“Anyone who loses out financially as a result of mistakes at HM Revenue and Customs is likely to be compensated by their bank – but if they have the appetite they could also sue the Revenue.”
The Times, 21st November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), which polices the security of the nation’s data, is to be given the power to raid Government departments suspected of breaching protection laws.”
The Times, 21st November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The director of public prosecutions has blown a hole in the government’s plans to extend pre-charge detention for terror suspects, by questioning whether courts would allow the police to use the extra time. Sir Ken Macdonald told MPs that he was satisfied with the current 28-day limit, which ‘has suited us nicely’, and argued that the response to terrorism should be ‘proportionate and grounded’.”
The Guardian, 22nd November 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Gordon Brown’s controversial proposals to extend the time a terror suspect can be held before charge were condemned today by the former Attorney General.”
The Times, 21st November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Two 16-year-old schoolgirls from north London are waiting to hear how long they must spend behind bars after being convicted in Ghana yesterday of attempting to smuggle cocaine worth £300,000 to Britain.”
The Guardian, 22nd November 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A dementia sufferer has won a landmark High Court battle to force the NHS to pay her nursing home fees.”
The Times, 22nd November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Hunte v E. Bottomley and Sons Ltd
Court of Appeal
“Appellants should remember that if plans, maps or photos were to be relied upon they should be clearly marked and intelligible to the judges pre-reading the case.”
The Times, 21st November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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Regina (Davey) v Aylesbury Vale District Council
Court of Appeal
“An order that a defendant was to recover its costs in judicial review proceedings which had proceeded to a full hearing, usually embraced all costs reasonably incurred by it before the grant of permission.”
The Times, 21st November 2007
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