“A leading Caribbean judge has launched a staunch defence of trusts, fuelling expectations that there will be an unprecedented stand-off between offshore and onshore judges over the landmark Charman v Charman divorce ruling.”
Legal Week, 13th March 2008
Source: www.legalweek.com
“Nearly half of the UK population does not know what the Magna Carta is, according to a YouGov poll.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th March 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“More than 1,400 rejected Iraqi asylum seekers are to be told they must go home or face destitution in Britain as the government considers Iraq safe enough to return them, according to leaked Home Office correspondence seen by the Guardian.”
The Guardian, 13th March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An accountant who claimed he injured himself by slipping on a grape in a Marks and Spencer car park has lost his High Court bid for damages.”
BBC News, 12th March 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The ruling by the law lords today that price-fixing was not a crime in the UK before the Enterprise Act took effect in 2003 was a significant victory for Ian Norris, the former head of Morgan Crucible.”
The Times, 12th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A Home Office official has made public the contents of an internal analysis for the Home Office dealing with the question of whether Phorm’s model for targeted advertising is legal under interception of communications legislation.”
The Guardian, 12th March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Chancellor Alistair Darling has pushed ahead with plans to hit non-domiciled residents with a £30,000 annual tax, with the levy kicking in once they have lived in the UK for seven years.”
The Lawyer, 12th March 2008
Source: www.thelawyer.com
The Stamp Duty Land Tax (Open-ended Investment Companies) Regulations 2008
The Income Tax (Indexation) (No. 2) Order 2008
The Capital Gains Tax (Annual Exempt Amount) Order 2008
The Fire and Rescue Authorities (Best Value Performance Indicators) (Wales) Order 2008
The Discretionary Financial Assistance (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Metropolitan Police Authority Regulations 2008
The Police Authority Regulations 2008
The Police and Justice Act 2006 (Supplementary and Transitional Provisions)(Amendment) Order 2008
The Inheritance Tax (Delivery of Accounts) (Excepted Settlements) Regulations 2008
The Public Trustee (Fees) Order 2008
The Northern Rock plc Compensation Scheme Order 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
“Nearly a third of retail websites surveyed by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) are breaking laws designed to protect shoppers.”
OUT-LAW.com, 12th March 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
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
“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
“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
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 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
“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
“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
“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
“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
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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