Day: 12 April 2007

Advice line for judges is not as silly as it sounds – The Times

Posted April 12th, 2007 in judges by sally

“There must be many who read Francis Gibb’s article Advice line is set up for lonely judges in The Times on March 26 and thought it was a case of our “touchy-feely” society reaching new heights, or depths. Certainly the wry editorial in the same edition did not take it too seriously and one can understand why. How could those who are often accused of causing depression and misery to others be worthy of a helping hand themselves?”

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The Times, 12th April 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Job and pay victory in age discrimination case – The Times

Posted April 12th, 2007 in age discrimination, news by sally

“A 66-year-old health worker sacked the day before new age discrimination regulations came into force has won her job back, it was revealed today.”

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The Times, 12th April 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Beyond reasonable doubt – The Guardian

Posted April 12th, 2007 in juries, rape, special report by sally

“Less than six per cent of all rapes reported to the police result in conviction, and juries are often blamed for letting rapists walk free. So what’s it like to sit on a jury at a rape trial? An anonymous juror offers his unique insight.” 

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The Guardian, 12th April 2007

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Bentinck v. Bentinck – Times Law Reports

Posted April 12th, 2007 in conflict of laws, law reports, stay of proceedings by sally

Staying proceedings to save costs

Bentinck v. Bentinck

Court of Appeal

“Even when there was no error in a first-instance judgment in a family case concerning conflict of laws, it was not only open to the Court of Appeal, but incumbent upon it to avoid any further wastage of costs and stay the English proceedings until the foreign court had decided whether it was first seised of the matter.”

The Times, 12th 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. 

Regina v. Hardy – Times Law Reports

Posted April 12th, 2007 in computer crime, law reports, police, sentencing by sally

Jail for unlawful computer access

Regina v. Hardy

Court of Appeal

“Police officers had to realise that accessing the police national computer for an improper purpose was an offence that required an immediate prison sentence.”

The Times, 12th 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.

Hammerton v. Hammerton – Times Law Reports

Posted April 12th, 2007 in committals, contact orders, law reports by sally

Committal hearing should be separate from contact case

Hammerton v. Hammerton

Court of Appeal 

“It was not appropriate to hear contact proceedings at the same time as committal proceedings.”

The Times, 12th 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.

Rice and another v. Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and another – WLR Daily

Posted April 12th, 2007 in duty of care, health & safety, law reports by sally

Rice and another v. Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and another  

“The Secretary of State for Trade and Industry as statutory successor to the obligations of the National Dock Labour Board owed a common law duty of care to dock workers who had contracted asbestos related illnesses from unloading cargoes of asbestos.”

WLR Daily, 4th April 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.

Official Receiver v. Hollens – WLR Daily

Posted April 12th, 2007 in insolvency, law reports, partnerships by sally

Official Receiver v. Hollens [2007] EWHC 753 (Ch)

“Subsections 303(2A) to (2C) of the Insolvency Act 1986 conferred upon the court the power to direct that the affairs of a partnership be wound up and its property administered as if the debtors had themselves presented a joint petition, even though they had not, so long as the partnership was insolvent and the order sought was one that could have been made had the individual members presented the joint petition.”

WLR Daily, 4th April 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.

Hickling v. Baker – WLR Daily

Posted April 12th, 2007 in committals, insolvency, law reports by sally

Hickling v. Baker [2007] EWCA Civ 287

“An application for a committal order under s 364 of the Insolvency Act 1986 where an undischarged bankrupt failed to co-operate with the trustee in bankruptcy should normally be made on notice, unless a statutory provision provided otherwise. Any other exception to that practice had to be justified by evidence. Further, any committal order made without notice should require that, once arrested, the person in question should be brought promptly before the court for a hearing in order to comply with art 5 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.”

WLR Daily, 4th April 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.

Trading Standards officers become copyright enforcers – OUT-LAW.com

Posted April 12th, 2007 in copyright, news, trading standards by sally

“Trading Standards officers are now empowered to enter premises and seize goods and documents they believe to be involved in copyright infringement, now that changes to the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act have come into force.” 

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OUT-LAW.com, 11th April 2007

Source: www.out-law.com