“The BBC must pay an unprecedented £50,000 fine over the Blue Peter phone-in scandal in which a young studio guest posed as a competition winner.”
The Times, 10th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A woman juror has been arrested after she was allegedly caught listening to an MP3 player hidden beneath her hijab during a murder trial.”
The Times, 10th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Many offenders are not monitored or supervised properly because there are too many demands on probation staff in England and Wales, a report has said.”
BBC News, 10th July 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A grieving woman has urged midwives not to leave newborn babies in bed with their mothers after she fell asleep as a result of an anaesthetic and accidentally suffocated her daughter. Catherine Wrigley, 36, has been awarded an estimated £20,000 in damages after staff at St Peter’s Hospital, in Chertsey, Surrey, were found to have been negligent in leaving her alone with her daughter, Nancy, after delivery by Caesarean section.”
The Times, 10th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Care needed in drafting
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“Where an offence was committed over two or more days which straddled the coming into force of the dangerous offender provisions, a term of imprisonment for public protection should not be imposed where it was not clear when the offence was actually committed.”
The Times, 9th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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Compensation scheme withdrawal is lawful
R (Niazi) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department
Queen’s Bench Division
“The withdrawal, without notice or consultation, of the ex gratia scheme for compensation for miscarriages of justice was not unlawful.”
The Times, 9th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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“This consultation paper seeks views on proposals to simplify the rules in Part 6 of the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 on service of documents within the jurisdiction and for service out of the jurisdiction.”
Review of Part 6 of the Civil Procedure Rules: service of documents
Ministry of Justice, 9th July 2007
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“A legal bid to lift the secrecy surrounding children taken from parents and put up for adoption has been launched by an MP.”
The Daily Telegraph, 7th July 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“One of the legal world’s most eagerly awaited spectacles for years is to start at an employment tribunal today when a senior City lawyer accuses his former partners of age discrimination. Peter Bloxham, the 54-year-old former head of restructuring for Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, will take the stand at the London Central Employment Tribunal to give evidence against former colleagues in the elite City of London law firm.”
The Times, 9th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Church of England yesterday bowed to pleas from two archbishops to help draw up a disciplinary covenant for the worldwide Anglican communion, despite fears that it will led to the expulsion of liberal believers.”
The Guardian, 9th July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Jack Straw will face his first court challenge as Lord Chancellor next week when the Law Society, the Commission for Racial Equality and ethnic minority lawyers go to the High Court to try to halt the government’s controversial shake-up of legal aid.”
The Guardian, 9th July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A pensioner aged 84 is suing an NHS trust over its refusal to pay for drugs to save his sight in the first such case to be backed by Britain’s leading charity for the blind.”
The Independent, 9th July 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Waste Directive does not cover old lubricating oil used as fuel
R (OSS Group Ltd) v. Environment Agency
Court of Appeal
“Lubricating oil collected after use and processed into fuel oil for burning could cease to be waste before it was burnt.”
The Times, 6th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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No duty of care owed over child support
R (Rowley and others) v. Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Court of Appeal
“The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions did not owe a common law duty of care in discharging his functions under the Child Support Act 1991”
The Times, 6th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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Councils must not shelter behind doctors
Shala v. Birmingham City Council
Court of Appeal
“Local authorities had to take care not to appear to be using professional medical advisers simply to provide or shore up their reasons to refuse applicants’ applications for housing as persons in priority need.”
The Times, 6th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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“Legal professionals fear that alternative business structures (ABSs) – the key element of the Legal Services Bill – will compromise the quality of legal advice, according to a report to be published this week.”
Law Society Gazette, 5th July 2007
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The City of London breathed a collective sigh of relief this afternoon as the High Court confirmed that despite major technological advancements and cultural changes, the principle of ‘my word is my bond’ was still relevant in the modern world. In the first case of its kind, a judge ruled that an investment fund could not pull out of a financial transaction after circumstances made the deal substantially less attractive. ”
The Times, 6th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Scores of tax consultants on Thursday rushed to condemn the proposal drawn up by Revenue & Customs that could allow the seizure of unpaid taxes from people’s bank accounts without a court order.”
Financial Times, 6th July 2007
Source: www.ft.com
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