Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk

Posted October 12th, 2010 in legislation by sally

The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2010

The Social Security (Contribution Conditions for Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance) Regulations 2010

The Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Amendment Regulations 2010

The Employment and Support Allowance (Transitional Provisions, Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit) (Existing Awards) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations 2010

The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 5) Regulations 2010

Freedom of Information (Time for Compliance with Request) Regulations 2010

The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 5) Regulations 2010

Source: www.legislation.gov.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted October 12th, 2010 in law reports by sally

Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)

Bohannan, R. v [2010] EWCA Crim 2261 (21 September 2010)

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

Tate & Lyle Technology Ltd v Roquette Freres [2010] EWCA Civ 1049 (11 October 2010)

High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)

Taylor v Associated Newspapers Ltd [2010] EWHC 2494 (QB) (11 October 2010)

High Court (Chancery Division)

Ramzan v Brookwide Ltd [2010] EWHC 2453 (Ch) (08 October 2010)

High Court (Administrative Court)

Roshan, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] EWHC 2501 (Admin) (07 October 2010)

High Court (Commercial Court)

Berezovsky v Abramovich [2010] EWHC 2010 (Comm) (06 August 2010)

Source: www.bailii.org

Do ‘no win, no fee’ personal injury ads go too far? – The Guardian

Posted October 12th, 2010 in advertising, legal services, news, personal injuries by sally

“Do advertisements for ‘no win, no fee’ personal injury (PI) services need curbing? They may not exactly be what John Logie Baird had in mind when he first transmitted moving images, but tackiness should not on its own be enough to shut down a route to injured people gaining access to justice. Nor to close off a lucrative source of income for the cash-strapped advertising industry.”

Full story

The Guardian, 12th October 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council v Fidler and others – WLR Daily

Posted October 12th, 2010 in law reports, licensing, taxis by sally

Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council v Fidler and others [2010] EWHC 2430 (Admin); [2010] WLR (D) 244

“The definition of ‘private hire vehicle’ in s 80(1) of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976, with its express exclusion of hackney carriages, had to be read into the references to ‘private hire vehicle’ in sections 46(1)(d)(e); and the words ‘hackney carriage’, where they appeared in s 80(1), were not confined to a vehicle licensed as a hackney carriage by the local authority which was seeking to enforce within its own area the provisions of the 1976 Act, but extended to any vehicle licensed as a hackney carriage wherever so licensed. However. it was an offence under s 45 of the Town Police Clauses Act 1847 for a hackney carriage licensed in one area to stand or ply for hire in another area where no licence had been granted to either the driver or the vehicle by the licensing authority for that area.”

WLR Daily, 11th October 2010

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

Please note once a case has been reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.

Prison governors call for release of 2,500 inmates – The Guardian

Posted October 12th, 2010 in news, prisons, sentencing by sally

“Prison governors are to call tomorrow for the immediate release of more than 2,500 inmates who remain behind bars beyond their official release date. Eoin McLennan-Murray, president of the Prison Governors Association, will describe the situation of inmates serving a sentence of imprisonment for public protection (IPP) as ‘a blatant injustice’.”

Full story

The Guardian, 12th October 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk