“Public health doctors are bracing themselves for a further decline in public confidence in the MMR jab as the long-awaited hearing into alleged serious professional misconduct by Andrew Wakefield and two other doctors gets under way at the General Medical Council on Monday.”
The Guardian, 14th July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“As the four July 21 bomb plotters started their 40-year minimum sentences this week, a group of police special branch officers – the foot soldiers of the security services – based at Prison Service headquarters were quietly working to ensure that the failed bombers do not inspire a new generation of violent jihadists.”
The Guardian, 14th July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Restrictions dating back to the 1830s on shooting and selling game will end in England and Wales from August.”
BBC News, 13th July 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The BBC must obscure the identity of a young woman in a documentary on adoption in order to protect her privacy despite the woman consenting to participate in the programme.”
OUT-LAW.com, 13th July 2007
Source: www.out-law.com
“A man has been found guilty of terrorism offences while his wife has been cleared of hiding information about her husband’s activities.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th July 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Media tycoon Conrad Black has been convicted of three charges of fraud and one of obstructing justice by a jury in Chicago.”
BBC News, 13th July 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Agreement contained a rent review clause
Court of Appeal
“Where an assured tenancy agreement contained a clause providing the machinery for the increase of the rent, the landlord was not required to comply with the rent review procedure set out by section 13 of the Housing Act 1988.”
The Times, 13th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online 21 days from the date of publication
Compulsion to identify driver does not prejudice right to fair trial
O’Halloran v. United Kingdom; Francis v. United Kingdom
European Court of Human Rights
“Registered keepers of motor vehicles could lawfully be compelled to tell the police who was driving it on a particular occasion.”
The Times, 13th July 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
“Lord Goldsmith’s time as Attorney-General highlighted the difficulties of trying to be both a lawyer and a politician.”
Law Society Gazette, 12th July 2007
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“On 12 July we published a consultation paper dealing with issues of how to promote responsible behaviour by landlords, and control anti-social behaviour by tenants in the private sector.”
Housing: encouraging responsible letting
Law Commission, 12th July 2007
Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk
“The Government today announced the successful passage through Parliament of the Regulatory Reform (Financial Services and Markets Act 2000) Order 2007. The Order will reduce a number of burdens currently placed on the FSA and business.”
HM Treasury, 12th july 2007
Source: www.hm-treasury.gov.uk
“The European Commission has proposed simplifying the law governing businesses in Europe just months after large parts of the UK’s new Companies Act came into force.”
OUT-LAW.com, 12th July 2007
Source: www.out-law.com
“Jack Straw is reviewing the new open-ended jail terms amid fears that they are clogging up the prison system.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th July 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A barrister claimed yesterday that his motorcycle is immune to parking tickets because its wheels do not touch the ground when it is parked.”
The Times, 13th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Judges are to end centuries of tradition and abandon the wearing of wigs and gowns in hundreds of civil and family cases. The decision to abolish the 300-year-old horsehair headgear, along with wing collars and bands, was announced yesterday by the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers.”
The Times, 13th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Google, the world’s most popular internet search engine, is being taken to court for allegedly deceiving millions of users over links that are paid for by its advertisers. In the first legal action of its kind, Australia’s competition watchdog is seeking an injunction to stop Google from displaying search results that did not ‘expressly distinguish’ advertisements.”
The Times, 13th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Ministers bowed to pressure yesterday and promised to provide extra funding for hard-pressed coroners’ courts holding inquests into military deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan.”
The Times, 13th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A quarter of young offenders at a troubled privately run child jail have been moved out and a new director appointed after official concern over the rising use of restraint by staff to control violent teenagers.”
The Guardian, 13th July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The widow of a British soldier killed by ‘friendly fire’ in Iraq yesterday demanded the prosecution of an officer after a coroner questioned whether he was fit to command troops and described the incident as a ‘completely avoidable tragedy’.”
The Guardian, 13th July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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