“John Darwin, the former prison officer accused of staging a canoeing accident at sea to fake his death, was yesterday facing a long prison sentence after admitting to a string of fraud charges totalling nearly £250,000.”
The Guardian, 14th March 2008
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“A gay Iranian teenager is to be allowed to stay in Britain because his case is now so notorious that it would be dangerous to deport him to Tehran.”
The Times, 14th March 2008
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“Families of patients with severe brain damage after heart surgery as children are preparing to sue the NHS after a profoundly disabled woman won her case for compensation in the wake of the Bristol heart babies scandal.”
The Times, 14th March 2008
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“Two teenagers who beat a man to death in a ‘revolting’ attack, while a 15-year-old girl filmed it on her mobile phone, have been sentenced.”
BBC News, 13th March 2008
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“A ‘wannabe gangster’ was jailed for life today after being convicted of shooting dead a pregnant neighbour in a cold-blooded execution after a doorstep row.”
The Guardian, 13th March 2008
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“Paul McCartney is expected to find out on Monday how much of his fortune he must hand over to estranged wife Heather Mills when a judge rules on their acrimonious and highly public divorce.”
Reuters, 13th March 2008
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“The Audit Commission has published a revised code of practice which will govern its extended powers to obtain and search data from public sector bodies.”
OUT-LAW.com, 13th March 2008
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“The moment that guaranteed Admiral Byng’s immortality was, sadly, his last. In March 1757 the unfortunate sailor was found guilty of neglect of duty by a court martial, hauled onto the quarter-deck of his flagship and shot dead by a firing squad.”
The Guardian, 13th March 2008
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Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Chartbrook Ltd v Persimmon Homes Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 183 (12 March 2008)
Furniss v Firth Brown Tools Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 182 (12 March 2008)
Emmott v Michael Wilson & Partners Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 184 (12 March 2008)
RHJ Ltd v FT Patten (Holdings) Ltd & Anor [2008] EWCA Civ 151 (12 March 2008)
Secretary of State for Justice v Rayner [2008] EWCA Civ 176 (12 March 2008)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Calvert v William Hill Credit Ltd [2008] EWHC 454 (Ch) (12 March 2008)
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Smith v Northamptonshire County Council [2008] EWCA Civ 181; WLR (D) 83
“An employer had no responsibility to maintain a ramp on which its employee was injured which was installed by a third party on premises of a third party and over which it had no control.”
WLR Daily, 12th March 2008
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Emmott v Michael Wilson & Partners Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 184; WLR (D) 82
“The interests of justice required an English court to ensure as far as possible that parties to London arbitrations should not seek to use the cloak of confidentiality with a view to misleading foreign courts particularly where the cases being presented in the foreign courts raised essentially the same or similar allegations and were proceeding in parallel.”
WLR Daily, 12th March 2008
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Norris v Government of the United States of America [2008] UKHL 16; WLR (D) 81
“During the period from 1989 to 2000 price fixing was not illegal under English law so that it was not an extradition offence for the purposes of s 137 of the Extradition Act 2003.”
WLR Daily, 12th March 2008
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Revenue and Customs Comrs v Total Network SL [2008] UKHL 19; WLR (D) 80
“No intention that the Revenue and Customs Commissioners should be barred from recovering damages for conspiracy in the form of a carousel fraud was to be attributed to the legislature in the enactment of the scheme in the Value Added Tax Act 1994. Criminal conduct could constitute unlawful means and be actionable as conspiracy whether or not it would be separately actionable if committed by an individual.”
WLR Daily, 12th March 2008
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“The prohibition in ss 319 and 321 of the Communications Act 2003 on political advertising was compatible with art 10 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms as being necessary in a democratic society.”
WLR Daily, 12th March 2008
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Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Total Network SL
House of Lords
“Nothing in the Value Added Tax 1994 prevented the Revenue and Customs Commissioners from recovering damages for conspiracy against a participant in a carousel fraud; criminal conduct was actionable as conspiracy whether or not it would be actionable as a separate tort if committed by an individual.”
The Times, 13th March 2008
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“A man who broke an elderly woman’s hip when he pushed her over had his prison sentence halved yesterday after agreeing to get £750 from his bank towards compensation.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th March 2008
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“A town council is being advised to stop prayers before meetings or face the threat of legal action under race discrimination or human rights laws.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th March 2008
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“A leading Caribbean judge has launched a staunch defence of trusts, fuelling expectations that there will be an unprecedented stand-off between offshore and onshore judges over the landmark Charman v Charman divorce ruling.”
Legal Week, 13th March 2008
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“Nearly half of the UK population does not know what the Magna Carta is, according to a YouGov poll.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th March 2008
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