“One of the eminent outsiders brought into Gordon Brown’s ‘government of all the talents’ has revealed that he quit in disgust at what he describes as Labour’s ‘dismal’ lack of political leadership on human rights.”
The Guardian, 11th December 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A group of high-profile legal figures including Linklaters senior partner David Cheyne and Simmons & Simmons managing partner Mark Dawkins have questioned the effectiveness of the Law Society as a single regulator.”
Legal Week, 11th December 2008
Source: www.legalweek.com
“The tycoon Sir James Dyson, whose trademark ‘double cyclone’ vacuum cleaner has become a world beater, has gone to the High Court to try to block a rival design from Samsung Electronics.”
Full story
Daily Telegraph, 10th December 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Campaigners seeking to lift the ban on assisted suicide were dealt a blow yesterday when Gordon Brown repeated his opposition to a change in the law.”
The Times, 11th December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The true scale of child abuse in the UK was revealed yesterday when Christine Gilbert, the chief executive of the children’s services watchdog, told MPs that three children a week died as a result of abuse – more than triple the previous estimate.”
The Independent, 11th December 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A company called Coke Cola Limited has been ordered to change its name and pay £700 to the Coca-Cola Company in the first ruling issued by the UK’s newly-formed Company Names Tribunal.”
OUT-LAW.com, 10th December 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“Egg, the online bank owned by Citigroup, has been fined £721,000 for ‘serious failings’ on sales of credit card payment protection insurance (PPI) to nearly half its customers over a three-year period. The bank may have to pay millions of pounds to customers in PPI refunds.”
The Times, 11th December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Single mothers will be forced to give the name of their child’s father on birth certificates so that they can be made to pay maintenance, under a Government clampdown on the benefits culture.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th December 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Asylum-seekers who claim to have been abused by British security guards accused the Government yesterday of running Guantanamo Bay-style detention camps.”
The Independent, 11th December 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The daughter of a mentally-ill woman who walked out of a hospital and threw herself under a train has won the final round of her battle for the right to sue the local health trust for damages. ”
The Independent, 10th December 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Cream Holdings Ltd & Ors v Davenport [2008] EWCA Civ 1363 (09 December 2008)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Kitfix Swallow Group Ltd v Great Gizmos Ltd [2008] EWHC 2723 (Ch) (12 November 2008)
Ellis v Ellis [2008] EWHC 2989 (Ch) (08 December 2008)
High Court (Commercial Court)
JP Morgan Chase Bank & Ors v Springwell Navigation Corp [2008] EWHC 2848 (Comm) (21 November 2008)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
“A cabinet minister has called for progress to be made on ending the 300-year old legal ban on Roman Catholics succeeding to the throne.”
BBC News, 10th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“There are two new provisions which are outside the usual timetable for amendments to the CPR.”
The Bar Council, 10th December 2008
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
“The Ministry of Justice’s simplification plan 2008 shows our progress made since 2007 in delivering reductions in the administrative burdens that our regulations impose on businesses, charities and the voluntary sector. It also provides an update on how we have been reducing data requests and bureaucratic burdens on our own front-line staff. It sets out our future plans for delivering our promised 25% reduction by 2010 in the administrative burdens on the business and third sectors.”
Ministry of Justice, 10th December 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“On 9 December 2008 the Sentencing Guidelines Council published its definitive guidelines ‘Theft and burglary in a building other than a dwelling’ and ‘Breach of an anti-social behaviour order’.”
Sentencing Guidelines Council, 9th December 2008
Source: www.sentencing-guidelines.gov.uk
Blacklight Power v Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks
Chancery Division
“The correct standard of proof for establishing patentability was the balance of probabilities.”
The Times, 10th December 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.
Club la Costa (UK) plc v Gebhard and Another
Queen’s Bench Division
“An offer to make amends for a defamatory statement could not be valid without the offer or accepting that the specific defamatory meaning contained in the statement complained of was defamatory of the person bringing the complaint.”
The Times, 10th December 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.
Louca v Public Prosecutor, Bielefeld, Germany Kaba v Court of First Instance, Creteil, France
Queen’s Bench Divisional Court
“While a European arrest warrant had to be validated by reference to an enforceable national legal procedure, it need not refer to any other European arrest warrant that might previously have been issued in respect of the alleged offences contained in the current warrant.”
The Times, 10th December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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