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The widow of a war hero who had been wrongfully denied a pension by Whitehall bureaucrats for years was celebrating a victory after the Ministry of Defence admitted ‘maladministration’.
Daily Telegraph, 21st July 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Victims of miscarriages of justice will have to wait longer for their cases to be examined because of annual cuts of £300,000 in the budget of the organisation that investigates them, it emerged yesterday.”
The Guardian, 21st July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Allegations in the Guardian that the government has ‘outsourced’ interrogation techniques involving the torture of British nationals in Pakistan must be investigated immediately, a cross-party group of backbench MPs said yesterday. In a highly critical report, the Commons foreign affairs committee also accuses the government of watering down its ‘anti-torture commitments’.
The Guardian, 21st July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A government edict to get tough on knife offenders is being ignored by police forces throughout the country, despite mounting public concern and a spate of killings.”
The Times, 21st July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“More than a 1,000 laws now exist that allow the authorities into homes, it has emerged.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th July 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“As a man dies close to where Ben Kinsella was killed, beat officers warn that they are struggling to win the war against knife crime.”
The Observer, 20th July 2008
Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk
“The country’s most senior Asian officer has suspended an employment tribunal claim in which he had accused the Metropolitan Police of racism.”
BBC News, 18th July 2008
Source: www.bb.co.uk
“A follower of Islamic militancy who left a hoax bomb on a bus and collected materials to make explosive devices has been jailed for seven years.”
BBC News, 18th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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