“A Home Office minister who has regularly campaigned on road safety was fined and had his licence endorsed yesterday after being convicted of driving while talking on his mobile telephone.”
The Times, 3rd November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A soldier whose army career was cut short by serious injury in Iraq was put in fear of becoming homeless when he was given less than 30 days to leave the army house where he lives with his wife and three children.”
The Times, 3rd November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A judge told an elite female tennis coach that she had acted in the interests of her ‘own selfish, sexual ends’ as he jailed her today for two years and nine months for conducting a year-long affair with a 13-year-old pupil.”
The Times, 3rd November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“ITV is examining fresh allegations of phone-in irregularities on The X Factor, a fortnight after the broadcaster was forced to own up to deceiving viewers out of £8 million on other programmes.”
The Times, 3rd November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“In a groundbreaking move, the Pentagon is compensating servicemen seriously hurt when an American tank convoy forced them off the road.”
The Observer, 4th November 2007
Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk
Raglan Housing Association Ltd v Alex Patrick Fairclough
“Where a person was arrested for indictable offences occurring before taking up a tenancy and was convicted of them during the course of the tenancy, the landlord was entitled to a possession order under ground 14 of Schedule 2 to the Housing Act 1988.”
WLR Daily, 2nd November 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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“When considering a coroner’s application for a witness summons under CPR r 34.4, courts should be wary of trying slavishly to fit that request into the template of civil litigation. A more flexible approach should be taken to such applications due to the inquisitorial nature of a coroner’s inquest and the objectives therein of allaying, or confirming, suspicions and/or making any recommendations for the future.”
WLR Daily, 1st November 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Secretary of State for the Home Department v E and another [2007] UKHL 47
“It was not a condition precedent to the making or renewal of a non-derogating control order under s 2(1) of the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 that the Secretary of State should comply with his duty under s 8 of the Act to consult the relevant chief officer of police as to the realistic prospect of successfully prosecuting the person against whom the order was proposed and should thereafter keep that possibility under review.”
WLR Daily, 1st November 2007
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Secretary of State for the Home Department v MB; Secretary of State v AF [2007] UKHL 46
“Statutory provisions governing the court’s powers in reviewing a non-derogating control order made by the Secretary of State under the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 would be read down under s 3 of the Human Rights Act 2007 where their effect would be to deny the proposed subject of the order a fair hearing compatible with art 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights.”
WLR Daily, 1st November 2007
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Secretary of State for the Home Department v JJ and others [2007] UKHL 45
“A non-derogating control order, made by the Secretary of State under s 2 of the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005, which imposed an 18 hour curfew of the controlled person and closely restricted his social contacts constituted a deprivation of liberty under art 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights; since the Secretary of State had no power under the 2005 Act to make such an order, the proper course was that it should be quashed.”
WLR Daily, 1st November 2007
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Office of Fair Trading v Lloyds TSB Bank plc and others [2007] UKHL 48
“The right of consumers under s 75(1) of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 to hold United Kingdom credit card companies liable for misrepresentation or breach of contract by the retailer from whom they made a credit card purchase extended to transactions made overseas.”
WLR Daily, 1st November 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Disproportionate exercise of judicial power
Lambeth London Borough Council v Onayomake
Court of Appeal
“Where a counterclaim had been made on substantial grounds in a possession action, it was a disproportionate exercise of judicial power to strike out a defence and counterclaim when the defendant’s legal representative had failed to file a check list on time.”
The Times, 2nd November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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Seeking child’s return after foreign order
In re A; HA v. MB (Brussels II revised: article 11(7) application)
Family Division
“An order made on an application for contact in England under section 8 of the Children Act 1989 was not a judgment requiring the return of the child from outside the jurisdiction.”
The Times, 2nd November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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“Solicitors working in the field of military personal injury claims believe the system needs to do more than help those injured during the course of military operations.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 1st November 2007
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Four English police forces have been ordered to delete criminal records because they have been kept for too long.”
OUT-LAW.com, 1st November 2007
Source: www.out-law.com
“Responses to consultation on civil court fees published today.”
Ministry of Justice, 2nd November 2007
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“A cross-party group of senior MPs and peers is calling for a genuine devolution of power from Whitehall to local government.”
BBC News, 2nd November 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An immigration judge who had an affair with his illegally employed Brazilian cleaner has been paid more than £100,000 since he stood down from his job.”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd November 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The family of the youngest British soldier to be injured in Iraq has angrily denounced his compensation payout of £57,000 as a ‘complete insult.’ ”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd November 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A chief constable is being investigated over his force’s dismissal of child abuse allegations against a judge.”
The Times, 2nd November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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