MoJ criticised on first day of opening – The Lawyer
“Criticism has been thrown at the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) within hours of it opening its doors for the first time today (9 May).”
The Lawyer, 9th May 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
Single mother launches CSA test case – The Times
“A single mother who blames the loss of her home on the incompetence of the Child Support Agency (CSA) brought a test compensation claim yesterday that could affect thousands of families.”
The Times, 9th May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Regina (Main) v Minister for Legal Aid
Minister’s legal aid refusal wrong
Regina (Main) v. Minister for Legal Aid
Queen’s Bench Division
“The refusal by the Minister of Legal Aid to authorise exceptional funding for the family of two victims of the Ufton Nervet train crash to be represented at the coroner’s inquest was flawed by her failure to recognise that the issues were not only of wide public interest but also a potential benefit for members of the public.”
The Times, 9th May 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 v C; Regina v Bartley; Regina v Baldrey; Regina v Price; Regina v Broad – Times Law Reports
Reflecting overall criminality
Regina v. C; Regina v. Bartley; Regina v. Baldrey; Regina v. Price; Regina v. Broad
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“Where it was appropriate to make an extended sentence consecutive, and one of the sentences was a determinate sentence, that sentence should be imposed first and the extended sentence expressed to be consecutive.”
The Times, 9th May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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Regina (Dost Mohammed) v Secretary of State for Defence – Times Law Reports
Discrimination by nationality is not racial bias
Regina (Dost Mohammed) v. Secretary of State for Defence
Court of Appeal
“The British Government’s scheme in 2000 for making ex gratia single payments of £10,000 to each surviving member of five specified categories of persons who had been imprisoned by the Japanese during the Second World War, or their surviving spouses, did not unlawfully discriminate against a Pakistani citizen, captured and imprisoned while serving in the Indian Army, who could not meet the criteria set out in the scheme.”
The Times, 9th May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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Prudential Assurance Co. Ltd. v. PRG Powerhouse Ltd. and others; Luctor Ltd. v. PRG Powerhouse Ltd. and others – WLR Daily
Prudential Assurance Co. Ltd. v. PRG Powerhouse Ltd. and others; Luctor Ltd. v. PRG Powerhouse Ltd. and others [2007] EWHC 1002 (Ch)
“A company voluntary arrangement which contained terms releasing guarantees given by the defendant’s parent company to the claimant creditors, unfairly prejudiced the claimants within the meaning of s 6(1)(a) of the Insolvency Act 1986.”
WLR Daily, 1st May 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.
The new Home Office: Protecting the public, securing our future – Home Office
“The division of the Home Office culminates an extraordinary programme of reform and change initiated by Home Secretary John Reid shortly after he took over running the department last year.”
Home Office, 9th May 2007
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
Justice ministry faces jails crisis as Home Office splits in two – The Guardian
“Britain’s first Ministry of Justice emerges today out of the rubble of the “not fit for purpose” Home Office to face a mounting prison crisis with prisoner numbers in England and Wales hitting a new record.”
The Guardian, 9th May 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Government unit saves 11-year-old from forced marriage in Dhaka – The Guardian
“The government’s forced marriage unit has rescued an 11-year-old British girl whose parents married her to a Bangladeshi man in Dhaka, it has emerged.”
The Guardian, 9th May 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
New rules on terror leaks urged – BBC News
“Officials and police should be subject to new rules covering media briefings on anti-terrorism investigations, human rights organisation Liberty has said.”
BBC News, 8th May 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Restructured Home Office splits – BBC News
“A restructured Home Office is to begin operating, with the Ministry of Justice taking control of prisons, probation and sentencing.”
BBC News, 8th May 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Riverside Housing Association Ltd v White and Another – Times Law Reports
Reasonable notice is required for rent rise in wrong month
Riverside Housing Association Ltd. v. White and Another
House of Lords
“A tenancy agreement issued by a housing association stating that the rent would be increased annually with effect from the first Monday of June each year did not prevent the landlord from increasing the rent from a date after the first Monday in June, provided appropriate notice was given to the tenants.”
The Times, 7th May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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Regina v Bree – Times Law Reports
Capacity to consent after drink
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“Voluntary consumption of substantial quantites of alcohol did not by itself remove a woman’s capacity to consent to sexual intercourse.”
The Times, 7th May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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Welford and Others v EDF Energy Networks (LPN) Ltd. – Times Law Reports
Separate loss-of-profit compensation for disturbance to land is too remote
Welford and Others v. EDF Energy Networks (LPN) Ltd.
Court of Appeal
“Separate compensation for loss of profit for disturbance was too remote if compensation had been awarded for diminution in the market value of land.”
The Times, 8th May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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Melville Dundas Ltd and Others v George Wimpey UK Ltd and Others – Times Law Reports
Receivership prevents notice of intention from being given
Melville Dundas Ltd. and Others v. George Wimpey UK Ltd. and Others
House of Lords
“A provision that a party to a construction contract could not, unless he had given notice of intention to do so, withhold payment after the final date for payment of a sum due under the contract, did not apply to a lawful ground for withholding payment, such as the contractor going into receivership, when it was not possible for notice to have been given within the statutory time frame.”
The Times, 8th May 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.
Indefinite jail terms forecast to treble in the next five years – The Times
“An explosion in the use by the courts of a new indeterminate sentence is predicted to nearly treble the number of prisoners serving an indefinite term in jail to a ‘crisis’ level of 25,000 in five years.”
The Times, 8th May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Softer line on crime vetoed as jails fill up – The Times
“A package of measures to head off a summer prison overcrowding crisis, including abolishing the option of custody for shoplifting offences, has been vetoed by Tony Blair, The Times has learnt.”
The Times, 8th May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Teachers backed over Muslim wear – BBC News
“Lord Chancellor Lord Falconer will tell headteachers common sense decisions stopping Muslim pupils wearing Islamic dress would not breach human rights.”
BBC News, 6th May 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
