“A client’s signature on one document cannot be transferred to another and taken as approval of that second document, the High Court has said. Lawyers must ensure that the formalities of deeds and contracts are observed, said the Court’s ruling.”
OUT-LAW.com, 19th December 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“An 81-year-old motorist who admitted killing two elderly women by knocking them down as they crossed the road near their home has been fined £1,000.”
BBC News, 18th December 2008
Source: www.bbc,co.uk
“A man has been jailed for three years for killing a couple in a car crash.”
BBC News, 18th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A former associate of The Beatles has won the right to sue in England over a New York Times article which called him a charlatan. Because the article was published online the case should go ahead, the High Court has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 18th December 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“The UK’s Intellectual Property Office (IPO) will still use a previously formulated test on software patents despite a court ruling which many took to be critical of its approach.”
OUT-LAW.com, 18th December 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“A stalker who attacked a woman with an ice pick because he thought she was a witch has been jailed.”
BBC News, 18th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A pensioner who went to the High Court claiming government moves to close post offices discriminated against disabled people has lost her fight.”
BBC News, 18th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The distraught family of the teenager who fell to her death from a white-knuckle ride condemned a £250,000 fine for the company running the theme park today as ‘far too little’.”
The Independent, 18th December 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A former Metropolitan Police officer has been sentenced to six years in prison for blackmailing 11 sex offenders and suspected criminals.”
BBC News, 18th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An NHS doctor who claimed she was forced into a marriage in Bangladesh is seeking an annulment to the union in the British courts.”
BBC News, 19th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Lap dancing clubs may be closed if they are located too near ‘inappropriate’ sites such as schools, under transitional powers contained in the policing and crime bill published yesterday.”
The Guardian, 19th December 2008
source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Lawyers representing a man convicted of terrorism offences yesterday are to launch an appeal and embark on a civil action on his behalf alleging that he was tortured by Pakistani intelligence agents before being questioned by officials from the British security service, MI5.”
The Guardian, 19th December 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A British Muslim described by police as an al-Qaeda mastermind who considered mass murder to be part of his duty became the first person to be convicted of the charge of directing terrorism yesterday.”
The Times, 19th December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A babysitter was cleared yesterday of murdering a two-year-old boy, marking the end of a long campaign to clear her name.”
The Times, 19th December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Two teenage boys have been jailed for life for the unprovoked murder of a 44-year-old father in a churchyard attack.”
BBC News, 18th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Metropolitan Police have issued an humiliating public apology to the man wrongly accused of murdering Rachel Nickell, after a convicted rapist admitted killing her in a frenzied knife attack on Wimbledon Common 16 years ago.”
The Times, 18th December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A Derbyshire GP who made a ‘devastating error of judgement’ over a child who died of meningitis can carry on practising, a panel has ruled.”
BBC News, 18th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The BBC has been fined £95,000 by media watchdog Ofcom for broadcasting 13 quizzes which listeners could not win.”
BBC News, 18th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
T-Mobile (UK) Ltd and Another v Office of Communications
Court of Appeal
“An appeal from a decision of the Office of Communications (Ofcom) concerning the award of wireless telegraphy licences lay by way of judicial review and not to the Competition Appeal Tribunal.”
The Times, 18th 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.
The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2008
The Medical Profession (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2008
The International Criminal Court (Remand Time) Order 2008
The Civil Aviation (Overseas Territories) (Gibraltar) (Revocations) (No. 2) Order 2008
The Air Navigation (Guernsey) (Revocation) Order 2008
The Inspectors of Education, Children’s Services and Skills (No. 5) Order 2008
The Parliamentary Commissioner Order 2008
The European Communities (Designation) (No. 4) Order 2008
The Civil Aviation (Overseas Territories) (Gibraltar) (Revocations) Order 2008
The Air Navigation (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 2008
The Cayman Islands (Constitution) (Amendment) Order 2008
The Transfer of Functions (Administration of Rent Officer Service in England) Order 2008
The Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (St. Helens) Designation Order 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
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