Judges hang on to their wigs – The Independent
“Plans which would have forced judges in civil courts to ditch their wigs have been postponed.”
The Independent, 8th December 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Pensioners challenge smoking ban – BBC News
“Pensioners are launching a legal battle against a smoking ban which stops them lighting up in the communal room of their sheltered housing.”
BBC News, 10th December 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Employment Bill published by UK Government – OUT-LAW.com
“Rogue employers could face unlimited fines and agency workers will enjoy stronger protection under a new Employment Bill published by the Government on Friday. The reforms also abolish the current statutory disciplinary procedures.”
OUT-LAW.com, 10th December 2007
Source: www.out-law.com
UK red tape law leaves regulations untouched – Financial Times
“A law to cut red tape – hailed by Gordon Brown as a crucial means of reducing the burden on business – has failed to axe or even amend a single regulation in the first year of its existence.”
Financial Times, 9th December 2007
Source: www.ft.com
Rabbit poachers’ old law reprieve – BBC News
“Two men caught taking rabbits and trespassing could have been deported overseas for seven years had an old English poaching law been upheld.”
BBC News, 7th December 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Podcast 34: Podcast on Human Rights with Carl Gardner, author of the Head of Legal blog – Charon QC
“Today I am talking to Carl Gardner, former government lawyer and now a freelance author, lecturer and author of the Head of Legal Blog.”
Source: www.charonqc.wordpress.com
Related link: Head of Legal
Secretary of State for Trade and Industry v Vohora and Another – Times Law Reports
Secretary of State for Trade and Industry v Vohora and Another
Chancery
“A claim by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry to disqualify a director of a company under section 6 of the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 had to be brought, rather than commenced within two years.”
The Times, 10th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only avaialble free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
Regina v Foster – Times Law Reports
Regina v Foster
Regina v Newman
Regina v Kempster
Regina v Birmingham
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“There was no absolute obligation on a trial judge to leave an alternative lesser verdict for the jury to consider whenever the defence to the more serious charge on the indictment involved an admission of a lesser or different offence; sometimes it would be appropriate, but sometimes it would not.”
The Times, 10th December 2007
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.
Fixation with terrorism ‘exposes Britain to other security risks’ – The Times
“The national security effort focuses too heavily on terrorism at the expense of fighting organised crime, securing energy supplies and tackling other international threats, a report states today.”
The Times, 10th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Violence interventions systematic review – Ministry of Justice
“A systematic review of the national and international evidence on the effectiveness of interventions with violent offenders. The review was commissioned to provide a comprehensive overview of the available evidence and was not designed to evaluate National Offender Management Service or HM Prison Service programmes.”
Ministry of Justice, 7th December 2007
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Santa putting children’s information at risk, warn experts – OUT-LAW.com
“Santa Claus could be breaking privacy laws in his collection and use of data about British children, experts have warned. Yuletide cheer-bringer Claus could be putting the personal data of millions of children at risk.”
OUT-LAW.com, 10th December 2007
Source: www.out-law.com
More debate needed on ID cards, think-tank warns – The Independent
“The Government should launch a ‘serious renewed debate’ on ID cards or scrap the scheme, a thinktank report says.”
The Independent, 8th December 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Prison service ‘failed’ woman who killed herself – The Independent
“The grim pattern to Louise Giles’s short life was set at the age of 13 when she took her first overdose.”
The Independent, 8th December 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
And then there was one: four British residents freed from Guantánamo – The Guardian
“Four British residents held without charge at the American detention camp for suspected terrorists at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba are to be released, reducing the UK involvement with the camp to just one inmate.”
The Guardian, 8th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Family justice policy does not work for children, report says – The Guardian
“A key element of the government’s family justice policy is failing the children it was intended to help, a two-year study funded by the Ministry of Justice has concluded.”
The Guardian, 10th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Lawyer defections set to continue, survey says – The Times
“Two-thirds of law firms have poached a team from a rival practice, according to research by Smith & Williamson.”
The Times, 7th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Gallery faces lawsuit over Rubens – The Independent
“One of Britain’s leading art galleries faces the threat of legal action over three paintings by the 17th-century Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens from the granddaughter of the works’ former owner who was murdered by the Nazis.”
The Independent, 9th December 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
OFT fines supermarkets £116m in dairy probe – The Times
“Sainsburys and Asda have admitted fixing the price of dairy products with producers in the aftermath of the Foot and Mouth outbreak of 2001 following an investigation by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).”
The Times, 7th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Detection system criticised after ‘drug mule’ death – The Guardian
“The effectiveness of equipment and procedures designed to catch “drug mules” has been called into question following the case of a woman who died when bags of smuggled cocaine burst inside her body hours after hi-tech screening failed to pick up that she was carrying drugs.”
The Guardian, 10th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
