“Saturday will be the last day for smoking in an enclosed public space. Robert Verkaik, Law Editor, considers the possibility of legal actions against the ban.”
The Independent, 27th June 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Thousands more convicts are to spend less time in jail as a result of law and order measures published by the Government yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th June 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Progress has been made in the first year, but overall the verdict is ‘improving – but can do better’.”
The Times, 25th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Unmarried fathers who admit paternity of a child but refuse to register on the birth certificate could be fined under new proposals.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th June 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Child Support Agency today ‘named and shamed’ 40 parents who were successfully prosecuted for refusing to take financial responsibility for their children.”
The Guardian, 26th June 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Times Legal Editor looks at who has the inside running to become Attorney-General and Lord Chancellor under the new Prime Minister.”
The Times, 27th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“After nearly 200 years the stigmatising legal term “common prostitute” which dates back to the 1824 Vagrancy Act is to be removed from the statute book, under a package of criminal justice reforms unveiled yesterday.”
The Guardian, 27th June 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Attorney-General yesterday demanded an inquiry into the use of torture by British soldiers in Iraq in 2003 which led to the death in custody of Baha Musa, an Iraqi civilian arrested during an arms search. Lord Goldsmith, QC, said it was “inexplicable” that banned techniques were being used when soldiers and officers must have realised they breached the Geneva Conventions.”
The Times, 27th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Migrants’ marriage rule bias is disproportionate
Regina (Baiai and Others) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
Court of Appeal
“The statutory scheme requiring permission by the Home Office for marriage by people subject to immigration control or those who had entered the UK illegally contravened articles 12 and 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights guaranteeing the right to marry and prohibiting discrimination for nationality or religion.”
The Times, 26th June 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.
Obligation gives tenant protection
Polarpark Enterprises Inc v. Allason
Chancery Division
“A licensee who occupied a property under a trust deed, which contained an obligation to repair and insure the property, had a protected licence.”
The Times, 26th June 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.
Domestic prison duty postponed
Regina (Governor of Wandsworth Prison) v. Kinderis and Others
Queen’s Bench Divisional Court
“Where a prisoner was remanded in custody charged with offences in England and consented to extradition under a European arrest warrant, the prison governor should keep him in custody pending extradition and any duty to deliver him to the domestic crown court was postponed.”
The Times, 26th June 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.
“A major investment of £400 million to include building six new major courts has been announced today by the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, Lord Falconer.”
Announcement (Word document)
Her Majesty’s Court Service, 25th June 2007
Source: www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk
“Old Square Chambers is heading to the Court of Appeal in a case that could see a two-tier approach to the enforcement of claims in respect of the Race Relations Act 1976.”
The Lawyer, 25th June 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“The College of Law’s plan to dominate legal education has moved up a gear after it struck a major deal with 30 law firms to provide a pioneering training programme for its junior corporate lawyers.”
The Lawyer, 25th June 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“The government’s medicines watchdog was accused today of “irrationally and unlawfully” withholding drugs which could help thousands of people suffering from early-stage dementia.”
The Times, 25th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The code is the most fundamental change introduced so far by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), which has regulated the profession in England and Wales since January this year. The code replaces the Guide to the Professional Conduct of Solicitors (1999) and the Guide Online together with 10 other codes and rules (including the Solicitors’ Practice Rules 1990 and the Law Society’s Code for Advocacy) and introduces various changes. Although welcomed by larger firms, its requirements are onerous for smaller firms.”
The Times, 26th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A lawyer was jailed yesterday for refusing to pay child support to his former wife, despite her pleas that he should not be given a custodial sentence.”
The Times, 26th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Families of people who are murdered or killed by dangerous driving will be able to have a statement about their loss read out in court, it was announced today.”
The Times, 25th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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