Scholar faces jail for page theft – BBC News
“A wealthy businessman who stole pages from books in the British Library and Bodleian Library is due to be sentenced at Wood Green Crown Court.”
BBC News, 21st November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Judge in Baha Mousa death inquiry to question ‘every witness’ – The Guardian
“The judge presiding over the public inquiry into the death of Baha Mousa, the Iraqi hotel receptionist killed while in the custody of British troops in Basra, made clear today that he intended to question every soldier who witnessed the incident, whether or not they were directly responsible.”
The Guardian, 20th November 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Legal fees to be squeezed under new accounting rules – The Times
“Commercial lawyers already under pressure to reduce fees as the market worsens are facing a new challenge with the introduction of new accounting rules governing M&A transactions.”
The Times, 20th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Criminal justice to be a ‘service’ – Daily Telegraph
“The criminal justice system is to be re-branded as the criminal justice service, under plans disclosed by ministers this week.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Big Brother’ database plan shelved – The Independent
“The timetable for setting up a giant ‘Big Brother’ database is slipping after the scheme was dropped from next month’s Queen’s Speech. The Independent has highlighted growing fury over government moves to collate details of every telephone call, email and internet visit.”
The Independent, 21st November 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Daily Cause List, 21st November 2008
Source: www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk
Please note only the current day’s cause list will be accessible
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2008
The Companies (Particulars of Company Charges) Regulations 2008
The Warwick (Parish Electoral Arrangements and Electoral Changes) Order 2007 (PDF)
The Wealden (Parish Electoral Arrangements and Electoral Changes) Order 2007 (PDF)
The Waverley (Parish Electoral Arrangements) Order 2007 (PDF)
The Tandridge (Electoral Changes) Order 2007 (PDF)
The Test Valley (Parish Electoral Arrangements) Order 2007 (PDF)
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Government will not release detailed report into Baby P – The Guardian
“The government refused today to release a detailed report into the mistakes made by authorities in the Baby P case.”
The Guardian, 20th November 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Marco Pierre White loses privacy case – The Times
“Marco Pierre White lost his privacy action yesterday against lawyers acting for his wife who obtained his private documents.”
The Times, 20th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Fake audiobook seller jailed – The Independent
“A man who conned people with counterfeit audiobooks, including the best-selling Harry Potter tales, was today jailed for 21 months.”
The Independent, 20th November 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Baroness Hale: new equality laws will not close gender gap – The Times
“Britain’s most senior woman judge gave warning last night that the Government’s proposed overhaul of equality laws would not close the pay or gender gap.”
The Times, 20th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Michael Jackson to testify in person in High Court battle – The Times
“London’s High Court will play host to a superstar next week when Michael Jackson testifies in person to contest a claim that he owes millions of pounds to an Arab sheikh.”
The Times, 20th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Ishaq & Ors, R v [2008] EWCA Crim 2565 (19 November 2008)
Assani, R v [2008] EWCA Crim 2563 (19 November 2008)
Labastide & Anor, R v [2008] EWCA Crim 2564 (19 November 2008)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
White v Withers LLP & Anor [2008] EWHC 2821 (QB) (19 November 2008)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Mubarak v General Medical Council [2008] EWHC 2830 (Admin) (20 November 2008)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Sotrade Denizcilik Sanayi VE Ticaret AS v Amadou Lo & Ors [2008] EWHC 2762 (Comm) (19 November 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
Blacklight Power Inc v Comptroller-General of Patents – WLR Daily
Blacklight Power Inc v Comptroller-General of Patents [2008] EWHC 2763 (Pat); [2008] WLR (D) 360
“The correct standard of proof that an applicant was required to satisfy to establish patentability was the balance of probabilities.”
WLR Daily, 19th November 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.
Carson and Others v United Kingdom (Application No 42184/05) – Times Law Reports
Carson and Others v United Kingdom (Application No 42184/05)
European Court of Human Rights
“The exclusion of pensioners living abroad from an index-linked uprating scheme applicable to all pensioners in the United Kingdom was not in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights.”
The Times, 20th November 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.
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Wear Valley (Parish Electoral Arrangements) Order 2007 (PDF)
The Chiltern (Parish Electoral Arrangements and Electoral Changes) Order 2007 (PDF)
The West Lancashire (Parish Electoral Arrangements and Electoral Changes) Order 2007 (PDF)
The West Lindsey (Electoral Changes) Order 2007 (PDF)
The Wycombe (Parish Electoral Arrangements) Order 2007 (PDF)
The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) Regulations 2008
The Medical Devices (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) (Amendment No. 3) Order 2008
The Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Home Loss Payments (Prescribed Amounts) (Wales) Regulations 2008
The Medicines (Pharmacies) (Applications for Registration and Fees) Amendment Regulations 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
The £60 million makeover: new building, new law lords, new postcode – The Times
“There are just eight days left to apply for what must be the hottest jobs in the judiciary — the first specifically appointed posts in the new supreme court. There are three vacancies, as three law lords will retire between now and the start of the court next autumn (Lord Hoffmann, Lord Carswell and Lord Scott of Foscote). For the first time candidates for the highest court in the land must apply. So what are the qualifications to be one of Britain’s top judges? ”
The Times, 20th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
No more sniggering, sleazy tales about the sex lives of celebrities – The Times
“‘Hypocrite!’ cry the lawyers and privacy claimants. Well they might. The outrageous claim by Paul Dacre, Editor of the Daily Mail, that Mr Justice Eady is condoning ‘depraved’ practices by applying the law is rich, coming from him.”
The Times, 20th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Why solicitors need to keep one step ahead of the law – The Independent
“Keeping up to speed with the latest legal practices is not a matter of choice for solicitors, as Liz Lightfoot explains.”
The Independent, 20th November 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
