Solicitor jailed for raping child – BBC News

Posted November 17th, 2009 in news by sally

“A solicitor who a judge said had a ‘sparkling educational career’  has been jailed for sex attacks against a girl.”

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BBC News, 17th November 2009

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Straw had ‘no rational reason not to free Biggs’ – The Independent

Posted November 17th, 2009 in news by sally

“Justice Secretary Jack Straw was accused today of allowing politics to cloud his judgment over the release of Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs.”

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The Independent, 17th November 2009

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Ban for ‘wrong way’ motorist, 84 – BBC News

Posted November 17th, 2009 in news by sally

“An 84-year-old woman who drove the wrong way down a dual-carriageway has been banned from driving for 12 months.”

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BBC News, 16th November 2009

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Court to rule on DIY sea defence – BBC News

Posted November 17th, 2009 in news by sally

“A Suffolk man has lodged an appeal against a court ruling that he needs planning permission for sea defences to protect his home.”

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BBC News, 17th November 2009

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Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI

Posted November 17th, 2009 in legislation by sally

The Limited Liability Partnerships (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2009

The Assembly Learning Grants and Loans (Higher Education) (Wales) Regulations 2009

The Offshore Funds (Tax) Regulations 2009

The Finance Act 2008, Section 128 and Part 2 of Schedule 43 (Appointed Day, Transitional Provision and Savings) Order 2009

Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

Plan to charge £350 for Supreme Court documents met with criticism – Legal Week

Posted November 17th, 2009 in news by sally

“Litigators have reacted with disappointment to news that the new Supreme Court will charge a minimum fee of £350 to access court documents.”

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Legal Week, 10th November 2009

Source: www.legalweek.com

Mod chip seller infringed copyright in game elements, even if not in whole game – OUT-LAW.com

Posted November 17th, 2009 in news by sally

“A man who sold computer chips that enabled pirated video games to be played on consoles was rightly convicted of copyright offences, the Court of Appeal has ruled.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 17th November 2009

Source: www.out-law.com

Police in copyright case can retain evidence and pass to trade body, says Court of Appeal – OUT-LAW.com

Posted November 17th, 2009 in news by sally

“A company whose computers and disks were kept by police even after the force had dropped its case will appeal the case to the Supreme Court. A lawyer for Scopelight told OUT-LAW.COM that it will seek leave to appeal by 4th December.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 17th November 2009

Source: www.out-law.com

Southern Pacific Personal Loans Ltd v Walker and another – WLR Daily

Posted November 17th, 2009 in law reports by sally

Southern Pacific Personal Loans Ltd v Walker and another [2009] EWCA Civ 1176 ; [2009] WLR (D) 333

“A credit broker’s administration fee entered into the ‘charge for credit’ and did not form part of the total ‘amount of credit’ for the purposes of the Consumer Credit Act 1974, even though payment of the fee was deferred and interest was charged on the amount of the fee remaining unpaid . Nothing in the 1974 Act or in the relevant Regulations prohibited the inclusion of the charge for credit in the consumer credit agreement as part of the ‘total amount financed’ or rendered a consumer credit agreement so drafted totally unenforceable.”

WLR Daily, 16th November 2009

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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Independent News and Media Ltd and Others v A – WLR Daily

Posted November 17th, 2009 in law reports by sally

Independent News and Media Ltd and Others v A [2009] EWHC 2858 (Fam); [2009] WLR (D) 332

“Since Court of Protection proceedings were within the recognised exceptions to the open justice principle article 10 rights were not immediately engaged and it was for an applicant to demonstrate ‘good reason’ before the court was obligated to conduct the conventional balancing exercise between article 10 and article 8 rights.”

WLR Daily, 16th November 2009

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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Regina (Ethos Recycling Ltd) v Barking and Dagenham Magistrates’ Court – WLR Daily

Posted November 17th, 2009 in law reports by sally

Regina (Ethos Recycling Ltd) v Barking and Dagenham Magistrates’ Court [2009] EWHC 2885 (Admin); [2009] WLR (D) 331

“The term ‘summary proceedings’  in s 79 (10) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 did not include the service of a notice of abatement under s 80 of the Act.”

WLR Daily, 16th November 2009

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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Maher and another v Groupama Grand Est – WLR daily

Posted November 17th, 2009 in law reports by sally

Maher and another v Groupama Grand Est [2009] EWCA Civ 1191; [2009] WLR (D) 330

“While the existence of a legal right to claim interest was properly to be classified as a substantive matter to be determined by reference to the lex causae, an award of interest under s 35A of the Senior Courts Act 1981, as inserted, was a remedy governed by the lex fori.”

WLR Daily, 16th November 2009

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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Axa Insurance Ltd v Akther & Darby Solicitors and others – WLR Daily

Posted November 17th, 2009 in law reports by sally

Axa Insurance Ltd v Akther & Darby Solicitors and others [2009] EWCA Civ 1166; [2009] WLR (D) 329

 “For the purpose of accrual of a cause of action in the tort of negligence, damage which flowed from an unsecured contingent liability incurred by the claimant insurer, under after the event legal expenses insurance policies, was suffered at the time when the cover creating the contingent liability was issued to the defendant solicitors to protect the litigation costs and expenses of litigants, and not at the time when the litigants’ claims failed causing financial loss to the insurer.”

WLR Daily, 16th November 2009

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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Regina v Orr – Times Law Reports

Posted November 17th, 2009 in law reports by sally

Regina v Orr

Court of Appeal

“A sentence which was increased after the Attorney-General made a reference, did not start to be served when the defendant presenting himself at a police station unless he was detained.”

The Times, 17th November 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Independent News and Media Ltd and Others v A – Times Law Reports

Posted November 17th, 2009 in law reports by sally

Independent News and Media Ltd and Others v A

Family Division

“Court of Protection proceedings were within the recognised exceptions to the open justice principle. Since article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights, guaranteeing freedom of expression, was not thus immediately engaged, it was for an applicant to demonstrate good reason for publicity before the court was obliged to conduct the conventional balancing exercise between rights under article 10 and article 8, protecting the right to privacy.”

The Times, 17th November 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Peaceful or problematic? The relationship between national supreme courts and supranational courts in Europe – Speech by The Rt Hon Lady Justice Arden

Posted November 17th, 2009 in speeches by sally

Speech by The Rt Hon Lady Justice Arden

The Annual Sir Thomas More Lecture, 10th November 2009

Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk

Priest ordered to pay court costs after repairing leaks without permission – Daily Telegraph

Posted November 17th, 2009 in news by sally

“A priest and his church warden have been ordered to pay £100 each for repairing leaks to their church roof without permission from a church court.”

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Daily Telegraph, 16th November 2009

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Disability buggy drink-drive ban – BBC News

Posted November 17th, 2009 in news by sally

“A 17-year-old has been banned from driving for a year after he was caught doing 4mph on a pavement while drunk in a carriage for disabled people.”

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BBC News, 16th November 2009

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Home worker sentenced over abuse – BBC news

Posted November 17th, 2009 in news by sally

“A care home manager who used the arms of other residents to hit a woman with learning disabilities over the head has been given a suspended sentence.”

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BBC News, 16th November 2009

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Parents of Nimrod crash victim seek criminal prosecution – Daily Telegraph

Posted November 17th, 2009 in news by sally

“Graham and Trish Knight, whose son Sergeant Ben Knight died alongside 13 comrades in the incident, have written to the Crown Prosecution Service in an attempt to establish responsibility for his death.”

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Daily Telegraph, 17th November 2009

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk