Costly business – Law Society’s Gazette
“William Gibson pores over the finer details of the rules on costs in the new Solicitors Code of Conduct.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 21st June 2007
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
The enforcers – Law Society’s Gazette
“The Independent Police Complaints Commission deals with the fall-out from such controversial incidents as the Menezes shooting in London. Jonathan Rayner meets the head of its legal team.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 21st June 2007
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Profession hits back at complaints verdict – Law Society’s Gazette
“The leaders of the solicitors’ profession hit back at the Legal Services Ombudsman (LSO) this week after she branded the Legal Complaints Service’s (LCS) performance as ‘still well short of where a modern, customer-focused organisation should be’.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 21st June 2007
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Badge designs are protected by copyright, says High Court – OUT-LAW.com
“Protection for unregistered designs may be stronger than previously thought, following a ruling by the High Court that found the designs of novelty badges had been infringed.”
OUT-LAW.com, 22nd June 2007
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Purity’ ring case in High Court – BBC News
“A teenager is due in the High Court to accuse her school of discriminating against Christians by banning the wearing of ‘purity rings’.”
BBC News, 22nd Juen 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Iraq deaths ‘unlawful killings’ – BBC News
“Five British armed forces personnel were unlawfully killed when their helicopter was shot down in Iraq, a coroner has ruled.”
BBC News, 22nd June 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Lawyers step up lobbying on legal services reform – Financial Times
“Leading lawyers will step up their lobbying over controversial legal reforms, after the Treasury gave a cool response to claims that the changes could threaten £2bn of annual legal services exports.”
Financial Times, 22nd June 2007
Source: www.ft.com
Road charging ‘sneaked through Parliament’ – Daily Telegraph
“Britain has secretly signed up to a pan-European road pricing scheme, it became clear last night.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd June 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Trader loses £1.35m sexual discrimination claim – The Independent
“A City trader who claimed a sexist work culture forced her to quit her job after she returned from maternity leave lost her £1.35m compensation claim yesterday.”
The Independent, 22nd June 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Former youth justice chief attacks rule change on restraint – The Guardian
“The senior civil servant who drew up the rules on restraining teenagers in child jails has strongly criticised ministers for making changes which will allow private security staff to inflict pain on children who refuse to go to bed or be quiet.”
The Guardian, 22nd June 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Strikes, work curbs and litigation: how life may change under the EU charter – The Times
“Britain was told yesterday that it had all but lost its fight to stop the Charter of Fundamental Rights becoming legally binding in the new EU treaty set to replace the failed European Constitution, sources claimed yesterday.”
The Times, 21st June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
YL v. Birmingham City Council and Others – Times Law Reports
Exercise of delegated council duty is a private function
YL v. Birmingham City Council and Others
House of Lords
“Where a private care home, under contract with a local authority, provided care and accommodation for an elderly person which the authority had been under a statutory duty to arrange, the care home was not exercising functions of a public nature so as to allow her to claim a breach of duty under the European Convention on Human Rights.”
The Times, 21st 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.
Midlands Co-operative Society Ltd. v. Revenue and Customs Commissioners – WLR Daily
Midlands Co-operative Society Ltd. v. Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2007] EWHC 1432 (Ch)
“The Value Added Tax Act 1994 and its associated Regulations allowed the benefit of a claim under s 80 of the Act for overpaid output tax to be assigned.”
WLR Daily, 19th June 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.
R (Godmanchester Town Council) v. Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs – WLR Daily
“‘Sufficient evidence’ under s 31(1) of the Highways Act 1980 that a landowner had had no intention to dedicate a way as a highway required evidence of overt acts demonstrating his lack of intention and coming to the attention of users of the way.”
WLR Daily, 20th June 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 (Rowley and others) v. Secretary of State for Work and Pensions – WLR Daily
“The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions did not owe a common law duty of care to qualifying children or to those with their care in discharging his functions under the Child Support Act 1991.”
WLR Daily, 19th June 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.
House of Lords Judgments: whats new?
Daily Telegraph, 21st June 2007
R (Al-Skeini & Others) v. Secretary of State for Defence
Islington LBC v. Honeygan-Green
Ridgway v. JP Morgan Chase Bank National Association
Transport and General Workers Union v. Safeway Stores Ltd.
Daily Telegraph, 21st June 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Please note the Daily Telegraph Law Reports are only available online for one week.
