Tough new rules could hit Big Four services fees – The Times
“Britain’s top accounting firms stand to lose hundreds of millions of pounds in fees after the financial reporting watchdog said that it would consider tougher restrictions on the services they can sell to listed companies whose accounts they audit.”
The Times, 7th October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Low value personal injury claims in road traffic accidents – Ministry of Justice
“Policy report outlining a new claims process for road traffic accident personal injury claims valued between £1,000 and £10,000.”
Ministry of Justice, 6th October 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Bishops: legal rules could prevent repeat of Kerrie Wooltorton ‘living will’ suicide – Daily Telegraph
“Doctors who allow suicidal patients to die because they have written a ‘living will’ could be breaking Government guidelines, Roman Catholic bishops claim.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th October 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Soldier jailed for sex with girl – BBC News
“A decorated soldier based in Suffolk who groomed a schoolgirl for sex has been jailed for five years.”
BBC News, 6th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Man guilty of firebombing attacks – BBC News
“A car dealer has been convicted of ordering fire bomb attacks on the homes of two Essex Police officers.”
BBC News, 6th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Shoesmith launches legal challenge against Ed Balls – The Guardian
“Former director of children’s services at the centre of the Baby Peter case goes to the high court today to seek compensation for dismissal.”
The Guardian, 7th October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Coca-Cola ads for Glaceau Vitamin Water banned – The Guardian
“ASA censures campaign for misleading health and nutrition claims, in part because the drinks are sugar-laden.”
The Guardian, 7th October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Suspended sentence for Boris Johnson’s ex-deputy – The Independent
“A former deputy of the London mayor Boris Johnson was handed a suspended jail sentence of 12 weeks today for misusing his expenses.”
The Independent, 7th October 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Geologist William Stanton faces murder charge after failed suicide pact – The Times
“A terminally ill geologist who survived a suicide pact with his wife has been arrested and questioned on suspicion of murder. William Stanton, 79, and his wife Angela, 74, tried to kill themselves by suffocation. Dr Stanton was arrested after his wife was found dead at their home on the edge of the Mendip Hills in Somerset, an area on which he is the world’s leading authority.”
The Times, 7th October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Mail on Sunday pays Madonna damages over wedding photos – The Guardian
“Madonna today accepted substantial undisclosed damages for privacy and infringement of copyright over the Mail on Sunday’s publication of ‘purloined’ photos of her wedding to Guy Ritchie.”
The Guardian, 6th October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Lord Chief Justice demands tougher gun crime sentences – The Times
“Offenders who commit gun crimes must face ‘deterrent and punitive’ sentences to protect the public and because of the widespread availability of firearms, the Lord Chief Justice ruled today.”
The Times, 6th October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Legal threat closes postcode feed – BBC News
“Websites that help people find jobs or hospitals have been hit by legal action threatened by the Royal Mail.”
BBC News, 6th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Cage fighter jailed for £53m Securitas raid – The Guardian
“A cage fighter who was extradited from Morocco to face trial over his part in the £53m Securitas robbery in Tonbridge, Kent, was jailed for 18 years today.”
The Guardian, 5th October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
R (Al-Sweady and others) v Secretary of State for Defence (No 2) – WLR Daily
“In any judicial review proceedings relating to a case which involved crucial, ‘hard-edged’ questions of fact in light of which it was necessary for the court to allow cross-examination of makers of witness statements on those ‘hard-edged’ questions of fact, it was vital for full disclosure to occur to enable effective and proper cross-examination to take place. That constituted an important exception to the conventional approach in respect of disclosure in judicial review cases and the approach should be similar to that involved in an ordinary Queen’s Bench action.”
WLR Daily, 5th October 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Amnesty International v Ahmed – Times Law Reports
Employment Appeal Tribunal
“A North Sudanese claimant who was refused promotion to the role of Sudanese researcher for Amnesty International because it believed that the appointment of a person of her ethnic origin would compromise its perceived impartiality and would expose her to a safety risk when visiting Sudan and Eastern Chad, was discriminated against on the ground of her race and ethnic origin.”
The Times, 6th October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Gutridge and Others v Sodexo Ltd and Another – Times Law Reports
Gutridge and Others v Sodexo Ltd and Another
Court of Appeal
“An employee whose employment contract had been transferred under contracting-out arrangements to another employer could not have any greater rights against the transferee than she had against the transferor and although the right to bring proceedings was against the transferee, the right was timelimited to six months after the termination of the the employment with the transferor, which was six months after the date of the transfer.”
The Times, 6th October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
MA (Pakistan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – Times Law Reports
MA (Pakistan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
Court of Appeal
“It was not only cases involving children where it should be rare to dismiss an immigration appeal founded on article 8 of the European Convention of Human Rights, protecting the right to family life, on the ground that the claimant should apply for leave from abroad.”
The Times, 5th October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
