“A former headmaster who amassed thousands of indecent images of children on his computer walked free from court yesterday, after a judge ruled that the drug he had been taking to treat his Parkinson’s disease was responsible for his crime.”
The Independent, 12th September 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Regina (M) v Slough Borough Council
House of Lords
“A person’s need for a refrigerator in which to keep his medication was not sufficient to entitle him to residential accommodation.”
The Times, 5th September 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
R (M) v Slough Borough Council [2008] UKHL 52; [2008] WLR (D) 292
“A person’s need for a refrigerator in which to keep medication did not amount to ‘need of care and attention’ within s 21(1)(a) of the National Assistance Act 1948 (as amended) so as to entitle him to residential accommodation.”
WLR Daily, 12th August 2008
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.
“Three pensioners have won their High Court battle to receive a ‘sight-saving’ drug – paving the way for others to be given it too.”
BBC News, 22nd July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The biggest case ever to be brought by the Serious Fraud Office, involving an alleged price-fixing conspiracy said to have defrauded the NHS of millions of pounds, has been thrown out of court after more than six years of investigation and pre-trial hearings.”
The Guardian, 11th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Three patients are taking their NHS trust to the High Court to try to force it to pay for a ‘sight-saving’ drug.”
BBC News, 10th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Research into new medicines is being impaired by intellectual property laws that are no longer suited to modern science, two Nobel laureates declare today in a letter to The Times.”
The Times, 5th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Regina (Eisai Ltd) v National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
Court of Appeal
“Procedural fairness required the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to release a fully executable version of an economic model to those consulted in the course of an appraisal process and not simply a read-only version. To do otherwise would place drug companies at a significant disadvantage in challenging the reliability of those models.”
The Times, 7th May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
“Dozens of people born with deformities due to the drug thalidomide have demanded compensation from the company that invented the drug 50 years ago.”
BBC News, 18th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A victim of the ‘elephant man’ drug trial is set to receive more than £2 million for his horrific injuries, it emerged yesterday.”
The Times, 16th April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Almost 100,000 Alzheimer’s patients face being denied NHS treatment which could delay the onset of their disease, the Court of Appeal was told yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th April 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Fifty years since the introduction of thalidomide, sold as a ‘safe’ cure for morning sickness in pregnancy, its seriously disabled victims yesterday launched a campaign for greater compensation from the German manufacturer outside the German embassy in London.”
The Guardian, 4th April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A group representing nearly 1,000 doctors is preparing to mount a legal action against the health service to stop care being withdrawn from patients who want to pay for their own cancer medicines.”
The Times, 30th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The doctor who first sparked widespread safety fears over the MMR vaccine said yesterday that his paramount concern was ‘clinical care’ for children who had developed autism after being vaccinated.”
The Guardian, 28th March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Ministers promised to strengthen laws to protect patients after a drugs company was criticised for withholding information about clinical trials showing links between its anti-depressant drug and possible suicides among teenagers.”
The Independent, 7th March 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A major tightening of the law governing the oversight of drugs companies will be announced today when the government says GlaxoSmithKline delayed informing the authorities that a controversial drug increased the likelihood of suicide among teenagers.”
The Guardian, 6th March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An election pledge to require drugs companies to publish full details of clinical trials for medicines cannot be fulfilled because it is illegal under EU law, the Government has admitted.”
The Times, 27th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A row over funding for Alzheimer’s drugs on the NHS is to go to the Court of Appeal.”
BBC News, 5th December 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“English cancer patients should rent a second home in Scotland to gain access to drugs not available in England, an expert on NHS law suggested yesterday.”
The Times, 14th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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