‘Call centre justice’ criticised – BBC Law in Action
“The government has been criticised for cutting the right of arrested suspects to advice from a qualified lawyer.”
BBC Law in Action, 9th October 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
UK diplomats ‘face lifetime gag’ – Daily Telegraph
“The Foreign Office has been accused of trying to gag diplomats for life after regulations were issued stopping them from commenting on international issues even after retirement.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th October 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Palestinian takes on UK in court – BBC News
“A 60-year-old Palestinian will begin a case against the UK government in the High Court later when he will say that sales of arms to Israel are illegal.”
BBC News, 10th October 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
£4,000 court costs for child’s sausage roll theft – Daily Telegraph
“A police force hauled a child through the courts at a cost of £4,000 for stealing half a sausage roll it has emerged.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th October 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Employment Appeals Tribunal refuses ‘powerful’ new evidence – OUT-LAW.com
“A worker has won the right to compensation for his sacking after being accused of poaching customers from his employer and starting up his own rival firm. The employer lost the case despite a tribunal finding ‘powerful evidence’ in the employer’s favour.”
OUT-LAW.com, 9th October 2007
Source: www.out-law.com
Hold suspects for 50 days, says Sir Ian Blair – Daily Telegraph
“Police need at least 50 days to question some terrorist suspects before charging them, the country’s top officer has said.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th October 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Charity: Pupils risk prosecution for ‘gay’ slur – Daily Telegraph
“Children who call their classmates ‘gay’ risk being arrested for committing a hate crime even if they do not know what the word means, a leading charity warned last night.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th October 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Prison officers to be banned from striking – The Guardian
“Prison officers are to be banned from going on strike, the justice secretary, Jack Straw, disclosed last night.”
The Guardian, 10th October 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Mother spared jail after supplying children with cannabis – The Guardian
“A former primary school teaching assistant who admitted supplying cannabis to her son and daughter so they would not approach street dealers was yesterday spared jail but ordered to carry out 200 hours of community service.”
The Guardian, 10th October 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Almost all children aged 10-15 are victims of crime – The Guardian
“Being a victim of crime is now the norm for most children in Britain, according to research that reveals that 95% of 10- to 15-year-olds in the country have experienced crime at least once.”
The Guardian, 10th October 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Home Office: Cost of fighting terrorism triples to £3.5bn by 2010 – The Independent
“Fighting terrorism continues to be one of the fastest-growing items in the Government’s budget. By the end of this financial year, the whole cost of anti-terrorist initiatives, taking in everything from education programmes to undercover police work, will have risen to £2.5bn a year. By 2010-11, that figure will be up to £3.5bn – more than three times what it was at the start of the decade.”
The Independent, 10th October 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Wife of dead judge ‘gave police conflicting stories’ – The Independent
“The wife of a judge who died in a fire in their garden shed changed her story about their relationship on the night of his death, an inquest heard yesterday.”
The Independent, 10th October 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Loyalty Management UK Ltd v Commissioners for HM Revenue and Customs [2007] EWCA Civ 1928 – WLR Daily
Loyalty Management UK Ltd v Commissioners for HM Revenue and Customs [2007] EWCA Civ 1928
“The supply of goods or services by a retailer when redeeming loyalty points collected by a customer under the Nectar Loyalty Scheme was, for VAT purposes, a supply of “redemption services” to the scheme operator, as well as of goods and services to the customer, and the scheme operator was therefore entitled to input tax credit on its payments, by way of a “service charge”, to the retailer.”
WLR Daily, 9th 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.
Knifed to death over a mobile phone, London’s 20th teenage murder victim – The Times
“A 17-year-old student, stabbed to death as he tried to prevent the theft of a friend’s phone, has become the twentieth teenager to be murdered in London this year.”
The Times, 9th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Society of Lloyd’s v Henderson and Others; Lowe and Others v Society of Lloyd’s; Society of Lloyd’s v Stockwell and Others – Times Law Reports
Lloyd’s not a public officer
Court of Appeal
“The Society of Lloyd’s was not a public officer for the purposes of the tort of misfeasance in public office.”
The Times, 9th 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
Regina (Federation of Tour Operators and others) v HM Treasury and Others – Times Law Reports
Challenge to doubling of air passenger duty fails
Regina (Federation of Tour Operators and Others) v. HM Treasury and Others
Queen’s Bench Division
“The doubling of air passenger duty at seven weeks’ notice was not unlawful.”
The Times, 9th 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
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
Greater protection against hate and sex crimes – Ministry of Justice
“New legislation which will strengthen the protection to the public from sex offenders and hate crime has been set out in proposals by the Government.”
Ministry of Justice, 8th October 2007
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Watchdog raps “harsh” tax credits – BBC News
“The tax credit system is ‘unfair’ to some of the UK’s poorest families, the Parliamentary Ombudsman has said.”
BBC News, 8th October 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
