“Thousands of young children are at risk of neglect or abuse because the system set up to protect them in the wake of the death of Victoria Climbié is failing.”
The Times, 4th August 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“MI5 misled MPs about what it knew of the whereabouts of Binyam Mohamed, a British resident who says he was tortured before being secretly rendered to Guantánamo Bay, the high court was told yesterday.”
The Guardian, 2nd August 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Barry George, who was cleared last week of murdering the Crimewatch presenter Jill Dando, is considering legal action over the picture of a masked gunman that police claim is him.”
The Times, 4th August 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Some estate agents in England and Wales are breaking the law by marketing properties without ordering a Home Information Pack, the BBC has learned.”
BBC News, 2nd August 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“One of Britain’s most wanted men will be extradited to the UK this week after being arrested in Benidorm, southern Spain. Bobby Spiers will be interviewed by Manchester police in connection with a bungled underworld hit in a Salford pub that left two men dead.”
The Guardian, 3rd August 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Speculation is mounting about how much compensation Barry George could receive if he decides to make a claim to the Miscarriages of Justice Support Service.”
BBC News, 2nd August 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Terrorist suspects were held by the United States on the British territory of Diego Garcia as recently as 2006, according to senior intelligence sources. The claims, which undermine Foreign Office denials that the archipelago in the Indian Ocean has been used as a so-called ‘black site’ to facilitate extraordinary rendition, threaten to cause a diplomatic incident.”
The Guardian, 3rd August 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The barrister for Barry George, cleared of killing presenter Jill Dando, has warned that huge publicity can distort investigations into high-profile cases.”
BBC News, 2nd August 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Barry George is free to seek more than £1 million compensation as the victim of a miscarriage of justice after being cleared yesterday of the murder of the Crimewatch presenter Jill Dando. ”
The Times, 2nd August 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Barry George has been found not guilty of murdering BBC television presenter Jill Dando outside her London home.”
BBC News, 1st August 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Joey Barton faces a potentially lengthy ban after being charged with violent conduct by the Football Association last night.”
The Guardian, 1st August 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Local Authorities and Transport for London Act 2008 published
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
High Court (Family Division)
Z County Council v TS & Ors [2008] EWHC 1773 (Fam) (25 July 2008)
SW v SW & Anor [2008] EWHC 1890 (Fam) (31 July 2008)
High Court (Patents Court)
Re Council Regulation (EEC) No 1768/92 [2008] EWHC 1902 (Pat) (31 July 2008)
Eli Lilly & Company v Human Genome Sciences Inc [2008] EWHC 1903 (Pat) (31 July 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org.
High Court (Administrative Court)
AV & AU v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWHC 1895 (Admin) (31 July 2008)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Prudential Plc v HM Revenue & Customs [2008] EWHC 1839 (Ch) (31 July 2008)
Lucasfilm Ltd & Ors v Ainsworth & Anor [2008] EWHC 1878 (Ch) (31 July 2008)
High Court (Commercial court)
Seagate Shipping Ltd v Glencore International AG [2008] EWHC 1904 (Comm) (31 July 2008)
High Court (Queen’s bench Division)
Smith v ADVFN Plc & Ors [2008] EWHC 1797 (QB) (31 July 2008)
Ul-Haq & Ors v Shah [2008] EWHC 1896 (QB) (31 July 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
Court of Appeal (Civil Divison)
Attorney General of Zambia v Meer Care & Desai (a firm) & Ors [2008] EWCA Civ 1007 (31 July 2008)
Boehringer Ingelheim KG & Anor v Swingward Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 881 (31 July 2008)
Perry & Anor v Harris (A Minor) [2008] EWCA Civ 907 (31 July 2008)
Greenweb Ltd v London Borough of Wandsworth [2008] EWCA Civ 910 (31 July 2008)
Field v British Coal Corporation [2008] EWCA Civ 912 (31 July 2008)
XY (Iran) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWCA Civ 911 (31 July 2008)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Islam, R v [2008] EWCA Crim 1740 (31 July 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
“Information supplied by applicants for animal experimentation licences was exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 if the official in possession of the information knew or had reasonable grounds for believing that it was given in confidence, which was a subjective test requiring consideration of the position when the information was given and the intentions of the giver at that time, rather than an objective test derived from the law of confidentiality.”
WLR Daily, 31st 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.
“The statutory scheme requiring the Secretary of State’s permission for marriage by people who were subject to immigration control or were illegal entrants was disproportionate and infringed the right to marry protected by art 12 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, scheduled to the Human Rights Act 1998.”
WLR Daily, 31st July 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR sereis the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Van Colle and Another v Chief Constable of Hertfordshire Constabulary
House of Lords
“The test for considering whether the state had violated its obligation to protect life under article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights was stringent and remained constant; no lower standard applied where the threat to an individual’s life arose from the state’s decision to call him as a witness.”
The Times, 1st August 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.
“Summary of responses to the consultation paper ‘conditional fee agreements in publication proceedings: success fees and after the event insurance’.”
Ministry of Justice, 31st July 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
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