Drug companies ‘exploit legal loophole’ – Daily Telegraph

Posted November 17th, 2010 in medicines, news, price fixing by sally

“Senior doctors have written to David Cameron calling for action over a legal loophole that enables drug companies to set ‘exorbitant prices’ for drugs to treat rare diseases.”

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Daily Telegraph, 17th November 2010

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Housing and legal bodies warn of ‘dire consequences’ from new mortgage rules – The Guardian

Posted November 17th, 2010 in financial regulation, housing, mortgages, news by sally

“A coalition of the UK’s leading housing and legal organisations have written to Chancellor George Osborne warning of ‘dire consequences’ for homebuyers and the building industry if Financial Service Authority proposals for mortgage regulation are implemented.”

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The Guardian, 16th November 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Adoption doctor loses religious bias claim – The Independent

Posted November 17th, 2010 in adoption, Christianity, doctors, news, religious discrimination by sally

“A Christian paediatrician who was dismissed from an adoption panel over her belief that children should not be placed with same-sex couples today lost her claim for religious discrimination.”

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The Independent, 16th November 2010

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Ian Tomlinson pathologist to face fresh misconduct allegations – The Guardian

Posted November 17th, 2010 in disciplinary procedures, inquests, news, pathologists, professional conduct by sally

“Dr Freddy Patel, the Home Office pathologist suspended for misconduct over a series of autopsies, will face fresh allegations at the General Medical Council (GMC) next month.”

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The Guardian, 16th November 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Court lifts Howard Donald superinjunction – The Guardian

Posted November 16th, 2010 in anonymity, appeals, injunctions, media, news, privacy by sally

“A superinjunction preventing the naming of Take That’s Howard Donald has been lifted by the court of appeal in a case involving a former girlfriend.”

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The Guardian, 16th November 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

National Security and the Courts – Speech by The Rt. Hon. Lord Justice Gross

Posted November 16th, 2010 in courts, intelligence services, rule of law, speeches, terrorism by sally

National Security and the Courts (PDF)

Speech by The Rt. Hon. Lord Justice Gross

Royal United Services Institute, 16th November 2010

Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk

Pair sentenced to life for shopkeeper murder – The Independent

Posted November 16th, 2010 in murder, news, robbery, sentencing by sally

“Two men were jailed for life today for murdering a shopkeeper they battered to death with wine bottles from his shelves during a botched robbery.”

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The Independent, 16th November 2010

Source: www.independent.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted November 16th, 2010 in law reports by sally

High Court (Administrative Court)

Rutherford, R (on the application of) v Independent Police Complaints Commission [2010] EWHC 2881 (Admin) (22 October 2010)

Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council v Windy Bank Dairy Farm Ltd & Anor [2010] EWHC 2929 (Admin) (12 November 2010)

Source: www.bailii.org

Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk

Posted November 16th, 2010 in legislation by sally

The Tax Avoidance Schemes (Penalty) (Amendment) Regulations 2010

The Post Office Network Subsidy Scheme (Amendment) Order 2010

The Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (Commencement No.3) (England) Order 2010

The Foodstuffs Suitable for People Intolerant to Gluten (Wales) Regulations 2010

The Local Authorities’ Traffic Orders (Procedure) (England and Wales) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2010

Source: www.legislation.gov.uk

Bar Council Says That the Time Is Right to Consult on Legal Aid and Civil Justice, but Warns of Need for Safeguards to Protect Vulnerable – The Bar Council

Posted November 16th, 2010 in civil justice, consultations, legal aid, news by sally

“The Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, has said that the launch of Government consultations on reform of the legal aid system and on civil litigation is necessary but the impact of the proposals on the most vulnerable must be considered very carefully.”

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The Bar Council, 15th November 2010

Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk

Regina v Inglis – WLR Daily

Regina v Inglis [2010] EWCA Crim 2637; [2010] WLR (D) 289

“When determining the minimum specified term to be served by an individual who genuinely believed that the murder she had committed constituted an act of mercy, the facts that there had been a significant degree of planning or premeditation, that the victim had been particularly vulnerable because of disability and that there had been abuse of a position of trust should not be taken to be aggravating factors.”

WLR Daily, 15th November 2010

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.

Police officer begins appeal against conviction for assaulting woman – The Guardian

Posted November 16th, 2010 in appeals, assault, news, police by sally

“A police officer found guilty of hurling a woman head-first on to a concrete cell floor, leaving her with blood pouring from a head wound, began an appeal today (15 November) against his conviction and sentence.”

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The Guardian, 15th November 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Stop and search plans are ‘discriminatory’, watchdog warns – The Guardian

Posted November 16th, 2010 in news, race discrimination, stop and search by sally

“Government plans allowing police to stop people on the grounds of skin colour are discriminatory and amount to racial profiling, the official equalities body has warned ministers.”

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The Guardian, 15th November 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Proportion of lawyers educated at public school far outstrips national average – The Lawyer

Posted November 16th, 2010 in education, legal profession, news by sally

“The legal profession has become increasingly elitist over the past 20 years, with 15 per cent of lawyers being public school educated while just 2 per cent of the population is.”

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The Lawyer, 15th November 2010

Source: www.thelawyer.com

Legal aid cuts: surprise exceptions take out the sting – The Guardian

Posted November 16th, 2010 in legal aid, news by sally

“The justice secretary, Kenneth Clarke, worked hard today to try to remove some of the political sting from his much-anticipated unveiling of swingeing legal aid cuts. The scale of the reductions – £350m a year to be taken out of a £914m-a-year civil and family legal aid budget by 2014 – had been widely anticipated.”

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The Guardian, 15th November 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Man jailed for posting racist video clips on YouTube – BBC News

Posted November 16th, 2010 in inciting racial hatred, internet, news by sally

“A man has been jailed for 15 months for uploading racist video clips on to YouTube.”

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BBC News, 15th November 2010

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Guantánamo Bay detainees to be paid compensation by UK government – The Guardian

Posted November 16th, 2010 in compensation, intelligence services, news, rendition, torture by sally

“The government will announce today that it will pay millions of pounds in compensation to former Guantánamo Bay detainees following weeks of negotiations between lawyers for the government and the former prisoners.”

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The Guardian, 16th November 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Voting reform referendum will go ahead in May 2011 – The Independent

Posted November 16th, 2010 in elections, news, referendums by sally

“A referendum on whether to ditch the first-past-the-post voting system will go ahead next May after Labour peers failed narrowly in an attempt to derail the Government’s timetable.”

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The Independent, 16th November 2010

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Landlords free to ignore deposit protection deadlines – The Guardian

Posted November 16th, 2010 in deposits, landlord & tenant, news by sally

“Appeal court says a strict interpretation of Housing Act allows landlords to disregard deadlines for tenant deposit schemes.”

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The Guardian, 15th November 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Phil Woolas challenging ban from politics – BBC News

Posted November 16th, 2010 in appeals, disciplinary procedures, elections, judicial review, news by sally

“Former Labour immigration minister Phil Woolas will begin a legal bid to overturn a ruling that he should be banned from politics for three years.”

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BBC News, 16th November 2010

Source: www.bbc.co.uk