Crackdown on immigration unveiled – BBC News
“The Home Office is to set out new measures to strengthen Britain’s borders and cut illegal immigration.”
BBC News, 14th January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court to rule if banks overcharged customers with “punitive” fees – The Independent
“The long-awaited court case that will determine whether thousands of aggrieved bank customers can pursue overcharging claims against banks begins today.”
The Independent, 14th January 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
PM backs removal of body parts without consent – The Independent
“Gordon Brown is sympathetic to calls for hospitals to be allowed to remove organs from dead patients without explicit consent, but families would have a veto which would allow them to stop organs being used to save the lives of others if, as expected, the Government brings in a system of ‘presumed consent’.
The Independent, 14th January 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Government crackdown on knife crime in cities – The Times
“Anyone caught carrying a blade will be prosecuted and will not be allowed to escape with a caution under a crackdown on knife crime promised by Gordon Brown.”
The Times, 14th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Prison for air-rage flier who wanted to go business class – The Times
“A middle-aged man has been jailed after marching into the business-class section of a flight from Thailand and hurling a passenger into the aisle so he could take his seat.”
The Times, 14th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Public schools reject charity rules – The Times
“Britain’s leading public schools have rejected as unworkable regulations that would force them to open their doors to pupils from poor families.”
The Times, 14th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Reshuffle for top lawyers when supreme court opens – The Times
“Britain’s most senior judge is being tipped to take over as head of the first supreme court in what will trigger a major reshuffle of top judicial posts.”
The Times, 14th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Equality watchdog drops its backing for low-paid women’s challenge – The Times
“Thousands of low-paid women, including cleaners and care workers, will see their hopes of better pay set back tomorrow when the equality watchdog drops its support for their legal battle.”
The Times, 14th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Police to use text message tactics to snare rape suspects – The Guardian
“Police and prosecutors in rape cases are set to experiment with controversial techniques designed to make suspects incriminate themselves through phone calls or text messages.”
The Guardian, 14th January 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Bail rules inquiry after officer on murder charge kills himself and trial witness – The Guardian
“The Ministry of Justice said last night it will urgently review its guidance to judges in the wake of the tragic consequences of a decision to grant bail to a senior police officer accused of murdering his wife.”
The Guardian, 14th January 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Schools face ban on sex bias in careers advice – The Guardian
“Schools will be ordered to offer impartial careers guidance to pupils amid concerns that teachers’ ‘sexist’ attitudes are promoting hairdressing courses to girls and construction apprenticeships to boys.”
The Guardian, 14th January 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Early jail releases reach 14,000 – BBC News
“Almost 14,000 prisoners have been freed early from jail to ease overcrowding, Ministry of Justice figures show.”
BBC News, 11th January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Muslim teenager unlawfully killed – The Guardian
“The Muslim teenager Shafilea Ahmed, whose body was found on the banks of a river, was unlawfully killed, a coroner ruled today.”
The Guardian, 11th January 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
We will all end up paying for the rising cost of litigation – The Times
“Courts are seeing an increase in cases in which the amount recovered bears no relation to the costs.”
The Times, 11th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
Human Rights Insight Project – Ministry of Justice
“The report presents the findings from the Human Rights Insight Project, which set out to establish whether human rights could be used empirically as a tool to improve the public’s experience of public services and if so, how we in government could encourage and facilitate this.”
Full Report (PDF)
Ministry of Justice, 10th January 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Legal aid problems emerge – Law Society’s Gazette
“The year started badly for legal aid lawyers, with the prospect of the general civil contract being terminated and confusion over whether police station fixed fees include VAT.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 10th January 2008
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Solicitor-advocates finally put on wigs in court – Law Society’s Gazette
“A Yorkshire criminal law specialist has laid claim to being the first solicitor-advocate to wear a wig in court after appearing at 10am last Wednesday at Doncaster Crown Court.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 10th January 2008
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Kostic v Chaplin and Others – Times Law Reports
Chancery
“When deciding costs in a contentious probate action, the two long-established exceptions to the normal rule that costs followed the event that survived the introduction of the Civil Procedure Rules were: (i) where a testator had been the cause of the litigation, costs should come out of the estate; and (ii) where the circumstances led reasonably to an investigation of the matter, costs should be borne by both sides.”
The Times, 11th January 2008
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.
Kingdom of Sweden v Commission of the European Communities Case – Times Law Reports
Kingdom of Sweden v Commission of the European Communities Case C-64/05P
Court of Justice of the European Communities
“A request by an EU member state to a Community institution not to disclose to a third party documents originating from that state and held by the institution was to be regarded not as instruction with which the institution was bound to comply but as the first step in a process of inquiry as to whether one of the exceptions to disclosure set out in the Community regulation on access to documents applied.”
The Times, 11th January 2008
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.
