Judge death ‘remains a mystery’ – BBC News
“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
‘Lenient’ rape sentences doubled – BBC News
“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) – WLR Daily
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
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Holmes-Moorhouse v Richmond-upon-Thames London Borough Council – WLR Daily
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
Please note once as case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Lawntown Ltd v Camenzuli and another – WLR Daily
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
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Soulsbury v Soulsbury – WLR Daily
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
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Procter & Gamble Co v Reckitt Benckiser (UK) Ltd – WLR Daily
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
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
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
Cashflow crisis – Law Society’s Gazette
“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
Delivering value – but at what cost? – Law Society’s Gazette
“This is an edited version of Stop the Clock?, a research report on value and fees in legal services produced by the Commerce & Industry Group and accountants and business advisers BDO Stoy Hayward.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 11th October 2007
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Related link: Stop the clock? (PDF) – Commerce & Industry Group
Lawyers fail to take email security precautions – Law Society’s Gazette
“Lawyers are using email to send sensitive information even though they think it is one of the least safe ways of communicating, according to a recent poll.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 11th October 2007
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Moustache sacrifice closes case – The Times
“A man promised a court that he would shave off his Edwardian-style, dandy moustache as a way of making amends for a charge of common assault.”
The Times, 12th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Solicitors make millions from sick miners’ claims – The Guardian
“Beresfords, a tiny firm of solicitors in Doncaster, has received £123m from the taxpayer by winning compensation claims on behalf of coal miners for work-related diseases, new government figures show.”
The Guardian, 12th October 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Muslim soldier’s death ‘unlawful’ – BBC News
“A verdict of unlawful killing has been recorded on the first British Muslim soldier to be killed during the conflict in Afghanistan.”
BBC News, 11th October 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Victory for journalist as ‘bent cop’ libel is rejected – The Times
“A journalist who suggested that a former police officer may be corrupt was cleared of libel in the Court of Appeal yesterday.”
The Times, 12th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Opt-outs may cause problems, MPs warn Brown – The Guardian
“Gordon Brown’s efforts to protect Britain’s opt-outs on the new EU treaty at next week’s summit in Lisbon came under fresh pressure yesterday when a Labour-dominated committee of MPs claimed the latest draft of the treaty presented fresh threats to British sovereignty.”
The Guardian, 12th October 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Crime assets agency ‘ill-planned’ – BBC News
“The setting up of a government agency to seize criminals’ wealth was ill-planned and unrealistic, an influential group of MPs has said.”
BBC News, 11th October 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Foreign Offfice gag on memoirs angers former diplomats – The Guardian
“A former British diplomat yesterday denounced a lifetime confidentiality agreement demanded by the Foreign Office as ‘unworkable and draconian’, and has refused to sign it.”
The Guardian, 12th October 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Profile: Lord Justice Scott Baker – Daily Telegraph
“When Lord Justice Scott Baker walked into the Paris Ritz hotel this week, with the jurors from the Diana, Princess of Wales, inquest, he would have experienced a sharp sense of deja vu.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th October 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
More cash for injured troops in compensation shake-up – The Independent
“The most seriously injured troops are to receive more cash under reforms to the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme announced today.”
The Independent, 11th October 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Related link: Injury table and payments – Daily Telegraph, 12th October 2007
