“Sensitive data for more than four million people was lost by Government departments in the past year, on top of the high profile loss of child benefit records.”
Daily Telegraph,
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The computer games industry is launching a crackdown on people who illegally download games from the internet by writing to 25,000 people in Britain suspected of illegally sharing files and asking them to pay £300 immediately to avoid any further legal action.”
The Guardian, 20th August 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A handful of violent and degrading attacks on disabled people have provoked outrage among the press and public. But are they isolated cases or one end of a spectrum of intimidation and violence that many disabled people encounter?”
BBC News Magazine, 19th August 2008
Source: www.bb.co.uk
“The Sun newspaper website has been censured by the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) in a landmark ruling over the use of undercover video footage of a man convicted of child pornography offences.”
Reuters, 19th August 2008
Source: www.reuters.com
“A war widow has won £20,000 damages after a botched plumbing job left her trapped beneath a heavy electric heater for more than 24 hours.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th August 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An immigrant who was sent to an adult prison because he lied about his age on a fake passport is suing the Home Office for ‘unlawful detainment’.”
BBC News, 19th August 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A manslaughter trial collapsed after a juror admitted undertaking his own investigation into the case.”
BBC News, 19th August 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Free Legal Web is an initiative designed to deliver a web service that joins up the law and legal commentary and analysis on the web and provides a useful service to both lawyers and the community at large. Read the About page for full details.”
Source: freelegalweb.org
The Income Tax (Qualifying Child Care) Regulations 2008
The Tax Credits (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2008
The Excise Duties (Surcharges or Rebates) (Hydrocarbon Oils etc.) Order 2008
The Excise Duties (Road Fuel Gas) (Reliefs) Regulations 2008
The Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) (Amendment No. 2) Order 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
“A circular providing an overview of the new offences of causing death by careless driving and causing death by driving when unlicensed, disqualified or uninsured, which will be implemented on 18 August 2008.”
Circular 2008/03: Road Safety Act 2006: Implementation of Sections 20 and 21 (PDF)
Ministry of Justice, 18th August 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Two drunken men who filmed each other kicking an injured seagull to death in a seaside town have both been jailed for four months.”
BBC News, 18th August 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The number of children repeatedly committing crimes across the country has soared by two-thirds since Labour came to power, The Daily Telegraph can reveal.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th August 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Caldarelli v Judge for Preliminary Investigations of the Court of Naples, Italy
House of Lords
“Where a fugitive from Italy had been found guilty of an offence in his absence and sentenced to a term of imprisonment, under Italian law, his trial had not been finally completed pending appeal and his extradition from the United Kingdom had been properly sought as an accused rather than a convicted person.”
The Times, 19th August 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 if publication.
Practice Direction (Court Dress) (No 5)
Supreme Court
“Judges in civil cases would wear a new civil robe, without a wig, as from October 1, 2008, and would be distinguishable by different coloured tabs.”
The Times, 19th August 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 if publication.
“Police have confirmed that there is insufficient evidence to prosecute a man arrested over the disappearance of Genette Tate in 1978.”
BBC News, 18th August 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“British ministers have been challenged in the High Court to intervene in the child abuse investigation in Jersey.”
Daily Telegraph,
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A British woman who put a game on a file-sharing network has been ordered to pay damages to the game’s creator.”
BBC News, 19th August 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Law firm employees are working the equivalent of an extra day a week compared to the start of the year, with many firms failing to fill spaces left by departing staff members.”
The Lawyer, 18th August 2008
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“A paedophile who acted as a ‘librarian’ for a global internet child abuse ring was handed an indefinite jail term yesterday after one of the biggest undercover police investigations into online child abuse.”
The Guardian, 19th August 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A college lecturer whose course includes lessons on understanding crime has been fined by a judge for ‘drunken, violent behaviour’ towards a member of a hotel’s security staff.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th August 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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