Openness and accountability in family courts: new legislation proposed – Ministry of Justice

Posted November 19th, 2009 in news by sally

“Proposals to further open up family courts to the media have been announced as part of new legislation put before Parliament today.”

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Ministry of Justice, 19th November 2009

Source: www.justice.gov.uk

Chief prosecutor backs state snooping plans – Daily Telegraph

Posted November 19th, 2009 in news by sally

“Proposed new powers to track every email, phone call and website visit have been backed by the country’s top prosecutor as ‘vital’ to fighting crime.”

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Daily Telegraph, 19th November 2009

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Mandelson seeks to amend copyright law in new crackdown on filesharing – The Guardian

Posted November 19th, 2009 in news by sally

“Lord Mandelson is seeking to amend the laws on copyright to give the government sweeping new powers against people accused of illegal downloading.”

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The Guardian, 19th November 2009

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Binyam: Judges attack UK secrecy over public documents – BBC News

Posted November 19th, 2009 in news by sally

“Senior judges say the foreign secretary is stopping them releasing details of CIA interrogation techniques – even though the US has published them.”

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BBC News, 19th November 2009

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Welfare Reform Act 2009

Posted November 19th, 2009 in legislation by sally

Welfare Reform Act 2009 published

Full text of Act (PDF)

Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009

Posted November 19th, 2009 in legislation by sally

Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 published

Full text of Act (PDF)

Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted November 19th, 2009 in law reports by sally

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

Maher & Anor v Groupama Grand EST [2009] EWCA Civ 1191 (12 November 2009)

High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)

Horsley v Cascade Insulation Services Ltd & Ors [2009] EWHC 2945 (QB) (18 November 2009)

Al Rawi & Ors v The Security Service & Ors [2009] EWHC 2959 (QB) (18 November 2009)

High Court (Administrative Court)

Gidden v Chief Constable of Humberside [2009] EWHC 2924 (Admin) (29 October 2009)

Ethos Recycling Ltd v Barking & Dagenham Magistrates Court [2009] EWHC 2885 (Admin) (13 November 2009)

High Court (Commercial Court)

Continental Transfert Technique Ltd v The Federal Government of Nigeria & Ors [2009] EWHC 2898 (Comm) (16 November 2009)

Source: www.bailii.org

Regina v Patel; Regina v Hussain – Times Law Reports

Posted November 19th, 2009 in law reports by sally

Regina v Patel; Regina v Hussain

Court of Appeal

“Where medicinal products were intended for sale to end users outside the European Community, the Medicines for Human Use (Marketing Authorisations Etc.) Regulations (SI 1994 No 3144) had no application.”

The Times, 19th November 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Independent Trustee Services Ltd v Hope and Others – Times Law Reports

Posted November 19th, 2009 in law reports by sally

Independent Trustee Services Ltd v Hope and Others

Chancery Division

“As a matter of law, the existence of the Pension Protection Fund was not a factor that trustees of a pension scheme could legitimately take into account in the exercise of a power to buy out scheme benefits.”

The Times, 19th November 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Test Claimants in the Thin Cap Group Litigation v Revenue and Customs Commissioners – WLR Daily

Posted November 19th, 2009 in law reports by sally

Test Claimants in the Thin Cap Group Litigation v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2009] EWHC 2908 (Ch); [2009] WLR (D) 334

“The United Kingdom’s thin capitalisation (‘thin cap’) provisions which remained in force, in a potentially discriminatory form, until 2004 were not proportionate to achieve the purpose of preventing abusive tax avoidance because they did not allow for a separate defence of commercial justification and so constituted a restriction on freedom of establishment contrary to art 43EC.”

WLR Daily, 18th November 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.

Legacies unleash a battle of wills – The Times

Posted November 19th, 2009 in news by sally

“When Dr Christine Gill last month successfully challenged her mother’s will, which had bequeathed the £2 million family farm in North Yorkshire to the RSPCA, it was just the latest in an increasingly long line of disputes over wills to have been picked over by the media.”

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The Times, 19th November 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

NHS trust prosecuted over new mother’s death from wrong drug – The Guardian

Posted November 19th, 2009 in news by sally

“A hospital trust in Swindon is being prosecuted on health and safety grounds in the case of a Filipino nurse who died when she was given the wrong drug after giving birth.”

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The Guardian, 18th November 2009

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Braced for the big bang and Tesco law – The Times

Posted November 19th, 2009 in news by sally

“The opening up of the legal services market brings with it opportunities and threats as new players seek to establish themselves.”

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The Times, 19th November 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Government confirms plan to disconnect alleged file-sharers – OUT-LAW.com

Posted November 19th, 2009 in news by sally

“The Government has confirmed that it will pass legislation allowing for the termination of internet connections used by suspected illegal file-sharers but has not yet said whether the action will be subject to independent or court oversight before it takes place.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 18th November 2009

Source: www.out-law.com

The Bill’s in brief: Labour’s plans for new laws – The Times

Posted November 19th, 2009 in news by sally

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The Times, 18th November 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Barristers claim unfair secrecy as board debates ban on partnerships – The Times

Posted November 19th, 2009 in news by sally

“Hundreds of years of tradition may be ditched today when the ban on barristers joining in partnership with other professionals is lifted.”

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The Times, 19th November 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Prison for suitcase puppy killer – BBC News

Posted November 19th, 2009 in news by sally

“A Sussex woman who left 15 puppies to die in closed suitcases in a locked cupboard has been jailed for 20 weeks.”

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BBC News, 18th November 2009

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Teenage bullies guilty of killing girl who jumped from window – The Times

Posted November 19th, 2009 in news by sally

“Two teenage girls whose violent and prolonged bullying drove a vicar’s daughter to jump to her death from a window were convicted of manslaughter yesterday.”

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The Times, 19th November 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Judge allows secret services to hide evidence in civil lawsuits – The Guardian

Posted November 19th, 2009 in news by sally

“MI5, MI6 and the police will be able to withhold evidence from defendants and their lawyers in civil cases for the first time, the high court ruled today.”

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The Guardian, 18th November 2009

Source: www.guardian.co.uk