Harman and Law Lord clash over wife killers – The Observer
“Minister says the defence of ‘provocation’ lets men get away with murder.”
The Observer, 9th November 2008
Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
JD, R v [2008] EWCA Crim 2557 (24 October 2008)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Ali v Birmingham City Council [2008] EWCA Civ 1228 (07 November 2008)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
Porn surf nurse struck off – The Independent
“A nurse on an old people’s ward who used a hospital computer to look at sexually explicit images of an elderly woman was struck off today.”
The Independent, 7th November 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Man ‘shopped’ by mother is jailed – BBC News
“A man whose mother shopped him to police after he admitted killing a man has been jailed for four years after pleading guilty to manslaughter.”
BBC News, 7th November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Men will suffer from new laws on sex discrimination, academic warns – Daily Telegraph
“Men will become the new victims of sex discrimination if workplace equality laws are strengthened further, according to a female academic.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Asian employee superimposed on to bin Laden cave picture sues company – Daily Telegraph
“Vinod Rajdev claims that colleagues at software provider Civica routinely taunted him and joked that he was an al-Qaeda terrorist ‘mastermind’.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Security firm fined £95,000 after criminals guard shops – The Times
“A security firm was fined £95,000 today after sending out unlicensed guards and staff with criminal convictions to look after a string of high street stores.”
The Times, 7th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Policeman jailed for having sex on duty – The Independent
“A police officer who admitted having sex with one woman while on duty and propositioning another after she had been arrested was today jailed for four months.”
The Independent, 7th November 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Lord Falconer: ‘regulators will drive litigation’ – The Times
“A surge in litigation is likely to be driven by regulators as they seek to find blame for the financial crisis, a group of leading lawyers said last night.”
The Times, 7th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Ready for a fight in the Law’s ‘Big Bang’ – Evening Standard
“As lawyers gear up for their version of the Big Bang, tensions are growing within a profession that has always prided itself on keeping calm in a crisis. The catalyst was an announcement by the Law Society last month that it was to commission a wide-ranging review of how solicitors in England and Wales should be regulated under recent legislation.”
Evening Standard, 4th November 2008
Source: www.thisislondon.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Michael Wilson & Partners Ltd v Emmott [2008] EWHC 2684 (Comm) (06 November 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
Cremation Regulations 2008: Your right to inspect the medical certificates – Ministry of Justice
“The Cremation Regulations 2008 come into effect on 1 January 2009. They modernise and consolidate all previous regulations, replacing the Cremation Regulations 1930 as amended.”
Ministry of Justice, 7th November 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Jacqui Smith lays down authority to appoint Met chief – Daily Telegraph
“Jacqui Smith has laid down her authority over the appointment of the next Commissioner of Scotland Yard by insisting that the successful candidate must be an ‘outstanding’ national leader.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Daily Cause List, 7th November 200
Source: www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk
Please note only the current day’s cause list will be accessible
HLB Kidsons (a firm) v Lloyd’s Underwriters subscribing to Policy 621/ PKID00101 and others – WLR Daily
“Where a professional indemnity insurance policy required the insured to notify to the insurers of any potential claims against the insured ‘as soon as practicable’ the insured could satisfy the policy requirement if he made an attempted notification of circumstances which might give rise to a claim for professional negligence, which was understood by the underwriters to be such and which was made within the insured period. However, a notification served after the policy had expired relating to new potential claims was not an effective notification.”
WLR Daily, 6th 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.
Head of Government security quits over criminal record checks – Daily Telegraph
“The head of the body responsible for Government security has been forced to stand down after hiring staff who had not undergone a criminal record check.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Plan to make criminals pay defence costs – The Independent
“Defendants convicted at the Crown Court may have to pay towards the cost of their defence under proposals announced today aimed at saving £50m from legal aid.”
The Independent, 6th November 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Grand Theft Auto player jailed for sex attacks on women – Daily Telegraph
“A teenager who sexually assaulted women in the street after spending hours playing the violent video game Grand Theft Auto has been jailed indefinitely.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Lovells up 15% as litigation looks set to take off – The Times
“Lovells, one of the City’s biggest law firms, defied gloomy expectations for the UK legal market today by reporting a 15 per cent increase in first-half revenue.”
The Times, 6th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
