“The government working party tasked with ironing out the problems associated with the creation of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) still cannot say if it can be established without legislation – despite the Lord Chancellor’s determination that the department will come into being next week.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 3rd May 2007
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Report stage in the Lords is where the most important changes to a legislative measure are usually made, so it will be no surprise to learn that the Legal Services Bill has been much amended in recent days. And with another day of report still to come, there are bound to be more.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 3rd May 2007
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The Legal Complaints Service (LCS) is to canvas thousands of former miners directly to determine whether solicitors wrongly deducted fees from their compensation claims.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 3rd May 2007
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Two High Court judges yesterday gave warning that the extradition laws may need reform after ruling that a Lithuanian fugitive accused of attempted rape and sexual assault can avoid trial in Britain.”
The Times, 4th May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A woman who sued her neighbours for libel and slander after they told police that she had pruned their trees without permission has paid a high price for her action.”
The Times, 4th May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Van Colle & Others v. Chief Constable of Hertfordshire
Belfast CC v. Miss Behavin’ Ltd.
Eyres v. Atkinsons Kitchens & Bedrooms Ltd.
St Helens MBC v. JE Derbyshire & Others
Blackburn-Smith v. Lambeth LBC
Daily Telegraph, 3rd May 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Please note that the Daily Telegraph Law Reports are only available online for one week.
“Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska this morning won the first round of a legal battle to block a £1.5 billion lawsuit filed against him by a former friend and business partner.”
The Times, 3rd May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Almost half of all law students expect to work more than 50 hours a week after qualifying into the profession, according to new research, with just 1% of prospective lawyers targeting a career in-house.”
Legal Week, 3rd May 2007
Source: www.legalweek.com
“Gypsy families have lost a High Court battle over plans to make them move to make way for the Olympic village.”
BBC News, 3rd May 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Duty of confidentiality to celebrities is enforceable
Douglas and Another v. Hello! Ltd. and Others
House of Lords
“Photographic images of the wedding of two celebrities had a commercial value over which the celebrities had sufficient control to enable them to impose an obligation of confidence. A magazine publisher who had bought the exclusive right to publish the photographs and had the benefit of the duty of confidentiality imposed by the celebrities, had the right to enforce that duty against a rival magazine which published unauthorised photographs of the wedding.”
The Times, 3rd 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.
R (Dost Mohammed) v. Secretary of State for Defence [2007] EWCA Civ 983
“The scheme adopted by the British Government in 2000 to make an ex gratia single payment 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 on grounds of race against a Pakistani citizen who had been captured while serving in the Indian army and who could not meet the criteria set out in the scheme.”
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.
Adelson and another v. Associated Newspapers Ltd.
“There was no jurisdiction under s 35 of the Limitation Act 1980 or under CPR r 19.5 to grant an application to amend pleadings by the addition of new claimants in the course of a libel action after the expiry of the limitation period.”
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 relationship between the state, sentencers and probation (judicial and probation autonomy) (PDF)
Speech by Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
Probation Boards Association Conference, 2nd May 2007
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“A top-level, post-BCCI commercial litigation working party, chaired by the judge in charge of the commercial court Mr Justice Aikens, is to lay out its proposals in an ambitious bid to reform the way complex cases are managed.”
Legal Week, 3rd May 2007
Source: www.legalweek.com
“The judiciary looks set to win the right to influence appointments to the Legal Services Board following a successful lobbying campaign by the Bar Council for amendments to the Legal Services Bill.”
Legal Week, 3rd May 2007
Source: www.legalweek.com
“Lawyers acting for some of Britain’s largest pension funds yesterday sought to freeze the £55 million of bonuses and pension payments due to the former chief executive of BP.”
The Times, 3rd May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The House of Lords’ ruling, by a 3 – 2 majority in favour of OK! magazine’s £1 million claim against Hello!, will further strengthen the grip that celebrities have over the exploitation of their fame. The use of “spoilers”, in which one publication beats another to an “exclusive” story, will now carry a much greater risk of large compensation claims.”
The Times, 2nd May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“OK! magazine won it’s [sic] appeal today against glossy rival Hello! in the dispute over the Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas wedding photographs.”
The Times, 2nd May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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