MPs want UK to pay living wage to overseas staff – The Guardian
“MPs called for legislation yesterday to make British retailers pay their garment workers overseas a living wage.”
The Guardian, 17th July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Freshfields faces second lawsuit over age-discrimination claims – The Times
“Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, the elite London law firm that is fighting an age-discrimination claim from a former partner, is being sued by another ex-employee, it emerged yesterday.”
The Times, 17th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Your boss may own your Facebook details – Daily Telegraph
“Employees who use social networking sites like Facebook, Myspace and Bebo could find their bosses own part of the content, lawyers have warned.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th July 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Regulatory Reform (Financial Services and Markets Act 2000) Order 2007
The Company and Business Names (Amendment) Regulations 2007
The Home Information Pack (Redress Scheme) (No.2) Order 2007
The Gambling Act 2005 (Club Gaming Permits) (Authorised Gaming) Regulations 2007
The Gambling Act 2005 (Exempt Gaming in Clubs) Regulations 2007
The Gambling Act 2005 (Gaming in Clubs) Regulations 2007
The Gambling Act 2005 (Exempt Gaming in Alcohol-Licensed Premises) Regulations 2007
The Police Pension Fund Regulations 2007
The Court of Protection Rules 2007
The Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979 Statutory Sum Order 2007
The Mental Capacity Act 2005 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Order 2007
The Mental Capacity Act 2005 (Transfer of Proceedings) Order 2007
The Mental Capacity Act 2005 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2007
The Education (Penalty Notices) (England) Regulations 2007
The Education (Provision of Full-Time Education for Excluded Pupils) (England) Regulations 2007
The Education (Parenting contracts and Parenting Orders) (England) Regulations 2007
Regulatory Reform (Collaboration etc. between Ombudsmen) Order 2007
The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2007
The Coal Mines (Control of Inhalable Dust) Regulations 2007
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
New cremation regulations to prevent another Shipman – Ministry of Justice
“Bereaved families will have the right to inspect the medical forms of a deceased family member before cremation, under new proposals published today. The proposals are designed to help stop a repeat of the murders by Harold Shipman.”
Ministry of Justice press release, 16th July 2007
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
OAP’s rapist jailed indefinitely – BBC News
“A rapist who described his attack on an elderly woman ‘monstrous’ has been given an indefinite prison sentence.”
BBC News, 16th July 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Judge grants Shambo reprieve – The Guardian
“Shambo, the temple bullock ordered destroyed after a test suggested he may have TB, was reprieved by a high court judge today.”
The Guardian, 16th July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Cadbury faces ‘unlimited’ fine in outbreak case – The Times
“Cadbury Schweppes will attempt this morning to temper a potential million-pound fine set to be levied upon the drinks and confectionery group as the case against the company for causing a national outbreak of salmonella reaches its conclusion.”
The Times, 16th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Top law firm ‘closed its eyes’ to laws on age discrimination – The Times
“Its partners earn millions of pounds a year advising clients on employment and benefits issues, but Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer omitted to check that changes to its own pension scheme were legal, it emerged yesterday.”
The Times, 14th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
‘Chastity ring’ girl loses case – BBC News
“A 16-year-old girl was not discriminated against after she was banned from wearing a ‘purity ring’ in school, the High Court has ruled.”
BBC News, 16th July 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Luxim Corpn. v. Ceravision Ltd. – WLR Daily
Luxim Corpn. v. Ceravision Ltd. [2007] EWHC 1624 (Ch.)
“The discretion given to the Comptroller General under s 12(2) of the Patents Act 1977 to decline to deal with entitlement proceedings because the question referred to him involved matters which would more properly be determined by the court was not restricted to highly complex cases.”
WLR Daily, 9th 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.
Samengo-Turner and others v. J & H Marsh & McLennan (Services) Ltd. and others – WLR Daily
Samengo-Turner and others v. J & H March & McLennan (Services) Ltd. and others [2007] EWCA Civ 723
“Where parallel employment-related proceedings were taking place in New York and London it was open to the court, in an appropriate case and where the terms of s 5 of Council Regulation 44/2001 were satisfied, to grant an anti-suit injunction restraining the New York proceedings.”
WLR Daily, 12th July 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
R v. P Ltd. and another – WLR Daily
“An offence committed by a body corporate under the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 was attributable to neglect by an officer of that body (or person acting in such a capacity), thereby amounting to an offence by that officer under s 37(1) of the 1974 Act, if the officer either knew of the relevant facts giving rise to the health and safety offence or, if he did not know, should by reason of the circumstances have been put on inquiry as to whether the relevant safety procedures were in place.”
WLR Daily, 11th 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 sumamry is removed.
In re Eurocruit Europe Ltd. (in liquidation) – Times Law Reports
Times ran out for liquidator
In re Eurocruit Europe Ltd. (in liquidation)
Chancery Division
“The limitation period of a claim brought by a liquidator under section 212 of the Insolvency Act 1986 was the same as that applicable to the underlying claim.”
The Times, 16th 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.
Regina (Crown Prosecution Service) v. Guildford Crown Court – Times Law Reports
Divisional Court cannot correct crown court judge
Regina (Crown Prosecution Service) v. Guildford Crown Court
Queen’s Bench Divisional Court
“The High Court did not have power to quash an unlawful sentence imposed by a crown court judge.”
The Times, 16th 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.
Medical chiefs renew support for MMR – The Times
“Doctors and scientists have come together to endorse the safety of the MMR vaccine, ahead of a disciplinary hearing today involving the researchers who first linked it to health risks.”
The Times, 16th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Metronet may face administration – Financial Times
“Metronet Rail, the main private contractor on the London Underground, could face administration after an arbiter on Monday awarded it only a small proportion of the emergency funding it had sought for the next year.”
Financial Times, 16th July 2007
Source: www.ft.com
Watchdogs criticise equality reform plans – The Guardian
“Official equality watchdogs are in revolt against government reforms to discrimination laws, saying that they repudiate the findings of the Stephen Lawrence inquiry and will “do enormous damage” to disabled people.”
The Guardian, 16th July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
