‘Risk’ from open prison criminals – BBC News
“Dangerous criminals are being placed in low security open prisons due to overcrowding, at ‘massive’ risk to the general public, the BBC has learned.”
BBC News, 5th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
DNA bank solves one crime per 800 profiles – Daily Telegraph
“Only one crime is solved for every 800 new profiles added to the Government’s DNA database, it emerged yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th May 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
CCTV boom has failed to slash crime, say police – The Guardian
“Massive investment in CCTV cameras to prevent crime in the UK has failed to have a significant impact, despite billions of pounds spent on the new technology, a senior police officer piloting a new database has warned. Only 3% of street robberies in London were solved using CCTV images, despite the fact that Britain has more security cameras than any other country in Europe.”
The Guardian, 6th May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Dangerous driving law change call – BBC News
“The parents of a baby girl left brain damaged by a dangerous driver have called for the law to be made tougher.”
BBC News, 3rd May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Two men guilty of blackmailing royal – The Guardian
“Two men were today jailed for five years each after being found guilty of attempting to blackmail a member of the royal family over gay sex allegations.”
The Guardian, 2nd May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Immigration (Biometric Registration) (Pilot) Regulations 2008
The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Discretionary Housing Payments (Grants) Amendment Order 2008
The Football Spectators (2008 European Championship Control Period) Order 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
‘Racist, sexist’ officer demoted – BBC News
“A police sergeant has been demoted for bringing ‘disgrace on his force’ by making racist and sexist comments while on duty.”
BBC News, 2nd May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
High court to consider referendum on EU treaty – The Guardian
“A millionaire businessman today won permission for a high court challenge over the government’s refusal to hold a referendum on the EU reform treaty.”
The Guardian, 2nd May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Harry Redknapp launches High Court action – The Times
“Harry Redknapp, the Portsmouth manager, is launching a High Court action in London today over his arrest as part of the police inquiry into alleged corruption in football.”
The Times, 2nd May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Devil in the details? – Law Society’s Gazette
“The profession’s watchdog is proposing a risk-based approach to regulating law firms. But this risks upsetting lawyers with its demands for more information, reports Lucy Trevelyan.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 1st May 2008
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Mending fences – Law Society’s Gazette
“Professor Karl Mackie, a tireless advocate of alternative dispute resolution, tells Jon Robins why the tide has turned for mediation.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 1st May 2008
Source: www.lawsocietygazette.co.uk
Government Response to Report on Attorney General’s Role – Attorney General’s Office
“Government Response to Report on Attorney General’s Office.”
Attorney General’s Office, 30th April 2008
Source: www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk
Peart Review – Attorney General’s Office
“A review to ascertain the circumstances in which Anthony John Peart, aka Anthony Leon Joseph, came to be at liberty on 29 July 2005”
Attorney General’s Office, 28th April 2008
Source: www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk
Statement: Anthony Leon Peart aka Anthony Leon Joseph – Attorney General’s Office
“Statement: Anthony Leon Peart aka Anthony Leon Joseph.”
Attorney General’s Office, 28th April 2008
Source: www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk
Inquests into the deaths of service personnel in operations and exercises overseas – Ministry of Justice
“Justice Minister Bridget Prentice has made a written ministerial statement about the deaths of servicemen and women overseas.”
Ministry of Justice, 30th April 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Teenagers who filmed attack on homeless man face jail – The Guardian
“Four teenagers who filmed themselves beating a homeless man with a wheel brace face lengthy prison sentences after they were convicted yesterday.”
The Guardian, 2nd May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Home Office in new attempt to bar US rapper – The Guardian
“The Home Office yesterday lodged a second appeal in an attempt to prevent the US rapper Snoop Dogg entering Britain, after being twice overruled by immigration judges.”
The Guardian, 2nd May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Curistan v Times Newspapers Ltd – WLR Daily
Curistan v Times Newspapers Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 432; [2008] WLR (D) 135
“The qualified privilege which attached to a ‘fair and accurate’ report of parliamentary proceedings was not necessarily lost because of the addition of extraneous non-privileged material in the same article. Where an article consisted in part only of passages entitled to such privilege, the meaning of the non-privileged passages was to be ascertained on the basis that the privileged passages merely provided the context in which the other statements were made, and the repetition rule, under which for the purpose of libel law a hearsay statement was the same as a direct statement, had no application to the privileged passages.”
WLR Daily, 1st May 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Bone v Newham London Borough Council – WLR Daily
Bone v Newham London Borough Council [2008] EWCA Civ 435; [2008] WLR (D) 134
“Where an employment tribunal had held that a complaint of direct sex discrimination and victimisation or constructive dismissal had not been proved, it was not open to the tribunal subsequently to amend its decision to find that her dismissal had been an act of direct sex discrimination and victimisation. Where the Employment Appeal Tribunal concluded that the tribunal had erred in law in so amending its decision, it was inappropriate for the EAT simply to allow the appeal and leave the original and unamended decision to stand.”
WLR Daily, 1st May 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
