“Consumer groups accused the competition authorities of failing to check the power of Britain’s supermarket chains yesterday after a two-year investigation of the grocery market.”
The Guardian, 1st May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Police will not toughen their approach to cannabis when ministers upgrade the legal status of the drug to class B, it has been disclosed.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st May 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A loophole on social networking site Facebook could allow identity thieves to access the personal data of users, according to an investigation.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st May 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A judge branded two men the ‘perfect example of brainless, mindless thugs’ as he jailed them for life for the murder of a grandfather they had mugged for his mobile phone.”
The Times, 1st May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Prosecutions of dangerous drivers have fallen to the lowest level for more than a decade but parking tickets have risen to a record high.”
The Times, 1st May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“New rules for the collection of cord blood have triggered a row between the Human Tissue Authority and Virgin Health Bank (VHB), a private company involved in the process.”
The Times, 1st May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A senior judge spoke out against child access law yesterday, saying that the courts were powerless to help decent fathers to see their children if vengeful mothers stood in the way.”
The Times, 1st May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A civil servant who told fellow Tube passengers he was a Muslim suicide bomber during a drunken tirade has been jailed for 12 months.”
BBC News, 30th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A company boss who swindled the Ministry of Defence (MoD) out of nearly £425,000 has been jailed for three and a half years.”
BBC News, 30th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Many parts of the countryside are to be protected from the noisy invasion of motorcycles, 4x4s and quad bikes after a victory by green campaigners in the Court of Appeal.”
The Times, 30th April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The House of Lords has told the Government that it must ditch its policy of preferring British and European doctors for NHS jobs over doctors from further afield.”
The Times, 30th April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
The Electricity and Gas (Billing) Regulations 2008
The Teesport Harbour Revision Order 2008
The Value Added Tax (Buildings and Land) Order 2008
The Bluetongue (Wales) Regulations 2008
The Heather and Grass etc. Burning (Wales) Regulations 2008
The Carmarthenshire National Health Service Trust (Dissolution) Order 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
L Brown & Sons Ltd v Crosby Homes (North West) Ltd [2008] EWHC 817 (TCC) (23 April 2008)
Avoncroft Construction Ltd v Sharba Homes (CN) Ltd [2008] EWHC 933 (TCC) (29 April 2008)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Ide v ATB Sales Ltd & Anor [2008] EWCA Civ 424 (28 April 2008)
Whitecap Leisure Ltd v John H. Rundle Ltd. [2008] EWCA Civ 429 (28 April 2008)
Consistent Group Ltd v Kalwak & Ors [2008] EWCA Civ 430 (29 April 2008)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
G v R [2008] EWCA Crim 922 (29 April 2008)
Purcell v R [2008] EWCA Crim 894 (29 April 2008)
Diamond, R v [2008] EWCA Crim 923 (29 April 2008)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Office of Fair Trading v Abbey National Plc & 7 Ors [2008] EWHC 875 (Comm) (24 April 2008)
High Court (Family Division)
McCartney v McCartney [2008] EWHC 401 (Fam) (17 March 2008)
Nottingham City Council v G & Ors [2008] EWHC 540 (Fam) (18 March 2008)
S v S [2008] EWHC 519 (Fam) (19 March 2008)
London Borough of Ealing v KS & Ors [2008] EWHC 636 (Fam) (03 April 2008)
Regina v Hodgson; Regina v Pollin
Court of Appeal
“Where appellants had originally been charged with attempted murder but after discussion agreed to admit a lesser charge, the fact that ‘intent’ was omitted from the indictment was not a fatal flaw.”
The Times, 30th April 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
“It was wholly inappropriate for a judge to make an order which he himself acknowledged was plainly wrong.”
The Times, 30th April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are ony available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
B v B (Ancillary relief: Distribution of assets)
Court of Appeal
“The source and origin of assets should be taken into account in considering ancillary relief since the primary objectives were fairness and an absence of discrimination between the parties.”
The Times, 30th April 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 Immigration (Isle of Man) Order 2008
The Friendly Societies Act 1992 (Accounts, Audit and EEA State Amendments) Order 2008
The Building Societies (Accounts and Related Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Friendly Societies (Accounts and Related Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Membership of the Tribunal Procedure Committee Transitional Order 2008
The Export Control (Burma) Order 2008
The Health Act 2006 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
“Jack Straw has made a speech on the role of restorative justice on the tenth anniversary of the Restorative Justice Consortium.”
Ministry of Justice, 30th April 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
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