UK privacy watchdog says EU laws are not good enough – OUT-LAW.com

Posted July 8th, 2008 in EC law, news, privacy by sally

“The UK’s privacy watchdog has said that EU privacy laws are out of date and in need of reform. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has commissioned a research firm to look into how the law could be changed.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 8th July 2008

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Rockall v Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs – WLR Daily

Posted July 8th, 2008 in law reports, trees by sally

Rockall v Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; [2008] WLR (D) 227

“It was not possible for the court to provide an all-embracing test of what constituted a ‘garden’ in the context of the Forestry Act 1967. To attempt to do so might impede the flexibility inherent in the statute by imposing too rigorous a straitjacket. In determining whether or not land constituted a garden, it was important to have regard to use of the land by the occupier as well as its appearance and condition.”

WLR Daily, 7th July 2008

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Procter & Gamble UK v Revenue and Customs Commissioners – WLR Daily

Posted July 8th, 2008 in food, law reports, VAT by sally

Procter & Gamble UK v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2008] EWHC 1558 (Ch); [2008] WLR (D) 226

“The savoury snack, Regular Pringles, were not products ‘made from the potato, or from potato flour, or from potato starch’ so as to fall within excepted item 5 of Group 1 of Sch 8 to the Value Added Tax Act 1994.”

WLR Daily, 7th July 2008

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GO and others v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily

Posted July 8th, 2008 in education, examinations, immigration, law reports by sally

GO and others v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWCA Civ 747; [2008] WLR (D) 225

“A foreign student who wanted an extension of stay had to be able to produce evidence of satisfactory progress, whether on the course named in his application for entry clearance or on another recognised course which he had undertaken. A failure to sit or to pass relevant examinations would always be material to the evaluation of the student’s progress, but whether it was decisive would depend on the reason for it.”

WLR Daily, 7th July 2008

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R (Gilboy) v Liverpool City Council – WLR Daily

Posted July 8th, 2008 in housing, human rights, law reports by sally

R (Gilboy) v Liverpool City Council [2008] EWCA Civ 751; [2008] WLR (D) 224

“The internal review procedure for reconsideration by a local housing authority of a decision to terminate a demoted tenancy complied with article 6 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.”

WLR Daily, 7th July 2008

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Regina (Weaver) v London and Quadrant Housing Trust – Times Law Reports

Posted July 8th, 2008 in housing, judicial review, law reports by sally

Regina (Weaver) v London and Quadrant Housing Trust

Queen’s Bench Divisional Court

“The management and allocation of housing stock by a registered social landlord was a function of a public nature, so that it was amenable to judicial review and regarded as a public authority for the purposes of the Human Rights Act 1998.”

The Times, 8th July 2008

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Beoku-Betts v Secretary of State for the Home Department – Times Law Reports

Posted July 8th, 2008 in human rights, immigration, law reports by sally

Beoku-Betts v Secretary of State for the Home Department

House of Lords

“An adjudicator determining an alleged breach of an immigrant’s right to respect for his family life under article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights was required to take account of the whole family and if removal would be disproportionate, all affected family members were victims.”

The Times, 8th July 2008

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Knife crime: Jack Straw orders review of sentences for offenders – Daily Telegraph

Posted July 8th, 2008 in news, offensive weapons, sentencing by sally

“Jack Straw, the Justice Secretary, has been forced to order a review of the penalties for carrying a knife, just weeks before rules which mean offenders could escape with just a fine come into force.”

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Daily Telegraph, 7th July 2008

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Senior peers to mount attack on 42-days plan – The Independent

Posted July 8th, 2008 in detention, news, terrorism by sally

“The two most senior legal figures in Tony Blair’s cabinet will today lead a devastating assault against plans to hold terror suspects without charge for up to 42 days.”

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The Independent, 8th July 2008

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Privacy group protests about Street View, but Google says blurring protects privacy – OUT-LAW.com

Posted July 8th, 2008 in internet, news, privacy by sally

“A privacy pressure group has told Google that its Street View photography service might break the law. But the company says that its technical measures will safeguard people’s privacy.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 7th July 2008

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