“A government plan to monitor offenders more closely was in tatters last night after ministers scaled back an IT programme because costs had almost doubled to £512 million.”
The Times, 9th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A woman died while giving birth after a clerical error left her without specialist medical care, despite both her mother and her aunt having been killed by the same rare condition at exactly the same age, an inquest was told yesterday.”
The Times, 9th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A gang of Seventh-Day Adventists in London conned their fellow churchgoers into giving them millions of pounds to invest, which they then spent on luxury flats, holidays and cars, a court was told yesterday.”
The Times, 9th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The chief executive of media regulator Ofcom wants to expand his office’s powers with new laws that would make its programming sanctions as powerful as its advertising ones.”
OUT-LAW.com, 8th January 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“Employees who left a company to start up a rival breached that firm’s database rights when they took information with them, the High Court has ruled. The firm failed to prove, though, that the actions breached the company’s confidentiality.”
OUT-LAW.com, 8th January 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
Contex Drouzhba Ltd v Wiseman and Another
Court of Appeal
“A director’s signature on a document containing a fraudulent representation made by him was sufficient evidence in writing for an action in deceit.”
The Times, 8th 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.
Charter plc and Another v City Index Ltd (David Gawler and Others, Part 20 defendants)
Court of Appeal
“A party which received money transferred in breach of trust, who was liable as a knowing recipient if he retained it money or paid it away in unconscionable circumstances could recover contribution from any other person responsible for damage to the party defrauded.”
The Times, 8th 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.
“A senior sales executive who was told by her employer that she would be ‘useless’ after she became pregnant could receive up to £200,000 after winning her sex discrimination claim.”
The Times, 8th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Copying compact discs on to computers or iPods will become legal for the first time under government proposals to be published on Tuesday in a move that the music industry has warned could ‘open the floodgates’ to further filesharing.”
Financial Times, 8th January 2008
Source: www.ft.com
“Householders will get the right to use force to defend their homes against burglars. MPs will debate an amendment tomorrow that seeks to clarify the law so that people can use ‘reasonable’ force without fear of being prosecuted.”
The Times, 8th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Drivers who kill could escape being sent to jail under new sentencing guidelines for the courts.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th January 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A Briton on death row for 21 years in Ohio is expected to return home tomorrow a free man, amid serious concern over his long-term health.”
The Guardian, 8th January 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Two sex offenders are to be ‘chemically castrated’ to stop them reoffending.”
The Times, 7th January 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A journalist has been refused the right under freedom of information laws to receive a list of anti-social behaviour order (ASBO) recipients because disclosure of a person’s name long after the award of an ASBO is not the same as disclosure at the time.”
OUT-LAW.com, 7th January 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
Chandler v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Another
Court of Appeal
“Regular repayments to an absent parent from a capital loan to his employer were not income for the purposes of assessment of child maintenance, although they might be caught by antiavoidance provisions in the child maintenance legislation.”
The Times, 7th 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.
Islamic Republic of Iran v Barakat Galleries Ltd
Court of Appeal
“A claim by a state to recover antiquities which formed part of its national heritage should not be shut out on the ground that an action whose object was to enforce the public law of another state should not be entertained.”
The Times, 7th 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.
“Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary, will unveil plans for a new crime crackdown, only hours after the latest stabbing of a teenage boy.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th January 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“‘Deactivated’ guns, which can easily be reconverted into active firearms for use in crime, will be outlawed, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith promised yesterday.”
The Independent, 7th January 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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