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)
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.
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
“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
“‘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
“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
“Never underestimate the determination of a quiet man — or the power of a recently retired senior law lord.”
The Times, 19th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The most vulnerable children are being failed by ‘patently inadequate’ standards of care in the networks of schools, care workers and children’s homes established to protect them from abuse, according to the chief inspector of schools.”
The Guardian, 19th November 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A law firm that earned £141 million from a government industrial disease compensation scheme denied yesterday that it had exploited sick miners and their families.”
The Times, 20th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“New laws for the oldest profession are designed to ‘punish the punter’ and protect the prostitute. Ben Russell explains Home Secretary Jacqui Smith’s proposals.”
The Independent, 20th November 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Fewer than 5 per cent of victims of violent crime bother to claim compensation – in some cases of up to half a million pounds, MPs say today.”
The Times, 20th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Marco Pierre White’s claim leaves Mr Justice Eady cold as divorce lawyers prepare to dine out on their victory.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A list of members of the British National Party (BNP) has been published online, including thousands of names, addresses and email addresses. The party claims that the security breach was likely to be a deliberate act of ‘political malevolence’.”
OUT-LAW.com, 19th November 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“A radical overhaul of bribery laws proposed today by the Law Commission could make British companies liable to prosecution for any corruption in their activities overseas. It would also usher in a new offence of bribing a foreign public official.”
The Times, 20th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A solicitor was accused yesterday of being at the centre of a dishonest trade in bogus feudal titles sold to Americans and other foreigners.”
The Times, 19th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The search giant’s settlement with publishers could be a game-changing legal event, says the MP for Intellectual Property.”
The Times, 19th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
E v Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary and Another
House of Lords
“The positive obligation imposed on the state by article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights to prevent the infliction by third parties of inhuman or degrading treatment was not unqualified and absolute. It was an obligation to do all that was reasonably to be expected to avoid a real or immediate risk to an individual once the existence of that risk was known or ought to have been known.”
The Times, 19th 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.
“One of Britain’s most senior legal figures has castigated the Bush administration for its ‘cynical’ disregard for the rule of international law and the UK’s record as ‘an occupying power in Iraq’.”
The Times, 18th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Around 270 families whose homes were damaged or destroyed in the Buncefield fire will share an initial payout of £320,000 after their lawyers reached an agreement with the plant’s operators today.”
The Times, 18th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Partners at Britain’s ten biggest law firms took home an average of £1.1 million in profits last year.”
The Times, 19th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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