“A motorist could escape a ban for speeding because the camera that caught him is sited on a road that may not officially exist, it was disclosed yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th June 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The British government lacks the political will to prosecute company executives who bribe foreign politicians and officials to win contracts, an anti-corruption group declared yesterday in a report.”
The Guardian, 25th June 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“MPs’ expenses claims could be subject to stricter checks under plans to reform the system for parliamentary allowances being published this morning.”
The Guardian, 25th June 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Boris Johnson is facing his first big policy obstacle as Mayor of London after the Information Commissioner objected to his plans to map crime in the capital street by street, The Times has learnt.”
The Times, 25th June 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Ministers are determined to rush through emergency laws to halt the collapse of criminal cases throughout England and Wales after senior judges ruled that granting witnesses anonymity could make trials unfair.”
The Times, 25th June 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Ministers have reached an agreement with one of the main Labour rebels over the Planning Bill, undermining a potentially damaging Commons defeat.”
BBC News, 24th June 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A former Derby supply teacher has been jailed for at least seven years for raping a five-year-old girl.”
BBC News, 24th June 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The driver of a coach who was drunk when it overturned at an M1 service station in Buckinghamshire injuring 33 people has been jailed for 10 months.”
BBC News, 24th June 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A student accused of not telling police of an alleged suicide-bomb plot has been released on conditional bail.”
BBC News, 24th June 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Nazi sympathiser who kept nail bombs under his bed was today found guilty of terror offences.”
The Independent, 24th June 2008
“More than 60 Labour MPs are threatening to derail plans to weaken people’s long-standing right to oppose the building of new nuclear power stations and airport runways in their own ‘backyards’.”
The Independent, 24th June 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Children are illegally buying violent video games over the internet because traders are failing to check their age, an investigation has found.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th June 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The government has unveiled an action plan to make the internet safer for children with a £9m ad campaign promoting “e-safety” and setting up a council on child internet safety.”
The Guardian, 24th June 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Scores of trials around England and Wales appeared to be risk today as the impact of a House of Lords ruling last week begins to bite.”
The Times, 24th June 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The first major murder trial to be hit by last week’s law lords’ ruling on witness anonymity was halted at the Old Bailey today.”
The Times, 24th June 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Proceeds of Crime Lawyers Association (Pocla) was launched on Monday (16 June) at the Inner Temple Hall in front of 400 guests.”
The Lawyer, 23rd June 2008
Source: www.thelawyer.com
The Corporation Tax (Implementation of the Mergers Directive) Regulations 2008
The Education (Outturn Statements) (England) Regulations 2008
The Road Transport (International Passenger Services) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Lyme Bay Designated Area (Fishing Restrictions) Order 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Life Sentence Review Commissioners v D
House of Lords
“The standard of proof to be established when the Life Sentence Review Commissioners were considering whether a prisoner who had served his tariff was no longer a risk to the public was the balance of probabilities.”
The Times, 24th June 2008
Source: www.times.online.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
Hanoman v Southwark London Borough Council (No 2)
Court of Appeal
“Once a council tenant had served upon a council an operative notice of delay under the statutory right-to-buy scheme, rent paid by way of housing benefit counted towards the purchase price payable by the tenant for the council property.”
The Times, 24th June 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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