Torture payout bill moves forward – BBC News
“A new law which would allow victims of torture to sue torturers in UK courts is being considered by Parliament.”
BBC News, 16th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Raising school leaving age to 18 ‘could breach human rights’ – The Guardian
“Making it illegal for children aged 16 to 18 to leave school could be a breach of their human rights, a parliamentary committee said today, creating yet another embarrassment for Gordon Brown.”
The Guardian, 16th May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Rebel MPs try to block 42-day detention plans – The Guardian
“Rebel Labour MPs today tabled an amendment to the counter-terrorism bill that could block Gordon Brown’s attempts to extend the detention without charge limit to 42 days.”
The Guardian, 16th May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Thinc Group financial advisers fined record £900,000 by FSA – The Times
“The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has levied a record £900,000 fine on one of the biggest independent financial adviser (IFA) groups for serious failures in selling sub-prime mortgages.”
The Times, 16th May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Student son’s right to privacy – The Times
“A university lecturer who wrote to an undergraduate’s mother to outline details of the student’s studies has been reprimanded for breaching data protection rules.”
The Times, 15th May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Shifting sands – Law Society’s Gazette
“Time may be running out for the pioneering law centres movement, born 40 years ago at the high point of 1960s idealism. Jon Robins reports on the sector’s struggle for survival.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 15th May 2008
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Naked Ugg boot ram-raider jailed – BBC News
“A man who ram-raided a supermarket dressed in only a pair of Ugg boots has been jailed for four years.”
BBC News, 16th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
MPs’ expenses: extracts from the judgment – The Guardian
“Extracts from the high court judgment today ordering the publication of full details of the expenses claimed by 14 MPs and ex-MPs relating to their second homes.”
The Guardian, 16th May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
MPs lose legal fight to keep expenses secret – The Independent
“The House of Commons has lost its High Court battle over an information watchdog’s decision to force disclosure of MPs’ expenses.”
The Independent, 16th May 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Bamber told he will die in prison – BBC News
“A killer convicted of murdering five members of his family has been told he will die in jail.”
BBC News, 16th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Raphael & Anor, R v [2008] EWCA Crim 1014 (13 May 2008)
Brind & Ors, R v [2008] EWCA Crim 934 (16 April 2008)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Coyne & Anor v DRC Distribution Ltd & Anor [2008] EWCA Civ 488 (15 May 2008)
SK (Sri Lanka) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWCA Civ 495 (15 May 2008)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Masood & Ors v Zahoor & Ors [2008] EWHC 1034 (Ch) (14 May 2008)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Legal Services Commission v Banks & Anor [2008] EWHC 1035 (QB) (14 May 2008)
Blass v Randall [2008] EWHC 1007 (QB) (14 May 2008)
Peters v East Midlands Strategic Health Authority & Ors [2008] EWHC 778 (QB) (12 May 2008)
High Court (Commercial Court)
High Court (Patents Court)
Dyson Technology Ltd. v Samsung Gwangju Electronics [2007] EWHC 3228 (Pat) (05 December 2007)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘Associate Prosecutors’ given green light – Attorney General’s Office
“Speaking at the Institute of Legal Executives’ (ILEX) the Attorney General, Baroness Scotland QC, announced that the Crown Prosecution Services’ Designated Case Workers will now be known as Associate Prosecutors – a name that they themselves helped to select.”
Press release (PDF)
Attorney General’s Office, 15th May 2008
Source: www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk
R (Nasseri) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily
R (Nasseri) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWCA Civ 464; [2008] WLR (D) 150
“The scope of the deeming provision in Sch 3, Pt 2, para 3(2) of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants etc) Act 2004, which required states listed in Sch 2, Pt 2, para 2 of the Act to be treated as countries safe for a person to be returned, was limited to the actual process of executive decision or adjudication of whether a person’s removal would contravene his rights under art 3 of the Human Rights Convention. It did not preclude a more general consideration of whether a listed state’s laws and practices were Convention compliant, therefore the list system was not incompatible with art 3 of the Convention.”
WLR Daily, 15th May 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 v Nguyen – Times Law Reports
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“Where the Crown chose to rely on relevant bad character evidence which it had decided not to make the subject of a criminal charge, that could not have such an adverse effect on the fairness of the proceedings that the court ought not to admit such evidence.”
The Times, 16th May 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.
Regina v Kempster – Times Law Reports
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“Evidence of those experienced in comparing ear-prints was capable of being relevant and admissible but such comparison would provide information which could identify the person who had left it on a surface only when sufficient minutiae could be identified and matched.”
The Times, 16th May 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.
Deportation dispute man leaves UK – BBC News
“Campaigners for a Filipino man who lost his fight to stay in the UK after his wife died are hoping to persuade the Home Office to look again at his case.”
BBC News, 15th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court to rule on disclosure of MPs’ expenses – The Independent
“The High Court will rule today on whether the House of Commons has won its bid to overturn an information watchdog’s decision to force disclosure of MPs’ expenses.”
The Independent, 16th May 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Police defend race-fixing inquiry – BBC News
“The City of London Police has defended the race-fixing investigation which ended with the collapse of a £10m trial but said procedures could be tightened.”
BBC News, 16th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
