“A new campaign that explains how the public can have their say on the work offenders carry out on Community Payback was launched today by Justice Secretary Jack Straw and Home Secretary Jacqui Smith.”
Ministry of Justice, 30th March 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Barnett v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and Another
Court of Appeal
“Where full planning permission had been granted for the construction of buildings, the grant approved the application plans and drawings unless the permission expressly stated otherwise. The general rule in construing permissions to have regard only to the permission unless the ancillary plans and drawings had been expressly incorporated, applied only to outline planning permission.”
The Times, 30th March 2009
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.
Waterman and Another v Boyle and Another
Court of Appeal
“An express right to park two vehicles at a property did not imply a further right to park additional vehicles.”
The Times, 30th March 2009
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.
The European Parliamentary Elections (Welsh Forms) Order 2009
The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Controllers) (Exemption) Order 2009
The Welfare Reform Act 2007 (Commencement No. 10, Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order 2009
The Employment Code of Practice (Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures) Order 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Noorani v Calver (No 2 Costs) [2009] EWHC 592 (QB) (25 March 2009)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Oak Investment Partners XII Ltd Partnership v Boughtwood & Ors [2009] EWHC 641 (Ch) (27 March 2009)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Cheatle v General Medical Council [2009] EWHC 645 (Admin) (27 March 2009)
High Court (Commercial Court)
TS Lines Ltd v Delphis NV [2009] EWHC B4 (Comm) (25 February 2009)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
London Borough of Camden v Makers UK Ltd [2009] EWHC 605 (TCC) (27 March 2009)
High Court (Patents Court)
Scinopharm Taiwan Ltd v Eli Lilly & Company [2009] EWHC 631 (Pat) (27 March 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
“The law firm Irwin Mitchell has topped a league table of clinical negligence lawyers paid the most by the NHS, picking up almost £11m in fees and costs last year from compensation claims by patients.”
The Times, 29th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The public will be able to vote on the community sentence punishments they want criminals to carry out, from today.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“More than 500 of the richest people in Britain are planning legal action against Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) for losses of more than £200m from investments through Coutts, the Queen’s bankers, which it bought in 2000.”
The Times, 29th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Hundreds of people who suffered burns and rashes from faulty leather sofas will have to wait longer to find out if they are to be paid compensation.”
BBC News, 27th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The attorney general is to be asked to investigate two more cases of alleged MI5 complicity in torture of men detained in Pakistan. Lawyers representing Rangzieb Ahmed and Salahuddin Amin are to ask Lady Scotland to consider possible criminal wrongdoing.”
The Guardian, 28th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Prisoners could be given the vote by next year in a double offensive to force Jack Straw to implement a controversial European ruling.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A solicitor and his father-in-law were convicted yesterday of exploiting secret information to buy shares before a company takeover in the Financial Services Authority’s (FSA) first criminal prosecution for insider dealing.”
The Times, 28th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Five men have been jailed and one given a suspended sentence after admitting printing £5m in fake banknotes.”
BBC News, 27th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Jack Straw is facing fresh ridicule after his officials were forced to pull sentencing statistics which had already been delayed once because of errors.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A judge has ordered a retrial in a case of causing death by dangerous driving after a juror was overheard making comments judged to be biased.”
BBC News, 27th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An Old Bailey jury rejected the 19-year-old’s claims of self-defence.”
The Independent, 27th March 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A lawyer and his father-in-law were today convicted of insider dealing in the first such criminal prosecution secured by the Financial Services Authority (FSA), the City watchdog.”
The Times, 27th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Lawyers were today finalising a compensation bid on behalf of more than 4,000 customers allegedly left with rashes and burns after buying faulty sofas.”
The Independent, 27th March 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Back-from-the-dead canoeist John Darwin and his wife Anne have both lost appeals against their prison sentences.”
BBC News, 27th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Act of Settlement of 1701, which bars Catholics from the throne – or marrying the monarch, or princes in the line of succession – has become an increasing source of contention, with a series of attempts to abolish such a nakedly discriminatory law.”
The Guardian, 27th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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