“An influential inquiry into the future of Britain’s abortion laws will begin today amid controversy over an apparent attempt by faith-based organisations to skew the balance of evidence presented to the committee of MPs.”
The Guardian, 15th October 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Almost 35,000 single parents have been waiting more than five years for the Child Support Agency to resolve their claims, it has emerged.”
The Guardian, 15th October 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Plans for a shake-up of the legal profession, to be debated by MPs today, could lead to another fiasco like the miners’ compensation scheme, because trade unions would be exempt from consumer safeguards, Conservative MPs say.”
The Times, 15th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“One of Britain’s most senior police officers is to call for all drugs – including heroin and cocaine – to be legalised and urges the Government to declare an end to the ‘failed’ war on illegal narcotics.”
The Independent, 15th October 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Ministry of Justice has drawn up emergency plans to house prisoners in court cells in what the Conservatives last night claimed was ‘a cynical attempt’ to manage the jails crisis and buy Gordon Brown more time after a week of bad news.”
The Observer, 14th October 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The number of call-outs of armed police has increased by more than 50% in a decade, figures show.”
BBC News, 14th October 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Royal Mail last night won an high court ruling outlawing two one-day strikes planned by postal workers next week.”
The Guardian, 13th October 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Claims that the first police probe into the murder of black 18-year-old Stephen Lawrence was hindered by a corrupt officer are unfounded, a watchdog says.”
BBC News, 13th October 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A £10,000 compensation claim is being brought by the father of a man found dead by a swimming pool at the former home of entertainer Michael Barrymore.”
BBC News, 12th October 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Families of British service personnel killed in Iraq and Afghanistan are being obstructed by the MoD in their efforts to discover how their children died, it was claimed yesterday.”
The Independent on Sunday, 14th October 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Barry George, the man serving a life sentence for the murder of television presenter Jill Dando, has demanded a new legal team three weeks before a second appeal against his conviction is due to begin.”
The Times, 12th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A judge who died in an explosion in his garden shed neither committed suicide nor was killed, a coroner has said.”
BBC News, 12th October 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two men convicted of raping young girls have had their ‘unduly lenient’ two-year prison sentences doubled by the Court of Appeal.”
BBC News, 12th October 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Freeport plc v Arnoldsson (Case C-98/06)
“The fact that claims brought against a number of defendants had different legal bases did not preclude application of the provision in art 6(1) of Regulation 44/2001 (the successor to the Brussels Convention of 1968) that in certain circumstances multiple defendants could be sued in the courts of the domicile of any of them.”
WLR Daily, 11th October 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Holmes-Moorhouse v Richmond-upon-Thames London Borough Council [2007] EWCA Civ 970
“An uncontested order for shared residence made by consent by a judge in family proceedings was not determinative of the issue whether it was reasonable to expect the children whose residence was the subject of the order to live with the parent in whose favour it was made.”
WLR Daily, 10th October 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Lawntown Ltd v Camenzuli and another [2007] EWCA Civ 949
“Where the court was exercising its discretion under s 610(2) of the Housing Act 1985 to decide whether to vary a restrictive covenant to permit conversion of a single dwelling house into flats where planning permission had been granted there was no presumption, let alone duty, in favour of varying the covenant. It was left to the court to take account of all relevant factors and to carry out a balancing exercise, giving such weight as it judged appropriate to the various factors in the exercise of its discretion.”
WLR Daily, 10th October 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Soulsbury v Soulsbury [2007] EWCA Civ 938
“An agreement whereby a wife waived her entitlement to periodical payments from her former husband under an order of court on the promise of her former husband to leave her £100,000 in his will was legally effective even though it had not been approved by the court.”
WLR Daily, 10th October 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Procter & Gamble Co v Reckitt Benckiser (UK) Ltd [2007] EWCA Civ 936
“In considering an allegation of breach of a registered Community Design, the court should adopt the standpoint of an ‘informed user’ who was more familiar than the average consumer with design issues. Rather than relying on expert evidence, the court should look closely at the registered design and the allegedly infringing article and ask whether it produced a different overall impression.”
WLR Daily, 10th October 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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The Education (Listed Bodies) (Wales) Order 2007
The Armed Forces Act 2006 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2007
The Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Amendment Regulations 2007
The Gaming Duty (Additional Games) Order 2007
The Landfill Tax (Material Removed from Water) Order 2007
The Climate Change Levy (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2007
The Finance Act 2007 (Climate Change Levy: Reduced-rate Supplies etc) (Appointed Day) Order 2007
The Education (Recognised Bodies) (Wales) Order 2007
The Non-Domestic Rating (Small Business Relief) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2007
The Social Security (Claims and Information) Regulations 2007
The Channel Tunnel (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Order 2007
The Channel Tunnel (International Arrangements) (Amendment) Order 2007
The Returning Officers (Parliamentary Constituencies) (England) Order 2007
The Food for Particular Nutritional Uses (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2007
The Nutrition and Health Claims (Wales) Regulations 2007
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
“This month marks the beginning of a new era in civil legal aid. but many who work in the field believe the arrival of fixed fees is a disaster for the profession. Jon Robins reports.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 11th October 2007
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
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