Government suffers Lords defeat on legal shake-up – The Times
“The Government was defeated in the House of Lords today over its plans to shake up regulation of the legal profession.”
The Times, 18th April 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
OFT says ‘yes’ to private competition enforcement – The Lawyer
“The OFT will today release a discussion paper, which will set out why representative actions should be made more broadly available, and will also encourage the settlement of cases without going to court.”
The Lawyer, 18th April 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
Freedom of information statistics October to December 2006 – Department for Constitutional Affairs
“This eighth quarterly report providing statistics on implementation of the Act across central government covers October to December 2006.”
Department for Constitutional Affairs, 18th April 2007
Source: www.dca.gov.uk
NatWest pays businessman £36,000 over unfair bank charges – The Guardian
“A businessman is celebrating a record £36,000 payout after he complained to NatWest about unfair bank penalty charges. It is thought to be the largest sum refunded to an individual customer since the start of the consumer revolt over bank and credit card charges.”
The Guardian, 17th April 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Secretary of State for the Home Department v. AF – Times Law Reports
Cumulative restrictions make control order a nullity
Secretary of State for the Home Department v. AF
Queen’s Bench Division
“A control order imposing restrictions which amounted cumulatively to a deprivation of liberty was a nullity.”
The Times, 18th April 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.
Britain limits EU religious hatred ban – Reuters
“Britain has narrowed the scope of a European Union-wide ban on incitement to religious hatred in a proposed anti-racism law, diplomats said on Tuesday.”
Reuters, 18th April 2007
Source: www.reuters.com
EU aims to criminalise Holocaust denial – Financial Times
“Laws that make denying or trivialising the Holocaust a criminal offence punishable by jail sentences will be introduced across the European Union, according to a proposal expecting to win backing from ministers Thursday.”
Financial Times, 18th April 2007
Source: www.ft.com
Elderly neighbour from hell jailed for breaching Asbo – The Independent
“An 81-year-old woman described by a judge as the ‘original neighbour from hell’ has been jailed for six months.”
The Independent, 18th April 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Punish according to cost, says former justice chief – The Times
“A new sentencing regime in which judges punish offenders according to cost was called for by the former Lord Chief Justice today.”
The Times, 18th April 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Amnesty to apply to UK tax dodges – Financial Times
“Tax dodgers who kept their money in Britain are to get a similar amnesty to those who hid money offshore.”
Financial Times, 17th April 2007
Source: www.ft.com
Ex-chief justice Home Office fear – BBC News
“The split of the Home Office needs to be planned carefully to avoid repeating old problems in the new department, a former Lord Chief Justice says.”
BBC News, 17th April 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Lord Woolf calls for cap on prison places – The Guardian
“The government should place a cap on prison places to lessen overcrowding and stem the resources poured into building new jails, the former lord chief justice Lord Woolf said today.”
The Guardian, 17th April 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Hewitt defends mental health proposals – The Guardian
“Controversial revisions to mental health legislation will strike the right balance between improving patient safeguards and protecting the public, the health secretary, Patricia Hewitt, said yesterday.”
The Guardian, 17th April 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Forced to sign on the dotted line – The Times
“To the outside world it must seem extraordinary that lawyers (of all people) signed a contract so apparently weighted in favour of the paymaster that the profession’s own contract lawyer advised them not to put pen to paper.”
The Times, 17th April 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Law Lords consider Iraqi deaths – BBC News
“The Law Lords are to consider whether the cases of six Iraqi civilians who died at the hands of the British are subject to UK human rights law.”
BBC News, 17th April 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Azmi v. Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council – Times Law Reports
No discrimination in ban on veil in classroom
Azmi v. Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council
Employment Appeal Tribunal
“A Muslim teaching assistant who had been suspended for disobeying an instruction not to wear a veil when assisting a male teacher was not discriminated against directly or indirectly on the ground of religion or belief.”
The Times, 17th April 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.
Babula v. Waltham Forest College – Times Law Reports
Whistleblower need not prove criminal or civil wrongdoing
Babula v. Waltham Forest College
Court of Appeal
“Where an employee made a claim for unfair dismissal asserting that the dismissal was to be regarded as automatically unfair because he had made a protected disclosure, it was sufficient that he reasonably believed the matters that he relied on amounted to a criminal offence, or founded a legal obligation. He did not have to be able to point to an actual criminal offence or to an actual legal obligation.”
The Times, 17th April 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.
Law Society’s complaints handling plan declared adequate – Government News Network
“The Legal Services Complaints Commissioner, Zahida Manzoor CBE, has today declared the Law Society’s complaints handling Plan for the period 1 April 2007 to 31 March 2008 as adequate.”
Department for Constitutional Affairs press release, 17th April 2007
Source: www.gnn.gov.uk
From start to finish – one case, one judge – The Times
“If there’s a theme to his coming year in office it has to be judge power. District Judge Michael Tennant favours judges having powers to enforce orders for contact with children when flouted by parents; he favours judges being in charge of a case from start to finish; and above all he would like more resources for the courts — although that one, he accepts, is likely to remain on his wish list.”
The Times, 17th April 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Inquiry still seeks planning expert on supermarkets – The Times
“The Competition Commission is struggling to find an expert to advise on planning issues, which form a key part of its inquiry into the grocery market.”
The Times, 17th April 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
