“The age of criminal responsibility should be raised from 10 to as high as 18, a report says today.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th May 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Related link: Debating youth justice: from punishment to problem solving (PDF)
“Abortion laws will be subjected to the first parliamentary review for 17 years as a result of draft legislation on human embryology to be published today.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th May 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Government has sounded a last-minute rallying call to lawyers in the UK in the bid to encourage the legal profession to engage with its consultation on the Companies Act.”
Legal Week, 17th May 2007
Source: www.legalweek.com
“The judiciary has this week come under renewed criticism for failing to police its own after it emerged one of the UK’s most senior judges has been working behind the scenes despite facing a court battle of his own over allegations of indecent exposure.”
Legal Week, 17th May 2007
Source: www.legalweek.com
“Senior judges have backed the Lord Chief Justice Lord Phillips’ criticisms of the new Ministry of Justice (MoJ) after an emergency meeting of the Judge’s Council was held yesterday (15 May).”
The Lawyer, 16th May 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“A deal is expected to be struck between the Lord Chancellor and the judiciary to resolve the crisis over the new Ministry of Justice before next week’s showdown meeting before Parliament.”
The Times, 17th May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Lord Chancellor has been forced to disclose that he holds a list of judges disciplined for misuse of their computers, including viewing pornography.”
The Times, 17th May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The exhortation ‘get out there and sell yourself!’ might be good advice. It depends who takes it. It works well for politicians and commercial representatives but less well for anyone who wants to sell their internal organs or their sexual services.”
Full story
The Times, 16th May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Dhiren Barot, the British al-Qaeda terrorist given a life sentence for plotting atrocities in the UK and US, had his minimum jail term cut from 40 to 30 years at the Court of Appeal today.”
The Times, 16th May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Cherie Blair will head an inquiry looking into the UK’s prison and penal system, it was announced today.”
The Times, 16th May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Double jeopardy requires two sets of criminal proceedings
Regina v. IK; Regina v. AB; Regina v. KA
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“Double jeopardy was not available as a plea in bar unless both sets of proceedings were criminal and the Special Immigration Appeals Commission was not a criminal court.”
The Times, 16th May 2007
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.
Leave not needed to continue claim
Chancery Division
Leave of the court was not required to continue proceedings in which an order to set aside a transaction at an undervalue which had defrauded creditors had been applied for, even though the individual or company against whom the application had been made was adjudged bankrupt or became insolvent after those proceedings had been launched.
The Times, 16th May 2007
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.
“A parliamentary motion calling for an extension to the term of copyright has been signed by 75 MPs. The reopening of the debate comes despite The Treasury’s backing for the recent recommendation not to extend copyright made by Andrew Gowers.”
OUT-LAW.com, 16th May 2007
Source: www.out-law.com
“MPs have approved moves to give Parliament the final say on whether British troops should be sent to war.”
BBC News, 16th May 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Police investigating the 7 July attacks on London have been criticised by the lawyer for Hasina Patel, the widow of suicide bomber Mohammed Sidique Khan.”
BBC News, 16th May 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Judges at all levels will call on the Government today to withdraw what they see as the threat to judicial independence posed by the new Ministry of Justice.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th May 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A mother yesterday told the High Court that her youngest child was the illegitimate son of a distinguished doctor and therefore had no right to a share in a substantial family trust fund.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th May 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The judiciary last night set itself on a collision course with the Lord Chancellor when an unprecedented ‘council of war’ unanimously backed demands for constitutional safeguards to protect the position of judges under the Ministry of Justice.”
The Times, 16th May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Lawrence v Pembrokeshire County Council [2007] EWCA Civ 446 (15 May 2007)
Smith v Smith [2007] EWCA Civ 454 (15 May 2007)
Intel Corporation Intel Corporation Inc v CPM United Kingdom Ltd [2007] EWCA Civ 431 (15 May 2007)
Barclays Bank Plc & Anor v HM Revenue & Customs [2007] EWCA Civ 442 (11 May 2007)
Eastaway v Secretary of State for Trade & Industry [2007] EWCA Civ 425 (10 May 2007)
Sandhu v Jan De Rijk Transport Ltd [2007] EWCA Civ 430 (10 May 2007)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Jones, R v [2007] EWCA Crim 1118 (15 May 2007)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Swissport (UK) Ltd v Aer Lingus Ltd [2007] EWHC 1089 (Ch) (14 May 2007)
Mabey and Johnson Ltd v Danos & Ors [2007] EWHC 1094 (Ch) (11 May 2007)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Uzinterimpex JSC v Standard Bank Plc [2007] EWHC 1151 (Comm) (15 May 2007)
AXA Insurance UK Plc v Norwich Union Insurance Ltd. [2007] EWHC 1046 (Comm) (14 May 2007)
National Westminster Bank Plc v Rabobank Nederland [2007] EWHC 1056 (Comm) (11 May 2007)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Bezant v Rausing & Ors [2007] EWHC 1118 (QB) (14 May 2007)
Malmesbury & Ors v Strutt & Parker (a partnership) & Anor [2007] EWHC 999 (QB) (11 May 2007)
Source: www.bailii.org
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