December 2007 – Page 13 – Current Awareness

In re C (A child)(Adoption: Local authority duty) – Times Law Reports

Posted December 5th, 2007 in adoption, law reports by sally

In re C (A child)(Adoption: Local authority duty)

Court of Appeal

“There was no duty on a local authority to make inquiries of a child’s extended family or father about the possibility of their providing long-term care where mother wished to place the child for adoption.”

The Times, 5th December 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Please note the Times Law Reports are only available on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.

McClintock v Department of Constitutional Affairs – Times Law Reports

Posted December 5th, 2007 in harassment, law reports, magistrates, religious discrimination by sally

McClintock v Department of Constitutional Affairs

Employment Appeal Tribunal

“To allow judges to opt out of hearing cases where they disapproved of the law would be an abdication of their responsibilities.”

The Times, 5th December 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.

Sundelind Lopez v Lopez Lizazo – WLR Daily

Posted December 5th, 2007 in divorce, EC law, jurisdiction, law reports by sally

Sundelind Lopez v Lopez Lizazo (Case C-68/07)

“Arts 6 and 7 of Regulation No 2201/2003 meant that where, in divorce proceedings, a respondent was not habitually resident in and not a national of a member state, the courts of a member state could not base their jurisdiction to hear the petition on their national law, if the courts of another member state had jurisdiction under art 3 of the Regulation.
The Third Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Communities so ruled on a reference for a preliminary ruling by the Högsta domstolen, Sweden.”

WLR Daily, 4th December 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.

Consultation sentencing guidelines and Advice: Revised Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Guidelines – Sentencing Guidelines Council

Posted December 5th, 2007 in consultations, sentencing by sally

“The Sentencing Guidelines Council has published for consultation revised Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Guidelines adopting the advice and draft guidelines developed by the Sentencing Advisory Panel. The Panel has also published on the website the report of research conducted into the approach to the assessment of fines.”

Consultation guidelines and Advice: Revised Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Guidelines (PDF)

Sentencing Guidelines Council, 5th December 2007

Source: www.sentencing-guidelines.gov.uk

Information chief calls for review of ID card plans – The Guardian

Posted December 5th, 2007 in data protection, identity cards, news by sally

“The government needs to review the scale of its plans for identity cards in the wake of the release of 25 million names and addresses on government child benefit records, the information commissioner, Richard Thomas, told the justice select committee yesterday.”