Woman who lied about five ‘rapes’ – Daily Telegraph
“A woman who made a string of false rape complaints which led to the arrest of five different men has walked free.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th March 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Yahoo! wins sponsored links ruling in High Court – OUT-LAW.com
“Yahoo! did not infringe a businessman’s rights by displaying adverts for other companies when users entered his trade marks as search terms. The High Court dismissed a lawsuit against the web giant as being ‘totally without merit.'”
OUT-LAW.com, 6th March 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
Consumer regulators face inquiry over profits – Daily Telegraph
“Ministers have hit out at Britain’s consumer regulators as an official review is launched to investigate why people have not been protected from alleged profiteering by utility firms, banks and rail companies.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th March 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
No Burrell probe during inquest – BBC News
“The Metropolitan police has said it will not launch a perjury investigation into ex-royal butler Paul Burrell until after the Princess Diana inquest concludes.”
BBC News, 7th March 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
High court grants Kenneth Noye murder appeal hearing – The Guardian
“The convicted killer Kenneth Noye won permission today to bring a legal challenge over the refusal of the Criminal Cases Review Commission to refer his conviction for the murder of Stephen Cameron back to the court of appeal.”
The Guardian, 7th March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Judges back Lockerbie evidence suppression – The Guardian
“A legal battle to release a secret intelligence report which could free the Libyan man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing is to continue after judges ruled the foreign secretary had the right to suppress the document.”
The Guardian, 7th March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Legal Services Commission v Rasool – WLR Daily
Legal Services Commission v Rasool [2008] EWCA Civ 154; WLR (D) 75
“For the purposes of limitation and ascertaining the date of accrual of a cause of action permitting the Legal Services Commission to recover costs following revocation of a legal aid certificate, it was not a condition precedent that the quantum of any such costs should first be established before time started to run.”
WLR Daily, 6th March 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.
Regina (AM) (Cameroon) v Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (No 2) – Times Law Reports
Regina (AM) (Cameroon) v Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (No 2)
Court of Appeal
“Where a listing mistake meant a statutory review of an immigration appeal went ahead, resulting in a final determination, before a judicial review application had been heard, the judicial review should be heard and the final determination set aside; otherwise the applicant would suffer serious injustice for which there was no other remedy.”
The Times, 7th 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.
Technology and Construction Court Annual Report 2006/2007 – Judiciary of England & Wales
“Technology and Construction Court Annual Report 2006/2007.”
Judiciary of England & Wales, 5th March 2008
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Response to paper on cohabitation and relationship breakdown – Ministry of Justice
“Justice Minister Bridget Prentice has made a written ministerial statement announcing the government’s response to the Law Commission’s paper on the financial consequences of relationship breakdown for cohabiting couples.”
Ministry of Justice, 6th March 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Plan for ID cards announced – Home Office
“The Home Secretary has announced details of the plan for a system of national ID cards.”
Home Office, 6th March 2008
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
Legal rights to cohabiting couples are shelved – The Times
“Plans to give two million cohabiting partners similar rights to married couples have been shelved by ministers.”
The Times, 7th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Jail for criminal with a four-barrel gun – The Times
“An underworld gun dealer has been jailed for 15 years after being caught with an arsenal of firearms that included a handgun with four barrels capable of firing at once.”
The Times, 7th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Widow, 65, humiliated by web page that painted her as a scarlet woman – The Times
“A woman aged 65 who became the victim of an online smear campaign that she says made her ‘look like a sexual predator’ called yesterday for stricter controls on social networking websites.”
The Times, 7th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
MPs urge curb on restraint techniques in child jails – The Guardian
“The use of restraint techniques involving deliberate physical pain in privately run child prisons should be abolished without delay, according to a report from MPs and peers published today.”
The Guardian, 7th March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Spain drops extradition attempt against Guantánamo torture pair – The Guardian
“Spain yesterday dropped its attempt to extradite two British residents who had been freed from Guantánamo Bay, after accepting that torture they suffered during five years of American custody had left them too weak to stand trial.”
The Guardian, 7th March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Burrell refuses to return to witness box at Diana inquest – The Guardian
“Paul Burrell, Princess Diana’s former butler, has refused to return from the US to explain a statement he made to an undercover reporter that he had not told the whole truth when he gave evidence at the inquest into her death.”
The Guardian, 7th March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Killer of mother and two children jailed for 38 years – The Independent
“A man has been ordered to serve at least 38 years in prison for bludgeoning to death a woman and her two children with a hammer.”
The Independent, 7th March 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Now Iranian lesbian who fled to Britain faces deportation – The Independent
“An Iranian lesbian who fled to Britain after her girlfriend was arrested and sentenced to death faces being forcibly returned after losing the latest round in her battle to be granted asylum.”
The Independent, 7th March 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Police take student’s DNA for £2.40 fare fine – Daily Telegraph
“A university student has been forced to give his DNA to police because he failed to buy a £2.40 rail fare.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th March 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
