Rock shareholders begin legal bid – BBC News
“Shareholders in nationalised bank Northern Rock are launching a court challenge over compensation they are due to receive.”
BBC News, 8th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Extradition Act 2003 (Amendment to Designations) Order 2008
The Mental Health (Nurses) (England) Order 2008
The Mental Health (Hospital, Guardianship and Treatment) (England) Regulations 2008
The Disabled Facilities Grants (Maximum Amounts and Additional Purposes) (England) Order 2008
The Housing Renewal Grants (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2008
The Mental Health (Mutual Recognition) Regulations 2008
The Mental Health (Conflicts of Interest) (England) Regulations 2008
The Mental Health (Approved Mental Health Professionals) (Approval) (England) Regulations 2008
The British Overseas Territories Citizenship (Designated Service) (Amendment) Order 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Schillings wins Appeal Court victory for author JK Rowling – The Lawyer
“Media law firm Schillings scored a victory in the Court of Appeal today (7 May), which held that the privacy of client and Harry Potter author JK Rowlings’ five-year-old son had been infringed.”
The Lawyer, 7th May 2008
Source: www.thelawyer.com
Paediatrician to face GMC again – BBC News
“The General Medical Council is due to begin a new investigation into the work of paediatrician David Southall.”
BBC News, 8th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Plan to increase abortion sites – BBC News
“A consultation is to be launched over whether to relax abortion rules by allowing terminations outside hospital settings in England, ministers say.”
BBC News, 7th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Barrister shot dead in London police siege – The Guardian
“A gunman shot dead after repeatedly opening fire on police during a five-hour stand-off in an exclusive west London square has been named locally as a practising barrister who may also have recently served in the British army.”
The Guardian, 7th May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
How did no-win no-fee change things? – BBC News Magazine
“It’s a decade since no-win no-fee rules were extended to most civil court cases, but what change has the now notorious “conditional fee agreement” brought?”
BBC News Magazine, 7th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Cannabis laws to be strengthened – The Independent
” Jacqui Smith defied the Government’s own experts today by announcing that laws on cannabis will be toughened up.”
The Independent, 7th May 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
UK’s ‘terror’ ban appeal denied – BBC News
“The government has been denied permission to challenge an order that it take an Iranian opposition group off a list of banned terror organisations.”
BBC News, 7th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Boris bans alcohol on buses and tube – The Independent
” New London Mayor Boris Johnson today announced an alcohol ban on transport in the capital.”
The Independent, 7th May 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
New national reoffending measures – a guide – Ministry of Justice
“An explanation of changes to the way the government is measuring reoffending rates.”
Ministry of Justice, 7th May 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Lords linger over extreme porn definition – The Register
“The camel that is the UK Government’s answer to what it terms ‘extreme porn’ lumbers onward. Although, by the time it escaped the Lords last week it really was beginning to look like a particularly moth-eaten dromedary.”
The Register, 5th May 2008
Source: www.theregister.co.uk
The Voice of the Child: Children’s “rights” in Family Proceedings – Speech by Sir Mark Potter President of the Family Division
The Voice of the Child: Children’s “rights” in Family Proceedings (PDF)
Lionel Cohen Lecture by Sir Mark Potter, President of the Family Division
Israel, 4th May 2008
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
How to make the LPC and BVC fees war work for you – The Times
“Rebecca Attwood looks at why there is such disparity in what colleges charge.”
The Times, 6th May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Oyarce v Cheshire County Council (Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening) – WLR Daily
“S 54A of the Race Relations Act 1976, which implemented Council Directive 2000/43/EC, on its true construction shifted the burden of proof upon a respondent to disprove discrimination in relation only to a complaint of discrimination and not to a complaint of victimisation.”
WLR Daily, 6th 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.
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Primary Ophthalmic Services Transitional Provisions Regulations 2008
The Defence Aviation Repair Agency Trading Fund (Revocation) Order 2008
The Primary Ophthalmic Services Regulations 2008
The Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (Scottish Highlands) Regulations 2008
The Teesport (Land Acquisition) Order 2008
The General Ophthalmic Services Contracts Regulations 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Burden and Another v United Kingdom (Application No 13378/05) – Times Law Reports
Burden and Another v United Kingdom (Application No 13378/05)
European Court of Human Rights
“Sisters who shared a house could not be compared to a couple united by law so as to invoke provisions prohibiting discrimination.”
The Times, 7th 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 (Eisai Ltd) v National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence – Times Law Reports
Regina (Eisai Ltd) v National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
Court of Appeal
“Procedural fairness required the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to release a fully executable version of an economic model to those consulted in the course of an appraisal process and not simply a read-only version. To do otherwise would place drug companies at a significant disadvantage in challenging the reliability of those models.”
The Times, 7th 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.
More lie detectors to curb fraud – BBC News
“Fifteen councils across Britain are to be offered lie detectors to help catch out benefit cheats who cost taxpayers up to £400m a year.”
BBC News, 7th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The Big Question: Are CCTV cameras a waste of money in the fight against crime? – The Independent
“Why are we asking this now?
This is one man’s view of how effective CCTV has been so far: ‘It’s been an utter fiasco: only 3 per cent of crimes were solved by CCTV. There’s no fear of CCTV. Why don’t people fear it? (They think) the cameras are not working.’ This is not some disgruntled or ill-informed citizen talking. The speaker is Detective Chief Inspector Mick Neville, head of the Visual Images, Identifications and Detections Office (Viido) at New Scotland Yard, speaking this week at a security World Conference.”
The Independent, 7th May 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
