Category: law reports

Brown v. Secretary of State for Work and Pensions – Times Law Reports

Posted April 4th, 2007 in benefits, law reports by sally

No offset for overpaid benefit

Brown v. Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Court of Appeal 

“Where payments of disability living allowance had been suspended for overpayment and a redetermination made, payments subsequently awarded could not be offset against the irrecoverable overpayment, since the amount of payments would vary depending on how long it took for the redetermination to be reached.”

The Times, 4th April 2007

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Potter v. Scottish Ministers – Times Law Reports

Posted April 4th, 2007 in law reports by sally

Prison telephone call policy breaches inmate’s rights

Potter v. Scottish Ministers

Court of Session, Outer House 

“There was no lawful authority for interference with a prisoner’s right to private and family life by the imposition of a policy under which a message was played to the recipient of his telephone calls stating that the call was being made from a prison. ”

The Times, 4th April 2007

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Secretary of State for the Home Department v. AF – WLR Daily

Posted April 3rd, 2007 in human rights, law reports by sally

Secretary of State for the Home Department v. AF

“A control order made by the Secretary of State imposing restrictions which amounted cumulatively to a deprivation of liberty was a nullity.”

WLR Daily, 2nd April 2007

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O’Hanlon v. Revenue and Customs Commissioners – WLR Daily

Posted April 3rd, 2007 in disability discrimination, law reports by sally

O’Hanlon v. Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2007] EWCA (Civ) 283

“An employer’s sick pay policy prohibiting unlimited full pay for a disabled employee having lengthy absences from work due to her disability did not entitle her to bring a claim for discrimination under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.”

WLR Daily, 2nd April 2007 

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BAILII: Recent decisions

Posted April 2nd, 2007 in law reports by sally

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) & Anor v World Wrestling Federation Entertainment Inc [2007] EWCA Civ 286 (02 April 2007)

Source: www.bailii.org

Commissioners of Revenue and Customs v. William Grant and Sons Distillers Ltd. – Times Law Reports

Posted April 2nd, 2007 in corporation tax, law reports by sally

Computing depreciation of unsold stock for cash.

Commissioners of Revenue and Customs v. William Grant and Sons Distillers Ltd.

“Taxpayer companies that had carried forward that part of the depreciation in fixed assets that related to production of unsold stocks as part of the cost of unsold stocks had not infringed the prohibition in section 74(1)(f) of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988, as renumbered by section 144(2) of the Finance Act 1994, of deductions for the depreciation of capital assets.

The Times, 2nd April 2007

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