Wife guilty of anti-freeze plot – BBC News
“A woman has been found guilty of trying to kill her husband by slipping anti-freeze into his wine.”
BBC News, 29th January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Watchdog reveals payment protection profits – The Times
“Insurance policies designed to protect consumers against a loss of income are so profitable that the lenders who sell them can earn revenue of £1,200 on a policy that can cost only £20 to sell, a report by competition authorities revealed yesterday.”
The Times, 29th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Reorganisation of the Ministry of Justice – Ministry of Justice
“Jack Straw has made a written ministerial statement in which he has announced a new structure for the Ministry of Justice.”
Ministry of Justice, 29th January 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
CCTV must not record conversations, warns new guidance – OUT-LAW.com
“Closed-circuit television (CCTV) system operators would need exceptional justification for recording sound as well as video, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has warned.”
OUT-LAW.com, 29th January 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
Privacy chief wants new criminal offence – OUT-LAW.com
“Information Commissioner Richard Thomas has asked the Government to create a new offence of recklessly or knowing breaching data protection principles punishable by unlimited fines. He has also asked for other powers to be strengthened.”
OUT-LAW.com, 29th January 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
R v Y [2008] EWCA Crim 10 – WLR Daily
R v Y [2008] EWCA Crim 10; [2008] WLR (D) 15
“Many rulings made by trial judges could properly be described both as relating to ‘offences included in the indictment’ and as being evidentiary and as such came within the provisions of s 58 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003, allowing the Crown to appeal against them provided it agreed, pursuant to s 58(8), that if the appeal failed the defendant had to be acquitted.”
WLR Daily, 28th January 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.
British Broadcasting Corporation v Sugar and another; R (British Broadcasting Corporation) v Information Tribunal; R (Sugar) v Information Commissioner – WLR Daily
“The BBC was a public authority to a limited extent in respect of information not held for the purpose of journalism and not otherwise; and that the information tribunal had no jurisdiction to consider a letter which on its face had not been a decision letter of the Information Commissioner.”
WLR Daily, 28th January 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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R (Griffin) v Richmond Magistrates’ Court – WLR Daily
R (Griffin) v Richmond Magistrates’ Court [2008] EWHC 84 (Admin); [2008] WLR (D) 13
“The statutory defence under s208(4) of the Insolvency Act 1986, available to a defendant to a charge under s208(1)(c) of the Act, imposed a legal burden of proof which was not incompatible with art 6 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.”
WLR Daily, 28th January 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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In re Astron Clinica Ltd and others – WLR Daily
In re Astron Clinica Ltd and others [2008] EWHC 85 (Pat); [2008] WLR (D) 12
“Claims to computer programs were not necessarily excluded from patentability by art 52 of the Convention on the Grant of European Patents 1973. Where claims to a method performed by running a suitably programmed computer or to a computer programmed to carry out the method were allowable, then, in principle, a claim to the program itself should be allowable.”
WLR Daily, 28th January 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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KG (Sri Lanka) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; AK (Sri Lanka) v Same – WLR Daily
“The right of a citizen of the European Union and his family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States did not extend to “other family members” (falling within art 3(2)(a) but not art 2(2) of Parliament and Council Directive 2004/38/EC) who had not been the dependants or members of the household of the Union citizens in the European Economic Area state from which the citizen had moved.”
WLR Daily, 28th January 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Statek Corpn v Alford and another – WLR Daily
Statek Corpn v Alford and another [2008] EWHC 32 (Ch); [2008] WLR (D) 10
“S 21(1) of the Limitation Act 1980 applied to a claim by a beneficiary under a trust against an accessory to fraudulent breaches of trust committed by other people so that no limitation period applied to such claims.”
WLR Daily, 28th January 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Statute Law Repeals – Law Commission
“The most recent Statute Law Repeals Report (the 18th report in the series) was published on 29 January 2008. A draft of the Bill, which gives effect to the repeal proposals contained in the report, is included. The Bill will shortly be introduced in the House of Lords for its First Reading.”
Law Commission, 29th January 2008
Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk
Related link: Statute Law Repeals: Eighteenth Report (PDF)
Social care rules ‘inconsistent’ – BBC News
“The rules governing which elderly and disabled people in England are entitled to social care have been criticised.”
BBC News, 29th January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Banga (t/a Banga Travel) v Secretary of State for the Department of Transport – Times Law Reports
Banga (t/a Banga Travel) v Secretary of State for the Department of Transport
Court of Appeal
“In order to appeal to the Court of Appeal from the Transport Tribunal it was not necessary to obtain permission to appeal although the appeal had to be on a point of law.”
The Times, 29th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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Regina (Payir and Others) v Secretary of State for the Home Department Case – Times Law Reports
Regina (Payir and Others) v Secretary of State for the Home Department Case C-294/06
Court of Justice of the European Communities
“The right of a Turkish national to continue in employment in an EC member state after working there for more than a year, was not affected by the fact that that person had initially been given leave to enter the country as an au pair or as a student.”
The Times, 29th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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MP who paid son £44,000 apologises – The Independent
“A senior Tory MP could be banned from the Commons after paying his son nearly £44,000 of taxpayers’ money while he was a full-time university student.”
The Independent, 29th January 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Non-Domestic Rating (Demand Notices) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The British Citizenship (Designated Service) (Amendment) Order 2008
The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Immigration (Employment of Adults Subject to Immigration Control) (Maximum Penalty) Order 2008
The London Skills and Employment Board (Specified Functions) Order 2008
The London Skills and Employment Board (Establishment) Regulations 2008
The Magistrates’ Courts Fees (Amendment) Order 2008
The Civil Proceedings Fees (Amendment) Order 2008
The Family Proceedings Fees (Amendment) Order 2008
The Social Security (Contributions) (Re-rating) Order 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Good intentions going up in smoke? – The Times
“It is only just over six weeks since the new regime came into force — but already cracks have begun to emerge in the regulations to clamp down on money laundering by fraudsters and terrorists. The regime is proving costly to implement and risks catching innocent people in its net. But is it proving its worth?”
The Times, 29th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Lawrence widow shocked at Asbo sentence – Daily Telegraph
“The widow of the murdered headmaster Philip Lawrence has attacked Britain’s ‘Kafka-esque’ deportation laws after a petty criminal was forcibly sent back to the Philippines while her husband’s killer is allowed to stay in Britain.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th January 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Anti-trafficking drive launched – BBC News
“A campaign urging people to be more aware of human trafficking will be formally launched later.”
BBC News, 29th January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
