“Human rights laws have prevented Britain deporting 19 terror suspects in the last three years, the Home Secretary was forced to admit.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Novice drivers could face an automatic ban after a single speeding offence, and would have to retake their tests, under proposals for a tightening of road safety laws.”
The Times, 21st November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A wealthy businessman who stole pages from books in the British Library and Bodleian Library is due to be sentenced at Wood Green Crown Court.”
BBC News, 21st November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The judge presiding over the public inquiry into the death of Baha Mousa, the Iraqi hotel receptionist killed while in the custody of British troops in Basra, made clear today that he intended to question every soldier who witnessed the incident, whether or not they were directly responsible.”
The Guardian, 20th November 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Commercial lawyers already under pressure to reduce fees as the market worsens are facing a new challenge with the introduction of new accounting rules governing M&A transactions.”
The Times, 20th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The criminal justice system is to be re-branded as the criminal justice service, under plans disclosed by ministers this week.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The timetable for setting up a giant ‘Big Brother’ database is slipping after the scheme was dropped from next month’s Queen’s Speech. The Independent has highlighted growing fury over government moves to collate details of every telephone call, email and internet visit.”
The Independent, 21st November 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Source: www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk
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The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2008
The Companies (Particulars of Company Charges) Regulations 2008
The Warwick (Parish Electoral Arrangements and Electoral Changes) Order 2007 (PDF)
The Wealden (Parish Electoral Arrangements and Electoral Changes) Order 2007 (PDF)
The Waverley (Parish Electoral Arrangements) Order 2007 (PDF)
The Tandridge (Electoral Changes) Order 2007 (PDF)
The Test Valley (Parish Electoral Arrangements) Order 2007 (PDF)
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
“The government refused today to release a detailed report into the mistakes made by authorities in the Baby P case.”
The Guardian, 20th November 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Marco Pierre White lost his privacy action yesterday against lawyers acting for his wife who obtained his private documents.”
The Times, 20th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A man who conned people with counterfeit audiobooks, including the best-selling Harry Potter tales, was today jailed for 21 months.”
The Independent, 20th November 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Britain’s most senior woman judge gave warning last night that the Government’s proposed overhaul of equality laws would not close the pay or gender gap.”
The Times, 20th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“London’s High Court will play host to a superstar next week when Michael Jackson testifies in person to contest a claim that he owes millions of pounds to an Arab sheikh.”
The Times, 20th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Ishaq & Ors, R v [2008] EWCA Crim 2565 (19 November 2008)
Assani, R v [2008] EWCA Crim 2563 (19 November 2008)
Labastide & Anor, R v [2008] EWCA Crim 2564 (19 November 2008)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
White v Withers LLP & Anor [2008] EWHC 2821 (QB) (19 November 2008)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Mubarak v General Medical Council [2008] EWHC 2830 (Admin) (20 November 2008)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Sotrade Denizcilik Sanayi VE Ticaret AS v Amadou Lo & Ors [2008] EWHC 2762 (Comm) (19 November 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
Blacklight Power Inc v Comptroller-General of Patents [2008] EWHC 2763 (Pat); [2008] WLR (D) 360
“The correct standard of proof that an applicant was required to satisfy to establish patentability was the balance of probabilities.”
WLR Daily, 19th 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.
Carson and Others v United Kingdom (Application No 42184/05)
European Court of Human Rights
“The exclusion of pensioners living abroad from an index-linked uprating scheme applicable to all pensioners in the United Kingdom was not in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights.”
The Times, 20th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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The Wear Valley (Parish Electoral Arrangements) Order 2007 (PDF)
The Chiltern (Parish Electoral Arrangements and Electoral Changes) Order 2007 (PDF)
The West Lancashire (Parish Electoral Arrangements and Electoral Changes) Order 2007 (PDF)
The West Lindsey (Electoral Changes) Order 2007 (PDF)
The Wycombe (Parish Electoral Arrangements) Order 2007 (PDF)
The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) Regulations 2008
The Medical Devices (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) (Amendment No. 3) Order 2008
The Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Home Loss Payments (Prescribed Amounts) (Wales) Regulations 2008
The Medicines (Pharmacies) (Applications for Registration and Fees) Amendment Regulations 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
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