“An attempt to lower the legal abortion time limit will be opposed by Gordon Brown during next week’s vote on the issue.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th May 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Judges should help boost ‘startlingly’ low take-up rates of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) by routinely directing litigants to mediate before taking disputes to trial, the Master of the Rolls has said.”
Full story
Law Society’s Gazette, 15th May 2008
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Like the new gown for judges? You’re in the minority; splutterings of dismay and derision are far more common.”
The Times, 15th May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Scotland Yard has admitted its officers have been photographing children who are stopped and searched even after they have been found to be innocent.”
The Guardian, 16th May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Releasing the ‘truly dangerous’ Abu Qatada on bail raises fundamental questions about Britain’s approach to confronting terrorism.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 15th May 2008
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A woman whose manager forced her to wear a badge proclaiming ‘I’m Simple’ has been awarded more than £5,000 in compensation.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th May 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Prison staff bugged conversations between a convicted killer and his solicitor without authorisation, Jack Straw admitted yesterday.”
The Times, 16th May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Phone and internet companies will soon be forced to keep logs of internet usage to be made available to the police under a new law announced by Prime Minister Gordon Brown this week.”
OUT-LAW.com, 15th May 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“An Army veteran has been fitted with an electronic tag and subjected to a curfew for failing to report a road accident.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th May 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An official report has warned that the government’s plans for ID cards may put poorer people at greater risk of fraud, and that ministers are failing to coordinate implementation of the 10-year programme.”
The Guardian, 16th May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Fathers have been urged to make use of new rights to work part-time when the Government extends the law on flexible employment in April.”
The Times, 16th May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The supermarket chain Budgens has installed face recognition cameras in one of its stores to stop children buying alcohol and cigarettes.”
BBC News, 13th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Hugh Grant, Liz Hurley and her husband Arun Nayar have accepted £58,000 damages for invasion of privacy over photographs taken of them on holiday.”
BBC News, 15th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Prison sentences would be set nationally by an independent body depending on the amount of space in jails, under government plans.”
BBC News, 15th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The Social Security (Students Responsible for Children or Young Persons) Amendment Regulations 2008
The London Gateway Port Harbour Empowerment Order 2008
The Home Information Pack (Amendment)(No. 2) Regulations 2008
The Reciprocal Enforcement of Maintenance Orders (Designation of Reciprocating Countries) Order 2008
The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Modification) Order 2008
The Street Works (Inspection Fees) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2008
The Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (Approved Devices) (Wales) (No. 2) Order 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Secretary of State for the Home Department v J N [2008] EWCA Civ 464 (14 May 2008)
HM Revenue & Customs v EB Central Services Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 486 (14 May 2008)
Mason & Anor v East Potential Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 494 (14 May 2008)
NS-H v Kingston Upon Hull City Council & Anor [2008] EWCA Civ 493 (14 May 2008)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Source: www.bailii.org
Oxford Legal Group Ltd v Sibbasbridge Services plc and Another
Court of Appeal
“The court could refuse to enforce the right to inspect a company’s accounts, not only where the purpose for which the inspection was sought was to injure the company, but also where the purpose was improper.”
The Times, 15th May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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