“Jack Straw, the Justice Secretary, last night made an urgent appeal to magistrates to send fewer people to jail as the prison population in England and Wales soared past 82,000 to an all-time high.”
The Guardian, 22nd February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A home owner is being threatened with legal action after a woman claimed she trapped her hand in his letterbox while delivering unwanted junk mail.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd February 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Steve Wright will today be sentenced for the murder of five prostitutes as police investigate whether he was responsible for a string of other unsolved cases.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd February 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A man from Suffolk who filmed himself driving at speeds of up to 130mph has been given a four-month jail sentence, suspended for 18 months.”
BBC News, 21st February 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The Education (School Performance Information) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Visiting Forces (Designation) Order 2008
The Local Government (Politically Restricted Posts) (Wales) Regulations 2008
The Education (School Teachers’ Qualifications) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2008
The Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning Act 1997 (Amnesty Period) Order 2008
“The Home Office has been lacking a long-term, strategic approach to preventing violent crime, a report by the National Audit Office (NAO) said.”
BBC News, 21st February 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Government is to combat prison overcrowding by deporting foreign prisoners earlier than scheduled.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st February 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Britain is proposing to sever its historic ties to tens of thousands of Commonwealth nationals who have an automatic right through descent to live and work here.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st February 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Further security controls are needed to ensure the safety of data stored on the government’s new database, which will contain information on every child in the country.”
The Guardian, 21st February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith, today proposed an end to the ‘confusion’ surrounding rules on the surveillance of MPs after it was announced that Labour MP Sadiq Khan was twice bugged while visiting a constituent in prison.”
The Guardian, 21st Febraury 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Ofgem, the energy regulator, is launching an investigation into the electricity and gas market as the row over the record profits announced today by British Gas-owner Centrica reached fever pitch.”
The Times, 21st February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A former pub landlord is facing life in jail after being found guilty today of killing five Ipswich prostitutes in a murder spree that left thousands of other women fearing for their lives.”
The Times, 21st February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Second Leslie Scarman Lecture 2008. The lecture given on 13/02/08 by Professor Aharon Barak on ‘Human Rights and the Battle on Terror.’
Law Commission, 21st February 2008
Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk
“The Scottish Government is to scrap laws which allow children under 16 to be held in jail without having been convicted of an offence.”
BBC News, 21st February 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Breakspear and others v Ackland and another [2008] EWHC 220 (Ch); [2008] WLR (D) 52
“Generally the confidence which ordinarily attached to a wish letter was such that, for the better discharge of their confidential functions, the trustees need not disclose it to beneficiaries merely because they requested it unless, in their view, disclosure was in the interests of the sound administration of the trust, and the discharge of their powers and discretions.”
WLR Daily, 20th February 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.
Glaxo Group Ltd v Genentech Inc and Another
Court of Appeal
“The approach to a stay in European patent cases differed from a stay in ordinary commercial litigation because the possibility of parallel validity proceedings in national courts and in the European Patent Office was inherent in the legal arrangements in the European Patent Convention.”
The Times, 21st February 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 (G) v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police
Court of Appeal
“A custody officer who had determined that he had sufficient evidence to charge a suspect with the offence for which he had been arrested had no power to detain the suspect in custody for the purpose of enabling a crown prosecutor to decide whether or not the suspect should be charged.”
The Times, 21st February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Pleae note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
“Justice Minister David Hanson has called on Local Criminal Justice Boards to take the lead in responding to the needs of their communities and delivering improved services.”
Ministry of Justice, 20th February 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Major changes proposed to the way foreign nationals achieve British citizenship.”
Home Office, 20th February 2008
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“On 20 February 2008 the Sentencing Guidelines Council published its definitive guidelines on ‘Assault and Other Offences Against the Person’ and ‘Overarching Principles: Assaults on Children and Cruelty to a Child.’
Sentencing Guidelines Council, 20th February 2008
Source: www.sentencing-guidelines.gov.uk
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