“Public bodies including councils, NHS Trusts, the police, the DVLA and Government department will be allowed to share information about individuals without the need to ask Parliament. They will only need to get the permission of ministers.”
Daily Telegraph, 4th December 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A corrupt ex-detective who helped a drugs baron evade police in return for cocaine and nights with prostitutes was jailed for five years yesterday.”
The Guardian, 4th December 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Serious Fraud Office suffered a huge defeat yesterday with the collapse of its £25 million, six-year investigation into alleged price fixing among drug manufacturers.”
The Times, 4th December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Sprecher Grier Halberstam Llp & Anor v Walsh [2008] EWCA Civ 1324 (03 December 2008)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Walters & Anor v Smee & Anor [2008] EWHC 2902 (Ch) (28 November 2008)
High Court (Adminstrative Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
Here is a full transcript of the Queen’s Speech:
The Independent, 3rd December 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Simms v Islington London Borough Council
Court of Appeal
“The risk that a recovering drug addict’s relapse might be caused by his homelessness did not entitle him to be treated as having a priority need for accommodation.”
The Times, 3rd 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.
Pratt v Aigaion Insurance Co SA
Court of Appeal
“A marine insurance term requiring the warranted owner and/or his experienced skipper to be on board and in charge at all times with one experienced crew member, was not to be read literally but construed in the context of the policy as a whole and the surrounding circumstances; so construed, it applied when the vessel was being navigated or manoeuvred but not when it was tied up in dock.”
The Times, 3rd 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 House of Commons Speaker is to make a statement over the decision to allow police to search the offices of shadow immigration minister Damian Green.”
BBC News, 3rd December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Government plans to reform banking, welfare and policing are set to be outlined in the Queen’s Speech.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd December 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Chief Executive (Designate) of the Legal Services Board Chris Kenny has today (2 December) sent an open letter to each of the approved regulators designated under the Legal Services Act 2007.”
Ministry of Justice, 2nd December 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“The Channel island of Sark has come under renewed pressure to scrap one of the last vestiges of its feudal system after the Court of Appeal ruled that its new constitution breached human rights laws.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd December 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Professionals must not be too reluctant to remove children from abusive parents, a group of experts has said.”
BBC News, 3rd December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The former wife of the multimillionaire Tory grandee Sir Paul Judge is seeking to reopen the couple’s divorce settlement, claiming that he kept £14 million back to reimburse a charity but never paid it.”
The Times, 3rd December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A self-styled sex master who walked girlfriends around on a dog lead was jailed for three years for forcing a lover to have sex with other men.”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd December 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The coroner leading the inquest into the death of Jean Charles de Menezes has told the jury that they are not allowed to consider a verdict of unlawful killing.”
The Independent, 3rd December 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Constance Briscoe went into the High Court libel action that could have wrecked her career fully expecting to lose, she says in an interview in today’s Times.”
The Times, 3rd December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A former deputy mayor of Harrogate has been sentenced to eight months in prison for attempting to groom a 13-year-old girl for sex.”
BBC News, 2nd December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two men who beat a teenager to death during a burglary at his Newcastle flat have been sentenced to life in prison.”
BBC News, 2nd December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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