“As the judiciary is criticised over sentences for firearms offences, Lord Woolf says that it is politicians who have undermined the system.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th March 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Prisons will be at bursting point for the next two years, Jack Straw, the Justice Secretary, has admitted. His disclosure will prompt fears that emergency measures, such as the use of police cells to house prisoners and early release schemes are here to stay.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th March 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Gordon Brown is to consider abolishing the Act that prevents Roman Catholics marrying into the Royal Family or becoming king or queen, in a move that could lead to the disestablishment of the Church of England.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th March 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“All secondary schools will be forced by law to take in pupils that their neighbouring schools exclude, the education secretary announced yesterday.”
The Guardian, 27th March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Breeding newts could stop a couple moving back into their £1m farmhouse after they were flooded out in last summer’s storms.
When the Histeds applied to unblock the ditch on the side of the M4 they were told the species is so rare that potential habitats are protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act.”
The Guardian, 27th March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The high use of prison by some judges and magistrates often bears little connection with local violent crime rates and may even be out of step with local public opinion, the justice secretary, Jack Straw, suggested yesterday.”
The Guardian, 27th March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The government will extend the Human Rights Act to protect up to 300,000 people who have been placed by local authorities in privately-run residential and nursing homes, the Guardian can reveal.”
The Guardian, 27th March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An independent report warned today that although the United Kingdom’s asylum system had improved slightly it was still not ‘fit for purpose’.
The Times, 27th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“An NHS finance chief who was desperate to meet financial targets was jailed for 12 months yesterday for a multimillion-pound fraud.”
The Times, 27th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Hundreds of officers will be taken off the streets if the Government pursues plans being announced today to curb the spending of five police forces.”
The Times, 27th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A website criticised for encouraging young girls to embrace plastic surgery and dieting is being investigated by a communications watchdog over claims that it has breached rules about targeting children with premium rate phone lines.”
The Times, 27th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“BAA has climbed down over plans to fingerprint passengers at Heathrow’s new fifth terminal after the privacy watchdog said the move may be illegal.”
The Times, 27th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Heather Mills has hired a new team of forensic accountants to try to prove that ex-husband Paul McCartney is worth double the £400 million he claimed in their divorce struggle, according to friends of the former model.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th March 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A man with severe memory problems is hoping to get £1,000 worth of parking fines writen off.”
BBC News, 26th March 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A woman who rang emergency services more than 100 times when she was drunk to ask for a lift home has been given an Anti-Social Behaviour Order (Asbo).”
BBC News, 26th March 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
High Court (Administrative Court)
Secretary of State for the Home Department v AE [2008] EWHC 585 (Admin) (20 March 2008)
High Court (Family Division)
S v S [2008] EWHC 519 (Fam) (19 March 2008)
High Court (Queen’s Bench division)
Oakes v Neininger & Ors [2008] EWHC 548 (QB) (19 March 2008)
High Court (Patents Court)
Symbian Ltd v Comptroller General Of Patents [2008] EWHC 518 (Pat) (18 March 2008)
Regina (Rayner) v Secretary of State for Justice
Court of Appeal
“The statutory scheme dealing with the referral of a recalled mental patient to a mental health review tribunal was not incompatible with the patient’s rights under article 5.4 of the European Convention on Human Rights.”
The Times, 26th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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Casewell v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Court of Appeal
“The payment of an allowance to a disabled wife to pay for carer service was part of the husband’s income for assessing his income support if he was that carer.”
The Times, 26th March 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.
“Statement from the Judicial Communications Office: Sentences for possession of firearms.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 26th March 2008
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“Jack Straw has announced new proposals to give Parliament more power to hold the government to account and strengthen its relationship with the people.”
Ministry of Justice, 25th March 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
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