“Landmark Chambers found itself on both the winning and losing sides of a Court of Appeal legal tussle that resulted in a ruling that the Child Support Agency (CSA) does not owe a duty of care in how maintenance payments are assessed.”
The Lawyer, 2nd July 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“The new Solicitors’ Code of Conduct was unleashed on the legal profession yesterday (1 July) after five years in the making.”
The Lawyer, 2nd July 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“A response to Sir Hugh Laddie’s recently published article, ‘Why does it cost so much to go to court?’ ”
The Times, 3rd July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Related: A legal system we can’t afford
“The appointments of Jack Straw as secretary of state for justice and Baroness Scotland QC as attorney general by Prime Minister Gordon Brown has been broadly welcomed by the legal profession.”
The Lawyer, 2nd July 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“A catastrophic failure by prosecutors prevented a jury in the Kiyan Prince murder trial hearing key evidence that the young footballer’s killer had allegedly threatened to stab a girl, according to a judge.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd July 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A former Libyan intelligence officer found guilty of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing was given permission today to launch a second appeal against his conviction.”
The Times, 3rd July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Two men have admitted inciting terrorist attacks against non-Muslims on websites and in e-mails.”
BBC News, 2nd July 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A 17-year-old boy was today convicted at the Old Bailey of murdering talented young footballer Kiyan Prince last May.”
Guardian, 2nd July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Two anti-war campaigners who broke into an RAF base in Gloucestershire said they were acting to stop a war crime. ”
BBC News, 2nd July 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Cayzer v Beddow [2007] EWCA Civ 644 (29 June 2007)
Beckett Investment Management Group Ltd & Ors v Hall & Ors [2007] EWCA Civ 613 (28 June 2007)
Hall & Anor v The First Secretary of State [2007] EWCA Civ 612 (28 June 2007)
Secretary of State for Trade and Industry v Mackie [2007] EWCA Civ 642 (28 June 2007)
South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council v Anderson & Ors [2007] EWCA Civ 654 (28 June 2007)
White v Greensand Homes Ltd & Anor [2007] EWCA Civ 643 (28 June 2007)
RAP v Serial No. 52/2006 & Ors [2007] EWCA Civ 616 (27 June 2007)
Murphy v Gooch [2007] EWCA Civ 603 (27 June 2007)
Gilby v City of Westminster [2007] EWCA Civ 604 (27 June 2007)
Steadman-Byrne v Amjad & Ors [2007] EWCA Civ 625 (27 June 2007)
Revenue and Customs v Thorn Baker Ltd & Ors [2007] EWCA Civ 626 (27 June 2007)
Business Environment Bow Lane Ltd v Deanwater Estates Ltd [2007] EWCA Civ 622 (27 June 2007)
Shala & Anor v Birmingham City Council [2007] EWCA Civ 624 (27 June 2007)
Associated Newspapers Ltd. v Keith Burstein [2007] EWCA Civ 600 (22 June 2007)
Pozzoli Spa v BDMO SA & Anor [2007] EWCA Civ 588 (22 June 2007)
Source: www.bailii.org
“The Government has published a new law which will criminalise extreme pornography. The Government first indicated that it would criminalise the possession of violent pornography two years ago.”
OUT-LAW.com, 2nd July 2007
Source: www.out-law.com
“A man has been jailed for life after admitting the rape and murder of his two-year-old niece in Leeds.”
BBC News, 2 July 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Admitting previous misconduct
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“Evidence of misconduct by a defendant was admissible at trial if it had some nexus with the offences charged.”
The Times, 2nd 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.
Obligation on lawyers to help combat money laundering
Court of Justice of the European Communities
“Advice and assistance given by lawyers in financial and real estate transactions that had no link with judicial proceedings were not exempt from the duty to cooperate in combating money laundering.”
The Times, 2nd 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.
R (RJM) v. Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2007] EWCA Civ 614
“Social security regulations, which disentitled a person without accommodation from receiving disability premium, did not discriminate against homeless persons on a ground relating to status for the purpose of art 14 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.”
WLR Daily, 28th June 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 sumamry is removed.
“A lubricating oil which was collected after use and processed into fuel oil for burning, could as a matter of law cease to be waste before it was burnt as fuel for the purposes of Council Directive 2006/12/EC (‘the Waste Framework Directive’).”
WLR Daily, 28th June 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.
White v. Greensand Homes Ltd. and another [2007] EWCA Civ 643
“A defendant, who has made a mistaken admission that he had been the designer of a building in pre action protocol correspondence which he repeated in his defence filed in proceedings, could not withdraw the admission without the court’s permission. In considering whether to grant permission the court had to have regard to the question of any prejudice to either party arising from either the grant or refusal of such an application.”
WLR Daily, 28th June 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.
“Almost a quarter of lawyers want to leave the profession because of stress and long hours, according to a survey published this week.”
The Times, 2nd July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The former oligarch and arch-critic of the Kremlin Boris Berezovsky is to go on trial in Moscow today accused of money laundering and embezzlement, in a case likely to put further strain on UK-Russian relations. Mr Berezovsky will be tried in absentia on charges of embezzling 214m roubles (£4.12m) from the Russian state-owned airline Aeroflot. The tycoon, who has lived in self-imposed exile in London since 2001, has refused to attend.”
The Guardian, 2nd July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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