“The Information Commissioner has been notified of almost 100 data breaches by public and private sector organisations since the loss of 25 million people’s details by HM Revenue and Customs last November, according to figures released yesterday.”
OUT-LAW.com, 23rd April 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“A press advertisement that linked online betting with increased sexual prowess has become one of the first to breach new tighter gambling codes.”
BBC News, 23rd April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The government today failed to extend a four-and-a-half-year jail sentence for a dentist from east London who plotted terrorist activities overseas.”
The Guardian, 22nd April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Shabir, R. v [2008] EWCA Crim 854 (07 March 2008)
Zotiades, R. v [2008] EWCA Crim 753 (14 March 2008)
Fisher, R. v [2008] EWCA Crim 714 (14 March 2008)
Giga, R. v [2008] EWCA Crim 703 (18 March 2008)
Ikram & Anor, R v [2008] EWCA Crim 586 (19 March 2008)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Honeygan-Green v London Borough of Islington [2008] EWCA Civ 363 (22 April 2008)
Looe Fuels Ltd v Looe Harbour Commissioners [2008] EWCA Civ 414 (22 April 2008)
Carver v BAA Plc [2008] EWCA Civ 412 (22 April 2008)
Arbery & Anor, R. v [2008] EWCA Crim 702 (19 March 2008)
High Court (Administrative Division)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
“The government is to look into laws around tips in restaurants, saying it was ‘not clear’ if owners who kept a share were breaking the law.”
BBC News, 22nd April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
” The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) will appeal against a recent High Court judgment that it ‘acted unlawfully’ when it dropped an investigation into bribery and corruption allegations over a BAE Systems’ arms deal with Saudi Arabia.”
The Times, 22nd April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Violence against women costs £40bn a year in England and Wales, according to a charity report.”
BBC News, 23rd April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Comedians and church leaders have claimed a victory for free speech after Government plans to ban jokes about homosexuals were rejected in the House of Lords.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd April 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
” A woman who saw her husband kicked to death by a gang of teenagers outside their house in Cheshire told MPs that the courts system was ‘utterly disgraceful’.”
The Times, 22nd April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A father-of-four has been left with a criminal record for overfilling his wheelie bin by four inches.”
BBC News, 22nd April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
London Borough of Harrow v Ibrahim & Anor [2008] EWCA Civ 386 (21 April 2008)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Buhler AG v FP Spomax SA [2008] EWHC 823 (Ch) (21 April 2008)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Cotton (t/a Allmat Enterprises) v Rickard Metals Inc [2008] EWHC 824 (QB) (21 April 2008)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Farah, R (on the application of) v General Medical Council [2008] EWHC 731 (Admin) (02 April 2008)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Gallaher International Ltd v TLAIS Enterprises Ltd [2008] EWHC 804 (Comm) (18 April 2008)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Taylor Woodrow Construction v RMD Kwikform Ltd [2008] EWHC 825 (TCC) (17 April 2008)
High Court (Patents Court)
Research In Motion UK Ltd v Visto Corporation [2008] EWHC 819 (Pat) (17 April 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
“The court would refuse to enforce the right of a director to inspect a company’s accounts pursuant to s 222 of the Companies Act 1985 where the purpose of the proposed inspection was to injure the company or was improper.”
WLR Daily, 21st April 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.
JHP Ltd v BBC Worldwide Ltd and another [2008] EWHC 757 (Ch); [2008] WLR (D) 120
“In order to succeed in a claim for copying an original work, the claimant had to establish on the balance of probabilities that the defendant had copied a substantial part of that work.”
WLR Daily, 21st April 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 (Edwards) v Environment Agency; [2008] WLR (D) 119
“When copies of draft speeches which the Law Lords proposed to deliver were provided in confidence, prior to the delivery of judgment, to the legal representatives of the parties to an appeal which had been heard, the purpose was to obtain help in correcting misprints, inadvertent errors of fact or ambiguities of expression. It was not intended to enable the case to be reargued, and any attempt to do so amounted to an abuse of the procedure of the House of Lords.”
WLR Daily, 21st April 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.
“This report summarises the responses to the consultation, including how the consultation process has influenced the final shape of the rules.”
Response to consultation (PDF)
Ministry of Justice, 21st April 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Related link: Consultation paper (PDF)
Midlands Co-Operative Society Ltd v Revenue and Customs Commissioners
Court of Appeal
“A taxable person was entitled to assign to another any benefit of repayment he enjoyed from the overpayment of value-added tax.”
The Times, 22nd April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online fro 21 days from the date of publication.
Court of Appeal
“Where a charterparty provided that the vessel should load at a single named safe port, the charterers thereby warranted the safety of that port.”
The Times, 22nd April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online fro 21 days from the date of publication.
Masri v Consolidated Contractors International UK Ltd and Others (No 2)
Court of Appeal
“The court had the power to appoint a receiver by way of equitable execution over future receipts from a defined asset.”
The Times, 22nd April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online fro 21 days from the date of publication.
“The rise of international sex trafficking is causing many countries to rethink their laws on prostitution and re-examine legal frameworks that for decades have treated the purchase of sex as a social nuisance or ‘victimless crime’.”
Reuters, 22nd April 2008
Source: www.reuters.com
“The killer of headteacher Philip Lawrence will remain in prison for several more months despite being eligible for release.”
BBC News, 21st April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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