“The public could be at risk because of the haphazard way potentially dangerous prisoners are being assessed for release, spending watchdogs have found.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th March 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“More than 1,000 laptops have been lost or stolen from government departments in recent years, new figures have revealed.”
The Guardian, 4th March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
The Agricultural Holdings (Units of Production) (Wales) Order 2008
The Childcare Act 2006 (Provision of Information) (Wales) Regulations 2008
The Public Interest Disclosure (Prescribed Persons) (Amendment) Order 2008
The Radioactive Contaminated Land (Modification of Enactments) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Smoke Control Areas (Exempted Fireplaces) (England) Order 2008
The Smoke Control Areas (Authorised Fuels) (England) Regulations 2008
The Vehicle Drivers (Certificates of Professional Competence) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Social Security Pensions (Home Responsibilities) Amendment Regulations 2008
The Education (Budget Statements) (England) Regulations 2008
The Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008
The Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland Consequential Amendments) Order 2008
The Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (Audit of Public Bodies) Order 2008
The Wiltshire (Structural Change) Order 2008
The Cornwall (Structural Change) Order 2008
The Charities Act 2006 (Charitable Companies Audit and Group Accounts Provisions) Order 2008
The Child Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2008
The Immigration and Nationality (Fees)(Amendment) Regulations 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
“The Ministry of Justice has released a draft report that was prepared in 2003/04 by three criminal justice inspectorates following a joint inspection of the Crown Court … Although the report was not published at the time, and remains in draft format, a recent decision by the Information Commissioner has identified a genuine public interest in the disclosure of the report.”
Ministry of Justice, 4th March 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“The government is committed to repealing the blasphemy laws – but do they serve a useful purpose?”
BBC Law in Action, 4th March 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Small is far from beautiful, according to an MP seeking a new law to make small print in contracts bigger.”
BBC News, 4th March 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Where the wording in a contract of reinsurance was the same as or equivalent to that in the underlying contract of insurance, the two contracts should be given the same construction unless there were clear indications to the contrary.”
WLR Daily, 3rd 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 (The Infant and Dietetic Foods Association Ltd) v Secretary of State for Health; WLR (D) 68
“The reference to ‘products’ in art 18 of the Commission Directive 2006/141/EC on Infant Formulae and Follow-on Formulae was not limited to the compositional elements of the formulae but also covered packaging and labelling, with the result that the prohibition on trade in products which did not comply with the Directive was to have effect from 31 December 2009.”
WLR Daily, 3rd 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.
“While section 82(1) of the Nationality, Asylum and Immigration Act 2002 permitted an appeal against any immigration decision, in the case of refusal of entry clearance, as opposed to refusal of leave to enter, the tribunal could consider only the circumstances appertaining at the time of the decision to refuse.”
WLR Daily, 3rd 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.
Court of Appeal
“The remarriage of a former wife soon after the making of a consent order as to financial arrangements in a divorce settlement did not necessarily invalidate that order. ”
The Times, 4th 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.
“Judges can go on until 70. Top solicitors reach their sell-by date at 55 — or sooner. What happens when leading names in corporate firms have to move on?”
The Times, 4th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Conviction rates have plummeted because women are reporting more cases of rape by people they know, but juries are reluctant to send someone to jail if the victim was drunk.”
The Guardian, 4th March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Whitehall ‘seriously mismanaged’ a £4bn compensation scheme for former miners suffering from lung disease and physical injuries, a report by a committee of MPs said yesterday.”
The Guardian, 4th March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Giles v Rhind [2008] EWCA Civ 118 (28 February 2008)
Kosmar Villa Holidays Plc v Trustees of Syndicate 1243 [2008] EWCA Civ 147 (29 February 2008)
AS (Somalia) & Anor v Entry Clearance Officer, Addis Ababa & Anor [2008] EWCA Civ 149 (29 February 2008)
Wasa International Insurance Company Ltd. v Lexington Insurance Company [2008] EWCA Civ 150 (29 February 2008)
Ahmad, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Newham [2008] EWCA Civ 140 (29 February 2008)
Olafsson v Gissurarson [2008] EWCA Civ 152 (03 March 2008)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Cockburn, R v [2008] EWCA Crim 316 (28 February 2008)
R v R [2008] EWCA Crim 370 (29 February 2008)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Kurtha v Marks [2008] EWHC 336 (QB) (27 February 2008)
Caudle v Ld Law Ltd. [2008] EWHC 374 (QB) (29 February 2008)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Secretary of State for the Home Department v AN [2008] EWHC 372 (Admin) (29 February 2008)
Privy Council
Pitman v. The State (Trinidad And Tobago) [2008] UKPC 16 (3 March 2008)
Knight v. Attorney General of the Cayman Islands (Cayman Islands) [2008] UKPC 14 (25 February 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
The Housing (Right to Buy) (Priority of Charges) (Wales) Order 2008
The Childcare Act 2006 (Local Authority Assessment) (Wales) Regulations 2008
The Local Authorities (Functions and Responsibilities) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Car Fuel Benefit Order 2008
The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons)(Amendment) Order 2008
The Shropshire (Structural Change) Order 2008
The County Durham (Structural Change) Order 2008
The Northumberland (Structural Change) Order 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
“Demands to know why a violent robber with 100 previous offences who has absconded from an open prison was there in the first place have been made.”
BBC News, 4th March 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two brothers have been jailed for falsely claiming more than £220,000 in housing and council tax benefits.”
BBC News, 3rd March 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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