“Lord Goldsmith, the former attorney general, yesterday increased pressure on the Serious Fraud Office to appeal against last week’s high court ruling that the government acted unlawfully in blocking a criminal investigation of secret payments made by the arms company BAE Systems to Saudi Arabia.”
The Guardian, 14th April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Wakefield Metropolitan District Council v T
Court of Appeal
“A child supervision order had an initial life of 12 months and could be extended for a further two years maximum.”
The Times, 14th 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.
AS (Somalia) and Another v Entry Clearance Officer, Addis Ababa and Another
Court of Appeal
“While section 82(1) of the Nationality, Asylum and Immigration Act 2002 permitted an appeal against any immigration decision, in the case of refusal of entry clearance, as opposed to refusal of leave to enter, the tribunal could consider only the circumstances appertaining at the time of the decision to refuse.”
The Times, 14th 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.
National Westminster Bank plc v King
Chancery Division
“The High Court’s power of transfer under section 40(2) of the County Courts Act 1984 was not limited to cases which would otherwise be within a county court’s jurisdiction.”
The Times, 14th 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.
“Rates of self-harm in jail have rocketed in the last four years, a prison reform charity claims today. The Howard League for Penal Reform says the number of prisoners deliberately injuring themselves had risen at four times the rate of the jail population increase.”
The Guardian, 14th April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Gordon Brown faces a growing backlash over moves to give the attorney general sweeping powers to veto criminal investigations following devastating criticism of the Government’s decision to halt the inquiry into arms sales to Saudi Arabia.”
The Independent, 12th April 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Rarely a month goes by without a damning inquest verdict from Andrew Walker, highlighting failures by the Ministry of Defence.”
The Times, 12th April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Knife-wielding, gun-toting, pit-bull-packing hoodies are assailing us from every angle. They’re in the newspapers and on the television; the subject of police crackdowns, Government task forces and dinner-party debates.
But while ministers fear to tread our inner cities by night, the views of those best placed to discuss the issues surrounding street crime rarely see daylight.”
The Independent, 13th April 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The House of Commons, held up as a beacon of democracy, has a ‘dirty little secret’, according to black MPs – its racism.”
The Guardian, 13th April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The member of the Royal Family at the centre of an alleged £50,000 blackmail plot will not have to enter the witness box.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th April 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Cabinet ministers are split over the need to force through new laws to extend the maximum detention of suspected terror suspects from 28 to 42 days without charge – a month before ministers could face a bruising defeat by up to 30 votes in the Commons over the issue.”
The Guardian, 14th April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The legal bid by the House of Commons to keep the publication of MPs’ expenses under wraps suggests they have something to hide, Whitehall’s anti-sleaze watchdog said today.”
The Guardian, 11th April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Home Secretary was accused of desperation last night for quoting five-month-old figures to support the case for detaining terrorism suspects for 42 days.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th April 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Police chiefs were criticised yesterday for using Taser stun guns to handle routine public order situations involving people under the influence of alcohol, and the mentally ill.”
The Independent, 13th April 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“One of the formal suspects in the Madeleine McCann case is to sue 12 media outlets in what may be one of the largest libel claims in the history of the British media.”
The Guardian, 14th April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Iraqi interpreters, clerical staff and labourers who face death threats and persecution after risking their lives working for British forces are challenging the Government’s refusal to grant them sanctuary in the UK.”
The Independent, 14th April 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Deaf couples could be allowed to use embryo-screening technology and choose to have a deaf child, after a climb-down by the Government in the face of campaigning.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th April 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Thousands of women are at risk of assault because new laws to curb domestic violence have backfired, deterring victims from seeking help, The Times has learnt.”
The Times, 14th April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A family who were wrongly suspected of lying on a school application form have discovered that their local council used anti-terrorism surveillance powers to spy on them.”
The Independent, 11th April 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Tiny samples of DNA evidence are safe to use in criminal prosecutions, in spite of recent concern from the police and the judiciary that the technique is flawed, the forensic science regulator has ruled.”
The Guardian, 11th April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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