Life term for ‘dirty look’ killer – BBC News
“A 16-year-old youth has been given a life sentence for stabbing to death a schoolboy who gave him a ‘dirty look’.”
BBC News, 8th August 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A 16-year-old youth has been given a life sentence for stabbing to death a schoolboy who gave him a ‘dirty look’.”
BBC News, 8th August 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A consortium of more than half of Britain’s racecourses did not breach competition laws by forming its own breakaway television channel, a judge ruled today.”
The Times, 8th August 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A man who blasted Cher and U2 from his home has had his stereo equipment and music collection destroyed.”
BBC News, 9th August 2008
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“A local authority was found guilty of maladministration yesterday for failing to stop persistent abuse of people at a sheltered housing scheme that was ‘run like Colditz’.”
The Guardian, 8th August 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Walker, R. v [2008] EWCA Crim 1827 (09 July 2008)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Attorney General of Zambia v Meer Care & Desai (a firm) & Ors [2008] EWCA Civ 875_2 (31 July 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
The Hackleton CofE Primary School (Designation as having a Religious Character) Order 2008
The St Gregory’s Catholic Primary School (Designation as having a Religious Character) Order 2008
The Canon Peter Hall CofE Primary School (Designation as having a Religious Character) Order 2008
The All Saints CofE School (Designation as having a Religious Character) Order 2008
The Removal, Storage and Disposal of Vehicles (Prescribed Sums and Charges) Regulations 2008
The Police (Retention and Disposal of Motor Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Local Government (Structural Changes) (Transitional Arrangements) Regulations 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
“Parliamentary support for the government’s decision not to split the Attorney General’s legal and political functions has attracted scathing criticism from experts.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 7th August 2008
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The Crown Prosecution Service today (7 August) launched two public consultations focusing on how it handles rape cases and cases of domestic violence. Revisions to both policies are needed following changes in the law, procedure and other developments since they were both last published several years ago.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 7th August 2008
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
“The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) yesterday charged four past and present executives of British Airways (BA) with criminal price-fixing offences in the first prosecution of its kind against employees of a leading UK business.”
The Times, 8th August 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A hotel owner has been prosecuted for smoking a cigarette in her property while nobody else was there.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th August 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Six businessmen have been jailed for laundering more than £15m stolen from NatWest bank.”
BBC News, 7th August 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Defamation on internet bulletin boards is more like slander than libel, a High Court judge has ruled. Mr Justice Eady said that bulletin board discussions are characterised by ‘give and take’ and should be considered in that context.”
OUT-LAW.com, 7th August 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“Two chemicals which can be used as date rape drugs will be banned, under plans announced by ministers.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th August 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Apprentices must no longer be excluded from the national minimum wage and should earn at least £110 a week, unions demanded today (7 August).”
The Guardian, 7th August 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Bosses in England and Wales are making illegal criminal record checks on staff, learning about spent convictions that should not be disclosed.”
BBC News, 7th August 2008
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“Muslim women are to be guaranteed equal rights in marriage under a new wedding contract negotiated by leading Islamic organisations and clerics in Britain.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th August 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A £400 million outsourcing deal between local authorities and IBM was unfair because the full details of the transfer of staff to a private company were not revealed, workers’ union Unison has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 7th August 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“A solicitor was stalked by a client with a lesbian obsession for her during a two-year campaign of harassment.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th August 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The number of people killed by drinking and driving has fallen by almost a fifth, government statistics reveal.”
BBC News, 7th August 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The International Development Association (Fifteenth Replenishment) Order 2008
The African Development Fund (Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative) (Amendment) Order 2008
The Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2008
The Concessionary Bus Travel (Permits)(England) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Local Authorities (Conduct of Referendums) (Wales) Regulations 2008
The Children Act 2004 (Commencement No 8) (Wales) Order 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk