Time for a judicial makeover? – BBC Law in Action
“The judiciary jealously guards its independence and has traditionally preserved it by speaking through its judgments alone.”
BBC Law in Action, 8th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Woman cleared to sue Lotto rapist – BBC News
“A retired teacher has cleared the final legal hurdle standing in the way of her bid to claim compensation from a serial rapist who won £7m on the lottery.”
BBC News, 8th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Witness law to be debated by MPs – BBC News
“MPs are to debate emergency legislation to restore trial judges’ powers to grant anonymity to witnesses.”
BBC News, 8th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
42 days: Government plans set for rough ride in Lords – The Guardian
“The two most senior legal figures in Tony Blair’s government will today join peers from all parties to attack the government’s plans for 42-day pre-charge detention for terrorist suspects.”
The Guardian, 8th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Dolcis pays woman £7,000 compensation after high heels snap – Daily Telegraph
“A student has been awarded more than £7,000 compensation after breaking her ankle when a heel on one of her new shoes snapped at the start of a night out.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th July 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Fraud: Whitehall ‘doomed to lose £1bn of benefit payments every year’ – The Guardian
“The Whitehall department fighting benefit fraud and error will always lose more than £1bn of taxpayers’ cash every year to cheats and through mistakes, the civil servant running the department tells MPs in a letter published today.”
The Guardian, 8th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Jails crackdown on drugs and phones – The Guardian
“New security devices, including hand-held mobile-phone blockers and metal-detecting chairs are to be introduced in prisons in England and Wales by March to crack down on the supply of illicit drugs into jails, it was announced yesterday.”
The Guardian, 8th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Falconer to join US firm – The Times
“The former Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer of Thoroton, is to join a top American law firm, The Times has learned.”
The Times, 8th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Ali, R. v [2008] EWCA Crim 1410 (21 May 2008)
Cundell, R. v [2008] EWCA Crim 1420 (06 June 2008)
Richards, R. v [2008] EWCA Crim 1427 (09 June 2008)
Beeton, R v [2008] EWCA Crim 1421 (6 June 2008)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Letting International Ltd v London Borough of Newham [2008] EWHC 1583 (QB) (07 July 2008)
British Seafood Ltd. v Kruk & Anor [2008] EWHC 1528 (QB) (25 June 2008)
High Court (Family Division)
F v M & Anor [2008] EWHC 1525 (Fam) (02 July 2008)
High Court (Amiralty Division)
Krysia Maritime Inc v Intership Ltd [2008] EWHC 1523 (Admlty) (1 July 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
Benefit fraud ‘needs firm action’ – BBC News
“The government needs to do more to prosecute suspected benefit fraudsters, MPs have said.”
BBC News, 8th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Parliamentary Briefing on the Criminal Evidence (Witness Anonymity) Bill 2008 – The Bar Council
“The Bar Council has prepared a Parliamentary Briefing on the Criminal Evidence (Witness Anonymity) Bill 2008 which is being taken through its Commons Second Reading stage tomorrow, Tuesday 8 July 2008.”
Parliamentary Briefing Paper (PDF)
The Bar Council, 7th July 2008
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Service Voters’ Registration Period (Northern Ireland) Order 2008
The Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2008
The Goods Vehicles (Authorisation of International Journeys) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Education (School Inspection etc.) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Network Access Appeal Rules 2008
The Adjudicator to Her Majesty’s Land Registry (Practice and Procedure) (Amendment) Rules 2008
The Statutory Sick Pay (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Company Names Adjudicator Rules 2008
The North Wales National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
UK privacy watchdog says EU laws are not good enough – OUT-LAW.com
“The UK’s privacy watchdog has said that EU privacy laws are out of date and in need of reform. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has commissioned a research firm to look into how the law could be changed.”
OUT-LAW.com, 8th July 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
Rockall v Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs – WLR Daily
Rockall v Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; [2008] WLR (D) 227
“It was not possible for the court to provide an all-embracing test of what constituted a ‘garden’ in the context of the Forestry Act 1967. To attempt to do so might impede the flexibility inherent in the statute by imposing too rigorous a straitjacket. In determining whether or not land constituted a garden, it was important to have regard to use of the land by the occupier as well as its appearance and condition.”
WLR Daily, 7th 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.
Procter & Gamble UK v Revenue and Customs Commissioners – WLR Daily
Procter & Gamble UK v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2008] EWHC 1558 (Ch); [2008] WLR (D) 226
“The savoury snack, Regular Pringles, were not products ‘made from the potato, or from potato flour, or from potato starch’ so as to fall within excepted item 5 of Group 1 of Sch 8 to the Value Added Tax Act 1994.”
WLR Daily, 7th 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.
GO and others v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily
GO and others v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWCA Civ 747; [2008] WLR (D) 225
“A foreign student who wanted an extension of stay had to be able to produce evidence of satisfactory progress, whether on the course named in his application for entry clearance or on another recognised course which he had undertaken. A failure to sit or to pass relevant examinations would always be material to the evaluation of the student’s progress, but whether it was decisive would depend on the reason for it.”
WLR Daily, 7th 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.
R (Gilboy) v Liverpool City Council – WLR Daily
R (Gilboy) v Liverpool City Council [2008] EWCA Civ 751; [2008] WLR (D) 224
“The internal review procedure for reconsideration by a local housing authority of a decision to terminate a demoted tenancy complied with article 6 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.”
WLR Daily, 7th 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.
Regina (Weaver) v London and Quadrant Housing Trust – Times Law Reports
Regina (Weaver) v London and Quadrant Housing Trust
Queen’s Bench Divisional Court
“The management and allocation of housing stock by a registered social landlord was a function of a public nature, so that it was amenable to judicial review and regarded as a public authority for the purposes of the Human Rights Act 1998.”
The Times, 8th 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.
Beoku-Betts v Secretary of State for the Home Department – Times Law Reports
Beoku-Betts v Secretary of State for the Home Department
House of Lords
“An adjudicator determining an alleged breach of an immigrant’s right to respect for his family life under article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights was required to take account of the whole family and if removal would be disproportionate, all affected family members were victims.”
The Times, 8th 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.
Knife crime: Jack Straw orders review of sentences for offenders – Daily Telegraph
“Jack Straw, the Justice Secretary, has been forced to order a review of the penalties for carrying a knife, just weeks before rules which mean offenders could escape with just a fine come into force.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th July 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
