Brown pushes for 42-day detention – BBC News
“Prime Minister Gordon Brown is pressing ahead with controversial plans to extend the time terror suspects can be held without charge to 42 days.”
BBC News, 20th January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The minister, Jacqui Smith, street strife and a late-night kebab in Peckham – The Times
“Jacqui Smith began the toughest week of her ministerial career yesterday trying to defend herself after saying that the streets of London were too dangerous to walk alone at night.”
The Times, 21st January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Man shot by police Taser gun dies after ‘self-inflicted injury’ – The Guardian
“A man has died after he was shot with a Taser gun and then apparently injured himself with a knife, according to police.”
The Guardian, 21st January 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Each detected crime costs £10,000 – Daily Telegraph
“The number of crimes being solved by police has fallen or ground to a halt in nearly two thirds of forces in England and Wales, The Daily Telegraph has learned.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st January 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Government braced for revolt to force EU referendum – The Guardian
“Senior ministers are bracing themselves for the most significant revolt Gordon Brown has faced when Eurosceptic Labour rebels join forces with the Conservatives to try to force a referendum on the EU’s Lisbon treaty.”
The Guardian, 21st January 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Weekend Review Podcast 2: Sunday 20th January 2008 – Charon QC
“My guests today are: Tim Kevan on his new boook ‘Why lawyers should surf’ – Dr Peter Groves, Consultant with Bircham Dyson Bell, talking about the copyright implications of parody – Carl Gardner, author of the Head of Legal Blog, on the Gary Newlove bail case and Simon Myerson QC, a leading criminal law silk from Yorkshire who authors the Pupillage and how to get it blog. I ask Simon Myerson why he is not prepared to sign the Legal Services Commission contract. He has some robust views.”
Listen to Weekend Review Podcast 2
Charon QC, 20th January 2008
Source: www.charonqc.wordpress.com
“Charon QC” is the blogging pseudonym of Mike Semple Piggot, editor of Consilio.tv
Law chief in tears over prostitute driven to kill
“The Solicitor General will be heard weeping on Monday as she describes on radio how the tragic case of a teenager who killed her pimp inspired her proposed reform of the prostitution laws.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st January 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
MoD to be quizzed over lost data – BBC News
“The information watchdog is to grill the Ministry of Defence over its data protection policies after it lost the personal details of 600,000 people.”
BBC News, 19th January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Jack Straw may relinquish prison powers – The Times
“Jack Straw is to consider giving up his power to block the transfer of long-term offenders, including murderers, into open prisons in preparation for their release.”
The Times, 21st January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
‘We want to offer sharia law to Britain’ – Daily Telegraph
“Islamic courts meet every week in the UK to rule on divorces and financial disputes. Clare Dwyer Hogg and Jonathan Wynne-Jones report on demands by senior Muslims that sharia be given legal authority.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th January 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Property lawyers sued for fraud – The Sunday Times
“One of Britain’s biggest property law firms has become embroiled in a spectacular fraud claim.”
The Sunday Times, 20th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Jail experts to tackle suicide surge – The Observer
“A specialist investigation team is to be sent into one of Britain’s high-security jails after five of its prisoners committed suicide in just over a year.”
The Observer, 20th January 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Knife scanners at school gates to curb attacks – The Observer
“Airport-style metal detectors will be installed at hundreds of school gates under sweeping measures to confront the growing problem of teenage knife crime.”
The Observer, 20th January 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Bailiffs ‘unlawfully enter homes’ – BBC News
“Bailiffs are illegally entering homes to confiscate people’s possessions, the National Debtline has warned.”
BBC News, 19th January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Warning over new manslaughter law – Financial Times
“Business owners are being urged to review their health and safety procedures ahead of the corporate manslaughter legislation, which is due to come into effect from April 6.”
Financial Times, 18th January 2008
Source: www.ft.com
Private jails ‘worse than public’ – BBC News
“Privately-run prisons perform worse than those run by the public sector, a document leaked to the BBC suggests.”
BBC News, 19th January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Civil servant appointed to run supreme court – The Times
“Jenny Rowe is to be the first chief executive of the UK’s new supreme court when it comes into being in late 2009, Jack Straw, the Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary, has announced.”
The Times, 18th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Children’s TV actor loses case for unfair dismissal – The Times
“A children’s TV actor who claimed that he injured himself in a ‘faulty’ animatronic suit and suffered homophobic abuse lost his case for unfair dismissal yesterday.”
The Times, 18th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Stuart v Goldberg & Anor [2008] EWCA Civ 2 (17 January 2008)
Richmond Adult Community College v McDougall [2008] EWCA Civ 4 (17 January 2008)
Tameside & Glossop Acute Services NHS Trust v Thompstone & Ors [2008] EWCA Civ 5 (17 January 2008)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Uk Coal Mining Ltd v North Warwickshire Borough Council [2008] EWHC 23 (Admin) (17 January 2008)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Statek Corporation v McNeill Alford & Anor [2008] EWHC 32 (Ch) (17 January 2008)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Satyam Computer Services Ltd v Upaid Systems Ltd [2008] EWHC 31 (Comm) (17 January 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Absent Voting (Transitional Provisions) (Scotland) Regulations 2008
The Schools Forums (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Consistent Financial Reporting (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2008
The Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases Regulations 2008
The Criminal Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2007
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
