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“Uncontested applications in the Administrative Court would be dealt with under a procedure which replaced that set out in Practice Direction (Crown Office List: Consent orders) ( The Times May 14, 1997; [1997] 1 WLR 825), Mr Justice Collins stated in the Queen’s Bench Division on June 3, 2008.”

The Times, 17th July 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.

Regina v Mabengo; Regina v Lomoka; Regina v Salang; Regina v Birindwa – Times Law Reports

Posted July 17th, 2008 in law reports, possession of false identity documents, sentencing by sally

Regina v Mabengo; Regina v Lomoka; Regina v Salang; Regina v Birindwa

Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)

“A 12-month prison sentence for using a false passport was appropriate even though it had not been used to gain entry to the United Kingdom but in order to obtain work.”

The Times, 17th July 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.

Westcott v Westcott – WLR Daily

Posted July 17th, 2008 in complaints, defamation, law reports, police, privilege by sally

Westcott v Westcott [2008] EWCA Civ 818; [2008] WLR (D) 241

“A person who made a complaint to the police, thereby instigating a police investigation which did not lead to a prosecution, was entitled to rely on the defence of absolute privilege if defamation proceedings were subsequently brought.”

WLR Daily, 16th July 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.

Uzinterimpex JSC v Standard Bank plc – WLR Daily

Posted July 17th, 2008 in conversion, damages, law reports by sally

Uzinterimpex JSC v Standard Bank plc [2008] EWCA Civ 819; [2008] WLR (D) 240

“The general principle that damages in tort were to provide just compensation for the loss suffered in the particular circumstances of the case applied to the tort of conversion, giving rise to a duty to mitigate loss flowing from the wrongful act.”

WLR Daily, 16th July 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.

Roberts v Gill & Co and another – WLR Daily

Posted July 17th, 2008 in derivative claims, joinder, law reports by sally

Roberts v Gill & Co and another [2008] EWCA Civ 803; [2008] WLR (D) 239

“Where a beneficiary of an estate brought a derivative claim, the personal representative had to be joined as a party, since the situation was indistinguishable from that of a derivative action brought by a member of a company or corporate body, in which the company had to be joined as a defendant under CPR r 19.3.”

WLR Daily, 16th July 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.

The Form of Judgments in Common Law Jurisdictions: A Comparison – Speech by The Rt Hon Lady Justice Arden DBE

Posted July 17th, 2008 in judgments, speeches by sally

The Form of Judgments in Common Law Jurisdictions: A Comparison (PDF)

Speech by The Rt Hon Lady Justice Arden DBE

Conference in honour of Lord Bingham, 20th June 2008

Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk

CPS publishes policy on prosecuting crimes against older people – Crown Prosecution Service

Posted July 17th, 2008 in Crown Prosecution Service, elderly, news by sally

“The Director of Public Prosecutions, Sir Ken Macdonald, QC, said the Crown Prosecution Service was making clear to the public that it takes crime against older people seriously as a policy published today sets out how it handles these cases.”

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Crown Prosecution Service, 15th July 2008

Source: www.cps.gov.uk

Juvenile informers are the answer to knife crime wave – The Times

Posted July 17th, 2008 in investigatory powers, news, offensive weapons, young offenders by sally

“There is something very flawed about the Government’s response to knife crime. To be fair, none of the political parties has come up with an effective way of tackling the problem.”

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The Times, 17th July 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Compensation call over Equitable – BBC News

Posted July 17th, 2008 in compensation, insurance, maladministration, news by sally

“Ministers should set up a compensation fund for policyholders in the Equitable Life, the Parliamentary Ombudsman says.”

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BBC News, 17th July 2008

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Call for reform as UK data protection rules turn 10 – The Register

Posted July 17th, 2008 in data protection, news by sally

“The UK’s Data Protection Act turned ten years old on Wednesday amid calls to either update [sic] the legislation or enforce the rules it established.”

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The Register, 16th July 2008

Source: www.theregister.co.uk

‘Barristers are prima donnas in all sorts of different ways’ – The Times

Posted July 17th, 2008 in barristers, judiciary, women by sally

“The first woman High Court judge in the Commercial Court made a crucial career decision as a schoolgirl in the 1960s, when she was surprised to hear Lord Scarman’s ‘dinosaur-like views’ on women barristers.”

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The Times, 17th July 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Convicted drug dealers banned from owning more than one mobile phone – Daily Telegraph

Posted July 17th, 2008 in drug offences, news, telecommunications by sally

“Four convicted drug dealers have become the first criminals in England and Wales to be banned from owning or using more than one mobile telephone, under new police powers.”

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Daily Telegraph, 17th July 2008

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Sir Cliff Richard pins hopes on law that will keep cash rolling in until he’s 113 – The Times

“The rock dinosaurs of the 1960s are in line for a spectacular windfall after the EU announced plans yesterday to extend musicians’ entitlement to retrospective royalties from 50 to 95 years.”

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The Times, 17th July 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Raids planned for companies breaking data protection laws – Daily Telegraph

Posted July 17th, 2008 in data protection, news by sally

“The Government’s information watchdog is to be given expanded powers to raid companies suspected of breaking data protection rules.”

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Daily Telegraph, 17th July 2008

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Women lawyers and the City: where are they? – The Times

Posted July 17th, 2008 in solicitors, special report, women by sally

“Last month marked 793 years since Magna Carta was signed, a great step forward for the cause of liberty in Britain. Yet although there has been much progress over these eight centuries, there is one area of shame for lawyers like myself — that opportunities for high-flying women in our profession seem more suited to the 13th than the 21st century.”

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The Times, 17th July 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk