Caretaker wins ladder fall case – BBC News

Posted June 27th, 2008 in damages, health & safety, news, personal injuries by sally

“A school caretaker has successfully sued Hampshire County Council after he was injured falling off a stepladder.”

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BBC News, 27th June 2008

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Shiv Malik ordered to hand police source material for terrorism book – The Guardian

Posted June 27th, 2008 in confidentiality, judicial review, news, police, terrorism by sally

“Freelance journalist Shiv Malik must hand over his source material for a book on terrorism to Greater Manchester Police within seven days and pay legal costs, a judicial review of the case ruled yesterday.”

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The Guardian, 27th June 2008

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Coroner reform: stronger powers give families more involvement – Ministry of Justice

Posted June 27th, 2008 in coroners, press releases by sally

“New coroners’ powers to help prevent avoidable deaths were announced today (26 June) by Justice Minister Bridget Prentice in response to views expressed by bereaved families.”

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Ministry of Justice, 26th June 2008

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Responses to the Sentencing Commission Working Group consultation paper: A Structured Sentencing Framework and Sentencing Commission – Judiciary of England and Wales

Posted June 27th, 2008 in consultations, news, sentencing by sally

Response on behalf of the Council of Her Majesty’s Circuit Judges (PDF) and Postscript (PDF)

Response on behalf of the Magistrates Association (Word)

Judiciary of England and Wales, 26th June 2008

Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk

R v Kenning; R v Blackshaw; R v Fenwick – WLR Daily

Posted June 27th, 2008 in aiding and abetting, conspiracy, law reports by sally

R v Kenning; R v Blackshaw; R v Fenwick; [2008] WLR (D) 212

“An agreement to aid and abet an offence was not capable of constituting a criminal conspiracy.”

WLR Daily, 26th June 2008

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R v Higgs – WLR Daily

Posted June 27th, 2008 in copyright, law reports, video games by sally

R v Higgs [2008] EWCA Crim 1324; [2008] WLR (D) 211

“To establish the offence of selling a device which is primarily designed, produced, or adapted for the purpose of enabling or facilitating the circumvention of effective technological measures, it must be shown that the technological measure concerned physically prevents infringement of copyright, and is not merely a discouragement or commercial hindrance to copyright infringement.The Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) so held in allowing an appeal by the defendant, Neil Stanley Higgs, against his conviction on 19 October 2007 in the Crown Court at Bristol before Her Honour Judge Hagen of 26 offences contrary to s 296ZB of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.”

WLR Daily, 26th June 2008

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Gray v Thames Trains Ltd and another – WLR Daily

Gray v Thames Trains Ltd and another [2008] EWCA Civ 713; [2008] WLR (D) 210

“A claim in negligence was not defeated by public policy unless the claim or a head of claim was inextricably bound up with or linked to the claimant’s criminal conduct. Where the depression the claimant suffered as a result of the defendant’s negligence led him to kill, he could recover damages for loss of earnings after he committed manslaughter if his claim was not inextricably connected with his criminal activity.”

WLR Daily, 26th June 2008

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Beoku-Betts v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily

Posted June 27th, 2008 in human rights, immigration, law reports by sally

Beoku-Betts v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] UKHL 39; [2008] WLR (D) 209

“S 65 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 required an adjudicator, in determining an alleged breach of a claimant’s right to respect for his family life under art 8 of the European Convention, as scheduled to the Human Rights Act 1998, to take account of the family unit as a whole, and if, overall, removal would be a disproportionate interference, all affected family members were to be included as victims.”

WLR Daily, 26th June 2008

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Howard de Walden Estates Ltd v Aggio and others; Earl Cadogan and another v 26 Cadogan Square Ltd – WLR Daily

Posted June 27th, 2008 in enfranchisement, landlord & tenant, law reports, leases by sally

Howard de Walden Estates Ltd v Aggio and others; Earl Cadogan and another v 26 Cadogan Square Ltd [2008] UKHL 44; [2008] WLR (D); [2008] WLR (D) 208

“A head lessee of a block of flats could be a qualifying tenant of an individual flat in the block so as to be entitled to claim a lease extension for it under s 39 of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993.”

