The Bar is simply not getting the best brains – The Times
“So how can advocacy widen its appeal? Lord Neuberger discusses why the Inns of Court have become increasingly exclusive.”
The Times, 27th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
In re C (A Child)(Adoption: Local Authority’s Duty) – WLR Daily
In re C (A Child)(Adoption: Local Authority’s Duty) [2007] EWCA Civ 1206
“S 1 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 did not impose a duty on the local authority to make inquiries of a child’s extended family or father about the possibility of their providing long-term care in circumstances where the child had been conceived as a result of a fleeting relationship and the mother wished to place the child for adoption.”
WLR Daily, 26th November 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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In re Metronet Rail BCV Ltd (in public private partnership administration) and In re Metronet Rail SSL Ltd (in public private partnership administration) – WLR Daily
“The only companies that could fall within the term “other appointee”, as contained in Sch 15 to the Greater London Authority Act 1999, were public private partnership companies in whose favour there was under a scheme the transfer of property, rights and liabilities from an existing appointee.”
WLR Daily, 26th November 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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UK’s first drug and alcohol court – BBC News
“Three London councils have combined to set up the UK’s first Family Drug and Alcohol Court.”
BBC News, 26th November 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Watt (formerly Carter) v Ahsan – WLR Daily
Watt (formerly Carter) v. Ahsan
“An unsuccessful applicant for selection as a local election candidate who alleged that his party’s failure to select him had been motivated by racial discrimination should have brought his claim against the party under s 25 of the Race Relations Act 1976 in county court proceedings, but an employment tribunal having ruled that it had jurisdiction to hear the complaint under s 12 of the Act, the party was estopped from claiming that the tribunal did not have jurisdiction.”
WLR Daily, 23rd November
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Jain and Another v Trent Strategic Health Authority – WLR Daily
Jain and Another v. Trent Strategic Health Authority
“The registration authority, in applying to a magistrate for an order for the cancellation of the registration of a nursing home under s 30 of the Registered Homes Act 1984, owed no duty of care at common law to the proprietor.”
WLR Daily, 23rd November 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Kitfit Swallow Group Ltd v Great Gizmos Ltd – WLR Daily
Kitfit Swallow Group Ltd v. Great Gizmos Ltd
“Where English trade mark proceedings in which there was a counterclaim for revocation were running concurrently with proceedings commenced in the Office for the Harmonisation in the Internal Market there was no presumption that the English proceedings would be stayed.”
WLR Daily, 23rd November 2007
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.
MPs call for tax reform rethink – BBC News
“The government should think again about its controversial plan to reform capital gains tax, a cross-party committee of MPs has urged.”
BBC News, 26th November 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Reforms fails abused children” – BBC news
“Planned legislation to reform the care system fails to ensure abused children receive vital therapy, according to a child-protection agency.”
BBC News, 26th November 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
US-style lawsuits to fuel compensation culture – Daily Telegraph
“Consumers will be entitled to automatic compensation payouts from retailers who fix high street prices under Government proposals to introduce US-style class-action lawsuits to Britain.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th November 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Innocents fear DNA database errors – Daily Telegraph
“Thousands of people could be accused of a crime they did not commit as a result of errors in records on the national DNA database, it emerged last night.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th November 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Anti-terrorism officer faces inquiry into expenses claims – The Guardian
“Scotland Yard’s most senior anti-terrorism officer is facing questions about his expenses claims, it emerged yesterday. Assistant commissioner Andy Hayman has been asked to explain the bills, which insiders say are higher than for other officers of his rank.”
The Guardian, 26th November 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Deportation battle for footballer who fled death threats from secret society – The Guardian
“Bangura, 19, escaped trafficking, witchcraft and threats to mutilate him in his home country of Sierra Leone to play professional football in the richest league in the world. Today, that dark past will come back to haunt him as his fight against a Home Office deportation order reaches its final stage.”
The Guardian, 26th November 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Labour admits secret cash may be illegal – The Times
“Labour is facing questions on whether a series of donations amounting to more than £380,000 breached the law by using intermediaries to shield the identity of a major donor.”
The Times, 26th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Attorney-General set to scupper plans to make gay hate a crime – The Times
“Government plans to criminalise the stirring up of hatred against gays and lesbians are in disarray because of a Cabinet split over the need for such a law.”
The Times, 26th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Judges’ details “posted on unencrypted discs” – The Times
“An investigation into how personal information about the judiciary came to be sent by post began last night as further details emerged about lost discs containing taxpayers’ details.”
The Times, 26th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Juries to be warned of rape victim “myth” – The Times
“Ministers will outline plans this week to boost the rate of convictions in rape cases by countering myths that may sway juries in cases of sexual assault.”
The Times, 26th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Vodafone faces court case in “bugging” row – The Observer
“Senior British managers of Vodafone are facing a private lawsuit from the family of a former employee who claim that he was murdered to stop him revealing a major phone-tapping scandal.”
The Observer, 25th November 2007
Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk
Revealed: The “hard-sell” cosmetic surgery clinics – The Observer
“The country’s booming cosmetic surgery industry is under fire this weekend for using illegal advertisements and defying its own rules with ‘hard-sell’ tactics.’
The Observer, 25th November 2007
Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk
Church suspends adulterous vicar – The Times
“The first vicar to appear before a new Church of England disciplinary tribunal has been suspended for four years for having an affair with a married woman.”
The Times, 24th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
