“The Attorney General, Lord Goldsmith, is facing accusations that he told the Army its soldiers were not bound by the Human Rights Act when arresting, detaining and interrogating Iraqi prisoners.”
The Independent, 29th May 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A woman who had a backstreet abortion when she was seven-and-a-half months pregnant was convicted on a rare charge of child destruction yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th May 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Related link: Child destruction: charge is rarely used
“Laws allowing problem families to be thrown out of their own homes will be in force within weeks in a fresh blitz on anti-social behaviour.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th May 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Government plans for new police powers to stop and question people were greeted with a barrage of criticism yesterday, after it emerged that senior police officers had neither requested the change nor been consulted. The Home Office confirmed that the power would be included in a counterterrorism bill to be announced in early June. But the vehemence and breadth of criticism led Home Office ministers to signal a willingness to compromise after the idea was also attacked by MPs, civil liberties and Muslim groups as unnecessary and harmful.”
The Guardian, 28th May 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Britain’s ambassador to Moscow yesterday delivered a request for the extradition of the man suspected of murdering former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko in London.”
The Guardian, 29th May 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Patients at Rampton high security psychiatric hospital, which houses some of the country’s most dangerous criminals, are challenging a smoking ban in a test case which claims the refusal to permit cigarettes in the hospital’s buildings or grounds violates their human rights.”
The Guardian, 28th May 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Scotland Yard’s head of counterterrorism has criticised what he called excessive secrecy in Britain’s terrorism trials, and he called for changes that would permit freer reporting and wider discussion.”
The Independent, 27th May 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Wealthy people would be ‘mad’ to marry without a prenuptial agreement after last week’s decision by senior judges that a woman can keep her £48m divorce settlement – and they could be legally enforceable within months, said the lawyer acting for her husband.”
The Guardian, 27th May 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Ruling seen as ‘judicial endorsement’ of attempts to stop B52 bombers.”
The Guardian, 26th May 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Civil liberties groups are warning that the details of every Briton could soon be on the national DNA database, raising fresh concerns of a ‘surveillance society’. Controversial plans being studied by the government would see the DNA of people convicted of even the most minor, non-imprisonable offences, such as dropping litter, entered on the national database.”
The Guardian, 27th May 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Tony Blair’s final measures to tackle law and order are being threatened by a Cabinet dispute over fears that the Bill will fuel a further 3,000 rise in prison numbers.”
The Times, 26th May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The 1998 Data Protection Act (DPA) is the main tool for the public to take control of its personal data, but there are concerns that the law is falling behind the technological curve.”
The Times, 26th May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Prisoner numbers in England and Wales have hit a record high for the second week in a row, says the Prison Service.”
BBC News, 25th May 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The launch party for the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) on Wednesday night (23 May) had a few notable absentees – namely judges.”
The Lawyer, 25th May 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“Local authorities should conduct a risk assessment before sharing personal data with other public bodies. Sharing can be legitimate, but only when the benefits and risks have been weighed up, the Information Commissioner has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 25th May 2007
Source: www.out-law.com
“The UK’s best-known expert on transsexualism was today found guilty of serious professional misconduct for rushing five patients into sex-changing treatments, but avoided being struck off.”
The Guardian, 25th May 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Britain’s multibillion-pound legal profession is about to profit from a landmark change in India that will allow foreign law firms to set up shop there for the first time.”
The Times, 25th May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Substitution of party
Dunwoody Sports Marketing v. Prescott
Court of Appeal
“The court had power to order substitution of a new party for an existing party or joinder of a party to an action after judgment had been given.”
The Times, 25th May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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Escaped sewage was ‘discarded’ waste
Court of Justice of the European Communities
“Waste water which accidentally escaped from a sewerage system was discarded by the sewerage management undertaking and was waste within the EC Waste Directive.”
The Times, 25th May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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Appeal still available
Wolverhampton City Council v. Special Educational Needs and Disabilty Tribunal and Another
Queen’s Bench Division
“Where, even though a local authority’s educational responsibility for a child had lapsed, the council had made a decision to end the statementing of a child then that decision was open to appeal.”
The Times, 25th May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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