“Form-filling by police officers who stop and search people on the streets is to be drastically reduced under plans to be announced next week to reduce the red tape in policing.”
The Times, 31st January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Thousands of offenders who fail to turn up for community punishments are avoiding being returned to court if they claim to have overslept or produce their own sick note, the public spending watchdog says today.”
The Times, 31st January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Hilali v Governor of Whitemoor Prison and another [2008] UKHL 3; [2008] WLR (D) 18
“In a case where there was a right of appeal under Pt 1 of the Extradition Act 2003 from a judge’s decision to make an extradition order, habeas corpus was excluded by s 34. To grant it on the ground of a fundamental change of circumstances would be contrary to the principle of mutual recognition given effect by the Act.”
WLR Daily, 30th January 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.
GAB Robins (UK) Ltd v Triggs [2008] EWCA Civ 17; [2008] WLR (D) 17
“An employee who had been constructively dismissed was not entitled in proceedings for unfair dismissal to claim damages for the consequences prior to the dismissal of the employer’s repudiatory breach of the employment contract. It was the employee’s acceptance, by her resignation, of the employer’s repudiation of the contract which caused the dismissal, not the repudiatory conduct itself.”
WLR Daily, 30th January 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.
Boss Holdings Ltd v Grosvenor West End Properties and another [2007] UKHL 5; [2008] WLR (D) 16
“A property which had been ‘designed … for living in’ when it was originally built, and which remained substantially so designed, was a ‘house’ within the meaning of s 2(1) of the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 regardless of whether it had subsequently become internally dilapidated and incapable of immediate residential occupation.”
WLR Daily, 30th January 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.
“The Mental Health Act Commission has found that practitioners are being told to delay sectioning people with urgent mental health needs until primary care trusts ascertain who should pay for their treatment.”
The Times, 31st January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Thousands of victims of sexual abuse including a woman whose life was ruined by the so-called Lotto rapist are preparing to lodge compensation claims after a landmark ruling by Britain’s highest court yesterday.”
The Times, 31st Janaury 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Anti-Muslim prejudice is dealt with less seriously than other forms of discrimination, a university study found.”
The Guardian, 31st January 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A teenage mother reunited with her newborn baby by a judge yesterday will today face a social services application to take the boy away again.”
The Independent, 31st January 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A young mother-of-three is to be tried by a crown court jury after being accused of throwing an apple core from her car on to the pavement.”
Daily Telegraph, 31st January 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Rights in the workplace for millions of people, who care for relatives who are elderly or have disabilities, could be strengthened later.”
BBC News, 31st January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Senior commercial judge Mr Justice Aikens has earmarked the ongoing Box Clever dispute as a ‘guinea pig’ case, in which he will test the post-BCCI working party recommendations to streamline large-scale commercial litigation.”
Legal Week, 31st January 2008
Source: www.legalweek.com
House of Lords
“A claim for damages for personal injuries caused by a sexual assault had a limitation period of three years from the date when the victim first considered the injury sufficiently serious to justify proceedings but judges could extend that period if thought equitable.”
The Times, 31st Janaury 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.
“The 8th edition of the Sentencing Guidelines newsletter provides practitioners with detailed information about sentences for all ranges of offences down to local court or youth offending team level. It covers the period for 2002 to 2006 for adults and 2002 to the end of March 2007 for youths.”
Sentencing Guidelines Council, 31st January 2008
Source: www.sentencing-guidelines.gov.uk
Related link: The Sentence (PDF)
The Merchant Shipping (Liner Conferences) Act 1982 (Repeal) Regulations 2008
The William Parker School (Designation as having a Religious Character) Order 2008
The Grants to the Churches Conservation Trust Order 2008
The Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Civil Aviation (Allocation of Scarce Capacity) Regulations 2007
The Legislative Reform (Health and Safety Executive) Order 2008
The Charities Act 2006 (Charitable Companies Audit and Group Accounts Provisions) Order 2008
The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2008
The Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) (Amendment) Order 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
“A North Yorkshire man who suffered sexual abuse as a child has won the right to sue his tormentors in a landmark ruling by Law Lords.”
BBC News, 30th January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has called for new laws to protect religious sensibilities that would punish ‘thoughtless and cruel’ styles of speaking.”
The Times, 29th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A woman who ran four brothels has escaped a jail term after a judge ruled that ‘no-one was harmed’.”
BBC News, 30th Janaury 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“UK lawyers are more downbeat about the future of their businesses than at any time in the last six years, according to new research from accountancy firm Smith & Williamson.”
Legal Week, 30th January 2008
Source: www.legalweek.com
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