Lie tests tried on sex offenders – BBC News
“Sex offenders will be made to take lie detector tests as part of probation conditions when they are freed from prison, the Ministry of Justice says.”
BBC News, 5th April 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Hazel Blears faces libel action for attack on leading Muslim – The Guardian
“A leader of Britain’s largest Muslim organisation is threatening to sue Hazel Blears, the secretary of state for communities, after she accused him of calling for violence against Jewish communities and British troops.”
The Guardian, 4th April 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Sacked paperboy, 15, tries to change employment law – The Times
“A schoolboy is trying to change children’s employment laws after being sacked from his paper round.”
The Times, 6th April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Judge attacks human rights court – BBC News
“A senior British judge has accused the European Court of Human Rights of going beyond its jurisdiction and trying to create a ‘federal law of Europe’.”
BBC News, 4th April 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Gordon Brown’s controversial eco-towns plan could be unlawful, according to top QCs – Daily Telegraph
“Gordon Brown’s controversial eco-towns plan could be unlawful, according to top QCs. The legal opinions cast fresh doubts on the Prime Minister’s plans for up to 10 of the towns across England.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th April 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Tougher home pack rules in force – BBC News
“New rules have come into force which mean home owners must have a home information pack (Hip) in place before putting their property on the market.”
BBC News, 5th April 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Tories plan change to law on DNA – The Independent
“The DNA records of innocent people should be deleted from the national database, the Conservatives have said.”
The Independent, 6th April 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Man jailed for stepdaughter rape – BBC News
“A man who raped his teenage stepdaughter making her pregnant before she suffered a miscarriage, has been jailed for 12 years.”
BBC News, 3rd April 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Verdict on prison death quashed – BBC News
“A fresh inquest has been ordered into the death of a prison inmate who was found hanged in his cell.”
BBC News, 3rd April 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Armed Forces Act 2006 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2009
The European Parliamentary Elections (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Regulations 2009
The Immigration (Biometric Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Armed Forces (Naval Chaplains) Regulations 2009
The Zimbabwe (Financial Sanctions) Regulations 2009
The Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Wales) Regulations 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Rapist has sentence cut on appeal – BBC News
“A man who raped a woman he kidnapped from a supermarket car park has had his sentence cut at the Court of Appeal.”
BBC News, 2nd April 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Kidnappers detained for 34 years – BBC News
“A gang of kidnappers who held a man for 23 hours have been given jail terms ranging from eight to four years.”
BBC News, 3rd April 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BBC fined £150,000 over Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross phone prank scandal – The Guardian
“Ofcom censures corporation over offensive messages Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross left on Andrew Sachs’s voicemail.”
The Guardian, 3rd April 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Licences plan for clamping firms – BBC News
“Wheel clamping companies will have to conform to tough new licensing regulations in order to operate, under new Home Office proposals.”
BBC News, 3rd April 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Playboy TV fined over sex scenes – BBC News
“Ofcom has fined Playboy TV £22,500 for broadcasting unencrypted explicit ‘adult material.’ ”
BBC News, 3rd April 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Only 14 firms become first-wave LDPs – Law Society’s Gazette
“The legal profession has largely snubbed the first wave of the Legal Services Act’s business structure reforms, with only 14 legal disciplinary practices up and running as the new regime came into force on Tuesday.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 2nd April 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.org.uk
Access to civil justice is failing, says Association of District Judges president – Law Society’s Gazette
“Access to justice in the civil courts is worse than it was a decade ago and is set to decline further, according to the new president of the Association of District Judges.”
Law Society’s Gazette. 2nd April 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Doleman v Shaw – WLR Daily
Doleman v Shaw [2009] EWCA Civ 283; [2009] WLR (D) 115
“On a true construction of s 178(4) of the Insolvency Act 1986, on the disclaimer of a lease by a liquidator, although the company ceased to be bound by the tenant covenants so far as its own obligations were concerned, it was treated as still bound so far as third party obligations were concerned.”
WLR Daily, 1st April 2009
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.
In re A (Child: Overseas adoption) – Times Law Reports
In re A (Child: Overseas adoption)
Court of Appeal
“In the context of an overseas adoption, a child’s home with prospective adopters during the period of ten weeks immediately prior to the making of an order for parental responsibility was not required to be in the United Kingdom.”
The Times, 3rd April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Dobson and Others v Thames Water Utilities Ltd – Times Law Reports
Dobson and Others v Thames Water Utilities Ltd
Court of Appeal
“Where a court was considering an award of damages to an occupier of land for loss of amenity following transitory nuisance, the actual impact on the occupier would be relevant.”
The Times, 3rd April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
