“Young criminals placed on the Government’s flagship community punishment scheme could break the rules more than 40 times before being sent back to court, it has been disclosed.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd July 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Criminals looking to steal identities are trawling social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace, experts warn.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd july 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Detectives in the cash for honours investigation seized a draft list of people Labour wanted to nominate for peerages which showed all those put forward had loaned the party millions of pounds, sources confirmed yesterday. The list shows that the government had considered offering peerages to eight businessmen. Until now only four had been known about.”
The Guardian, 23rd July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The three main suspects officially cleared yesterday of any wrongdoing in the cash for honours investigation are considering retaliatory action against the police as the backlash began against Scotland Yard’s conduct of the marathon inquiry.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd July 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Criminals who plead guilty after being caught red-handed will receive longer sentences under new guidelines announced yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd July 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Highly sensitive information about the religious beliefs, political opinions and even the sex life of Britons travelling to the United States is to be made available to US authorities when the European Commission agrees to a new system of checking passengers.”
The Observer, 22nd July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Rape conviction rates are at an all-time low despite efforts by the government, police and prosecutors to improve performance, according to Home Office research.”
The Guardian, 21st July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Cherie Booth QC missed the first meeting of an inquiry into English prisons yesterday because she has been on jury service. Her stint in the jury room is believed to have included sitting on at least one case.”
The Guardian, 21st July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The father and uncle of a young Kurdish woman began life sentences last night for arranging her ‘barbaric and callous’ murder to restore their family’s ‘honour’.”
The Guardian, 21st July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Consumers have been given greater legal protection from rogue estate agents.”
Reuters, 20th July 2007
Source: www.reuters.co.uk
“A teenage driver who caused the death of a woman in a crash as she sent a mobile phone text message has been sent to a young offenders’ institute.”
BBC News, 20th July 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Attorney General will appeal against the sentence given to a window cleaner for raping a 10-year-old girl on the grounds it was unduly lenient.”
BBC News, 20th July 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Blackpool pub landlord has become the first person in England to be summoned to court for defying the smoking ban.”
The Guardian, 20th July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Criminals who plead guilty in the face of overwhelming evidence – such as being caught in the act – will get less time off their sentence, it was announced today.”
The Times, 20th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A father who ordered the killing of his daughter after finding out she had a boyfriend has been jailed for life.”
BBC News, 20th July 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The much-anticipated judicial review brought by black and Asian lawyers against the Government’s Carter reforms ended abruptly yesterday (19 July) after the application was withdrawn.”
The Lawyer, 20th July 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Nichia Corp v Argos Ltd [2007] EWCA Civ 741 (19 July 2007)
Avis v Turner & Anor [2007] EWCA Civ 748 (19 July 2007)
AWB (Geneva) SA & Anor v North America Steamships Ltd & Anor [2007] EWCA Civ 739 (18 July 2007)
Bibi & Ors v Entry Clearance Officer, Dhaka [2007] EWCA Civ 740 (18 July 2007)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Kelly & Anor v R. [2007] EWCA Crim 1715 (19 July 2007)
Cemex Cement Ltd, R v [2007] EWCA Crim 1759 (18 July 2007)
Lamb, R. v [2007] EWCA Crim 1766 (18 July 2007)
Vernett-Showers & Ors v The Crown [2007] EWCA Crim 1767 (18 July 2007)
High Court (Administrative Court)
S & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2007] EWHC 1654 (Admin) (18 July 2007)
High Court (Family Division)
The NHS Trust v A (a child) & Ors [2007] EWHC 1696 (Fam) (18 July 2007)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Ide v ATB Sales Ltd [2007] EWHC 1667 (QB) (17 July 2007)
Source: www.bailii.org
“More than one million people were attacked by drunken thugs last year as the first official analysis of round-the-clock drinking revealed increasing public disorder in the early hours.”
The Times, 20th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The time had come to recognise that the courts had jurisdiction to award compound interest to a claimant seeking restitution of money paid under mistake when such an award would achieve a just result.”
WLR Daily, 18th 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.
Nichia Corpn v. Argos Ltd. [2007] EWCA Civ 741
“Where the validity of a patent was challenged on the ground of obviousness, and there was no issue of commercial success or long-felt want, disclosure of evidence from the patentee was of limited scope and usefulness. There was, however, no blanket rule that disclosure should not be ordered in such circumstances.”
WLR Daily, 19th 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.
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