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Crane v Canons Leisure Centre – Times Law Reports

Posted January 10th, 2008 in costs, fees, law reports, solicitors by sally

Court of Appeal

“When costs consultants were instructed by solicitors to conduct a detailed costs assessment under a collective conditional fee agreement, where the solicitors remained responsible for the proper conduct of the work, the satellite fees were base costs, not disbursements and a success fee was payable on them.”

The Times, 10th 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.

Regina (Siborurema) v Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education – Times Law Reports

Posted January 10th, 2008 in complaints, education, law reports by sally

Regina (Siborurema) v Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education

Court of Appeal

“The Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education was entitled to take into account the regulations and procedures of a higher education institution against which a student had made a complaint and was not obliged to conduct an investigation into the underlying facts.”

The Times, 10th 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.

Consultation sentencing guideline and advice on driving offences – causing death by driving – Sentencing Guidelines Council

Posted January 10th, 2008 in consultations, road traffic offences, sentencing by sally

“The Sentencing Guidelines Council published a consultation guideline on the sentencing of adult offenders convicted of a causing death by driving offence, on 9 January 2008. The Sentencing Advisory Panel also published its advice on this subject on the same day. The Panel also published the report of research into attitudes to the sentencing of these offences:

Consultation guideline: Causing death by driving

Covering letter for causing death by driving consultation guideline

Advice: Driving offences – causing death by driving

Press notice for causing death by driving consultation guideline and advice

Research report: Attitudes to the sentencing of offences involving death by driving

Sentencing Guidelines Council, 10th January 2008

Source: www.sentencing-guidelines.gov.uk

New Bar Council head Dutton moves to ensure revamped silk round really is an annual event – Legal Week

Posted January 10th, 2008 in news, queen's counsel by sally

“Newly-appointed Bar Council chairman Timothy Dutton QC has called for an improvement in the QC selection process to make sure it is completed annually, warning that an overly bureaucratic system could put candidates off.”

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Legal Week, 10th January 2008

Source: www.legalweek.com

Ministerial compromise averts backbench revolt over repeal of blasphemy offence – The Guardian

Posted January 10th, 2008 in blasphemy, news by sally

“The Church of England gave a cautious welcome last night to the government’s pledge to consult it before taking a final decision on repealing the ancient offence of blasphemy.”

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The Guardian, 10th January 2008

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Civil servant who leaked rendition secrets goes free – The Guardian

Posted January 10th, 2008 in civil servants, news, official secrets act by sally

“Secrets charges against a Foreign Office civil servant were dramatically dropped at the Old Bailey yesterday after it emerged that senior figures within his own department had privately admitted no harm was done by his leaking a series of Whitehall documents.”

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The Guardian, 10th January 2008

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Careless drivers who kill face up to three years in jail – The Guardian

Posted January 10th, 2008 in road traffic offences, sentencing by sally

“Motorists who kill through carelessness will face jail sentences for the first time when the new offence of causing death by careless driving comes into force in March or April.”

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The Guardian, 10th January 2008

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Banks set to fight back against sub-prime law suits – The Times

Posted January 10th, 2008 in banking, news by sally

“Investment banks are facing a wave of litigation bigger than the Enron scandal but are unlikely to roll over this time, lawyers said.”

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The Times, 9th January 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

‘Neighbour from hell’ is banned by court from living in his own home – The Times

Posted January 10th, 2008 in harassment, news, restraining orders by sally

“A homeowner who terrorised his next-door neighbours for five years has been banned from living and sleeping in his own house in what could be a legal first.”

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The Times, 10th January 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

UK bank charges hearing to kick-start test case – The Guardian

Posted January 10th, 2008 in banking, news by sally

“A test case on whether British bank charges are legal and fair begins in earnest next week when the High Court hears evidence on the fees in a key phase of a potentially long legal battle.”

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The Guardian, 9th January 2008

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Brown cooling towards compulsory ID cards, MPs believe – The Guardian

Posted January 10th, 2008 in identity cards, news by sally

“Senior Labour MPs yesterday seized on comments by Gordon Brown to suggest that he intends to shelve a compulsory universal identity card scheme. They interpreted his remarks at prime minister’s questions as a sign that he is cooling towards a compulsory scheme and may instead settle for a scheme that applies to foreign nationals.”

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The Guardian, 10th January 2008

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Temple opens doors to mark 400 years of autonomy – The Guardian

Posted January 9th, 2008 in news by sally

“London’s centre of law seeks higher profile with four months of festivities.”

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The Guardian, 27th December 2007

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Bar Council and Criminal Bar Association voice concerns on Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill – The Bar Council

Posted January 9th, 2008 in criminal justice, immigration, press releases by sally

“The Bar Council and the Criminal Bar Association have voiced their concerns about key elements of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill in a hard-hitting briefing sent to MPs this week.”

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The Bar Council, 8th January 2008

Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk

MPs push to abolish blasphemy law – BBC News

Posted January 9th, 2008 in blasphemy, news by sally

“MPs are expected to debate whether to abolish the ‘outdated’ blasphemy law.”

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BBC News, 9th January 2008

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Watchdog criticises credit advert – BBC News

Posted January 9th, 2008 in advertising, consumer protection, news, women by sally

“A leaflet produced for a fashion and home catalogue has been criticised by the advertising watchdog for encouraging women to get into debt.”

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BBC News, 9th January 2008

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Police DNA data review launched – BBC News

Posted January 9th, 2008 in data protection, DNA, news by sally

“The government has launched an inquiry into the way the national police DNA database is used to fight crime.”

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BBC News, 9th January 2008

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

In re D (a Child)(Abduction: Rights of custody) (No 2) – Times Law Reports

Posted January 9th, 2008 in contact orders, EC law, jurisdiction, law reports by sally

In re D (a Child)(Abduction: Rights of custody) (No 2)

Court of Appeal

“A contact order which predated Romania’s accession to the European Union was not enforceable under Council Regulation 2201/2003 (Brussels II Revised) (OJ 2003 L33b/1).”

The Times, 9th 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.

Savage v South Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust – Times Law Reports

Posted January 9th, 2008 in hospitals, human rights, law reports, mental health, suicide by sally

Savage v South Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Court of Appeal

“To establish that a hospital at which a suicide had been a detained mental patient was in breach of the right to life guaranteed by the European Convention on Human Rights, the claimant had to show that at the time of the suicide the hospital knew or ought to have known of the existence of a real and immediate risk to her life from self-harm and that it failed to take measures which reasonably might have been expected to avoid that risk.”

The Times, 9th 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.