“The lawyer representing the mother of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence has called for an inquiry into the release of fresh details of the investigation.”
BBC News, 9th November 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An ex-Army major who claims his career was ruined after he was arrested on suspicion of spying has lost the bulk of his High Court action for damages.”
BBC News, 9th November 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two pressure groups have won a High Court challenge on the legality of the decision to end investigations into BAE Systems’ dealings with Saudi Arabia.”
BBC News, 9th November 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
High Court (Administrative Court)
Rumbold v The General Medical Council [2007] EWHC 2569 (Admin) (09 November 2007)
LT and DT v City & County of Cardiff & Anor [2007] EWHC 2568 (Admin) (09 November 2007)
Shore v Sedgwick Financial Services Ltd & Ors [2007] EWHC 2509 (Admin) (08 November 2007)
Hill v Bedfordshre County Council [2007] EWHC 2435 (Admin) (02 November 2007)
Hertfordshire County Council v National Grid Gas plc [2007] EWHC 2535 (Admin) (02 November 2007)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Hicks v Russell Jones & Walker [2007] EWHC 2545 (Ch) (05 November 2007)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Outokumpu Stainless Ltd v AXA Global Risks (UK) Ltd & Ors [2007] EWHC 2555 (Comm) (08 November 2007)
Source: www.bailii.org
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Klusova v London Borough of Hounslow [2007] EWCA Civ 1127 (07 November 2007)
Kensington International Ltd v Republic of Congo [2007] EWCA Civ 1128 (07 November 2007)
Wandsworth v Randall [2007] EWCA Civ 1126 (07 November 2007)
Winter & Anor v Traditional & Contemporary Contracts Ltd [2007] EWCA Civ 1088 (07 November 2007)
London Borough of Southwark v Dennett [2007] EWCA Civ 1091 (07 November 2007)
Albon (t/a NA Carriage CO) v Naza Motor Trading SDN BHD [2007] EWCA Civ 1124 (06 November 2007)
Khan & Anor v The Home Office [2007] EWCA Civ 1092 (05 November 2007)
Home Office v Evans & Anor [2007] EWCA Civ 1089 (02 November 2007)
Vaughan v Vaughan [2007] EWCA Civ 1085 (02 November 2007)
Couronne & Ors v Bontemps & Ors [2007] EWCA Civ 1086 (02 November 2007)
Harrold v North Bristol NHS Trust [2007] EWCA Civ 1090 (02 November 2007)
Warwickshire County Council v M & Ors [2007] EWCA Civ 1084 (01 November 2007)
Raglan Housing Association Ltd. v Fairclough [2007] EWCA Civ 1087 (01 November 2007)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Cartwright, R v [2007] EWCA Crim 2581 (07 November 2007)
H v R. [2007] EWCA Crim 2622 (07 November 2007)
Source: www.bailii.org
“A request to the Commission of the European Communities for access to personal data contained in a Commission document could only be refused on the grounds of the privacy and integrity of the persons if such privacy and integrity were capable of being actually and specifically undermined by disclosure, and the applicant did not have to prove that disclosure was necessary.”
WLR Daily, 8th November 2007
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.
Evans v. Kosmar Villa Holidays Plc
Somerville v. Scottish Ministers
Daily Telegraph, 8th November 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The date when significant parts of the Companies Act come into force has been put back a year. It will now be 1st October 2009 instead of 1st October 2008, according to the UK Government.”
OUT-LAW.com, 7th November 2007
Source: www.out-law.com
“Forget the McCanns, the inquest into the death of the Diana, Princess of Wales, or Heather Mills’s outburst against the media. The real story in recent days is the arrival on the statute book of the Legal Services Act which has received Royal Assent. Dry as it sounds, this piece of legislation heralds a revolution in how legal services will be delivered to the public.”
The Times, 8th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“There have been many cases in recent years involving celebrities and the extent of their rights to privacy. But what about privacy for vulnerable people who were never celebrities in the first place? Is their protection against press intrusion stronger or weaker than the famous? Is the situation exacerbated by the fact that the subject of prurient interest happens to be a child?”
The Times, 8th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Two Cheshire teenagers who terrorised a vulnerable man before beating him to death and throwing his body in a river, have had their life sentences cut.”
BBC News, 8th November 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“About 500 pubs and clubs in England and Wales have been granted 24-hour licences in the two years since laws were changed, government figures show.”
BBC News, 8th November 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Frail and vulnerable elderly people will be able to give evidence from their own homes via video link to courts in a drive to prosecute more crimes against old people.”
The Times, 8th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“British lawyers are united in their condemnation of the treatment of lawyers in Pakistan and the dismissal of the Chief Justice and are calling for the re-instatement of the rule of law and the Constitution.”
The Times, 8th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Kensington International Ltd v. Republic of Congo (Vitol Services Ltd and others, third parties)
“On the proper construction of s 13 of the Fraud Act 2006, proceedings for the recovery of a debt were ‘ proceedings relating to property’ within the meaning of s 13(3) and bribery, whose essential feature was deception, was an offence involving ‘fraudulent conduct or purpose’ within the meaning of s 13(4) (b).”
WLR Daily, 8th November 2007
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.
“Foreign drivers will be traced and forced to pay parking, bus lane and congestion charge fines, under a Government plan to address the problem of 700,000 unpaid penalties issued annually to vehicles that are registered overseas.”
The Times, 9th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Lawyers were shocked at the House of Lords decision to end compensation for those suffering from the asbestos-related condition of pleural plaques. Jon Robins looks at the legal ramifications.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 8th November 2007
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“An initiative in the fight against fear and confusion felt by witnesses of the court process across England and Wales, has been launched by the Court Minister Maria Eagle, today.”
Her Majesty’s Courts Service, 8th November 2007
Source: www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk
“Labour and Conservative MPs are preparing to unite in a cross-party attempt to restrict access to abortion in Britain, The Daily Telegraph has learned.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th November 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Allies and opponents of Sir Ian Blair yesterday said they believed he would keep his job as Britain’s most senior police officer, despite an official report into the killing of Jean Charles de Menezes blaming him for exacerbating the damage caused to his force.”
The Guardian, 9th November 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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