“The High Court set a deadline yesterday for Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary, to decide whether a terrorist suspect held at Guantanamo prison should be allowed back into the Britain.”
The Independent, 27th July 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Britain’s high street banks and the main consumer watchdog will today go to court to seek a test-case ruling aimed at resolving the uncertainty over ‘illegal’ bank penalty charges.”
The Guardian, 27th July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man accused of drugging and raping a woman, and getting her pregnant with twins, is fighting for access to the children.”
The Times, 27th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Government has launched its formal consultation over the role of Attorney General in the justice system in England and Wales.”
Legal Week, 26th July 2007
Source: www.legalweek.com
“Four students and a schoolboy who planned to fight British soldiers and die as martyrs have been sentenced by a court at the Old Bailey.”
BBC News, 26th July 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A grey-haired ‘Godmother’ was convicted today of ordering the execution of her cheating daughter-in-law.”
The Independent, 26th July 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A teenager has been sentenced to at least 13 years in prison for the murder of the promising young footballer Kiyan Prince, who was stabbed to death outside his school gates.”
The Guardian, 26th July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“When Baroness Scotland of Asthal accepted her new post, the Prime Minister told her that things must change. Today she will publish proposals that will significantly alter her ancient office.”
The Times, 26th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A couple who fought HM Revenue & Customs all the way to the House of Lords sparked a wide-ranging review of Britain’s tax system yesterday, after winning their landmark case.”
The Times, 26th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Grovit v. De Netherlandsche Bank NV and others
“An action for libel against the central bank of the Netherlands was not a civil and commercial matter within the terms of Council Regulation 44/2001/EC (the Judgments Regulation on jurisdiction in civil and commercial matters) so as to permit the action to go ahead in the English courts.”
WLR Daily, 24th July 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 (Swami Suryananda, representing the Community of the Many Names of God) v. Welsh Ministers
“The decision to slaughter a Hindu community’s temple bullock as part of a general government policy after testing positive for bovine tuberculosis was lawful and justified and was not a breach of article 9 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. Though the decision interfered with the community’s right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion the interference was necessary and proportionate given the importance of eliminating bovine tuberculosis and the fact that the slaughter policy implemented Council Directive 77/391/EEC.”
WLR Daily, 23rd July 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.
“It is now two-and-a-half years since the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) came fully into force, and it is now very much in the media spotlight. Should a breakdown of MPs’ travel expenses be accessible to the general public? To what extent should the formulation of government policy take place in a ‘safe space’ free from public scrutiny? Should the BBC be required to disclose an internal report examining whether it was biased in its reporting of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? All of these issues have been considered recently by the Information Commissioner and by the Information Tribunal (which hears appeals from the Commissioner’s decisions). They have also been the subject of wider debate among politicians and in the media. They raise an issue that lies at the very heart of FOIA: at what point does a requirement for openess and transparency by public authorities begin to threaten the effective operation of those same authorities?”
Legal Week, 26th July 2007
Source: www.legalweek.com
“Small businesses were celebrating victory yesterday after the House of Lords dismissed an appeal by HM Revenue & Customs in a landmark tax case, and gave the legal all-clear to a tax-saving arrangement used by thousands of husband-and-wife operations.”
The Independent, 26th July 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Proposals to allow Legal Practice Course (LPC) providers to run a new-style LPC from as early as September 2008 look set to be delayed.”
Legal Week, 26th July 2007
Source: www.legalweek.co.uk
“The system of councils in England is to be reformed, with the creation of nine new unitary authorities.”
BBC News, 26th July 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Former Lord Chancellor Lord Falconer was ‘too slow’ to defend a judge after government criticism of his sentencing of a Cardiff paedophile, peers say.”
BBC News, 26th July 2007
Source: news.bbc.co.uk
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