“An increasing number of City law firms are breaking one of the profession’s greatest unwritten rules by positioning themselves to sue investment banks, confident that the first of an expected wave of lawsuits arising from the credit crunch will emerge in Britain within weeks.”
The Times, 18th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The home secretary, Jacqui Smith, yesterday insisted that new powers for parents to check for criminal backgrounds of those who care for their children will not drive convicted sex offenders underground.”
The Guardian, 18th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Injured servicemen and military widows will lose out under Government plans to sweep away a tribunal that guarantees their pension rights, ministers have been told.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th February 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A ‘bent solicitor’ enjoyed a life of ‘obscene extravagance’ after stealing more than a million pounds from a disabled client, a court heard today.”
The Times, 14th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The divorce case between Sir Paul McCartney and Heather Mills may have garnered all the headlines last week, but lawyers said the less high-profile Crossley case could have more far-reaching consequences for wealthy couples.”
The Times, 17th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“It looks bad, and it probably won’t save money. A District Judge on the disadvantages of representing yourself in court.”
The Times, 14th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A 10 year-year-old girl suffered serious facial injuries when she was badly mauled by a Staffordshire bull terrier in North Yorkshire.”
BBC News, 15th February 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Ministry of Defence has come under withering fire from a coroner after an inquest into the death of a young officer in Afghanistan was told troops were having to fight the Taleban without enough machineguns and night-vision goggles.”
The Times, 15th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“British Airways and Virgin Atlantic have agreed to pay up to £100 million in compensation to passengers affected by price-fixing on fuel surcharges for transatlantic flights.”
The Times, 15th February 2008
SOurce: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A jury convicted a man today in the case of a plot to kidnap and kill a British Muslim soldier and supply terrorists in Pakistan with equipment.”
The Times, 15th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Ken Livingstone has suspended one of his most senior advisers and referred allegations against him to the police.”
The Times, 15th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Piggott v Director of Public Prosecutions
“There was no obligation on an individual, required under s 7(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 to provide a specimen of breath for analysis, to declare a medical condition which might make it difficult or impossible for the individual to meet the requirement.”
WLR Daily, 14th February 2008
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.
S v Director of Public Prosecutions
“The offence under section 4A(1)(b) of the Public Order Act 1986 of displaying, with intent to cause a person harassment, alarm or distress, a visible representation which is threatening, abusive or insulting, thereby causing that or another person harassment, alarm or distress, may be established even where the harassment, alarm or distress crystallises only at the date several months after the act of displaying and at the instance of action by a police officer.”
WLR Daily, 14th February 2008
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.
Privy Council
“The defence of qualified privilege established in Reynolds v Times Newspapers Ltd ([2001] 2 AC 127) was available not only to the press and broadcasting media but could also extend to the publication by any person of material of public interest.”
The Times, 15th February 2008
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.
Regina v Zafar; Regina v Malik; Regina v Raja; Regina v Iqbal; Regina v Butt
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“A person possessed an article for terrorist purposes only if he possessed it in circumstances which gave rise to a reasonable suspicion that he intended it to be used for the purpose of the commission, preparation or instigation of an act of terrorism.”
The Times, 15th February 2008
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.
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“Justice Minister Michael Wills gave a speech on the constitutional renewal programme at the Leslie Scarman Lecture on 13 February 2008.”
Ministry of Justice, 14th February 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Jack Straw has given a speech at the George Washington University about the UK’s and USA’s constitutional heritage and what a British Bill of Rights and Responsibilities might look like.”
Ministry of Justice, 13th February 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“The UK’s extradition laws have been attakced as ‘unfair’ in the wake of the Appeal Court ruling that a wrongly accused pilot can claim compensation.”
BBC News, 14th February 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“People who flew with British Airways or Virgin Atlantic between 11 August 2004 and 23 March 2006 may be entitled to a refund of £10 per flight.”
BBC News, 15th February 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Saudi Arabia’s rulers threatened to make it easier for terrorists to attack London unless corruption investigations into their arms deals were halted, according to court documents revealed yesterday.”
The Guardian, 15th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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