Jack Straw urged to send judge after Jersey pair are freed – The Times

Posted June 26th, 2008 in child abuse, Jersey, news, police by sally

“Jack Straw faced pressure yesterday to appoint an independent judge to oversee the child abuse investigation in Jersey, after police were prevented from charging two suspects.”

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The Times, 26th June 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

‘Angelic looking’ boy, 12, at risk of being lured into extremism – The Times

Posted June 26th, 2008 in children, news, terrorism by sally

“An ‘angelic looking boy’ aged 12 has been identified as at severe risk of being lured into violent Islamist extremism, a senior police officer revealed today.”

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The Times, 26th June 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Britons may be jailed if relatives from abroad overstay – The Guardian

Posted June 26th, 2008 in immigration, news by sally

“Families who sponsor overseas relatives to visit Britain will face fines of up to £5,000 and possible prison sentences if their relatives overstay, under Home Office proposals announced yesterday.”

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The Guardian, 26th June 2008

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

House of Lords Judgments: What’s New?

Posted June 26th, 2008 in law reports by sally

Beoku-Betts (FC) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) [2008] UKHL 39 (25 June 2008)

Chikwamba (FC) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) [2008] UKHL 40 (25 June 2008)

EB Kosovo (FC) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) [2008] UKHL 41 (25 June 2008)

AL Serbia (FC) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) R (On the application of Rudi) (FC) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) [2008] UKHL 42 (25 June 2008)

Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Lewisham (Appellants) v Malcolm (Respondent) [2008] UKHL 43 (25 June 2008)

Earl Cadogan and others (Respondents) v 26 Cadogan Square Limited (Appellants), Howard de Walden Estates Limited (Respondents) v Aggio and others (Appellants) [2008] UKHL 44 (25 June 2008)

Source: www.parliament.uk

Daily Telegraph Law Reports, 26th June 2008

Posted June 26th, 2008 in law reports by sally

Boustead (Murray) v. North West Strategic HA

Moore Stephens (A Firm) v. Stone & Rolls Ltd (In Liquidation)

G v. R & Anr

Barnett v. Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

Refson v. Revenue & Customs Commissioners

R (Hill) v. Bedfordshire CC

Daily Telegraph, 26th June 2008

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Please note the Daily Telegraph Law Reports are available online for one week only.

Ombudsman quits prisoner inquiry – BBC News

Posted June 26th, 2008 in inquiries, news, prisons by sally

“The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman has quit an inquiry into the treatment of a teenage prisoner, blaming the Prison Service for unacceptable restrictions.”

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BBC News, 26th June 2008

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted June 26th, 2008 in law reports by sally

Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)

Higgs v R [2008] EWCA Crim 1324 (24 June 2008)

M & Anor, R. v [2008] EWCA Crim 1249 (23 May 2008)

Coupe, R. v [2008] EWCA Crim 1210 (23 May 2008)

Morgan v R. [2008] EWCA Crim 1323 (20 June 2008)

Smith & Ors v R [2008] EWCA Crim 1342 (25 June 2008)

Ilyas v Aylesbury Vale District Council [2008] EWCA Crim 1303 (19 June 2008)

High Court (Chancery Division)

Ardentia Ltd. v British Telecommunications Plc [2008] EWHC B12 (Ch) (19 June 2008)

Lancore Services Ltd v Barclays Bank Plc [2008] EWHC 1264 (Ch) (25 June 2008)

Cerascope Ltd & Anor v [2008] EWHC B9 (Ch) (25 June 2008)

Barron v Woodhead & Anor [2008] EWHC B10 (Ch) (25 June 2008)

High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)

Boustead v North West Strategic Health Authority [2008] EWHC B11 (QB) (16 June 2008)

Chilli Developments Ltd v The Commission for the New Towns (Known as English Partnerships) & Anor [2008] EWHC 1310 (QB) (18 June 2008)

Photolibrary Group Ltd (t/a Garden Picture Library) & Ors v Burda Senator Verlag GmbH & Ors [2008] EWHC 1343 (QB) (18 June 2008)

Basic Solutions Ltd v Sands [2008] EWHC 1388 (QB) (23 June 2008)

Source: www.bailii.org

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted June 26th, 2008 in law reports by sally

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

Wychavon District Council v Secretary of State for Communities & Local Government & Ors [2008] EWCA Civ 692 (23 June 2008)

Roudham and Larling Parish Council, R (on the application of) v Breckland Council [2008] EWCA Civ 714 (25 June 2008)

Gray v Thames Trains Ltd & Anor (Rev 1) [2008] EWCA Civ 713 (25 June 2008)

High Court (Administrative Court)

Weaver, R (on the application of) v London & Quadrant Housing Trust [2008] EWHC 1377 (Admin) (24 June 2008)

O’Neil, R (on the application of) v Independent Adjudicator & Anor [2008] EWHC 1371 (Admin) (03 June 2008)

Mitchell, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWHC 1370 (Admin) (03 June 2008)

Khan, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWHC 1367 (Admin) (04 June 2008)

General Medical Council, R (on the application of) v George [2008] EWHC 1337 (Admin) (06 June 2008)

Wheeler, R (on the application of) v Office of the Prime Minister & Anor [2008] EWHC 1409 (Admin) (25 June 2008)

M & Anor, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Lambeth & Ors [2008] EWHC 1364 (Admin) (20 June 2008)

A v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWHC 1382 (Admin) (23 June 2008)

High Court (Technology and Construction Court)

Owen Pell Ltd v Bindi (London) Ltd [2008] EWHC 1420 (TCC) (19 May 2008)

