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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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 [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.
“The words ‘as beneficiary’ contained in art 5(6) of Council Regulation (EC) 44/2001, which provided that a person domiciled in a member state could, in another member state, be sued ‘as … beneficiary of a trust’, required the claimants to show that they were suing a party in its capacity as a beneficiary rather than in the capacity as someone not beneficially entitled to the moneys that were claimed.”
WLR Daily, 19th February 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Pleae note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Crawford v Director of Public Prosecutions in the Queen’s Bench Divisional Court
Queen’s Bench Divisional Court
“Courts should take great care when imposing orders restricting the reporting of criminal proceedings.”
The Times, 20th 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.
“The health and safety of prisoners is being jeopardised by putting them in ill-equipped cells at police stations and courts, doctors’ leaders have said.”
BBC News, 20th February 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Scottish Government has decided against a ban on animal snares.”
BBC News, 20th February 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
” A youth who dropped masonry from a bridge shattering a train’s windscreen and hitting the driver of a separate train has had his prison sentence cut.”
BBC News, 20th February 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk