“Globally, more people are killed each year at work than are killed in wars. How the law responds is important, and the UK’s new Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act is a significant improvement on earlier legislation.”
The Times, 18th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Four men have been jailed for their part in protests outside the Danish embassy in London, against cartoons satirising the Prophet Muhammad.”
BBC News, 18th July 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Laws making possession of cannabis a largely non-arrestable offence could be reversed, Gordon Brown has said.”
BBC News, 18th July 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Addition of parties is not same as substitution
Adelson and Another v. Associated Newspapers Ltd.
Court of Appeal
“An order would be made substituting a party to an action after the expiry of the limitation period on the ground that there had been a mistake in relation to the name of a party only if the person who had made the mistake was the person responsible for the issue of the claim form and, had the mistake not been made, the new party would have been named in the pleading.”
The Times, 18th 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.
“Where the case against a defendant on one count relied on circumstantial evidence relating to other counts charged in the same proceedings, that evidence fell within the definition of bad character in s 98 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 and was therefore only admissible pursuant to the bad character provisions under that Act.”
WLR Daily, 16th 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.
“Policyholders could find it easier to make claims against their insurance policies, if proposals put forward yesterday by the Law Commission are adopted.”
The Guardian, 18th July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The judgment on Peter Bloxham’s age discrimination claims against his former firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has been reserved indefinitely.”
The Lawyer, 17th July 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“Five men and a 15-year-old boy have been found guilty of criminal charges in connection with race riots which broke out in Birmingham in 2005.”
BBC News, 18th July 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Gangmasters banned from agriculture are moving into other industries, such as construction and care homes, investigators have discovered.”
BBC News, 18th July 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Vulnerable children were subjected to ‘inappropriate and invasive’ tests by a doctor who prompted one of the biggest health controversies of the past 10 years, it was alleged today.”
The Guardian, 17th July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Private equity firms yesterday escaped the threat of tighter regulation and demands for closer scrutiny of pay and fees after a review rejected imposing public company-style rules on the industry.”
The Guardian, 18th July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Revenue and Customs scored a victory in its ongoing fight against tax dodgers today when a UK court ratified a European court ruling outlawing certain types of deliberate VAT abuse.”
The Times, 17th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A group of UK tour operators launched a High Court challenge over the legality of air passenger duty (APD) today.”
The Times, 17th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The son of a mentally deluded man who believed that Margaret Thatcher could save the world from a satanic plot is fighting the Conservative Party over who should get his father’s £10 million bequest.”
The Times, 18th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A commuter who slipped on a petal is poised to win substantial damages after a High Court ruling yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th July 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The number of criminals dealt with by fines and “slap on the wrist” cautions in England and Wales has overtaken the total taken to court, it was disclosed yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th July 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“‘Big Brother’ plans to automatically hand the police details of the daily journeys of millions of motorists tracked by road pricing cameras across the country were inadvertently disclosed by the Home Office last night.”
The Guardian, 18th July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“New homes and schools should not be built within 60 metres of high voltage power lines until the link with childhood cancers is better understood by scientists, according to a committee of MPs. They also recommend that home buyers should be provided with information on the level of electromagnetic fields within homes before they buy.”
The Guardian, 18th July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The government will ensure that the ‘fathers, brothers and husbands’ who have sex with trafficked girls are prosecuted, Harriet Harman vowed yesterday.”
The Guardian, 18th July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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