Budget 2008 – HM Treasury
The 2008 Budget Report was published on 12 March 2008.
Chancellor of the Exchequer’s Budget statement
HM Treasury, 12th March 2008
Source: www.hm-treasury.gov.uk
Law firms still confused over age laws – The Times
“Eighteen months and two cases on, lawyers are still unsure how age discrimination rules apply to them.”
The Times, 12th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Gambler loses £2m bookies claim – BBC News
“A compulsive gambler has lost his bid at the High Court to force bookmaker William Hill to repay his £2m losses.”
BBC News, 12th March 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Smith v Northamptonshire County Council [2008] EWCA Civ 181 (11 March 2008)
XZ (Russia) & Anor v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWCA Civ 180 (11 March 2008)
Smith v Northamptonshire County Council [2008] EWCA Civ 181 (11 March 2008)
McKenny & Anor v Foster (t/a Foster Partnership) [2008] EWCA Civ 173 (06 March 2008)
High Court (Family Division)
PD v MD [2008] EWHC 403 (Fam) (03 March 2008)
High Court (Administrative Court)
D and B v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis & Ors [2008] EWHC 442 (Admin) (14 February 2008)
Director of Public Prosecutions v Cove [2008] EWHC 441 (Admin) (14 February 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
Forced marriage an evil in our society – Bridget Prentice – Ministry of Justice
“Forced marriage is an appalling and indefensible practice that the government is working hard to stop, Justice Minister Bridget Prentice said today.”
Ministry of Justice, 11th March 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Law chief ‘delaying Serbian corruption case’ – The Guardian
“The attorney general, Lady Scotland, is using her powers over criminal prosecutions to delay another major overseas corruption case, the Guardian has learned.”
The Guardian, 12th March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
£40m to help boost community orders and control jail numbers – The Guardian
“An urgent cash injection of £40m to promote the use of alternatives to short prison sentences was announced yesterday by the justice minister David Hanson in the face of a prison population which stands at record levels of nearly 82,000.”
The Guardian, 12th March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Gay teenager is facing gallows as his asylum bid is rejected – The Times
“A gay Iranian teenager faces deportation from Britain and execution in his home country after a Dutch court refused to hear his asylum claim.”
The Times, 12th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Councils take legal action on night flights – The Guardian
“Three local authorities are to take the government to the high court in an attempt to stop night flights which they claim break noise regulations. Richmond, Wandsworth, and Windsor and Maidenhead councils have campaigned against night flights at Heathrow for several years and claim that the transport secretary, Ruth Kelly, is ‘failing in her duty to protect residents from excessive night noise’.”
The Guardian, 12th March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Alitalia-Linee Aeree Italiane SpA v Rotunno and Others – Times Law Reports
Alitalia-Linee Aeree Italiane SpA v Rotunno and Others
Chancery Division
“There was no reason not to give the word ‘secure’ its usual meaning as a transitive verb when contained within the words ‘to secure the benefits under the scheme’ in a set of trust rules.”
The Times, 12th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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Mayr v Backerei und Konditorei Gerhard Flockner OHG Case C-506/06 – Times Law Reports
Mayr v Backerei und Konditorei Gerhard Flockner OHG Case C-506/06
Court of Justice of the European Communities
“The dismissal of a female employee when her ova had been fertilised in an in vitro procedure but had not yet been transferred into her uterus was not prohibited by the Community directive on the safety and health of pregnant workers, but was prohibited by the equal treatment directive it if was established that the dismissal was based on the fact that she had undergone in vitro fertilisation.”
The Times, 12th March 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 (Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council and Another) v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government – Times Law Reports
Court of Appeal
“Proposals to replace two-tier local government in some parts of the country with unitary authorities, made before the necessary statutory powers were in place, were lawful as long as genuine reconsideration had been given to them after the commencement of the relevant Act.”
The Times, 12th March 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.
EU treaty bill clears the Commons – BBC News
“The controversial bill which will ratify the Lisbon Treaty has cleared its final Commons stages.”
BBC News, 11th March 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Charity rules illegal, say independent schools – Daily Telegraph
“Independent schools are threatening legal action over new rules that would force them to offer more free places to children from poor backgrounds.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th March 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Hundreds of custody ‘near deaths’ – BBC News
“About 1,000 detainees are involved each year in incidents that result in serious illness or self-harm while in police custody, a report has suggested.”
BBC News, 12th March 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Lords to rule on Ian Norris extradition case – The Times
“The House of Lords will rule tomorrow on whether Ian Norris should be extradited to the US, in what is one of the most eagerly awaited legal cases of recent years.”
The Times, 11th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Legal Opinion: The Government must build a consensus on prison policy – The Independent
“Ministers have allowed headlines and political posturing to dictate penal policy. Now the time has come for the Government to step back from introducing more sentencing legislation, says Robert Verkaik, Law Editor.”
The Independent, 12th March 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
