Straw in talks over bail murder – BBC News
“Justice Secretary Jack Straw is to meet the family of a murdered man to discuss why his killer was out on bail.”
BBC News, 25th January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Welsh Ministers v Care Standards Tribunal and another – WLR Daily
Welsh Ministers v Care Standards Tribunal and another [2008] WLR (D) 8
“The registration of an individual as a manager under Part II of the Care Standards Act 2000 had to relate to a specific establishment or agency. It was not necessarily the case however that all appeals to the Care Standards Tribunal concerning applications for registration as a manager where the premises in question had ceased to be available to the applicant should be struck out as being misconceived or having no reasonable prospect of success.”
WLR Daily, 25th 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.
Marchant v Dixon [2008] – WLR Daily
Marchant v Dixon [2008] EWCA Civ 11; [2008] WLR (D) 7
“Re-marriage shortly after the making of a consent order which had provided for payment of a lump sum to capitalise a wife’s periodical payments did not constitute a ‘Barder event’ invalidating the order.”
WLR Daily, 25th January 2008Source: 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.
Irving v Revenue & Customs Commissioners – WLR Daily
Irving v Revenue & Customs Commissioners [2007] EWCA Civ 6
“An employer who placed shares in an employee’s retirement benefit scheme was to be treated as having “paid a sum” into the scheme for the purposes of s 595(1) of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (since repealed), rendering the employee liable to income tax on the value of the shares.”
WLR Daily, 25th 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.
Out to cause harm – Law Society’s Gazette
“Two high-profile cases have focused public attention on a defendant’s right to bail.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 24th January 2008
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Army detainee training “flawed” – BBC News
“Serious flaws existed in the training of British soldiers to deal with Iraqi prisoners, a report is expected to say.”
BBC News, 25th January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
New powers to prevent terrorism – Home Office
“Tough new measures to protect the public from terrorism were introduced in Parliament today, as the Home Office published the Counter-terrorism Bill 2008.”
Home Office, 24th January 2008
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
Fleming (t/a Bodycraft) v Revenue and Customs Commissioners – Times Law Report
Fleming (t/a Bodycraft) v Revenue and Customs Commissioners
Conde Nast Publications Ltd v Same
House of Lords
“There was a breach of European Union law in the absence of a transitional period when the legislature introduced a retrospective time limit within which those liable to value-added tax could make a claim for overpaid input tax.”
The Times, 25th January 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.
White v Herefordshire Council – Times Law Report
Court of Appeal
“A purchase notice under Part VI of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 could not be amended but there was nothing to prevent the landowner from serving a second notice if, for example, the planning authority decided the first was defective.”
The Times, 25th January 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.
Maternity units failing to meet guidelines – The Times
“More than four in ten maternity units in England offer poor or below average care, a report by the healthcare watchdog concludes today.”
The Times, 25th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Muslims wary of terror law extension – The Times
“A controversial proposal by the Government to extend pre-charge detention for terror suspects to up to 42 days could undermine the help that Muslim groups are giving police, according to the Home Office’s official assessment of the measure.”
The Times, 25th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Stalking by patients is a real menace for psychiatrists – The Times
“More than one in ten psychiatrists has been stalked by patients or their associates, a survey suggests. A report commissioned by the Royal College of Psychiatrists has found that 10.7 per cent of its members have been victims of stalking, while one in three had suffered harassment under legal and academic definitions of the term.”
The Times, 25th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Now labour faces third police inquiry – The Guardian
“Gordon Brown was forced into the first unwanted and damaging cabinet reshuffle of his six months as prime minister last night after Peter Hain resigned his post as he faced the prospect of being questioned under caution by police investigating more than £100,000 of undeclared donations.”
The Guardian, 25th January 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Vicar accused of spitting at churchwarden faces sack – The Guardian
“A vicar accused of spitting at a churchwarden and acting ‘like a medieval pope’ faces the sack after a church court ruled he should be moved from his parish.”
The Guardian, 25th January 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Trafficked children in care after police raid on “Fagin gangs” – The Guardian
“Twenty-five people were arrested in dawn raids yesterday as police tried to shut down a gang which trafficked children from Romania and forced them to steal and rob on the streets of London.”
The Guardian, 25th January 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
What the law says about political party donations – The Guardian
“The rules about declaring donations are set down in the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000. It covers parties and individual politicians, who are described as ‘regulated donees’ in the jargon of the act.”
The Guardian, 24th January 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Gun crime rises, while overall crime falls, Home Office says – The Guardian
“The fall in crime in England and Wales is accelerating, with a 9% drop recorded by the police, according to Home Office quarterly crime figures published today.”
The Guardian, 24th January 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Man denies murdering Rachel Nickell – The Guardian
“Robert Napper today pleaded not guilty to the 1992 murder of Rachel Nickell.”
The Guardian, 24th January 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
