C plc and another v. P (Attorney General intervening) – WLR Daily

Posted May 23rd, 2007 in disclosure, law reports, self-incrimination by sally

C plc and another v. P (Attorney General intervening) [2007] EWCA Civ 493 

The common law privilege against self-incrimination could not be invoked in relation to illegal material found on a computer in the execution of a civil search order.”

WLR Daily, 22nd May 2007

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Judge wins backing for UK’s first drug court – The Times

Posted May 23rd, 2007 in children, drug abuse, news by sally

“Family judge Nicholas Crichton has won financial backing for his initiative to set up the UK’s first US-style drug dependency court to help the growing number of babies and children who are being taken into care because of their parents’ misuse of drugs or alcohol.”

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The Times, 23rd May 2007

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Divorce online for £65 – The Times

Posted May 23rd, 2007 in divorce, news by sally

“An online divorce company this week became the first to advertise its services on UK television, offering to arrange settlements for as little as £65.”

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The Times, 23rd May 2007

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Regina v. Barot – Times Law Reports

Posted May 23rd, 2007 in law reports, sentencing, terrorism by sally

Terrorist conspiracy sentence guidelines require review

Regina v. Barot 

Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)

“The level of sentences for terrorist conspiracies and attempts to commit mass murder should be increased.”

The Times, 23rd May 2007

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Junior doctors lose court fight – BBC News

Posted May 23rd, 2007 in doctors, news by sally

“Junior doctors have lost their High Court battle to scrap the new application system for training posts.” 

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BBC News, 23rd May 2007

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Judicial revolt looms after Phillips’ MoJ blast – Legal Week

Posted May 23rd, 2007 in judges, Ministry of Justice, news by sally

“The Government is locked on a collision course with senior members of the judiciary after the Lord Chief Justice told Parliament yesterday (23 May) the two camps remained ‘poles apart’ over the role of the controversial Ministry of Justice (MoJ).”

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Legal Week, 23rd MAy 2007

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Kennedy: employed barristers should have bigger Bar Council role – Legal Week

Posted May 23rd, 2007 in barristers, news by sally

“Employed and junior barristers are set to be given a greater role on the Bar Council following a report by a working group into the composition of the representative body.”

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Legal Week, 23rd May 2007

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Chagos islanders win legal battle to return home – The Independent

Posted May 23rd, 2007 in Chagos Islands, news, royal prerogative by sally

“Families expelled from the Chagos Islands by the British Government to make way for the Diego Garcia US airbase today won their legal battle to return home.”

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The Independent, 23rd May 2007

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Rules on sham marriage ‘unlawful’ – BBC News

Posted May 23rd, 2007 in immigration, marriage, news by sally

“Controversial immigration rules aimed at stopping sham marriages are unlawful, says the Court of Appeal.” 

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BBC News, 23rd May 2007

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PCC issues privacy guidelines on undercover reporting – OUT-LAW.com

Posted May 23rd, 2007 in media, news, privacy by sally

“Newspaper regulator the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) has issued new guidelines on privacy and data protection for newspapers conducting investigations which involve subterfuge.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 23rd May 2007

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A herd of libel actions is fast approaching – The Times

Posted May 23rd, 2007 in defamation, news by sally

“Despite the myths, bloggers are just as vulnerable as conventional publishers to legal action – if not more so.” 

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The Times, 23rd May 2007

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Websites like Mumsnet are not above the law – The Times

Posted May 23rd, 2007 in news by sally

“The recent settlement of the libel action brought by the baby- and child-care author Gina Ford against Mumsnet, the parenting website, leaves some tricky questions unanswered – not least whether a website is a ‘publisher’ for the purposes of the law of libel.”

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The Times, 23rd May 2007

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Home sale packs may be doomed after Kelly U-turn – The Times

Posted May 23rd, 2007 in news by sally

“Home information packs (Hips) appeared to be doomed last night after ministers were forced into a humiliating climb-down by delaying the packs for two months.”

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The Times, 23rd May 2007

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Soham criminal records deadline missed again – Reuters

Posted May 22nd, 2007 in criminal records, news by sally

“Potential killers may be slipping through the judicial net because the government has again missed a deadline, set in the wake of the Soham schoolgirl murders, for speeding up the recording of criminal convictions.”

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Reuters, 22nd May 2007

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Hips delayed until August – The Guardian

Posted May 22nd, 2007 in home information packs, news by sally

“The government said today it would delay the introduction of controversial home information packs until August, following a last-minute legal challenge by critics of the legislation.”

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The Guardian, 22nd May 2007

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Revenue and Customs Commissioners v. William Grant & Sons Distillers Ltd.; Small (Inspector of Taxes) v. Mars UK Ltd. – WLR Daily

Posted May 22nd, 2007 in corporation tax, law reports by sally

Revenue and Customs Commissioners v. William Grant & Sons Distillers Ltd.; Small (Inspector of Taxes) v. Mars UK Ltd. [2007] UKHL 15

“Where the taxpayer companies carried forward in their tax computations the element of depreciation in fixed assets that related to production of unsold stock as part of the cost of unsold stocks they did not infringe the prohibition of deductions for the depreciation of capital assets in s 74(1)(f) of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (as renumbered by s 144(2) of the Finance Act 1994).”

WLR Daily, 28th March 2007

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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Lay and others v. Drexler and others – WLR Daily

Posted May 22nd, 2007 in landlord & tenant, law reports by sally

Lay and others v. Drexler and others [2007] EWCA Civ 464

“Where a tenant had filed an acknowledgment of service indicating an intention to take a new lease in response to his landlord’s application to the court to grant a new lease under the amended provisions of s 24(1) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, subsequent notice to the court that the tenant no longer wanted a new tenancy was similar to filing of a notice to discontinue a claim for a new lease justifying an order that the tenant should pay the costs of the entire proceedings to the landlord.”

WLR Daily, 18th May 2007

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AWB Geneva SA and another v. North America Steamships Ltd. – WLR Daily

Posted May 22nd, 2007 in conflict of laws, insolvency, jurisdiction, law reports by sally

AWB Geneva SA and another v. North America Steamships Ltd. [2007] EWHC 1167 (Comm) 

“A party to a contract that was subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English High Court could not restrain the other party’s foreign trustee in bankruptcy from seeking an order in foreign insolvency proceedings that certain conditions precedent to liability under the contract should cease to apply.”

WLR Daily, 17th May 2007

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‘Unfair’ bank charges left me penniless, barrister tells court – The Independent

Posted May 22nd, 2007 in banking, news by sally

“A bank customer was so denuded of money by ‘disproportionate and unfair’ charges that he was left penniless on his 30th birthday, a court heard yesterday.”

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The Independent, 22nd May 2007

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High Court delays casino decision – Reuters

Posted May 22nd, 2007 in gambling, news by sally

“The high court delayed a decision on Monday which could cast further doubt over government plans to build a new wave of Las Vegas-style casinos.”

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Reuters, 22nd May 2007

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