“The UK’s privacy watchdog has said that EU privacy laws are out of date and in need of reform.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; [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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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“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
“The two most senior legal figures in Tony Blair’s cabinet will today lead a devastating assault against plans to hold terror suspects without charge for up to 42 days.”
The Independent, 8th July 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A privacy pressure group has told Google that its Street View photography service might break the law. But the company says that its technical measures will safeguard people’s privacy.”
OUT-LAW.com, 7th July 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“The decision to drop the Serious Fraud Office bribery investigation into BAE Systems’ £43 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia was taken for the sake of national security and not for commercial reasons, five law lords were told today.”
The Times, 7th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A bank clerk who tried to steal almost £72m from the HSBC bank has been jailed for nine years.”
BBC News, 7th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Sir Igor Judge will take over from Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers as Lord Chief Justice, head of the judiciary in England and Wales”
The Times, 7th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Madeleine McCann’s parents today withdrew their high court request for British police to release documents about the investigation into her disappearance.”
The Guardian, 7th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man who murdered a schoolgirl and dumped her body on the Yorkshire moors 30 years ago is to appeal against his life sentence.”
BBC News, 7th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A record year for the City’s leading law firms saw them close the gap on their New York rivals in profitability, according to research published today.”
The Times, 7th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The government was today urged to abandon plans to introduce US-style sentencing grids to help ease prison overcrowding.”
The Guardian, 7th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“British professionals are so dissatisfied with their roles that one in four would discourage their children from following in their footsteps, a survey suggests.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th July 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Labour’s controversial Planning Bill, which is aimed at speeding up the planning process for big projects such as airports and nuclear power stations, is likely to transform the role of lawyers in the planning process.”
The Lawyer, 7th July 2008
Source: www.thelawyer.com
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