Judge pulls out knife during court case – Daily Telegraph
“Judge Roger Connor brandished the pocket knife in front of a teenage defendant during the hearing at Oxford Crown Court.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th July 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Category: news
Fayed strikes oil in the high court – The Guardian
“He is a hotelier, football club chairman and the owner of Harrods, but until now, as far as he knew, the multimillionaire Mohamed Al Fayed was not an oilman.”
The Guardian, 25th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Council punishes decorator with on-the-spot fine for smoking in his van – The Times
“A self-employed painter and decorator has been given a £30 on-the-spot fine for smoking in his own van because it is classified as a workplace.”
The Times, 25th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Disability Discrimination Act can extend to carers, rules ECJ – OUT-LAW.com
“The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has said that disability discrimination laws can apply to the carers of disabled people as well as the disabled themselves. It has backed the claim of a woman who sued a London law firm in a groundbreaking case.”
OUT-LAW.com, 24th July 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
Canoe couple’s assets frozen in attempt to retrieve £250,000 – The Guardian
“The assets of the fake canoe death couple, John and Anne Darwin, have been frozen in a first step towards retrieving the £250,000 they conned out of insurance companies, it emerged yesterday.”
The Guardian, 25th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Music companies to police illegal downloads – The Times
“No sooner had Britain’s six biggest internet service providers (ISPs) agreed to monitor illegal file sharing than the web was abuzz with suggestions to get around the scheme.”
The Times, 25th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Illegal filesharing: ISPs pledge not to ‘spy’ on web users – The Guardian
“Internet service providers have pledged not to ‘spy’ on the web habits of customers as part of an agreement with the government to punish illegal sharing of music and films.”
The Guardian, 24th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Fake Facebook profile’ victim awarded £22,000 – The Times
“A man who sued a former school friend for creating a fake profile on the social networking site has won his libel case”
The Times, 24th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Max Mosley wins ‘Nazi’ sex case against the News of the World – The Times
“Max Mosley has won his High Court privacy action against the News of the World, the newspaper which accused him of taking part in a Nazi-style orgy.”
The Times, 24th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Husband who stole £200,000 to fund wife’s spending sprees spared prison – Daily Telegraph
“A ‘timid’ husband has been spared jail after a judge heard he only stole £205,000 to fund his domineering wife’s spending sprees.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th July 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Police killer David Bieber wins appeal against ‘life means life’ sentence – Daily Telegraph
“Former American marine David Bieber was told that although the killing of Pc Ian Broadhurst was ‘horrifying’, it did not justify the whole-life jail term he was given in 2004.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd July 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Parents to be punished for children’s net piracy – The Times
“Parents whose children download music and films illegally will be blacklisted and have their internet access curbed under government reforms to fight online piracy. ”
The Times, 24th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Daily Cause List, 24th July 2008
Source: www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk
Please note only the current day’s cause list will be accessible
QC sues publisher in reference book dispute – Legal Week
“Wilberforce Chambers’ David Phillips QC is set for a £300,000 battle with Reed Elsevier, after the publishers allegedly reneged on an agreement to provide him with a lifetime’s free access to a reference book.”
Legal Week, 24th July 2008
Source: www.legalweek.com
Coroner calls for inquest change – BBC News
“A senior coroner has called for new legislation to make sure inquests are held within a year of a person’s death.”
BBC News, 24th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Tiscali accuses BT of defamation – The Times
“Tiscali, the Italian broadband operator currently up for sale, is suing BT for ‘defamation and malicious falsehood’ after the telecommunications group wrote to Tiscali’s customers trying to persuade them to switch to BT’s broadband service.”
The Times, 23rd July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Canoe man and wife jailed for six years – The Independent
“John and Anne Darwin were each jailed for more than six years today for carrying out a £250,000 insurance con by faking his death in a canoeing accident.”
The Independent, 23rd July 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Library Newsletter
A new issue of the Library’s Newsletter is now available, in two formats: PDF and Word.
This issue contains features on the Royal visit and the historical background to the Royal Letters Patent granted to the Inner and Middle Temple in 1608; on new developments on the EIN (Electronic Immigration Network) and on Westlaw; and on CanLII (Canadian Legal Information Institute) and the Canada section of AccessToLaw. There is also news about Saturday and Summer opening, new acquisitions, and the BIALL Legal Journals Award.
To access the current newsletter, click on the link below and then select PDF or Word format.
http://www.innertemplelibrary.org.uk/newsletter/current/default.htm
Ministers speed up compensation for road accident victims – The Times
“People injured in road accidents will be able to claim damages more quickly under a fast-track claims process announced by ministers yesterday.”
The Times, 23rd July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Abu Hamza loses extradition fight – BBC News
“Radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri has been refused leave to appeal to the House of Lords against his extradition to the US.”
BBC News, 23rd July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
