BAE wants review of SFO inquiry – BBC News
“BAE Systems is urging the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) to review its abandoned investigation into the company’s £43bn arms deal with Saudi Arabia.”
BBC News, 7th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Clarke urges Brown to drop 42-day detention – The Guardian
“Charles Clarke, the former home secretary, has urged Gordon Brown to signal a change in his leadership style by abandoning his controversial plans to extend the detention without charge limit to 42 days.”
The Guardian, 7th May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Reefer madness: Do the drug laws work? – The Independent
“Defying the weight of medical and scientific opinion, Gordon Brown is to order tougher new laws today on cannabis possession. The Prime Minister has decided to overrule his own expert advisers and reverse the downgrading four years ago of Britain’s favourite illegal drug from a class B to a class C substance, threatening cannabis smokers with five-year prison terms.”
The Independent, 7th May 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Home Information Packs delayed again – Daily Telegraph
“The packs, which have been dogged by delays and controversy over the past 18 months, have now been hit by the slowdown in the property market … ”
Daily Telegraph, 7th May 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Payout to injured baby’s parents – BBC News
“A couple whose baby daughter suffered brain damage in a crash caused by a dangerous driver have received £800,000 in compensation.”
BBC News, 6th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Guantánamo Briton sues UK over ‘torture evidence’ – The Guardian
“The last British resident left in Guantánamo Bay is suing the UK government for refusing to produce evidence that he was a victim of extraordinary rendition and torture.”
The Guardian, 6th May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Discretionary Housing Payments (Grants) Amendment Order 2008
The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection (Defence Medical Services) Regulations 2008
The Food Labelling (Declaration of Allergens) (England) Regulations 2008
The Further Education and Training Act 2007 (Commencement No. 2) (Wales) Order 2008
The Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (County of Rutland) Designation Order 2008
The Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (County of Gloucestershire) (Forest of Dean District) Designation Order 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Straw rejects absconding fears over open prisons – The Guardian
“The justice secretary, Jack Straw, yesterday denied a claim by a prison officers’ leader that the public was placed at ‘massive risk’ by dangerous criminals being moved to open prisons.”
The Guardian, 6th May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
A, K, M, Q and G v HM Treasury – Times Law Reports
A, K, M, Q and G v HM Treasury
Queen’s Bench Division
“Orders in Council, made purportedly to give effect to United Nations resolutions freezing the assets of terrorist organisations and their adherents, were to be quashed since, among other faults, they had been improperly made outside the parliamentary process and were bad as creating criminal law of insufficient certainty.”
The Times, 5th May 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.
Regina v T (Child: Doli incapax) – Times Law Reports
Regina v T (Child: Doli incapax)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“The statutory abolition of the rebuttable presumption that a child aged 10 or over was incapable of committing an offence also abolished the common law defence of doli incapax.”
The Times, 5th May 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.
Regina (Edwards and Another) v Environment Agency and Others – Times Law Reports
Regina (Edwards and Another) v Environment Agency and Others
House of Lords
“It was an abuse of the procedure of the House of Lords for legal representatives to seek to reargue the case having been sent in confidence advance copies of draft speeches which the Law Lords proposed to deliver, for the sole purpose of correcting misprints, inadvertent errors of fact or ambiguities of expression.”
The Times, 6th May 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.
Curistan v Times Newspapers Ltd – Times Law Reports
Curistan v Times Newspapers Ltd
Court of Appeal
“The privilege which attached to a fair and accurate report of parliamentary proceedings was not necessarily lost because of the addition of extraneous nonprivileged material in the same article.”
The Times, 6th May 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.
BAE review seeks bribery controls – BBC News
“A review into business practices at defence firm BAE Systems has called for tougher anti-bribery measures.”
BBC News, 6th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Related link: Ethical business conduct in BAE Systems (PDF)
Law on rip-off to be simplified – The Times
“A bill of consumer rights that will protect people from rip-offs and give them an instant right to redress is to be drawn up by the government.”
The Times, 4th May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
New immigration rules announced – BBC News
“Details of rules controlling the number of skilled migrants from outside the European Economic Area working in the UK are due to be revealed later.”
BBC News, 6th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Fears for children at risk as care order applications fall by a third – The Times
“Children at risk of abuse or neglect face even greater danger because of a new system designed to cut costs and speed up care proceedings, the Government has been warned.”
The Times, 6th May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Illegal workers prosecutions rise – BBC News
“There has been a dramatic increase in the number of employers being prosecuted for hiring illegal immigrants, the BBC has learned.”
BBC News, 5th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Rape warning for men paying for sex – Reuters
“Posters will appear in clubs and pubs from Monday warning men against paying for sex in brothels with exploited or trafficked women.”
Reuters, 5th May 2008
Source: www.reuters.com
Pcs told to downgrade crimes to help meet targets – Daily Telegraph
“Police officers are being told to play down offences such as burglary and car theft in order to reduce crime figures, it was claimed yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th May 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
QC to advise racing chiefs on Max Mosley orgy – The Times
“The world governing body of motorsport has appointed a leading QC to provide it with an opinion as to whether its president, Max Mosley, was involved in Nazi-style role play during a sado-masochistic orgy with five prostitutes.”
The Times, 6th May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
