Cases ‘at risk’ without anonymity – BBC News

Posted July 8th, 2008 in anonymity, news, witnesses by sally

“A ‘large number’ of court cases could be ‘at risk’ if judges do not have the power to grant anonymity to witnesses, MPs and peers have been told.”

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BBC News, 8th July 2008

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Welsh pub banned from selling alcohol – The Guardian

Posted July 8th, 2008 in licensed premises, licensing, news by sally

“A Welsh pub has been banned from selling alcohol for a month as part of a series of tough measures to reduce bad behaviour, the local council said today.”

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The Guardian, 8th July 2008

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

MPs’ bid to change abortion laws – BBC News

Posted July 8th, 2008 in abortion, news by sally

“A cross-party group of MPs will attempt next week to end the requirement for a second doctor to give their approval for an abortion to take place.”

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BBC News, 8th July 2008

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Time for a judicial makeover? – BBC Law in Action

Posted July 8th, 2008 in judiciary, special report by sally

“The judiciary jealously guards its independence and has traditionally preserved it by speaking through its judgments alone.”

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BBC Law in Action, 8th July 2008

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Woman cleared to sue Lotto rapist – BBC News

Posted July 8th, 2008 in damages, news, rape by sally

“A retired teacher has cleared the final legal hurdle standing in the way of her bid to claim compensation from a serial rapist who won £7m on the lottery.”

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BBC News, 8th July 2008

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Witness law to be debated by MPs – BBC News

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

“MPs are to debate emergency legislation to restore trial judges’ powers to grant anonymity to witnesses.”

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BBC News, 8th July 2008

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

42 days: Government plans set for rough ride in Lords – The Guardian

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

“The two most senior legal figures in Tony Blair’s government will today join peers from all parties to attack the government’s plans for 42-day pre-charge detention for terrorist suspects.”

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The Guardian, 8th July 2008

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Dolcis pays woman £7,000 compensation after high heels snap – Daily Telegraph

Posted July 8th, 2008 in compensation, news, personal injuries by sally

“A student has been awarded more than £7,000 compensation after breaking her ankle when a heel on one of her new shoes snapped at the start of a night out.”

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Daily Telegraph, 8th July 2008

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Fraud: Whitehall ‘doomed to lose £1bn of benefit payments every year’ – The Guardian

Posted July 8th, 2008 in benefits, fraud, government departments, news by sally

“The Whitehall department fighting benefit fraud and error will always lose more than £1bn of taxpayers’ cash every year to cheats and through mistakes, the civil servant running the department tells MPs in a letter published today.”

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The Guardian, 8th July 2008

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Jails crackdown on drugs and phones – The Guardian

Posted July 8th, 2008 in drug abuse, news, prisons by sally

“New security devices, including hand-held mobile-phone blockers and metal-detecting chairs are to be introduced in prisons in England and Wales by March to crack down on the supply of illicit drugs into jails, it was announced yesterday.”

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The Guardian, 8th July 2008

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Falconer to join US firm – The Times

Posted July 8th, 2008 in judges, law firms, news by sally

“The former Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer of Thoroton, is to join a top American law firm, The Times has learned.”

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The Times, 8th July 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted July 8th, 2008 in law reports by sally

Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)

Ali, R. v [2008] EWCA Crim 1410 (21 May 2008)

Cundell, R. v [2008] EWCA Crim 1420 (06 June 2008)

Richards, R. v [2008] EWCA Crim 1427 (09 June 2008)

Beeton, R v [2008] EWCA Crim 1421 (6 June 2008)

High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)

Letting International Ltd v London Borough of Newham [2008] EWHC 1583 (QB) (07 July 2008)

British Seafood Ltd. v Kruk & Anor [2008] EWHC 1528 (QB) (25 June 2008)

High Court (Family Division)

F v M & Anor [2008] EWHC 1525 (Fam) (02 July 2008)

High Court (Amiralty Division)

Krysia Maritime Inc v Intership Ltd [2008] EWHC 1523 (Admlty) (1 July 2008)

Source: www.bailii.org

Benefit fraud ‘needs firm action’ – BBC News

Posted July 8th, 2008 in benefits, fraud, news, prosecutions by sally

“The government needs to do more to prosecute suspected benefit fraudsters, MPs have said.”

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BBC News, 8th July 2008

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Parliamentary Briefing on the Criminal Evidence (Witness Anonymity) Bill 2008 – The Bar Council

Posted July 8th, 2008 in anonymity, news, witnesses by sally

“The Bar Council has prepared a Parliamentary Briefing on the Criminal Evidence (Witness Anonymity) Bill 2008 which is being taken through its Commons Second Reading stage tomorrow, Tuesday 8 July 2008.”

Parliamentary Briefing Paper (PDF)

The Bar Council, 7th July 2008

Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk

Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI

Posted July 8th, 2008 in legislation by sally

The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Control of Transfers of Business Done at Lloyd’s) (Amendment) Order 2008

The Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (Northern Ireland Political Parties) Order 2008

The Service Voters’ Registration Period (Northern Ireland) Order 2008

The Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2008

The Goods Vehicles (Authorisation of International Journeys) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2008

The Education (School Inspection etc.) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2008

The Network Access Appeal Rules 2008

The Adjudicator to Her Majesty’s Land Registry (Practice and Procedure) (Amendment) Rules 2008

The Statutory Sick Pay (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2008

The Company Names Adjudicator Rules 2008

The Rice Products from the United States of America (Restriction on First Placing on the Market) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2008

The North Wales National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 2008

Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

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

Source: www.out-law.com

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

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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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

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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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

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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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

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.