El Farargy v. El Farargy and Others
Court of Appeal
“Where the appearance of justice was at stake, it was better that justice be done independently by another, rather than require a judge to sit in judgment of his own behaviour.”
The Times, 23rd November 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
Conn v. Sunderland City Council
Court of Appeal
“In determining whether harassment had occurred to incur civil liability under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997, the test was to ask whether the gravity of the misconduct was such as would sustain criminal liability under section 1 of that Act.”
The Times, 23rd November 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
“The Serious Fraud Office is charging Severn Trent with three criminal offences for supplying inaccurate leakage data to Ofwat, the water regulator.”
The Independent, 23rd November 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Renault has withdrawn an ad over fears that its use of the term ‘the N-word’ could cause offence.”
The Independent, 23rd November 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Councils opposed to a third London runway threatened legal action yesterday after Ruth Kelly, the Transport Secretary, provoked fury by signalling a massive expansion of Heathrow.”
The Independent, 23rd November 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The planned removal from the UK of a suicidal Kurdish teenager whose traumatic experience of the British deportation process drove her to self-harm appeared to have been scrapped yesterday.”
The Independent, 23rd November 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Millions of young people have made themselves vulnerable to identity theft as well as putting their future academic and professional prospects at risk by recklessly posting personal information on the internet, Britain’s privacy watchdog warns in a report published today.”
The Independent, 23rd November 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A teacher accused of assaulting a disruptive pupil wept as an appeal court quashed his conviction.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd November 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A finance officer claims she was dismissed by a Christian charity centre because she did not believe in God.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd November 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Sir Ian Blair declared himself ‘a man of honour’ today as he survived a motion of no confidence in his leadership of the Metropolitan Police.”
The Times, 23rd November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A white man who hacked to death a young Asian man, provoking an armed brawl between the races on the streets of an estate in Preston, has been jailed for eight years.”
The Times, 23rd November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A teacher is facing a lifetime ban for failing to keep his class in order.”
The Times, 23rd November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“An investigation has started into the criminal justice failings that resulted in a bus passenger being killed by a man who should not have been released from prison.”
The Times, 23rd November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Tony Blair and his wife Cherie have won substantial damages for infringement of privacy from Associated Newspapers, publishers of the Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday and Evening Standard.”
The Guardian, 23rd November 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The government’s controversial home information pack (Hip) scheme will be rolled out to all properties from December 14, it was announced today.”
The Guardian, 22nd November 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Britain’s most senior traffic policeman has been criticised for wasting court time after he failed to answer a speeding charge yesterday, claiming that he had still not found a solicitor to represent him.”
The Times, 22nd November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
R (Main) v Minister for Legal Aid [2007] EWCA Civ 1147
“In refusing an application for discretionary funding for full legal representation at an inquest into deaths following a rail accident, the Minister for Legal Aid had not acted irrationally in concluding that no significant wider public interest would be compromised, nor did the refusal constitute a breach of art 2 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.”
WLR Daily, 21st 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.
Ward v Police Service of Northern Ireland [2007] UKHL 50
“On an application by the police for an extension of the period of detention of a person who was detained under the Terrorism Act 2000, the judge’s power under para 33(3) of Sch 8 to the Act to exclude the detainee and his legal representatives from any part of the hearing also included the power to refuse to disclose to them anything that took place during the period of their exclusion.”
WLR Daily, 21st November 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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AH (Sudan) & Others v Home Secretary
R (Harrington) v Bromley Magistrates’ Court
Daily Telegraph, 22nd November 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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