“A key player in the Barlow Clowes affair – one of Britain’s most notorious frauds – will be able to keep nearly £10 million after the High Court ruled that creditors could not pursue him in Mauritius, where he is now based.”
The Times, 3rd July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
The Pershore Group of Colleges (Designated Staff) Order 2007
The Pershore Group of Colleges (Dissolution) Order 2007
The Children Act 2004 (Director of Children’s Services) (Appointed Day) Order 2007
The Education (School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions) (No. 2) (Amendment) Order 2007
The Gambling (Operating Licence and Single-Machine Permit Fees) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2007
The Railways (North and West London Lines) Exemption Order 2007
The Miscellaneous Food Additives and the Sweeteners in Food (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2007
The Gambling Act 2005 (Limits on Prize Gaming) Regulations 2007
The Early Years Foundation Stage (Learning and Development Requirements) Regulations 2007
The Early Years Foundation Stage (Welfare Requirements) Regulations 2007
The Day Care and Child Minding (Registration Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2007
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
“Gangs of organised criminals may be infiltrating the mergers and acquisitions departments of British investment banks to garner inside information on takeover bids, the City watchdog suggested yesterday.”
The Times, 3rd July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Licence auction not in VAT system
Hutchison 3G UK Ltd and Others v Commissioners of Revenue and Customs Case C-369/04
Court of Justice of the European Communities
“The public auction by a government agency of third-generation universal mobile telecommunications system licences was not an economic activity and therefore did not come within the value-added tax system.”
The Times, 3rd July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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Beckett Investment Management Group Ltd. and others v. Hall and others [2007] EWCA Civ 613
“In construing a covenant in restraint of trade between a holding company and its employees who provided services through subsidiary companies within a corporate group, the Court of Appeal rejected a ‘purist’ approach to corporate personality in favour of one which had regard to the realities of big business.”
WLR Daily, 28th June 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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“Far from improving matters for insolvent companies, the new Tupe rules have just muddied the waters. By Andrew Gregory.”
The Lawyer, 2nd July 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“Landmark Chambers found itself on both the winning and losing sides of a Court of Appeal legal tussle that resulted in a ruling that the Child Support Agency (CSA) does not owe a duty of care in how maintenance payments are assessed.”
The Lawyer, 2nd July 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“The new Solicitors’ Code of Conduct was unleashed on the legal profession yesterday (1 July) after five years in the making.”
The Lawyer, 2nd July 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“A response to Sir Hugh Laddie’s recently published article, ‘Why does it cost so much to go to court?’ ”
The Times, 3rd July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Related: A legal system we can’t afford
“The appointments of Jack Straw as secretary of state for justice and Baroness Scotland QC as attorney general by Prime Minister Gordon Brown has been broadly welcomed by the legal profession.”
The Lawyer, 2nd July 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“A catastrophic failure by prosecutors prevented a jury in the Kiyan Prince murder trial hearing key evidence that the young footballer’s killer had allegedly threatened to stab a girl, according to a judge.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd July 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A former Libyan intelligence officer found guilty of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing was given permission today to launch a second appeal against his conviction.”
The Times, 3rd July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Admitting previous misconduct
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“Evidence of misconduct by a defendant was admissible at trial if it had some nexus with the offences charged.”
The Times, 2nd July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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Obligation on lawyers to help combat money laundering
Court of Justice of the European Communities
“Advice and assistance given by lawyers in financial and real estate transactions that had no link with judicial proceedings were not exempt from the duty to cooperate in combating money laundering.”
The Times, 2nd July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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R (RJM) v. Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2007] EWCA Civ 614
“Social security regulations, which disentitled a person without accommodation from receiving disability premium, did not discriminate against homeless persons on a ground relating to status for the purpose of art 14 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.”
WLR Daily, 28th June 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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“A lubricating oil which was collected after use and processed into fuel oil for burning, could as a matter of law cease to be waste before it was burnt as fuel for the purposes of Council Directive 2006/12/EC (‘the Waste Framework Directive’).”
WLR Daily, 28th June 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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White v. Greensand Homes Ltd. and another [2007] EWCA Civ 643
“A defendant, who has made a mistaken admission that he had been the designer of a building in pre action protocol correspondence which he repeated in his defence filed in proceedings, could not withdraw the admission without the court’s permission. In considering whether to grant permission the court had to have regard to the question of any prejudice to either party arising from either the grant or refusal of such an application.”
WLR Daily, 28th June 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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