“Northern Rock’s small shareholders will take High Court action against the Treasury within weeks after the Government’s lawyers rejected their plea for compensation.”
The Times, 24th April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Peers have backed a Liberal Democrat move to make it an offence for public or private sector workers ‘recklessly’ to disclose people’s details.”
BBC News, 23rd April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Government’s procurement arm has begun talks with all 48 firms on the Catalist legal panel, amid continued problems with the much-hyped attempt to centralise Whitehall legal spending.”
Legal Week, 24th April 2008
Source: www.legalweek.com
“Thousands of criminals are not completing their sentences properly because of funding cuts at the Probation Service, a new report warns.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th April 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Ashley and Another v Chief Constable of Sussex Police
House of Lords
“A civil claim against the police for assault and battery by the family of an unarmed man shot dead during a police raid was not to be struck out despite the responsible officer’s acquittal of murder because, in civil law, a plea of mistaken self-defence required not only that the assailant’s mistaken belief that he had been under threat had been honestly held, as required by the criminal law, but also that it had been reasonably held.”
The Times, 24th April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
“Slaughter and May’s new head of corporate has a hard act to follow but is used to thriving in a male-dominated environment.”
The Times, 23rd April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A drinker who injured a woman police officer while resisting arrest was given an Asbo banning him from all pubs and clubs – except when he wants to go to bingo.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th April 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Violence against babies and young children in England and Wales more than doubled last year, a survey of accident and emergency unit data suggests.”
BBC News, 24th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“According to Snoop Dogg, the rapper and his British fans share a “mutual love”. The same could probably not be said for the 37-year-old former pimp’s relationship with the Home Office.”
The Guardian, 24th April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Ibrahim & Ors, R v [2008] EWCA Crim 880 (23 April 2008)
Clarke v R [2008] EWCA Crim 651 (23 April 2008)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Green Lane Products Ltd v PMS International Group Plc & Ors [2008] EWCA Civ 358 (23 April 2008)
High Court (Chancery Division)
First Independent Factors & Finance Ltd v Mountford [2008] EWHC 835 (Ch) (23 April 2008)
High Court (Family Division)
Leeds City Council v Mrs YX [2008] EWHC 802 (Fam) (14 March 2008)
High Court (Administrative Division)
Ellis v The Law Society [2008] EWHC 561 (Admin) (23 April 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
” The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has issued an unprecedented apology to Wm Morrison for wrongly suggesting that Britain’s fourth-largest supermarket group was guilty of fixing prices for butter and cheese five years ago.”
The Times, 23rd April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A doctor accused of giving false evidence in the trial of a mother accused of killing her son by poisoning him with salt will not be prosecuted.”
BBC News, 23rd April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
” The former managing director of the NatWest Group David Edmonds will be the first chair of the Legal Services Board (LSB).”
The Lawyer, 23rd April 2008
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“The Lords today gave the family of a man shot dead while naked and unarmed as police raided his flat the go-ahead to sue for misconduct.”
The Guardian, 23rd April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A judge has issued a warrant for the arrest of a Darth Vader impersonator who allegedly attacked two Star Wars fans in their own back garden.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd April 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Four men serving at least 40 years behind bars for planning the failed 21 July London suicide bombings failed today in a Court of Appeal bid to challenge their convictions.”
The Independent, 23rd April 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
The Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (Procedure) (Amendment) Rules 2008
The Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (Fast Track Procedure) (Amendment) Rules 2008
The Nursing and Midwifery (Amendment) Order 2008
The Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Pontypridd and Rhondda National Health Service Trust (Dissolution) Order 2008
The Ceredigion and Mid Wales National Health Service Trust (Dissolution) Order 2008
The Pembrokeshire and Derwen National Health Service Trust (Dissolution) Order 2008
The Bro Morgannwg National Health Service Trust (Dissolution) Order 2008
The North Glamorgan National Health Service Trust (Dissolution) Order 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Laroche v Spirit of Adventure (UK) Ltd (in Liquidation)
Queen’s Bench Division
“A hot-air balloon could be categorised as an aircraft within the meaning of the Non International Rules contained in Schedule 1 to the Carriage by Air Acts (Application of Provisions) Order (SI 1967 No 480). The rules provided the sole cause of action and remedy against a carrier available to a claimant in respect of injuries caused by it to him.”
The Times, 23rd April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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Nnyanzi v United Kingdom (Application No 21878/06)
European Court of Human Rights
“There was no reason to belive that an applicant who unsuccessfully sought asylum, on the basis of her father’s political activities in Uganda, would be ill treated on her expulsion to that state.”
The Times, 23rd April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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