New bid to tighten abortion rules – The Guardian
“Women seeking an abortion could be forced to receive counselling under proposals being considered at Westminster today.”
The Guardian, 5th June 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Day: 5 June 2007
Landmark ‘husband and wife’ tax case begins in Lords – The Times
“A landmark court case that will decide whether hundreds of thousands of owner-managed small businesses will face significantly higher tax bills began today in the House of Lords.”
The Times, 5th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Suspects ‘denied’ lawyer access – BBC News
“Police are flouting rules to protect people in custody by denying suspects legal representation for ‘intelligence interviews’, lawyers have claimed.”
BBC News, 5th June 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Related link: BBC Law in Action: Police ‘intelligence interviews’
Burial Law and Policy in the 21st Century: the way forward – Ministry of Justice
“In 2004 a consultation paper was issued on burial law reform – ‘Burial Law and Policy in the 21st Century: The Need for a Sensitive and Sustainable Approach’. A report on the responses received was published in April 2006. Since then the Government has considered the responses in more detail, has held a series of workshops and consulted within and outside government. In the light of that work, decisions have been taken on all the issues canvassed. The publication ‘Burial Law and Policy in the 21st Century: the way forward’ sets out the Government’s decisions in the order they were raised in the consultation paper.”
Burial Law and Policy in the 21st Century: the way forward (PDF)
Ministry of Justice, 5th June 2007
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Sharia carrier – The Lawyer
“Islamic finance is no longer a Middle East form of financing. In the last year the UK Government has made a concerted effort to promote sharia-compliant financial instruments, adapting regulations to facilitate their smooth entry into the market.”
The Lawyer, 4th June 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
Shierson and another v. Rastogi – WLR Daily
Shierson and another v. Rastogi [2007] EWHC 1266 (Ch.)
The principle that judicial findings made in a previous case were not admissible in later proceedings as evidence of facts found only applied where a party in the second proceedings had not had opportunity, by himself or his privy, to challenge evidence adduced in the first hearing.
WLR Daily, 25th May 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.
Law Society wins money laundering review – The Lawyer
“The Law Society has won another battle in its war to change the draft money laundering regulations causing headaches among City lawyers.”
The Lawyer, 5th June 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
Court working dress in England and Wales: consultation response
“This report, produced in January 2004 analyses responses to the consultation ‘Court working dress in England and Wales’, which was published in May 2003. It includes a profile of responses to the consultation, preferred working dress options, overall perceptions of courts and a comparison with the public opinion survey.”
Ministry of Justice, 4th June 2007
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Bar Council urges MPs to put consumers first in Legal Services reform – The Bar Council
“Today, as the Legal Services Bill receives its Second Reading in the House of Commons, the Bar Council is keen to emphasise the need to put consumers first in any changes to the current legal framework.”
The Bar Council press release, 4th June 2007
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
High Court thwarts legal aid judicial review call – Legal Week
“The campaign to force the Government to scale back its controversial legal aid reforms has been dealt a blow after the High Court rejected the first call for a judicial review over the planned changes.”
Legal Week, 4th June 2007
Source: www.legalweek.com
The next big thing in litigation: hedge fund disputes – The Times
“Corporate Britain may have shied away from fighting its battles in court, but the City’s leading litigation law firms are hoping their salvation may lie in disputes involving hedge funds.”
The Times, 5th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Barclays Bank plc – Times Law Reports
Employees’ free advice compensation is chargeable to income tax
Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Barclays Bank plc
Court of Appeal
“Payments to former employees of a bank to compensate them for the termination of an arrangement to provide them with a free tax advice service were made in connection with past service and were chargeable to income tax as relevant benefits requiring the bank to account to the Revenue for the tax under the pay-as-you-earn provisions. ”
The Times, 5th June 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.
R v Brown; R v Carty – Times Law Reports
Removing disparity in life tariffs reflecting age disparity of murderers
Court of Appeal
“Where two codefendants committed a murder jointly and one was aged just over 18 and the other just under, the sentencing judge, in fixing the minimum terms to be served, should adopt the starting point appropriate to each age and then move to a position where any sentence disparity was no more than a fair reflection of the age difference between the offenders.”
The Times, 5th June 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.
Alcohol strategy to tackle binge-drinkers – Reuters
“The government will unveil a new alcohol strategy on Tuesday expected to focus on how to counter binge-drinking by changing young people’s attitudes and behaviour.”
Reuters, 5th June 2007
Source: www.reuters.co.uk
Body exhumed in care home enquiry – BBC news
“The body of an elderly woman is to be the first of three exhumed by police probing seven deaths at a care home.”
BBC News, 5th June 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Britain ‘to drop EU veto over law and order’ – Daily Telegraph
“Tony Blair may be preparing to abandon Britain’s veto over law and order policy in Europe on the eve of his departure from Downing Street this month, MPs fear.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th June 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Treasury backs down on money laundering rules – The Times
“The Treasury has agreed to reconsider its draft anti money laundering regulations after the European Commission backed a Law Society campaign calling for rules to be relaxed.”
The Times, 4th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
CPS to reopen cash for honours investigation – Daily Telegraph
“Detectives have been instructed to reopen their inquiries in the cash for honours investigation which has engulfed Downing Street”
Daily Telegraph, 5th June 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
This would be internment – The Guardian
“We have the longest pre-charge detention period in the free world. Extending it would boost extremism.”
The Guardian, 5th June 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
