“An end to hefty bank charges for unauthorised overdrafts moved closer yesterday with a Court of Appeal ruling that the Office of Fair Trading can decide if such charges are fair. But the decision that fees levied on personal current account customers can be regulated could also herald the end of free banking.”
The Times, 27th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Three of London’s law schools have considerably increased their Legal Practice Course (LPC), despite the widespread cost-cutting measures currently being implemented across the profession.”
Legal Week, 26th February 2009
Source: www.legalweek.com
“Defence secretary John Hutton has admitted that two terror suspects were handed to the US then flown to Afghanistan for interrogation.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th February 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Banks and building societies could be forced to return billions of pounds to consumers after a court threw out their appeal over unauthorised overdraft charges.”
The Guardian, 26th February 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Retired businessman Ian Norris began a new High Court battle today to avoid extradition to the US where he faces trial on charges of obstructing justice.”
The Times, 26th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Computer hacker Gary McKinnon lost the latest round of his fight against extradition to the US today when British prosecutors refused to bring charges against him.”
The Independent, 26th February 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Government today pressed ahead with its controversial plans to part-privatise the Royal Mail but tried to head off growing criticism by pledging to enshrine in law that the organisation would remain publicly owned.”
The Independent, 26th February 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A woman has been found guilty of manslaughter after a shopper was killed following a row over queue jumping.”
BBC News, 26th February 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Generics (UK) Ltd and others v H Lundbeck A/S [2009] WLR (D) 68
“A claim for revocation on the ground of insufficiency of a patent in which claims 1 and 3 were to a product consisting of a single chemical compound and claim 6 was to a process for preparing it failed.”
WLR Daily, 25th February 2009
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.
Mitchell and Another v Glasgow City Council
House of Lords
“Local housing authority landlords were under no duty to warn a neighbour who had received death threats from an abusive tenant that a meeting had been arranged at which he was warned that he would be evicted unless his behaviour improved, after which the abusive tenant inflicted fatal injuries on his neighbour.”
The Times, 26th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 from the date of publication.
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Khanani, R. v [2009] EWCA Crim 276 (28 January 2009)
Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office v M [2009] EWCA Crim 214 (21 January 2009)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Slattery v Cabinet Office Civil Service Pensions & Anor [2009] EWHC 226 (Ch) (16 February 2009)
Clearview International Ltd & Ors v PWH Com Ltd & Ors [2009] EWHC 167 (Ch) (06 February 2009)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Thorne v Lass Salt Garvin (A Firm) [2009] EWHC 100 (QB) (28 January 2009)
Roach & Ors v Home Office [2009] EWHC 312 (QB) (25 February 2009)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Linnett v Halliwells Llp [2009] EWHC 319 (TCC) (24 February 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
“I have spent most of the past ten years representing parents, mostly women, trying to recover ever-increasing arrears of maintenance from the Child Support Agency.”
The Times, 26th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The foreign secretary, David Miliband, has acted ‘in flagrant and continuing breach of international law’ in failing to suspend arms exports to Israel, the high court will be told.”
The Guardian, 25th February 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Divorced bankers who have had their bonuses cut are trying to wriggle out of millions of pounds worth of maintenance payments they promised to pay their children and former wives. Dozens of ex-husbands in the City are going back to court to ask judges to reduce divorce settlements that were agreed in much rosier economic times.”
The Independent, 26th February 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Plans to give young, vulnerable witnesses better support and encourage more witnesses to come forward with evidence of crimes have today been published by Justice Minister Maria Eagle.”
Ministry of Justice, 25th February 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Public confidence in the criminal justice system is being eroded by the early release scheme, the former Lord Chief Justice has told the BBC.”
BBC News, 25th February 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The prominent Labour peer Lord Ahmed of Rotherham was jailed for 12 weeks today after admitting sending texts while driving shortly before his Jaguar ploughed into a stationary car on the M1, killing its driver.”
The Guardian, 25th February 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Do the big corporate law firms want to be policed alongside their high street counterparts? And is such dual regulation even possible? As two ends of the profession become increasingly differentiated, so the task of regulating both becomes harder. Now, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is facing a rebellion in the City, where leading global practices say that the two-year-old body cannot regulate the profession’s top end.”
The Times, 26th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“An Iraqi who claims his brother was arrested by British forces and tortured and killed during the Iraq war has failed in a High Court bid to win an inquiry into the death under human rights laws.”
The Independent, 25th February 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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