“The assets of the fake canoe death couple, John and Anne Darwin, have been frozen in a first step towards retrieving the £250,000 they conned out of insurance companies, it emerged yesterday.”
The Guardian, 25th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“No sooner had Britain’s six biggest internet service providers (ISPs) agreed to monitor illegal file sharing than the web was abuzz with suggestions to get around the scheme.”
The Times, 25th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Internet service providers have pledged not to ‘spy’ on the web habits of customers as part of an agreement with the government to punish illegal sharing of music and films.”
The Guardian, 24th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man who sued a former school friend for creating a fake profile on the social networking site has won his libel case”
The Times, 24th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Max Mosley has won his High Court privacy action against the News of the World, the newspaper which accused him of taking part in a Nazi-style orgy.”
The Times, 24th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Bieber (Aka Coleman) v R. [2008] EWCA Crim 1601 (23 July 2008)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Revenue and Customs v Waste Recycling Group Ltd. [2008] EWCA Civ 849 (23 July 2008)
Shore v Sedgwick Financial Services Ltd. [2008] EWCA Civ 863 (23 July 2008)
Selvarajan v Wilmot & Ors [2008] EWCA Civ 862 (23 July 2008)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Drummond v Revenue and Customs [2008] EWHC 1758 (Ch) (23 July 2008)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Onwuama v London Borough of Ealing [2008] EWHC 1704 (QB) (22 July 2008)
High Court (Administrative Division)
Source: www.bailii.org
The Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2008
The Financial Assistance Scheme (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2008
The Representation of the People (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999 (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Gas and Electricity (Consumer Complaints Handling Standards) Regulations 2008
The European Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officers) Order 2008
The Value Added Tax (Finance) Order 2008
The Venture Capital Trust (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Companies (Trading Disclosures) (Insolvency) Regulations 2008
The Insurance Companies (Calculation of Profits: Policy Holders’ Tax) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Whole of Government Accounts (Designation of Bodies) (No. 2) Order 2008
The Capital Allowances (Energy-saving Plant and Machinery) (Amendment) Order 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
West London Pipeline and Storage Ltd v Total UK Ltd [2008] EWHC 1729 (Comm); [2008] WLR (D) 248
“Guidance as to the principles applicable to determining a claim to litigation privilege.”
WLR Daily, 23rd July 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.
Chancery Division
“A beneficial tenant in common who continued in occupation of a property following the bankruptcy of the other beneficial tenant in common could be required to compensate the bankrupt’s estate for that continued occupation.”
The Times, 24th July 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
“A cause of action for damages against the government for failure to implement Community law resulting in failure to provide a remedy in a personal injury case accrued as soon as some measurable damage had been suffered The Court of Appeal so stated when dismissing the appeals of: (i) Derek Keith Spencer against the dismissal of his claim by Mr Justice Holland ([2007] EWHC 1775 (QB)) and (ii) Kenneth Dudley Moore against the dismissal of his claim by Mr Justice Eady ([2007] EWHC 879 (QB)).”
The Times, 24th July 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.
“A ‘timid’ husband has been spared jail after a judge heard he only stole £205,000 to fund his domineering wife’s spending sprees.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th July 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Are we just starting to see the true Richard Alderman? There were suspicions that he was hired as a hatchet man to carve up the Serious Fraud Office or oversee its demise. He was, after all, instrumental in creating the Assets Recovery Agency, becoming its first legal director. Within just five years it had been absorbed into the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca).”
The Times, 24th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Former American marine David Bieber was told that although the killing of Pc Ian Broadhurst was ‘horrifying’, it did not justify the whole-life jail term he was given in 2004.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd July 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Parents whose children download music and films illegally will be blacklisted and have their internet access curbed under government reforms to fight online piracy. ”
The Times, 24th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Source: www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk
Please note only the current day’s cause list will be accessible
“Wilberforce Chambers’ David Phillips QC is set for a £300,000 battle with Reed Elsevier, after the publishers allegedly reneged on an agreement to provide him with a lifetime’s free access to a reference book.”
Legal Week, 24th July 2008
Source: www.legalweek.com
“A senior coroner has called for new legislation to make sure inquests are held within a year of a person’s death.”
BBC News, 24th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Tiscali, the Italian broadband operator currently up for sale, is suing BT for ‘defamation and malicious falsehood’ after the telecommunications group wrote to Tiscali’s customers trying to persuade them to switch to BT’s broadband service.”
The Times, 23rd July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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