Sacked IVF woman ‘not pregnant’ until eggs implanted – The Times
“Waitress may still be entitled to protection under European anti-discrimination and equal treatment laws, judge said.”
The Times, 26th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Month: February 2008
Preacher guilty of organising terror training camps – The Guardian
“A terrorist instructor who called himself ‘Osama bin London’ has been convicted, along with three of his followers, of organising al-Qaida style training camps across Britain.”
The Guardian, 26th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Britain’s life prisoners – The Guardian
“With his sentencing today, Levi Bellfield joins a small group of prisoners whose crimes were so heinous that they must spend the rest of their lives in jail.”
The Guardian, 26th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Whole life’ term for bus stop stalker – The Independent
“Bus stop stalker Levi Bellfield will spend the rest of his life in jail, a judge said today.”
The Independent, 26th February 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
UK media companies sign up to online content guidelines – OUT-LAW.com
“Some of the UK’s biggest media and internet companies have agreed to warn users when they publish material that some might find offensive. A series of guidelines has been brokered which will see online material tagged for suitability.”
OUT-LAW.com, 26th February 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
Woman cautioned after sailing under Facebook-acquired certificate – OUT-LAW.com
“A woman who hired a yacht using a certificate she downloaded from Facebook has been questioned by police and cautioned under the Fraud Act.”
OUT-LAW.com, 26th February 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
Review of MPs’ expenses to be sped up – The Guardian
“The House of Commons committee reviewing MPs’ pay and allowances will complete its report before the summer parliamentary recess, it announced today.”
The Guardian, 26th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
National Grid handed record £41.6m fine for ‘restrictive’ contracts – The Times
“National Grid, the gas and power infrastructure company, has been fined a record £41.6 million by Ofgem, the energy market watchdog, for restricting competition in the market for domestic gas meters.”
The Times, 26th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Amendment Regulations 2008
The Healthy Start Scheme and Welfare Food (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 (Amendment of Schedule 1) Order 2008
The Environmental Noise (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Companies (Summary Financial Statement) Regulations 2008
The Companies (Revision of Defective Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008
The Borough of Barrow-in-Furness (Electoral Changes) Order 2008
The Borough of Basingstoke and Deane (Electoral Changes) Order 2008
The Borough of Welwyn Hatfield (Electoral Changes) Order 2008
The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 (Commencement No.1) Order 2008
The Department for Transport (Driver Licensing and Vehicle Registration Fees) (Amendment) Order 2008
The Companies Act 2006 (Amendment) (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008
The Small Companies and Groups (Accounts and Directors’ Report) Regulations 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Regina (Buglife – The Invertebrate Conservation Trust) v Thurrock Thames Gateway Development Corpn – WLR Daily
“In considering the tension between the purposes of s136 of the Local Government Planning and Land Act 1980 (bringing land into effective use) and s40 of the Natural Environment Act 2000 (conserving biodiversity) a benevolent construction should be given to planning decisions and, where a claimant contended that a decision was procedurally flawed, it was right to look behind the words used and see what had in substance been decided.”
WLR Daily, 25th February 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Socimer International Bank Ltd (in liquidation) v Standard Bank London Ltd – WLR Daily
“Where a commercial agreement obliged a creditor bank to determine the value of the assets of the defaulting debtor bank at the date of termination, the creditor bank’s obligation was to carry out an honest, but otherwise subjective valuation.”
WLR Daily, 25th February 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Foreigners face fines over ID cards – The Guardian
“Foreign nationals living in Britain who boycott the introduction of the biometric identity card later this year could face losing their right to stay, under proposals published yesterday.”
The Guardian, 26th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Former SAS man condemns British role in torture tactics – The Guardian
“Hundreds of Iraqis and Afghans captured by British and American special forces were rendered to prisons where they faced torture, a former SAS soldier said yesterday. Ben Griffin said individuals detained by SAS troops in a joint UK-US special forces taskforce had ended up in interrogation centres in Iraq, including the notorious Abu Ghraib prison, and in Afghanistan, as well as Guantánamo Bay.”
The Guardian, 26th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Home secretary makes concession in terror detention row – The Guardian
“Jacqui Smith is to offer a concession to backbench Labour MPs in an attempt to avoid a damaging rebellion against the government’s plans to detain terror suspects without charge for up to 42 days.”
The Guardian, 26th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Airbus UK Ltd v Webb – Times Law Reports
Court of Appeal
“An employment tribunal was entitled to find that an employee’s dismissal for misconduct was fair, even though the employer, in his response to the reason for the dismissal, had taken account of previous similar misconduct which was the subject of an expired final warning.”
The Times, 26th 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 (SK) (Zimbabwe) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – Times Law Reports
Regina (SK) (Zimbabwe) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
Queen’s Bench Division
“A failed asylum-seeker awaiting deportation whose detention had not been properly reviewed had been deprived of safeguards prescribed by law and was entitled to damages for false imprisonment. His detention had been arbitrary and unlawful and contrary to the right to liberty enshrined in article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights.”
The Times, 26th 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.
Children need more space, less ultrasound, says Archbishop – The Guardian
“The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, today weighs into the debate over attitudes to young people in Britain, arguing that many loiter in groups or take refuge in computer games because adults make them feel insecure and unwelcome in public spaces. Far from intending to ‘menace’ others, youngsters congregate and hang around together in order ‘to feel secure’, Williams writes in the Guardian today. They fear not only aggressive gangs but ‘unfriendly adults’, he says, arguing that adult discouragement of games in public places intensifies the problem.”
The Guardian, 26th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Racist force rejected Sikh officer 12 times – The Times
“A Sikh policeman is set to receive a five-figure damages award for racial discrimination after a police force rejected a dozen applications from him to join.”
The Times, 26th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
