“Royal Mail’s plans to close 2,500 post offices could be thrown into disarray after the Mayor of London said yesterday that he would mount a legal challenge in the capital.”
The Times, 18th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Defence Secretary Des Browne yesterday asked the High Court to outlaw the use of language strongly critical of the MoD in inquest verdicts on soldiers who have died on active service.”
The Independent, 18th March 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Defence lawyers are concerned about the long-term effects of the publicity unhappy jurors are now being given.”
The Times, 18th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Mr Justice Bennett issued a summary of his judgment handed down today after hearing the Sir Paul McCartney/Heather Mills divorce case in private.”
The Times, 17th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The UK government has defended its decision to resume the deportation of failed asylum-seekers to Zimbabwe.”
BBC News, 17th March 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Khan & Ors v R [2008] EWCA Crim 531 (14 March 2008)
Burgess, R. v [2008] EWCA Crim 516 (08 February 2008)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Manchester City Council v Benjamin [2008] EWCA Civ 189 (13 March 2008)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Experience Hendrix LLC & anor v Times Newspapers Ltd [2008] EWHC 458 (Ch) (11 March 2008)
Stow & Ors v Stow & Ors [2008] EWHC 495 (Ch) (14 March 2008)
Cooper v PRG Powerhouse Ltd & Ors [2008] EWHC 498 (Ch) (14 March 2008)
High Court (Family Division)
Local Authority v M [2008] EWHC 162 (Fam) (31 January 2008)
High Court (Administrative Court)
R, R. (on the application of) [2008] EWHC 469 (Admin) (27 February 2008)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
The Plant Health (Fees) (Forestry) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Tope (Prohibition of Fishing) Order 2008
The Immigration (Notices) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Exemption) (Amendment) Order 2008
The Consumer Credit Appeals Tribunal Rules 2008
The Community Legal Service (Funding) (Counsel in Family Proceedings) (Amendment) Order 2008
The Pension Protection Fund (Prescribed Payments) Regulations 2008
The Insolvency (Scotland) Amendment Rules 2008
The Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (General Levy) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Police Authorities (Best Value) Performance Indicators Order 2008
The Consumer Credit (Exempt Agreements) (Amendment) Order 2008
The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Gas (Standards of Performance) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Early Removal of Short-Term and Long-Term Prisoners (Amendment of Requisite Period) Order 2008
The Early Removal of Fixed-Term Prisoners (Amendment of Eligibility Period) Order 2008
The Immigration (Biometric Registration) (Pilot) Regulations 2008
The Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (Amendment) Regulations 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
“Nine peers are taking part in a blog aimed at publicising the work of the House of Lords.”
BBC News, 17th March 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The former lord chief justice, Lord Woolf, has launched a stinging attack on the government’s criminal justice and prison policy, blaming it for allowing prisons to get so crowded that offenders have little chance to reform and abandon crime.”
The Guardian, 17th March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A backbench parliamentary bill that could have excluded the multimillionaire Tory donor Lord Ashcroft from the Lords is likely to fail after Labour and the Tories joined forces to reject the measure.”
The Guardian, 17th March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Soldiers’ families reacted angrily after it emerged the Ministry of Defence awarded £202,000 to an office employee who strained his back picking up a printer.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th March 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Nearly 13 years after they were jailed for life for a double murder in Wales, two men will have their appeal against their conviction heard in the court of appeal today.”
The Guardian, 17th March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Smith v Chief Constable of Sussex Police
Court of Appeal
“While it was not reasonable to expect the police to answer in damages to every individual whose life or health might have been spared or saved by more competent police work, where someone’s life or safety had been so firmly placed in their hands as to make it incumbent on them to take at least elementary steps to protect it, unexcused neglect to do so could sound in damages if harm resulted. ”
The Times, 17th 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.
Regina (Animal Defenders International) v Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
House of Lords
“The prohibition on political advertising in broadcast media was necessary in a democratic society and not incompatible with the freedom of expression guaranteed by article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights. ”
The Times, 17th 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.
“Too many minor criminals with drug problems are being jailed and then receive poor treatment in prison, a damning report warns today.”
The Independent, 17th March 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Offenders who are ordered by the courts to undergo sex offender treatment courses or domestic violence programmes are having to wait up to a year because of a crisis in resources, a probation union survey reveals today.”
The Guardian, 17th March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Police chiefs have distanced themselves from their new spokesman on DNA matters after he said primary school children could be eligible for the DNA database.”
BBC News, 16th March 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Tearaways as young as 10 are to be targeted with ‘baby Asbos’ to stop them going off the rails.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th March 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Britain’s biggest children’s charity will tomorrow (17 March) launch a campaign demanding an end to ‘violent’ and ‘degrading’ assaults on children in custody.”
The Independent, 16th March 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“An unprecendented call for the temporary closure of a privately run child jail because of its ‘staggeringly high level of use of force by staff’ is made today by the chief inspector of prisons.”
The Guardian, 17th March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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