Ban on children held in prisons – BBC News
“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 – WLR daily
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 – Times Law Reports
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 – Times Law Reports
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.
David Hanson: local leadership essential to the future of criminal justice – Ministry of Justice
“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
Contract for citizenship – Home Office
“Major changes proposed to the way foreign nationals achieve British citizenship.”
Home Office, 20th February 2008
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
Council Publishes Guidelines for Sentencers dealing with Assaults and Child Cruelty Offences – Sentencing Guidelines Council
“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
Foreign brides who plan to live in Britain ‘must speak English’ – The Times
“Thousands of foreigners who want to marry a British person and move to Britain will have to take an English language test, the Prime Minister announced yesterday.”
The Times, 21st February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
4,000 company directors listed as global terror suspects and fraudsters – The Times
“The names of almost 4,000 directors of British companies appear on international watchlists of alleged fraudsters, money launderers, terror financiers and corrupt officials, The Times has learnt.”
The Times, 21st February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Shopkeeper fears murder charge after armed robber dies in fight – The Times
“A shopkeeper could be charged with murder after an armed robber who tried to steal the day’s takings was stabbed with his own knife during a struggle.”
The Times, 21st February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Miliband blocks release of key Lockerbie files – The Guardian
“The foreign secretary has been accused of interfering in the appeal of the man jailed for the Lockerbie bombing, after he refused to release secret papers which could clear the Libyan.”
The Guardian, 21st February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
New ad rules: bookies are playing fair – The Guardian
“Gambling and betting companies are abiding by new liberalised rules that have allowed them to advertise on TV for the first time, according to the first compliance report published by the advertising regulator. The Advertising Standards Authority said the compliance report’s findings vindicated its system of self-regulation for gambling ads.”
The Guardian, 21st February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Mayor’s aide cleared of fraud – The Guardian
“Scotland Yard said yesterday that one of London mayor Ken Livingstone’s closest aides, who has been accused of corruption, had no criminal case to answer.”
The Guardian, 21st February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Inquiry ordered into DNA disc blunder – Daily Telegraph
“The Attorney General has ordered an inquiry into a ‘catastrophic’ blunder that allowed foreign criminals to commit crimes in Britain.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st February 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Cost of violent crime is over £13 billion a year – Daily Telegraph
“Violent crime costs the British economy more than £13 billion a year, according to a report released today.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st February 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Jealous lover jailed for 18 years – BBC News
“A married father of two who killed his teenage lover has been jailed for life with a judge ordering him to serve a minimum of 18 years in prison.”
BBC News, 20th February 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
No CPS appeal over terror ruling – BBC News
“The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) will not appeal against a ruling which freed five young Muslims from jail over extremist literature, it has announced.”
BBC News, 20th February 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Crown awarded “squatter’s rights” – BBC News
“The Queen has won ‘squatter’s rights’ over large tracts of the Severn Estuary in a dispute with a controversial Cardiff businessman.”
BBC News, 20th February 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
R v Zafar; R v Malik; R v Raja; R v Iqbal; R v Butt – WLR Daily
R v Zafar; R v Malik; R v Raja; R v Iqbal; R v Butt [2008] EWCA Crim 184; [2008] WLR (D) 51
“A person possessed an article for terrorist purposes if he possessed it in circumstances which gave rise to a reasonable suspicion that he intended it to be used for the purpose of the commission, preparation or instigation of an act of terrorism.” WLR Daily, 19th February 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR sereis the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