Fitzpatrick Contractors Ltd v Tyco Fire & Integrated Solutions (UK) Ltd [2008] EWHC 1391 (TCC) (13 June 2008)

Balcombe Group Plc v London Developement Agency [2008] EWHC 1392 (TCC) (24 June 2008)

Drummond v Pool Design Ltd [2008] EWHC 1438 (TCC) (13 June 2008)

Diamond Build Ltd v Clapham Park Homes Ltd [2008] EWHC 1439 (TCC) (25 June 2008)

Source: www.bailii.org

R (Weaver) v London and Quadrant Housing Trust – WLR Daily

Posted June 26th, 2008 in housing, judicial review, law reports by sally

R (Weaver) v London and Quadrant Housing Trust [2008] EWHC 1377 (Admin); [2008] WLR (D) 207

“The management and allocation of housing stock by a housing trust which was a registered social landlord under the Housing Act 1996, including decisions concerning the termination of a tenancy, was a function of a public nature, with the effect that the registered social landlord was to regarded as a public authority in that respect for the purposes of s 6(3)(b) of the Human Rights Act 1998. The registered social landlord was accordingly amenable to judicial review on conventional public law grounds in respect of its performance of that function.”

WLR Daily, 25th June 2008

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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Commune de Mesquer v Total France SA and another – WLR Daily

Posted June 26th, 2008 in EC law, law reports, waste by sally

Commune de Mesquer v Total France SA and another (Case C-188/07); [2008] WLR (D) 206

“When heavy fuel oil, produced during the refinement of crude oil, was discharged from a ship at sea, the producer of the oil, as well as the seller of the oil and the charterer of the ship, could be held liable for the cost of disposing of pollution on the coast caused by the oil.”

WLR Daily, 25th June 2008

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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Lewisham London Borough Council v Malcolm (Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening) – WLR Daily

Posted June 26th, 2008 in disability discrimination, housing, law reports by sally

Lewisham London Borough Council v Malcolm (Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening) [2008] UKHL 43; [2008] WLR (D) 205

“A landlord’s claim for a possession order against a disabled tenant who sublet the premises in breach of the tenancy agreement did not amount to unlawful discrimination for a reason which related to the tenant’s disability. A tenant without a disability who had similarly sublet the premises would have been treated in exactly the same way as the tenant with a disability.”

WLR Daily, 25th June 2008

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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R v Wood – WLR Daily

Posted June 26th, 2008 in alcoholism, criminal responsibility, law reports, murder by sally

R v Wood [2008] EWCA Crim 1305; [2008] WLR (D) 204

“In addressing a plea of diminished responsibility in the context of alcohol dependency syndrome, the jury must consider whether it had been established that the defendant’s syndrome was of such an extent and nature that it constituted an abnormality of mind induced by disease or illness, and, if that were established, whether the defendant’s mental responsibility for his actions at the time of the killing was substantially impaired as a result of the syndrome.”

WLR Daily, 25th June 2008

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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EB (Kosovo) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily

Posted June 26th, 2008 in asylum, delay, law reports by sally

EB (Kosovo) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] UKHL 41; [2008] WLR (D) 203

“Delay in the decision-making process might be relevant to the consideration of an appeal relying on art 8 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.”

WLR Daily, 25th June 2008

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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Chikwamba v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily

Posted June 26th, 2008 in asylum, human rights, law reports by sally

Chikwamba v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] UKHL 40; [2008] WLR (D) 202

“An appeal based on art 8 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms against refusal of asylum and leave to enter should not be routinely dismissed on the ground that it would be proportionate and more appropriate for the applicant to return to her home country to apply for leave to enter.”

WLR Daily, 25th June 2008

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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Chikwamba v Secretary of State for the Home Department – Times Law Reports

Posted June 26th, 2008 in asylum, human rights, law reports by sally

Chikwamba v Secretary of State for the Home Department

House of Lords

“An appeal based on the right to family life against a refusal of asylum and leave to enter should not be dismissed routinely because policy required the appellant to leave the country to apply for entry clearance abroad.”

The Times, 26th June 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

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Lewisham London Borough Council v Malcolm – Times Law Reports

Posted June 26th, 2008 in disability discrimination, housing, law reports by sally

Lewisham London Borough Council v Malcolm

House of Lords

“A disabled person who was being evicted from his council flat because he had sublet the flat in breach of the terms of his tenancy and had moved elsewhere, was not being evicted for a reason which related to his disability nor was he being treated less favourably than others who were not disabled. He was therefore not suffering discrimination.”

The Times, 26th June 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

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Transport for London Act 2008

Posted June 26th, 2008 in legislation, London, transport by sally

Transport for London Act 2008 published

Full text of Act (PDF)

Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

Brady challenged to find Bennett – BBC News

Posted June 26th, 2008 in murder, news, victims by sally

“Moors murderer Ian Brady has been challenged by a lawyer to help police find the body of Keith Bennett.”

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BBC News, 26th June 2008

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Harman defends positive discrimination plans – The Independent

Posted June 26th, 2008 in equality, news by sally

“The Equality Minister Harriet Harman today defended controversial plans to encourage firms to discriminate in favour of female and ethnic minorities job candidates.”

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The Independent, 26th June 2008

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‘This was the way these mothers won justice’ – The Times

Posted June 26th, 2008 in anonymity, murder, special report, witnesses by sally

“When Jacqui Smith heard last week that the judiciary had effectively outlawed courtroom protection for witnesses, she thought of her conversations with the mothers of Letisha Shakespeare and Charlene Ellis.”

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The Times, 25th June 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk