“Internet users who illegally download music and films could lose their access to the web under legislation aimed at cracking down on those who flout piracy laws. Powers being drafted by the government will compel internet service providers to take action against customers who access pirated material.”
The Guardian, 12th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A young mother of three who tried to frame her lover for rape after her boyfriend found out about their affair was jailed for four months on Monday.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th February 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The ‘overwhelming’ body of legal advice received by the Government in the lead-up to the invasion of Iraq in 2003 was that it would be unlawful without a proper mandate by the United Nations, nine law lords were told yesterday.”
The Times, 12th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A woman who murdered her 100-year-old aunt, a former dressmaker to the Queen, during a feud over a will was jailed for a minimum of 20 years on Monday.”
Reuters, 11th February 2008
Source: www.reuters.com
“The Royal Court of Justice’s Personal Support Unit (PSU) today (11 February) said that Heather Mills should have sought its assistance in relation to her divorce from former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney.”
The Lawyer, 11th February 2008
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“An investigation has been launched into video footage of a uniformed police officer performing stunts on a moped believed to have been seized from a suspected criminal.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th February 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Three youths convicted of kicking and beating Garry Newlove to death outside his own home after a seven-hour drinking binge were today all jailed for life.”
The Guardian, 11th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“EU politicians should reject targets for expanding the use of biofuels because the demand for palm oil is leading to human rights abuses in Indonesia, a coalition of international environmental groups claimed today.”
The Guardian, 11th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“This Saturday, women from across the UK will describe their experiences of sexual and domestic violence in a public trial to be held in London. The event – The Rape of Justice – Who’s Guilty? – coincides with the 30th anniversary of the campaigning group, Women Against Rape (WAR). Over three decades, WAR has campaigned for changes in the law, including the recognition of rape inside marriage as a crime. It won a landmark private prosecution against a serial rapist after the Crown Prosecution Service refused to prosecute in a case brought by two prostitutes: the rapist was sentenced to 11 years. Below, in an open letter to the Solicitor-General, Vera Baird, QC, the group states why it believes that the authorities are to blame for too little being done to prosecute rapists.”
The Times, 11th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Related link: Women Against Rape
“The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has for the first time both fined and banned a stockbroker after he was found to have dishonestly sold high-risk shares to customers.”
The Times, 11th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A lawyer who acts for himself has a fool for a client, according to the old saw. If you have no legal qualifications whatsoever, logic suggests that representing yourself in court is even more foolhardy – especially when tens of millions of pounds are at stake. Yet that is what Heather Mills will do today when she steps into the ring at the Royal Courts of Justice in London to confront Paul McCartney’s high-priced, expert legal team. Having parted company with her legal advisers, who hold her IOU for at least £1.5m in costs, she is resolved to fight her own corner from now on in the battle for a share of the ex-Beatle’s fortune.”
The Guardian, 11th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
The Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Lid Gaskets) (Wales) Regulations 2008
The Police and Justice Act 2006 (Commencement No. 1) (Wales) Order 2007
The Social Security (National Insurance Numbers) Amendment Regulations 2008
The Legal Services Act 2007 (Commencement No.1 and Transitory Provisions) Order 2008
The Charity Tribunal Rules 2008
The Occupational Pension Schemes (Levy Ceiling – Earnings Percentage Increase) Order 2008
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (Immigration and Asylum Enforcement Functions) Regulations 2008
The Serious Crime Act 2007 (Commencement No.1) Order 2008
The Guardian’s Allowance Up-rating Order 2008
The Cheshire (Structural Changes) Order 2008
The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Amendment) (England) Order 2008
The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (England) (Amendment) Order 2008
The Occupational Pension Schemes (Levy Ceiling) Order 2008
The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (B2007 Vehicles) Exemption Order 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Regina (Haase) v Independent Adjudicator
Queen’s Bench Division
“Prison disciplinary hearings by independent adjudicators, in which the prosecution case was presented by a prison officer who might also be a witness, were not incompatible with the right to a fair trial guaranteed by article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights.”
The Times, 11th February 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.
Maye v Director of Public Prosecutions, Northern Ireland
House of Lords
“An interest in an unadministered intestate estate and an action for damages for false im-prisonment were both ‘things in action’ and therefore ‘property’ when determining the amount that might be realised for the purpose of a confiscation order.”
The Times, 11th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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Court of Appeal
“Where a party contended that a right to property had been breached, the English court had to apply a margin of appreciation in taking into account the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights at Strasbourg.”
The Times, 11th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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Laskar v Laskar; [2008] WLR (D) 39
“The presumption that the legal and beneficial interests of a domestic property conveyed into joint names were, in the absence of an agreement between the parties, joint and equal applied to a family home occupied by cohabitants. The presumption did not apply to commercial properties or to property purchased as an investment even where the purchasers belonged to the same family.”
WLR Daily, 8th February 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.
R (Bradley and others) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and others; [2008] WLR (D) 38
“Where the Parliamentary Commissioner had found maladministration in a ministerial department, the Secretary of State, although not bound by the Commissioner’s decision, was not entitled to reject the Commissioner’s finding on the basis that he preferred another view which could not be categorised as irrational.”
WLR Daily, 8th February 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Betterment Properties (Weymouth) Ltd v Dorset County Council [2008] EWCA Civ 22; [2008] WLR (D) 37
“On an application to the High Court to remove land from the register of town and village greens, the parties could adduce whatever evidence they wished, subject to the court’s exercise of its case management powers.”
WLR Daily, 8th February 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.
R (Aweys and others) v Birmingham City Council [2008] EWCA Civ 48; [2008] WLR (D) 36
“In the case of the homeless in priority need it was not lawful, for the purposes of the duty to secure accommodation pursuant to s193 (2) of the Housing Act 1996, for a local housing authority, pending permanent re-housing, to leave those found to be homeless but not on the streets within the very accommodation found to be unsuitable for accommodation.”
WLR Daily, 8th February 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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