Rape support service ‘in crisis’ – BBC News
“Services for rape victims in England and Wales are in crisis, with half of support centres at risk of closure, a campaign group has warned.”
BBC News, 29th January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Lotto rape victim wins hope for thousands – The Times
“One woman’s quest for justice against the so-called Lotto rapist ends in victory today, with a court ruling that paves the way for thousands of sex abuse victims to sue their attackers for compensation, The Times has learnt.”
The Times, 30th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Inspector criticises rush to build jails – The Guardian
“The government’s “scramble to build new prisons” threatens to move the UK towards a system of ‘large-scale penal containment’ which would mean worse as well as more jails, the chief inspector of prisons warns today.”
The Guardian, 30th January 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Jailing mothers ‘damaged a generation’ – The Independent
“Mothers of young children should not be jailed unless they pose a risk to society, the Children’s Commissioner for England says in an outspoken condemnation of sentencing policy.”
The Independent, 30th January 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Man armed with axe during visit by Queen jailed for six years – The Guardian
“An ‘angry and aggressive’ man who was arrested carrying an axe in a crowd waiting for Queen Elizabeth was jailed for a total of six years today.”
The Guardian, 29th January 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Bank rules written in ‘different language’ – The Times
“The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has accused banks of writing its contracts in a ‘different language’ that consumers do not understand, while giving evidence in the ongoing bank charges case.”
The Times, 29th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Court delivers a blow to record companies on internet piracy – The Times
“Record labels and film studios cannot demand that telecoms companies reveal the personal details of people suspected of swapping copyrighted material on the internet, the European Court of Justice ruled yesterday.”
The Times, 30th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Law firms gloomy about difficult year ahead – The Times
“The UK’s top law firms are steeling themselves for a difficult year ahead with confidence among senior managers falling for the first time in six years, according to a survey. The news will add to fears that the legal market may have peaked.”
The Times, 29th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Bail hearing ‘properly conducted’ – BBC News
“A judge’s decision to grant bail to a murder suspect was ‘properly conducted’ a coroner has said.”
BBC News, 29th January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Wife guilty of anti-freeze plot – BBC News
“A woman has been found guilty of trying to kill her husband by slipping anti-freeze into his wine.”
BBC News, 29th January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Watchdog reveals payment protection profits – The Times
“Insurance policies designed to protect consumers against a loss of income are so profitable that the lenders who sell them can earn revenue of £1,200 on a policy that can cost only £20 to sell, a report by competition authorities revealed yesterday.”
The Times, 29th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Reorganisation of the Ministry of Justice – Ministry of Justice
“Jack Straw has made a written ministerial statement in which he has announced a new structure for the Ministry of Justice.”
Ministry of Justice, 29th January 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
CCTV must not record conversations, warns new guidance – OUT-LAW.com
“Closed-circuit television (CCTV) system operators would need exceptional justification for recording sound as well as video, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has warned.”
OUT-LAW.com, 29th January 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
Privacy chief wants new criminal offence – OUT-LAW.com
“Information Commissioner Richard Thomas has asked the Government to create a new offence of recklessly or knowing breaching data protection principles punishable by unlimited fines. He has also asked for other powers to be strengthened.”
OUT-LAW.com, 29th January 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
R v Y [2008] EWCA Crim 10 – WLR Daily
R v Y [2008] EWCA Crim 10; [2008] WLR (D) 15
“Many rulings made by trial judges could properly be described both as relating to ‘offences included in the indictment’ and as being evidentiary and as such came within the provisions of s 58 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003, allowing the Crown to appeal against them provided it agreed, pursuant to s 58(8), that if the appeal failed the defendant had to be acquitted.”
WLR Daily, 28th January 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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British Broadcasting Corporation v Sugar and another; R (British Broadcasting Corporation) v Information Tribunal; R (Sugar) v Information Commissioner – WLR Daily
“The BBC was a public authority to a limited extent in respect of information not held for the purpose of journalism and not otherwise; and that the information tribunal had no jurisdiction to consider a letter which on its face had not been a decision letter of the Information Commissioner.”
WLR Daily, 28th January 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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R (Griffin) v Richmond Magistrates’ Court – WLR Daily
R (Griffin) v Richmond Magistrates’ Court [2008] EWHC 84 (Admin); [2008] WLR (D) 13
“The statutory defence under s208(4) of the Insolvency Act 1986, available to a defendant to a charge under s208(1)(c) of the Act, imposed a legal burden of proof which was not incompatible with art 6 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.”
WLR Daily, 28th January 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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In re Astron Clinica Ltd and others – WLR Daily
In re Astron Clinica Ltd and others [2008] EWHC 85 (Pat); [2008] WLR (D) 12
“Claims to computer programs were not necessarily excluded from patentability by art 52 of the Convention on the Grant of European Patents 1973. Where claims to a method performed by running a suitably programmed computer or to a computer programmed to carry out the method were allowable, then, in principle, a claim to the program itself should be allowable.”
WLR Daily, 28th January 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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KG (Sri Lanka) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; AK (Sri Lanka) v Same – WLR Daily
“The right of a citizen of the European Union and his family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States did not extend to “other family members” (falling within art 3(2)(a) but not art 2(2) of Parliament and Council Directive 2004/38/EC) who had not been the dependants or members of the household of the Union citizens in the European Economic Area state from which the citizen had moved.”
WLR Daily, 28th January 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Statek Corpn v Alford and another – WLR Daily
Statek Corpn v Alford and another [2008] EWHC 32 (Ch); [2008] WLR (D) 10
“S 21(1) of the Limitation Act 1980 applied to a claim by a beneficiary under a trust against an accessory to fraudulent breaches of trust committed by other people so that no limitation period applied to such claims.”
WLR Daily, 28th January 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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