“A 17-year-old girl and her boyfriend were jailed yesterday for torturing a friend with severe learning difficulties before forcing him to fall to his death from a 100ft railway viaduct.”
The Guardian, 31st July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Network Rail is to be fined £2.4 million for failing to complete a massive resignalling scheme on time, which resulted in long delays and severe overcrowding for thousands of passengers over several months.”
The Times, 31st July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Barrister Tom Brennan on Monday lost his legal battle in what he hoped would be a test case for the fairness of bank overdraft charges.”
Financial Times, 31st July 2007
Source: www.ft.com
“Millions of homeowners are in line for refunds totalling £2 billion on ‘unfair’ mortgage exit fees.”
Daily Telegraph, 31st July 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“One of Britain’s biggest banks divulged the multi-million pound cost of the customer revolt against bank charges for the first time yesterday.”
The Independent, 31st July 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Ministers faced renewed criticism over the flooding after it emerged that controversial new home information packs will not include details about flood risk to properties.”
The Independent, 31st July 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“There is not enough evidence to support extending the 28-day limit on holding terrorism suspects before charge, a committee of MPs and peers has said.”
BBC News, 30th July 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The government’s handling of the introduction of indeterminate jail sentences is to be challenged in court.”
BBC News, 31st July 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Anyone who drives after taking illegal drugs should be prosecuted, senior police officers said today.”
The Guardian, 30th July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An NHS hospital trust has agreed to pay £27,500 compensation in an out-of-court settlement with a mother of three for aborting her unborn baby against her will and ignoring her attempts to withdraw her consent.”
The Guardian, 30th July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
The Mental Health Act 2007 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2007
The Misuse of Drugs and Misuse of Drugs (Safe Custody) (Amendment) Regulations 2007
The Official Secrets Act 1989 (Prescription) (Amendment) Order 2007
The Overseas Life Insurance Companies (Amendment) Regulations 2007
The Insurance Companies (Tax Exempt Business) Regulations 2007
The Friendly Societies (Modification of the Corporation Tax Acts) (Amendment) Regulations 2007
The Employment Income (Meaning of Securities) Order 2007
The National Police Records (Recordable Offences) (Amendment) Regulations 2007
The Gambling Act 2005 (Horserace Totalisator Board) Order 2007
The Electricity (Standards of Performance) (Amendment) Regulations 2007
The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment No 6) Regulations 2007
The Income Tax (Exemption of Minor Benefits) (Amendment) Regulations 2007
The Gambling Act 2005 (Gaming Machines) (Definitions) Regulations 2007
The Trade Marks (Fees) (Amendment) Rules 2007
The Trade Marks (Amendment) Rules 2007
The Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (Modification of Section 4A) Order 2007
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Livelihood condition for succeeding tenant
Queen’s Bench Division
“On an application by a nominated successor for a direction that she became the tenant of an agricultural holding, she did not have to satisfy the livelihood condition by reference to five of the seven years ending with the date of the tribunal hearing as well as by reference to the date of the retirement notice.”
The Times, 30th July 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.
Challenge to bias must be made immediately
Steadman-Byrne v Amjad and Others
Court of Appeal
“A clear manifestation of bias on the part of a tribunal should ordinarily be drawn to its attention immediately. Appellate courts tended not to look favourably on complaints of vitiating bias made only after the complainant had taken his chance on the outcome and found it unwelcome.”
The Times, 30th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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Disparity reference to ECJ
Regina (Horvath) v Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Court of Appeal
“The Court of Appeal had jurisdiction to review a reference by the High Court to the Court of Justice of the European Communities but if unable with complete confidence to resolve the issue, should uphold the reference.”
The Times, 30th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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Trustee Solutions Ltd. and others v. Dubery and another [2007] EWCA 771
“On a true construction of s73(3)(b) of the 1995 Act the members of a pension scheme who had the right to retire at 60 in respect of any part of their service, and who were aged between 60 and 64 on the date that the scheme commenced winding up, fell within the provision; but not in respect of pension or other benefits accrued by service to which a normal retirement date at the age of 65 applied.”
WLR Daily, 26th July 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.
“A notice that was purportedly given under s 13 of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993, but was subsequently accepted by the qualifying tenants to have failed to comply with the requirements of s 13(3), was an invalid notice that did not have statutory consequences and there was nothing in Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Act to bar the tenants from serving without delay a valid s 13 notice.”
WLR Daily, 26th July 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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R (El-Kurd) v. Sakavickas and another; R v. Rana Singh [2007] EWCA Crim 1888
“Where a judge had misdirected a jury owing to a defect in the indictment and the misdirection went to the heart of the issue between the defendant and the Crown, the conviction would be unsafe even if the indictment could have been amended so that the facts relied on would amount to the offence charged, and even where the case against the defendant was very strong.”
WLR Daily, 26th July 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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In re W (Children) (Permission to appeal)
“The function of the Court of Appeal on a permission application for residence and contact was limited to a review of the decision of the judge to see whether a prospective appellant had an arguable case, fit to present to the full court on appeal, that the order was ‘plainly wrong’.”
WLR Daily, 26th July 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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“Millions of pounds are set to be paid out by the Government to prisoners kept in jail beyond their release dates.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th July 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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