“Brighton and Hove is to become the first British city to prohibit art that incites racist, homophobic or sectarian violence.”
The Times, 6th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Government wants to increase the period police can detain terror suspects without charge to 42 days, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said today.”
The Independent, 6th December 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The serial killer nurse Beverly Allitt must serve a minimum of 30 years in jail for the murder and abuse of children in her care, the high court ruled today.”
The Guardian, 6th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A 23-year-old former Heathrow shop assistant who called herself the ‘lyrical terrorist’ and scrawled her extremist thoughts on till receipts has been handed a nine-month suspended jail sentence.”
The Guardian, 6th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Lord Carter’s review of prisons, which gives options for improving the balance between the supply of prison places and demand for them and recommendations on how this could be achieved.”
Securing the Future: Proposals for the efficient and sustainable use of custody in England and Wales (PDF)
Ministry of Justice, 5th December 2007
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“Restrictions imposed on adducing evidence and cross-examination as to a complainant’s sexual history by section 41 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 continued to apply to trials after the coming into force of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, in respect of offences allegedly committed before that date, even though there was no express saving provision to that effect.”
The Times, 6th 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.
House of Lords
“The circumstances under which a court should refuse to order the return of a child who had been abducted from a state subscribing to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction 1980 had been laid down under the Convention itself and it was neither necessary nor desirable for English courts to add an additional test of ‘exceptionality’ over and above the requirements of the Convention.”
The Times, 6th 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.
“A row over funding for Alzheimer’s drugs on the NHS is to go to the Court of Appeal.”
BBC News, 5th December 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Fresh evidence casting doubt on the conviction of a woman for the murder of a boy she was babysitting, has been uncovered by BBC Newsnight.”
BBC News, 6th December 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Killer nurse Beverly Allitt, jailed for life for murdering four children and attacking nine others, has had her minimum tariff fixed at 30 years.”
BBC News, 6th December 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Police, social workers and other agencies missed dozens of chances to intervene in the case of a man with severe learning difficulties who was tortured and drugged before plunging to his death from a viaduct, it emerged yesterday.”
The Guardian, 6th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Hundreds of websites have been shut down temporarily by one of the largest web hosting companies in Britain after the personal details of customers were stolen by computer hackers.”
The Times, 6th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“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
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