Killer lawyer gets early release – BBC News
“A lawyer who stabbed his wife to death after she told him she was leaving him has been released after serving less than half of his sentence.”
BBC News, 7th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Diana coroner to accept majority – BBC News
“The coroner at the inquest into Princess Diana’s death has authorised the jury to return a majority verdict.”
BBC News, 7th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Rochester, R v [2008] EWCA Crim 678 (04 April 2008)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Brooker & Anor v Fisher [2008] EWCA Civ 287 (04 April 2008)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Pipe & Ors v Revenue & Customs [2008] EWHC 646 (Ch) (04 April 2008)
High Court (Family Division)
London Borough of Ealing v KS & Ors [2008] EWHC 636 (Fam) (03 April 2008)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Environmental Offences (Fixed Penalties) (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 2008
The Meat (Official Controls Charges) (Wales) Regulations 2008
The Assembly Learning Grant (Further Education) Regulations 2008
The Criminal Defence Service (Funding) (Amendment) Order 2008
The Specified Animal Pathogens Order 2008
The Protection of Military Remains Act 1986 (Designation of Vessels and Controlled Sites) Order 2008
The Charities Act 2006 (Commencement No. 4, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2008
The Tate Gallery Board (Additional Members) Order 2008
The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) Order 2008
The Local Authorities (Alcohol Disorder Zones) Regulations 2008
The Grants to the Churches Conservation Trust Order 2008
The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Cash Searches: Code of Practice) Order 2008
The Serious Crime Act 2007 (Amendment of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002) Order 2008
The Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (England) Regulations 2008
The Housing Act 2004 (Commencement No. 11) (England and Wales) Order 2008
The Stroud (Parish Electoral Arrangements and Electoral Changes) Order 2008
The Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (Commencement No. 12) Order 2008
The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Commencement No. 19) Order 2008
The Police Act 1997 (Commencement No. 11) Order 2008
The Parliamentary Constituencies (Northern Ireland) Order 2008
The Bedfordshire (Structural Changes) Order 2008
The Department for Transport (Driver Licensing and Vehicle Registration Fees) (Amendment) Order 2008
The Offender Management Act 2007 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2008
The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (B2007 Vehicles) Exemption Order 2008
The Official Statistics Order 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Licence to lend: Consumer Credit Appeals Tribunals starts operating – Tribunals Service
“A newly created tribunal, set up to ensure credit businesses have a more independent route of appeal against decisions by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), starts work today, administered by the Tribunals Service.”
Press release (PDF)
Tribunals Service, 7th April 2008
Source: www.tribunals.gov.uk
In re S (Care Proceedings: Assessment of risk) – Times Law Reports
In re S (Care Proceedings: Assessment of risk)
Court of Appeal
“Local authorities should not introduce in care proceedings, and send to experts, material which was unfair because it was purely prejudicial.”
The Times, 7th 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.
Regina v Khan (Bakish Alla); Regina v Hanif Regina v Lewthwaite; Regina v Khan (Michael Arshad); Regina v Cross Regina v Hill – Times Law Reports
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“It was essential that trial judges should be aware at the stage of jury selection if any potential juror was, or had been a police officer or a member of the prosecuting authority or was a serving prison officer.”
The Times, 7th 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.
Star Wars costume-maker strikes back against George Lucas – The Times
“Lucas’s business empire claims that it owns all the rights to the uniforms, while the lawyers at Simmons Cooper Andrew will argue that the rights are in fact vested in an obscure prop designer from Twickenham who made the first helmets and suits for the 1977 film.”
The Times, 7th April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Rethink over Christ ‘porn’ film ban – The Observer
“A landmark decision to ban a film showing Christ being caressed on the cross on the grounds that it was blasphemous could be reversed after almost 20 years.”
The Observer, 6th April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Act repeal could make Franz Herzog von Bayern new King of England and Scotland – Daily Telegraph
“Gordon Brown is considering repealing the 1701 Act of Settlement as a way of healing a historic injustice by ending the prohibition against Catholics taking the throne.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th April 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Ban on samurai swords becomes law – BBC News
“Legislation against selling, making, hiring or importing samurai swords in England and Wales has come into force.”
BBC News, 6th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
5,000 children a month added to DNA database – Daily Telegraph
“One in four people being added to the DNA database is a child, it emerged yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th April 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Home copying – burnt into teenage psyche – The Guardian
“More than half of young people copy the songs on their hard drives to friends and even more swap CD copies, according to research that reveals the huge challenge home copying poses to a music industry already battling internet file-sharing.”
The Guardian, 7th April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Prosecuting lawyers could sit in judgment if CPS ban is lifted – The Times
“Hundreds of state prosecutors could be free to become judges under top-level moves to end a ban on Crown Prosecution Service employees entering the judiciary, The Times has learnt. Baroness Scotland, QC, the Attorney-General, and Sir Ken Mac-donald, QC, the Director of Public Prosecutions, are both strongly in favour of the changes, saying that it would make the judiciary more diverse by widening the pool of women and ethnic minority lawyers who could be judges.”
The Times, 7th April 2008
Source: www.timeonline.co.uk
Youth crime ‘up by two thirds in 10 years’ – Daily Telegraph
“The number of children and teenagers regularly committing crimes has soared since Labour came to power.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th April 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Corporate Manslaughter Act: firms face huge fines for deaths – The Times
“Prosecutions of companies found responsible for deaths – from rail crashes to accidents at work – are expected to rise significantly under laws that take effect tomorrow.”
The Times, 5th April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Families in meltdown, judge says – BBC News
“A senior family court judge has hit out at the government over what he says is an ‘epidemic’ of family failure that will have ‘catastrophic’ effects.”
BBC News, 5th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Evicted Chagos islanders get blueprint for a longed-for future – The Guardian
“It is nearly 40 years since the Chagos islanders were evicted by the British government from their Indian Ocean home, but the legal battle aimed at giving them the right to return is still continuing.”
The Guardian, 7th April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
College fined after acid shower – BBC News
“A college has been fined £14,000 after it failed to ensure the safety of a lecturer who suffered severe burns when an acid mix exploded over him.”
BBC News, 4th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Women given 12 years for murder – BBC News
“A teenage mother who killed the father of her child will serve at least 12 years in prison for murder.”
BBC News, 4th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