WLR Daily, 26th June 2008

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Howard de Walden Estates Ltd v Aggio and Others; Earl Cadogan and Another v 26 Cadogan Square Ltd Before Lord – Times Law Reports

Posted June 27th, 2008 in enfranchisement, landlord & tenant, law reports, leases by sally

Howard de Walden Estates Ltd v Aggio and Others; Earl Cadogan and Another v 26 Cadogan Square Ltd

House of Lords

“A head lessee of a block of flats could be a qualifying tenant of an individual flat in the block so as to be entitled to claim a lease extension for it under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993.”

The Times, 27th June 2008

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Johns v Solent SD Ltd – Times Law Reports

Posted June 27th, 2008 in age discrimination, EC law, law reports, stay of proceedings by sally

Johns v Solent SD Ltd

Court of Appeal

“Where there was a reasonable chance that the Court of Justice of the European Communities might decide a case pending before it so as to give a plaintiff a good claim in the English courts, the sensible answer was to stay the hearing of the claimant’s case so that it would not be snuffed out before the European Court decision became known.”

The Times, 27th June 2008

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Childless couples denied as anonymity loss scares egg and sperm donors – The Times

Posted June 27th, 2008 in anonymity, assisted reproduction, news by sally

“The removal of anonymity from sperm and egg donors has provoked a crisis in fertility treatment that is denying couples the chance to try for a baby.”

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The Times, 26th June 2008

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Government will crack down on unnecessary CRB checks, Phil Hope says – Daily Telegraph

Posted June 27th, 2008 in child abuse, criminal records, news by sally

“Voluntary groups who force adults to have unnecessary criminal records checks will be given special training by the Government, ministers said.”

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Daily Telegraph, 26th June 2008

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State to take action against parents who can’t control their children – The Times

Posted June 27th, 2008 in ASBOs, children, news, parental responsibility by sally

” Children as young as 5 will be identified as being at risk of becoming criminals or troublemakers under government plans to tackle offending and disorder on the streets.”

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The Times, 27th June 2008

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Straw’s emergency bill to shield witnesses – The Guardian

Posted June 27th, 2008 in anonymity, news, witnesses by sally

“Jack Straw, the justice secretary, will introduce an emergency bill in the Commons next week to try to stop hundreds of serious criminal cases collapsing because of concerns about anonymous witnesses. Announcing the move yesterday, he said the bill was expected to go through all its Commons stages the week beginning July 7.”

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The Guardian, 27th June 2008

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Expro takeover given High Court approval – The Times

Posted June 27th, 2008 in news, takeovers by sally

“The Takeover Panel received a significant boost to its authority to police takeovers today after the High Court approved a £1.8 billion acquisition of Expro, the oil services provider, by a private equity consortium.”

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The Times, 26th June 2008

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Haulier hit car while on phone – The Guardian

Posted June 27th, 2008 in dangerous driving, news, sentencing by sally

“A lorry driver who caused a fatal accident while talking on his Bluetooth headset was jailed yesterday for four-and-a-half years. Haulier Mervyn Richmond, 49, was so distracted during a conversation with his mother that he ploughed into a line of stationary traffic, killing father-of-two Michael Buston.”

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The Guardian, 27th June 2008

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Man freed early ‘committed rape’ – BBC News

Posted June 27th, 2008 in news, parole, prisons, rape by sally

“A prisoner allegedly raped someone after being released early under a government scheme aimed at easing jail overcrowding, it has emerged.”

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BBC News, 27th June 2008

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Website domain names: any suffixes could be possible after landmark vote – The Guardian

Posted June 27th, 2008 in domain names, news by sally

“Icann, the organisation that regulates the internet domain name system, has passed a landmark vote to relax rules limiting web addresses to ‘top-level’ suffixes, such as .com and .uk, a move that could see people and companies register almost anything they want.”

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The Guardian, 26th June 2008

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