Prison ‘default’ for mentally ill – BBC News
“Too many people with mental health problems are ending up in prison when what they need is specialist care, a Prisons Inspectorate report suggests.”
BBC News, 23rd October 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Web 2.0: new internet, new etiquette . . . new law? – The Times
“Copyright and privacy infringement may be taking place on an unprecedented scale, but that doesn’t mean existing laws are irrelevant.”
The Times, 23rd October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Forty years after Steel’s bill, is there a case for rethink on abortion law? – The Times
“It was 40 years ago that the bill was passed marking the end of back-street abortions and the beginning of women’s right to choose whether or not to terminate an unwanted pregnancy. David Steel’s aim was to avoid the deaths and misery arising from illegal terminations, at a time when abortions were only legal if the mother’s life was seen to be in danger. In the first full year of the bill coming into force, there were 55,000 abortions in the UK. Today, that figure has risen to 200,000 a year. As the anniversary of the law’s introduction approaches this weekend, the debate on abortions continues. Here, we examine where the interested parties stand.”
The Guardian, 24th October 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Detention more than 28 days is not internment, Smith tells MPs – The Guardian
“The home secretary, Jacqui Smith, yesterday admitted that there was ‘still some scepticism’ about extending detention without charge beyond its current 28 days among those who had responded to the government’s consultation.”
The Guardian, 23rd October 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Increase in serious crime by offenders on parole – The Guardian
“Public confidence in the supervision of high-risk offenders released from prison suffered a fresh blow yesterday with the disclosure that 83 have been charged with a further serious offence, such as murder or rape, in the last year.”
The Guardian, 23rd October 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Contaminants in Food (England) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2007
The Education (School Performance Targets) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2007
The Education (Local Education Authority Performance Targets) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2007
The Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (No.5) Regulations 2007
The Flood Defence (Mimmshall Brook Works) Order 2007
The Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (No.4) Regulations 2007
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Southwark London Borough Council v Onayomake – WLR Daily
Southwark London Borough Council v Onayomake
“It was a disproportionate exercise of power to strike out a defence and counterclaim based on substantial grounds in a possession action merely because the defendant’s legal representative had failed to file a check list and had been late for the court management hearing to explain the failure.”
WLR Daily, 22nd October 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.
Palacios de la Villa v Cortefiel Servicios SA – Times Law Reports
National employment policy justifies age bias
Palacios de la Villa v Cortefiel Servicios SA Case C-411/05
“Although a domestic law providing for compulsory dismissal from employment at a set retirement age constituted direct discrimination on the ground of age, contrary to an EC directive, it was justified if it pursued a legitimate aim of national employment policy, such as distributing employment between generations, and if it was appropriate and necessary for that objective.”
The Times, 23rd October 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.
Govt. reforms of planning laws ‘likely illegal’ – Daily Telegraph
“Proposals to force through major developments such as airports or nuclear power stations by limiting the scope for public objections are likely to be ruled illegal, lawyers have warned the Government.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd October 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Rise in crimes by ‘supervised offenders’ – The Independent
“More than 80 serious offences, including murder and rape, were committed last year by violent offenders supposedly under strict community supervision.”
The Independent, 23rd October 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Convergence’ is not an excuse to regulate the internet – The Times
“The line between old and new media is becoming increasingly blurred. So why not do away with broadcast regulation altogether, asks Graham Smith.”
The Times, 22nd October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Public and police are finally taking online crime seriously – The Times
“The Government says individuals are responsible for their online security — and it is starting to happen, says Clive Gringras.”
The Times, 22nd October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Christian JP refused to rule on gay adoption – The Times
“A Christian magistrate was forced to resign because he refused to place children for adoption with gay couples, an employment appeal tribunal was told yesterday.”
The Times, 23rd October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
New Testament Church of God v Stewart – WLR Daily
New Testament Church of God v Stewart
“An employment tribunal was not required to approach its consideration of the nature of the relationship between a minister and his church with the presumption that there was no intention to create legal relations.”
WLR Daily, 22nd October 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 v Massey – WLR Daily
“For the purposes of the offence of controlling prostitution for gain the meaning of ‘control’ did not involve ‘compulsion’, ‘coercion’ or ‘force’.”
WLR Daily, 22nd October 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.
Kommunikationsbehörde Austria v Österreichischer Rundfunk (Case C-195/06) – WLR Daily
Kommunikationsbehörde Austria v Österreichischer Rundfunk
“The offer by a TV broadcaster to viewers to participate in a prize game by immediately dialling a premium rate telephone could constitute ‘teleshopping’ and ‘television advertising’ within Directive 89/552.”
WLR Daily, 22nd October 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.
Day v Haine and another – WLR Daily
“Protective awards made pursuant to s 189 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 were not debts provable in the liquidation of a company in circumstances where they were made after the date of liquidation.”
WLR Daily, 22nd October 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.
Bandwidth Shipping Corpn v Intaari – WLR Daily
Bandwidth Shipping Corpn v Intaari [2007] EWCA CIV 998
“An application under s 68 of the Arbitration Act 1996 to remit an arbitration award on the grounds of the tribunal’s unfairness faced a high hurdle. If an arbitrator appreciated that a party had missed a point then fairness required the arbitrator to raise it so that the party could deal with it. But where there was no such appreciation it was not unfair to leave it to counsel, particularly highly experienced counsel who showed a detailed knowledge of the case, to take such points as he wished.”
WLR Daily, 22nd October 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.
Aspinall’s Club Ltd v Al-Zayat – WLR Daily
Aspinall’s Club Ltd v Al-Zayat [2007] EWCA Civ 1001
“A gambling debt which was recoverable at the time it was incurred could later become irrecoverable by the subsequent provision by the gaming club of unlawful credit to the member, which rendered the member’s liabilities on both the dishonoured cheque and the underlying loan illegal and unenforceable under s 16 of the Gaming Act 1968.”
WLR Daily, 22nd October 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.
Publication of reports on the management of serious offenders – Ministry of Justice
“Reports into the management of offenders under Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) are being published today.”
Ministry of Justice, 22nd October 2007
Souce: www.justice.gov.uk
