“A deaf would-be law student has begun proceedings against a London law school, alleging disability discrimination on the grounds of ‘unfavourable treatment’ and failure to make ‘reasonable adjustments’.”
Law Society’s Gazette. 5th March 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A mobile phone airtime reseller did not have a legal duty to take network O2 to court on behalf of a company which had sold it its subscriber base, the High Court has said. The Court said the claim was based on a mistaken interpretation of a contract.”
OUT-LAW.com, 4th March 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) began an investigation into local bus services yesterday. The regulator said that the inquiry had been prompted by increasing concentration in the sector, which, after a number of takeovers, had left nearly two thirds of services controlled by only five large operators: Arriva, Go-Ahead, Stagecoach, FirstGroup and National Express.”
The Times, 6th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Foreign drivers will have to pay on-the-spot fines of up to £900 for flouting traffic laws under new legislation to be introduced next month.”
The Times, 6th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A 17-year-old has been jailed for life for stabbing to death a man he believed to be a love rival.”
BBC News, 5th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A teenager who killed a gay man after hurling homophobic abuse at him, has been detained for more than two years in a young offenders’ institution.”
BBC News, 5th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man who tried to kill himself has successfully sued the hospital which saved his life for £90,000 damages.”
The Independent, 6th March 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“British Airways check-in employee Nadia Eweida who was banned from wearing a Christian cross at work is to take her case to the Court of Appeal.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A shortage of courtrooms mean victims and witnesses face long delays in criminal trials, the government’s spending watchdog has warned.”
The Guardian, 6th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“More than 40 major British companies face legal action for allegedly buying secret personal data about thousands of workers they wanted to vet before employing them.”
The Guardian, 6th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A bogus aristocrat jailed for eight years yesterday for his leading role in the world’s biggest attempted theft is also being investigated for other massive frauds.”
The Times, 6th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The family courts system is at ‘breaking point’ and thousands of vulnerable women and children at risk of abuse are going without legal help, according to a report.”
The Times, 6th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Karl Bishop, who stabbed to death the Harry Potter actor Rob Knox, was today sentenced at the Old Bailey to life in prison.”
The Guardian, 5th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
High Court (Administrative Court)
Von Der Pahlen v Leoben High Court, Austria [2009] EWHC 383 (Admin) (04 March 2009)
High Court (Patents Court)
AT&T Knowledge Ventures LP, Re [2009] EWHC 343 (Pat) (03 March 2009)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Stanton v Collinson [2009] EWHC 342 (QB) (02 March 2009)
Prince Radu of Hohenzollern v Houston & Anor [2009] EWHC 398 (QB) (04 March 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2009
The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (Commencement No.11) Order 2009
The Planning Act 2008 (Commencement No. 1 and Savings) Order 2009
The Pensions Act 2007 (Commencement No.3) Order 2009
The Bank Administration (Scotland) Rules 2009
The Bank Insolvency (Scotland) Rules 2009
The Bank Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2009
The Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board (Fees) Rules Order 2009
The Companies (Shares and Share Capital) Order 2009
The Child Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2009
The Town and Country Planning (Local Development) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Essex Trading Standards v Singh; [2009] WLR (D) 81
“In order to acquit a defendant of a charge of unauthorised use of registered trade marks in relation to goods, contrary to s 92(1)(c) of the Trade Marks Act 1994, under the statutory defence provided by s 92(5) of the Act, it was not enough for the court to conclude on the facts that the defendant had acted in the honest belief that the use of the signs was not an infringement of the registered trade marks; it was also necessary to find that he had reasonable grounds for so believing.”
WLR Daily, 4th March 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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R v G; R v J [2009] UKHL 13; [2009] WLR (D) 80
“To rely on the defence in s 58(3) of the Terrorism Act 2000 a defendant had to show an objectively ‘reasonable excuse’ for his action or possession and a ruling that neither a desire to ‘wind up’ prison officers nor mental illness could amount to a reasonable excuse had been correct.”
WLR Daily, 4th March 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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“A severely disabled claimant was entitled as of right to damages from the tortfeasor in preference to dependence on the statutory obligations of the local authority to provide accommodation and care for her. For the purposes of disregarding damages for personal injuries from charging provisions in respect of accommodation and care provided by local authorities, all the heads of damage were to be disregarded, not only those for pain, suffering and loss of amenity.”
WLR Daily, 4th March 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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R (Ahmad) v Newham London Borough Council [2009] UKHL 14; [2009] WLR (D) 78
“A local authority scheme for the allocation of social housing which accorded priority amongst applicants with ‘reasonable preference’ under s 167 of the Housing Act 1996, as amended, according to length of time on the waiting list, rather than relative need, was neither unlawful nor irrational.”
WLR Daily, 4th March 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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