Violent crimes ‘wrongly classed’ – BBC News
“More than a third of violent incidents classed as ‘no crime’ have been wrongly recorded, according to HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in England and Wales.”
BBC News, 22nd October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Freelancer’s copyright infringed by sales of digital back issues, rules High Court – OUT-LAW.com
“A Daily Mirror service which sold digital copies of back issues infringed the copyright of a freelance photographer whose pictures appeared on their pages, the High Court has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 22nd October 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Census (England and Wales) Order 2009
The Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (Commencement No. 12) Order 2009
The Extradition Act 2003 (Specification of Category 1 Territories) Order 2009
The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (Youth Conditional Cautions: Financial Penalties) Order 2009
The Corporation Tax (Implementation of the Mergers Directive) Regulations 2009
The Statutory Auditors and Third Country Auditors (Amendment) Regulations 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Chief Constable of Humberside Police and others v Information Commissioner (Secretary of State for the Home Department intervening) – WLR Daily
“In relation to the national police computer it was for the data controller to determine the purposes for which data was processed. It was a registered purpose to hold information so that it could be supplied to others in legitimate need such as the courts and the Crown Prosecution Service. Consequently there could be no question of the retention of records of old minor convictions being held to be either excessive or being held for longer than necessary.”
WLR Daily, 19th October 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Birmingham City Council v Qasim and others – WRL Daily
Birmingham City Council v Qasim and others [2009] EWCA Civ 1080; [2009] WLR (D) 301
“The allocation of a secure tenancy and the grant of such a tenancy by a local housing authority were separate concepts, so that where the authority granted a tenancy to a tenant to whom accommodation had been allocated inconsistently with the authority’s allocation scheme, pursuant to Pt VI of the Housing Act 1996, the tenancy was not thereby rendered void or ineffective.”
WLR Daily, 19th October 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.
Wilson v Health and Safety Executive (Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening) – WLR Daily
“An employer could be required, in proceedings in which an equal pay claim was brought, to provide objective justification for his use of a length of service criterion as well as its adoption in the first place.”
WLR Daily, 19th 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.
Chief Constable of Humberside Police and Others v Information Commissioner, Secretary of State for the Home Department intervening – Times Law Reports
Court of Appeal
“There could be no question of the retention of records of old minor convictions being held in the national police computer to be either excessive or being held for longer than necessary. It was for the data controller to determine the purposes for which data were processed and it was a registered purpose to hold information so that it could be supplied to others in legitimate need such as the courts and the Crown Prosecution Service.”
The Times, 22nd October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Lord Woolf raps solicitors for CPR failings – Law Society’s Gazette
“Lord Woolf has blamed lawyers, the judiciary and government for blunting the impact of his 10-year-old reforms to the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR).”
Law Society’s Gazette, 22nd October 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Legal training: is it taking too long? – The Times
“American commercial law firms are beating their City counterparts in the race for the best international talent because of anachronistic legal profession rules, say leading UK academics.”
The Times, 22nd October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Outrage at government plan for secret inquests – The Independent
“Plans to introduce secret inquiries into controversial deaths from which the public and bereaved families could be banned are to be pushed through the House of Commons by the Government.”
The Independent, 22nd October 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
SFO opens criminal inquiry into ‘Beano’ Levene – The Times
“The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) today announced it was opening a criminal investigation into Nicholas Levene, the bankrupt City trader.”
The Times, 21st October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Detections using DNA database fall despite huge rise in profiles – The Guardian
“Detections using the national DNA database have fallen over the past two years despite the number of profiles increasing by 1m and its running costs doubling to £4.2m a year.”
The Guardian, 21st October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Protester injunction bid rejected – BBC News
“An energy company has been criticised for taking legal action against a protester under the Terrorism Act.”
BBC News, 21st October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The David v Goliath battle on costs – The Times
“Radical changes to the civil justice system were made just over ten years ago and it is less than a decade since the last big reform to funding, when legal aid was withdrawn for personal injury claims. Now a radical review of costs is being carried out by Lord Justice Jackson.”
The Times, 22nd October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Fraudster jailed for crash-for-cash scam – The Independent
“A fraudster who staged almost 100 car accidents and used the insurance payouts to fund a glamorous lifestyle was jailed yesterday.”
The Independent, 22nd October 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
The Times wins Reynolds qualified privilege battle – The Times
“Last week The Times won an important preliminary issue in a long-running libel action with a police officer by establishing that an article it published in 2006 was covered by Reynolds qualified privilege.”
The Times, 22nd October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Watchdog gives pub industry the all-clear – The Independent
“Britain’s pub industry was given the all-clear by competition watchdogs today following a ‘super complaint’ about so-called beer ties.”
The Independent, 22nd October 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Cases which undermined the Human Rights Act – Daily Telegraph
“As Keir Starmer, the Director of Public Prosecutions, defends the Human Rights Act, here are five of the most controversial cases in which it has been invoked.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd October 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Ministers to consider bolstering press freedom after ‘super-injunction’ debate – The Guardian
“The government is concerned that double gagging orders – ‘super-injunctions’ – are being used too readily by libel law firms, and will involve the judiciary in a consultation hoping to bring down their use.”
The Guardian, 21st October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
