“He is the ultimate bank rebel. After months of controversy, Britain’s banks face a landmark court challenge over charges as a result of a one-man campaign waged by a barrister who is risking his professional career to prove they are acting illegally.”
The Independent, 14th April 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The judge in the 21 July trial has said a further delay has shown the criminal justice system in a ‘very poor light’.”
BBC News, 13th April 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Cutpurses! Blackguards! Fallen women! The Proceedings of the Old Bailey is an epic chronicle of crime and vice in early London. Now anyone with a computer can search all 52 million words.”
Smithsonian.com, April 2007
Source: www.smithsonianmagazine.com
Related link: Proceedings of the Old Bailey
Power to hear appeal on whether exclusion agreement valid
Sumukan Ltd. v. Commonwealth Secretariat
Court of Appeal
“The Court of Appeal had jurisdiction to determine an appeal from a judge’s decision on whether the parties to an arbitration agreement had agreed to exclude an appeal to a court on a point of law under section 69 of the Arbitration Act 1996.”
The Times, 13th 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.
Parties to an arbitration waive Convention right to fair trial
Stretford v. Football Association Ltd. and Another
Court of Appeal
“An arbitration agreement in the rules of a national football association did not contravene the right to a fair trial guaranteed by article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights.”
The Times, 13th 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.
“The bulletin gives overall national figures for arrest to sentence, for England and Wales, as well as figures for the Magistrates Court and Crown Court separately. On a quarterly basis, the figures are further broken down by Criminal Justice Areas.”
January 2007 (PDF)
Department for Constitutional Affairs, 13th April 2007
Source: www.dca.gov.uk
“Thousands of people across the country have been fined for putting out their rubbish on the wrong day. More than a dozen councils have levied fines since the introduction of legislation a year ago enabling local authorities to pursue residents, a Times investigation has found.”
The Times, 13th April 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“With women now achieving great things in many fields, Fiona Woolf asks: Is there anything left to fight for?”
Law Society’s Gazette, 13th April 2007
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The Government’s draft money laundering regulations are so vague it could be unlawful to prosecute lawyers who may unwittingly fail to comply with them, a leading human rights QC has claimed.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 13th April 2007
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The Prison Service’s attempts to curb the growth of radical Islam in jails by restricting communal prayers and reading of the Qur’an during work breaks are exacerbating the problem, according to the first in-depth study of Muslim prisoners.”
The Guardian, 13th April 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Virgin Media has filed legal proceedings against BSkyB in the High Court, making good a threat to sue the rival pay-TV group over a dispute over the carriage fees paid to air channels.”
The Times, 13th April 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A computer analyst who posted a message on the internet offering to help suicide attempts was cleared yesterday of breaking the law after a judge ruled that there was insufficient evidence.”
The Times, 13th April 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“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?”
The Times, 12th April 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“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.”
The Times, 12th April 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“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.”
The Guardian, 12th April 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Staying proceedings to save costs
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
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Jail for unlawful computer access
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
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Committal hearing should be separate from contact case
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
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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 [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
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