Lawyers fight plans for case-worker trials – The Times
“Barristers begin an offensive today over plans to allow non-lawyers to conduct magistrates’ courts trials.”
The Times, 21st April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
New anti-terrorism rules ‘allow US to spy on British motorists’ – Daily Telegraph
“Routine journeys carried out by millions of British motorists can be monitored by authorities in the United States and other enforcement agencies across the world under anti-terrorism rules introduced discreetly by Jacqui Smith.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st April 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Inquiry reveals errors in investigation of Eddie Gilfoyle – The Times
“Nine blunders were made by police investigating the death of a woman whose husband claims he was wrongly jailed for her murder, an inquiry report seen by The Times shows.”
The Times, 21st April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Man jailed for first Friends Reunited murder – Daily Telegraph
“A Sardinian who stabbed his wife’s British lover to death has become the first person to be convicted of a murder involving the website Friends Reunited.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th April 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Drink-drive offenders could keep licences – The Times
“Drink drivers would no longer automatically lose their licences under government plans to lower the alcohol limit for motorists to the equivalent of less than a pint of beer or glass of wine.”
The Times, 21st April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Increase in sex offender arrests – BBC News
“The number of suspected child sex offenders arrested in the UK has risen threefold in the past year, says the organisation set up to tackle abuse.”
BBC News, 20th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Government to quiz households on sex lives and salaries – Daily Telegraph
“More than 500,000 people a year are to be questioned about their sex lives and salaries by Government inspectors, it has emerged.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st April 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Judge sums up with Shakespeare – The Guardian
“A senior appeal court judge livened up a hearing over a boundary dispute yesterday by quoting from Shakespeare.”
The Guardian, 19th April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Unfair’ royal succession law may be changed – Daily Telegraph
“The law that forces the eldest daughter of a monarch to make way for her younger brother in the succession could be abolished under new equality legislation.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th April 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Almost 3,000 children now held in custody – The Independent
“A drive to cut the number of children behind bars in England and Wales – the highest in western Europe – has failed.”
The Independent, 19th April 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Thalidomide compensation demanded – BBC News
“Dozens of people born with deformities due to the drug thalidomide have demanded compensation from the company that invented the drug 50 years ago.”
BBC News, 18th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Detention centres attacked as figures reveal self-harm by asylum-seekers – The Independent
“The true cost of using detention centres to lock up failed asylum-seekers has been exposed by statistics showing the extent of self-harm among those held.”
The Independent, 19th April 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Coroner blames MoD again over troops’ deaths – Daily Telegraph
“An outspoken coroner has condemned shortages of military equipment again and claimed that two British soldiers would not have died in Iraq had they been in armoured vehicles.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th April 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Cherie Blair’s firm hired to stop EU treaty – Daily Telegraph
“One of Britain’s richest men has hired Cherie Blair’s law firm to advise him on a £750,000 High Court battle that could force Gordon Brown to hold a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st April 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Abramovich and Berezovsky begin £2bn legal battle over disputed assets – The Independent
“A £2bn legal tussle between Britain’s two most high-profile Russian oligarchs which began with a skirmish in a Hermes boutique reached the High Court yesterday with claims that the entire case revolved around an unrecorded oral agreement as they haggled over the sale of former Soviet assets.”
The Independent, 19th April 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Guantanamo Britons to sue MI5 over ‘illegal interrogation’ – The Guardian
“Eight men freed from Guantanamo Bay are suing the British Government for millions of pounds, claiming that it was complicit in the process in which they were detained and sent for interrogation at the detention camp.”
The Times, 19th April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Help for forgotten victims of miscarriages of justice – The Guardian
“The euphoria lasts for a few weeks, or possibly months, before the reality of freedom for a victim of miscarriage of justice sets in, says John McManus. The reality can mean depression, drug addiction, alcoholism and a premature death.”
The Guardian, 21st April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Newman, R v [2008] EWCA Crim 816 (18 April 2008)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Mills v Birchall & Anor [2008] EWCA Civ 385 (18 April 2008)
Oxford Legal Group Ltd v Sibbasbridge Services Plc & Anor [2008] EWCA Civ 387 (18 April 2008)
Morgan v UPS Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 375 (17 April 2008)
Strachey v Ramage [2008] EWCA Civ 384 (18 April 2008)
Bonham & Anor v Fishwick & Anor [2008] EWCA Civ 373 (16 April 2008)
Abbey Mine Ltd v Coal Authority & Anor [2008] EWCA Civ 353 (16 April 2008)
Dunn v Parole Board [2008] EWCA Civ 374 (16 April 2008)
A v Essex County Council [2008] EWCA Civ 364 (16 April 2008)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Supperstone v Hurst & Anor [2008] EWHC 735 (Ch) (16 April 2008)
Frost v Clarke [2008] EWHC 742 (Ch) (14 April 2008)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Goodall v Peak District National Park Authority [2008] EWHC 734 (Admin) (04 April 2008)
B, Re [2008] EWHC 690 (Admin) (11 April 2008)
Varma v General Medical Council [2008] EWHC 753 (Admin) (16 April 2008)
High Court (Commercial Court)
IPCO (Nigeria) Ltd. v Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation [2008] EWHC 797 (Comm) (17 April 2008)
High Court (Patents Court)
Kapur v Comptroller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks [2008] EWHC 649 (Pat) (10 April 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
Muslim preacher Abu Izzadeen jailed for four and a half years – Daily Telegraph
“Abu Izzadeen, an al-Qa’eda disciple who once heckled John Reid, has been jailed for four and a half years for terrorism offences.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th April 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
