“A former Championship goalkeeper was today jailed for seven years and four months after admitting killing two young brothers while driving dangerously at twice the legal alcohol limit.”
The Guardian, 6th October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A serial sex attacker convicted of killing two mothers whose bodies have never been found has been jailed for life at the Old Bailey.”
BBC News, 6th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Criminal Procedure Rule Committee has made amendments to the Criminal Procedure Rules, which will come into force from today (6 October 2008).”
Ministry of Justice, 6th October 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Gomez and others v Gomez-Vives and others [2008] EWCA Civ 1065; [2008] WLR (D) 305
“The fact that a trust was expressed to be subject to English law might not be conclusive to establish its domicile in England but it was very difficult to see what other circumstances would be sufficient to outweigh it.”
WLR Daily, 3rd October 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.
R (Limbu and Others) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and Others; [2008] WLR (D) 304
“It was irrational for the Home Secretary to rely on the discretionary policy relating to settlement entry for Gurkha veterans where discretion could only be exercised in favour of indefinite leave to remain on the basis of restrictive express factors.”
WLR Daily, 3rd October 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.
Platform Funding Ltd v Bank of Scotland plc (formerly Halifax plc)
Court of Appeal
“A mortgage lender who instructed a surveyor to value a property as security, was entitled to damages from the surveyor for the losses suffered after the borrower defaulted on the loan, and it was discovered that the wrong property had been valued in breach of an unqualified obligation to inspect the particular property.”
The Times, 6th October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21days from the date of publication.
Donaldson v O’Sullivan (Official Receiver intervening)
Court of Appeal
“The court had power under the Insolvency Act 1986 to appoint a replacement trustee in bankruptcy following the removal of a person from that office under section 298 of that Act, without a creditors’ meeting.”
The Times, 6th October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21days from the date of publication.
Regina (St Helens Borough Council) v Manchester Primary Care Trust and Another
Court of Appeal
“The decision whether the care needs of a woman who required constant and expensive care should be met by the health service or by social services was one for the primary care trust acting on behalf of the Secretary of State for Health. That decision was capable of challenge by judicial review, but the social services authority did not have the power to reach its own decision.”
The Times, 6th October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21days from the date of publication.
“Britain is to become the only European country that allows motorists to have at least one alcoholic drink and still be legally fit to drive.”
The Times, 6th October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A judge has hit out at the participants involved in a four-year dispute over the construction of Wembley Stadium after they racked up £22m in costs, including £1m on photocopying.”
The Lawyer, 6th October 2008
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“The case of Dhiren Barot, the most senior al-Qaeda figure to be detained in Britain, convinced police that they needed more time to hold terrorist suspects.”
The Times, 6th October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Records of deaths are to be released for the first time in a bid to stop fraudsters stealing the identity of the deceased.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Baroness Warnock, Britain’s leading expert on medical ethics and a vocal supporter of euthanasia, has said that it would be wrong to give immunity from prosecution to relatives who help terminally ill patients to die abroad.”
The Times, 4th October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Max Mosley, the president of formula one’s governing body, is to continue his challenge to the law of privacy by taking his case to the European court of human rights in Strasbourg.”
The Guardian, 4th October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Bus passengers will have weaker legal rights than rail passengers, despite a government pledge that they would be treated equally by a new public transport watchdog.”
The Times, 6th October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Two charities are taking the government to court because they say not enough is being done to tackle high energy bills.”
BBC News, 6th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Ministers are considering a £12 billion plan to monitor the e-mail, telephone and internet browsing records of every person in Britain.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Britain’s secure training centres (STCs) – privately run ‘child prisons’– are using a disproportionate amount of physical force to control children in their care.”
The Independent, 5th October 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Gordon Brown is preparing for a humiliating climbdown over his proposal to hold terrorist suspects for 42 days after being told that it will be defeated in the House of Lords.”
The Times, 6th October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Teachers should not be prosecuted for having affairs with their sixth formers, a union chief has said.”
BBC News, 5th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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