“The government is to build up to three supersize prisons, holding about 2,500 inmates each, as part of a programme to tackle the overcrowding crisis by increasing jail capacity by 10,500 places within seven years.”
The Guardian, 6th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“HM Revenue & Customs has suffered seven ‘significant’ breaches of security involving the loss of personal data in the past 2½ years, the organisation’s new acting chairman disclosed yesterday.”
The Times, 6th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Young Muslims are being convicted of thought crimes and branded as terrorists for life, the country’s most prominent Islamic leader has told The Times.”
The Times, 6th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“MPs will be given a vote on whether to trigger emergency powers that would allow terrorist suspects to be held beyond 28 days, under plans to be announced by the Home Secretary within days.”
The Times, 6th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The length and cost of mammoth commercial trials is set to be drastically curbed under proposed reforms seen by The Times.”
The Times, 6th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
The Armed Forces (Service Complaints Commissioner) Regulations 2007
The Armed Forces (Redress of Individual Grievances) Regulations 2007
The Felixstowe Dock and Railway Company (Land Acquisition) Order 2007
The Natural Mineral Water, Spring Water and Bottled Drinking Water (Wales) Regulations 2007
The Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2007
The Meat (Official Controls Charges) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2007
The Building and Approved Inspectors (Amendment) Regulations 2007
The Grants for Fishing and Aquaculture Industries Regulations 2007
The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Wales) Regulations 2007
The Designs (International Registrations Designating the European Community) Regulations 2007
The Bluetongue (No. 2) (Wales) Order 2007
The Disability Discrimination Act 2005 (Commencement No. 1) (Wales) Order 2007
The Army Act 1955 (Part 1) (Regular Army) Regulations 1992 (Amendment) Regulations 2007
The Traffic Management Act 2004 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provisions) (Wales) Order 2007
The Special Immigration Appeals Commission (Procedure) (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2007
The Electoral Administration Act 2006 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2007
The Army Terms of Service Regulations 2007
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
“Jack Straw’s oral statement to the House of Commons on Lord Carter’s review of prisons.”
Ministry of Justice, 5th December 2007
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“The Government is to build three huge new prisons as part of a package of measures designed to ease over-crowding by creating 10,500 extra places.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th December 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Health and safety laws may be standing in the way of police officers showing bravery, according to the chief constable of Merseyside.”
BBC News, 5th December 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Christian group has lost its High Court battle to prosecute the BBC’s director general over the screening of Jerry Springer – The Opera, in 2005.”
BBC News, 5th December 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A teenager has been given an antisocial behaviour order that bans him from promoting his criminal behaviour online.”
The Guardian, 5th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Britain’s four biggest mobile phone operators used their own industry trade body as a forum for colluding to shut rival 3 out of the UK market, the High Court heard yesterday.”
The Times, 5th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Court of Appeal rules that Wendy Haines does not have to give up her share of the matrimonial home proceeds to pay off ex-husband’s creditors.”
The Times, 5th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
In re C (A child)(Adoption: Local authority duty)
Court of Appeal
“There was no duty on a local authority to make inquiries of a child’s extended family or father about the possibility of their providing long-term care where mother wished to place the child for adoption.”
The Times, 5th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
McClintock v Department of Constitutional Affairs
Employment Appeal Tribunal
“To allow judges to opt out of hearing cases where they disapproved of the law would be an abdication of their responsibilities.”
The Times, 5th 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.
Sundelind Lopez v Lopez Lizazo (Case C-68/07)
“Arts 6 and 7 of Regulation No 2201/2003 meant that where, in divorce proceedings, a respondent was not habitually resident in and not a national of a member state, the courts of a member state could not base their jurisdiction to hear the petition on their national law, if the courts of another member state had jurisdiction under art 3 of the Regulation.
The Third Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Communities so ruled on a reference for a preliminary ruling by the Högsta domstolen, Sweden.”
WLR Daily, 4th December 2007
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.
“The Sentencing Guidelines Council has published for consultation revised Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Guidelines adopting the advice and draft guidelines developed by the Sentencing Advisory Panel. The Panel has also published on the website the report of research conducted into the approach to the assessment of fines.”
Consultation guidelines and Advice: Revised Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Guidelines (PDF)
Sentencing Guidelines Council, 5th December 2007
Source: www.sentencing-guidelines.gov.uk
“The government needs to review the scale of its plans for identity cards in the wake of the release of 25 million names and addresses on government child benefit records, the information commissioner, Richard Thomas, told the justice select committee yesterday.”
The Guardian, 5th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A corrupt solicitor who was at the heart of a criminal network that made multimillion-pound profits from the heroin trade will be jailed today.”
The Times, 5th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Private security firms have criticised the UK government for ‘dithering’ over the introduction of tighter rules.”
BBC News, 4th December 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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