‘Fake penis’ sex attacker jailed – BBC News
“A sex attacker who hid a carrot in his trousers and pretended it was his erect penis has been jailed for 18 months.”
BBC News, 7th December 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Guilty verdict for lorry driver – BBC News
“A lorry driver has been found guilty of causing the deaths of a family of four when he fell asleep at the wheel.”
BBC News, 7th December 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
No legal aid for Hercules inquest – BBC News
“Families of nine UK personnel killed in a plane shot down in Iraq will get no legal aid at an inquest but those of an Australian airman will, it has emerged.”
BBC News, 9th December 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Thinktank calls for use of asbos to be reviewed – The Guardian
“Britain is in danger of becoming a nation of ‘paedophobics’, fearful of children and young people, according to a thinktank which warns that antisocial behaviour orders may actually encourage youth crime.”
The Guardian, 10th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
BAE chiefs face renewed corruption inquiry – The Times
“The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is to relaunch a criminal investigation of alleged corruption at Britain’s biggest arms company, BAE Systems.”
The Times, 9th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Brecknell v United Kingdom – Times Law Reports
European Court of Human Rights
“Where there existed a plausible or credible allegation, piece of evidence or item of information relevant to the identification and prosecution of a perpetrator of an unlawful killing, state authorities were under an obligation to take further investigative measures.”
The Times, 7th December 2007
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.
Hill and another v Haines – WLR Daily
Hill and another v Haines [2007] EWCA Civ 1284
“A property adjustment order made in ancillary relief proceedings, whether following a contested hearing or a compromise agreement, was made for consideration and was not therefore a transaction at an undervalue under section 339 of the Insolvency Act 1986. Parliament could not have intended that an order transferring the former matrimonial home from one spouse to the other should be capable of automatic nullification at the suit of the trustee in bankruptcy of a spouse against whom a bankruptcy order had subsequently made on his or her own petition.”
WLR Daily, 6th December 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.
In re M and another (Minors) – WLR Daily
In re M and another (Minors) [2007] UKHL 55
“The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction 1980 had laid down the circumstances under which the return of a child who had been abducted from a contracting state could be refused, and it was neither necessary nor desirable that English courts should import an additional test of ‘exceptionality’ into the exercise of discretion provided for by the Convention.”
WLR Daily, 6th December 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.
C v D – WLR Daily
“Parties to a liability insurance contract in the Bermuda form providing for the contract to be governed by New York law but with arbitration in London were to be taken as having agreed, by choosing London as the seat of the arbitration, that proceedings on the arbitration award were only those permitted by English law.”
WLR Daily, 6th December 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.
R (Maloba) v Waltham Forest London Borough Council – WLR Daily
R (Maloba) v Waltham Forest London Borough Council
“On the proper construction of s 175(3) of the Housing Act 1985, the phrase ‘accommodation which it would be reasonable .. to continue to occupy’ was to be read as ‘to occupy or continue to occupy’. Such an interpretation avoided the creation of a distinction between a person with unfit accommodation available to him who was living in it and one who was not. Furthermore, the matters to be considered in deciding whether it was reasonable to expect an applicant to occupy accommodation available to him were not limited to the size and structural quality of the accommodation.”
WLR Daily, 5th December 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.
Commercial Court publishes working party report on long trials – Judiciary of England and Wales
“The Commercial Court has today (6 December) published the report of its Long Trials Working Party set up under the chairmanship of Mr Justice Richard Aikens. The report was considered and adopted by the Commercial Court Judges and the Committee of Users of the Commercial Court at its meeting last Wednesday, 28 November 2007.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 6th December 2007
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Community test – Law Society’s Gazette
“England’s first Community Court is now in its third year. Grania Langdon-Down reviews its impact.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 6th December 2007
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
More haste, less speed – Law Society’s Gazette
“The debate over new Bill of Rights must include constitutional issues which need to be considered carefully, argues Roger Smith.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 6th December 2007
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Seeking new frontiers – Law Society’s Gazette
“Andrew Holroyd hails a landmark ruling for legal aid lawyers and the launch of the law society’s international division.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 6th December 2007
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Society wins appeal against LSC contract – Law Society’s Gazette
“New civil legal aid fees may have to be scrapped in light of the appeal court’s ruling last week that the Legal Services Commission’s (LSC) unified contract is unlawful.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 6th December 2007
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Plan to close 15 women’s prisons so inmates can be closer to home – The Times
“The Government is supporting a proposal to close 15 women’s jails and replace them with a network of small custodial units that will allow female prisoners to be held closer to home.”
The Times, 7th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Simplifying Immigration Law For The 21st Century – Home Office
“A proposal to use a new Government Bill to simplify immigration law has received positive feedback, the Home Office revealed today.”
Home Office press release, 6th December 2007
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
Freedom Of Information: Government’s refusal to disclose legal advice challenged in court – The Independent
“Lawyers have long argued that there is absolute protection against the publication of legally privileged advice. Robert Verkaik, Law Editor, finds a case which challenges this.”
The Independent, 7th December 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
