“Stan Collymore today won more than £1.5 million in damages from financial advisers who invested money he made from his footballing career.”
The Independent, 20th October 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A drug addict who stabbed a 75-year-old man to death in a random attack in Bristol has been told he must serve at least 16 years in prison.”
BBC News, 17th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Source: www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk
Please note only the current day’s cause list will be accessible
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Jones & Ors v Firkin-Flood [2008] EWHC 2417 (Ch) (17 October 2008)
DCC Holdings (UK) Ltd v HM Revenue & Customs [2008] EWHC 2429 (Ch) (17 October 2008)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Kuwait Oil Tanker Company SAK & Anor v Al Bader & Ors [2008] EWHC 2432 (Comm) (17 October 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Secretary of State for the Home Department v AF & Ors [2008] EWCA Civ 1148 (17 October 2008)
Reinwood Ltd v L Brown & Sons Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 1090 (17 October 2008)
Environment Agency v Ellis [2008] EWCA Civ 1117 (17 October 2008)
Noone, R (on the application of) v HMP Drake Hall & Anor [2008] EWCA Civ 1097 (17 October 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org.uk
Commissioners of Revenue and Customs v Khawaja
Chancery Division
“There was no reason in principle why the civil standard of proof should not apply on a challenge to an assessment of penalty for the negligent submission of income tax returns.”
The Times, 20th October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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Krysia Maritime Inc v Intership Ltd
Queen’s Bench Division
“There was no rule in the Admiralty Court that, where there was no counterclaim, a claimant found partially at fault should recover only a proportion of its costs according to the percentage of liability of the defendant.”
The Times, 20th October 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.
Court of Appeal
“There was no reason in principle why an offence taken into consideration, which was more serious than the offence charged, should not result in a higher sentence than would otherwise have been the case.”
The Times, 20th October 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.
“Interpol is planning to expand its role into the mass screening of passengers moving around the world by creating a face recognition database to catch wanted suspects.”
The Guardian, 20th October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Campaigners are calling for royal pardons for market traders given criminal records for selling goods in imperial rather than metric measures following a Government u-turn.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The number of extradition cases being dealt with in the UK courts has reached record levels, fuelled by a number of ‘trivial’ requests from Europe that have exasperated the police and clogged up the system, the Guardian has learned.”
The Guardian, 20th October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A policeman who was forced out of his job 22 years ago, after being falsely labelled mentally unstable, is still battling for compensation, it has emerged.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Law Lords are expected to decide on an appeal to stop exiled Chagos islanders returning home.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Britain’s most senior family judge has said that family courts should be opened to the media to dispel the ‘myths and inaccuracies’ surrounding the system.”
The Times, 20th October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Family courts are to be opened up to public scrutiny in response to mounting criticism from parents whose children are taken into care that they are victims of ‘secret justice’.”
The Times, 20th October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“But what we do need is a change of culture among police and prosecutors, with much better enforcement of existing bail conditions.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Children’s websites should be reclassified as adverts to stop junk food and toy companies aggressively marketing their products to young people, according to a leading consumer watchdog.”
Sunday Telegraph, 19th October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“One of Britain’s leading moral philosophers has called for a change in the law to allow assisted suicide in Britain following the death of paralysed rugby player Daniel James. Baroness Warnock, writing in today’s Observer, calls for liberalisation of euthanasia laws on the grounds that ‘we have a moral obligation to other people to take their seriously reached decisions with regard to their own lives equally seriously’.”
The Observer, 19th October 2008
Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk
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