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
Month: May 2007
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
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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
UK justice ministry set for launch – Financial Times
“The official launch on Wednesday of a newly titled Ministry of Justice as part of the biggest reform of the Home Office in decades will mark the final Whitehall shake-up of the Blair premiership.”
Financial Times, 8th May 2007
Source: www.ft.com
How the law turns desperate people into criminals – The Independent
“British courts regard euthanasia as murder and can impose a penalty of life imprisonment. Helping someone to commit suicide is also a criminal offence, punishable with a maximum 14-year jail sentence.”
The Independent, 8th May 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Home Office rejects jail corruption squads – Daily Telegraph
“Proposals for a powerful anti-corruption unit to tackle widespread bribe-taking by prison officers have been rejected by the Home Office.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th May 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Judges ‘may be forced into lighter sentences’ – Daily Telegraph
“Criminals may receive lighter sentences as the result of a new ministry being launched tomorrow, according to England’s most senior judge.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th May 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
3,000 ‘freed early’ to ease prison crowding – The Observer
“The government is considering plans for the early release of up to 3,000 prisoners, after being told by senior members of the judiciary and Prison Service that there is no more room in Britain’s overflowing jails. The news is likely to prompt fresh criticism that ministers failed to anticipate the overcrowding crisis.”
The Observer, 6th May 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Preventing the Ministry of Justice causing injustice – The Times
“Tomorrow the Ministry of Justice will begin work. It will be responsible, in particular, for the courts and tribunals, and for criminal justice, including prisons. George Orwell cautioned that political language ‘is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.’ Many members of the legal profession are worried that the creation of the Ministry may promote substantial injustice.”
The Times, 8th May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Teachers are treated unfairly in this culture of allegations, says Falconer – The Times
“Teachers accused of abuse of pupils should be guaranteed anonymity while the allegations are investigated, the Lord Chancellor said yesterday.”
The Times, 7th May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Stricter rules will govern premium rate TV quizzes – OUT-LAW.com
“Callers to television programmes which use premium rate phone lines must now be told how many others are calling the programme and must be told when their charges reach £10 in a single day.”
Full story
OUT-LAW.com, 4th May 2007
Source: www.out-law.com
The law on damages – Department for Constitutional Affairs
“This paper sets out for consultation various issues relating to the law on damages contained in a series of reports published by the Law Commission: Claims for Wrongful Death; Liability for Psychiatric Illness; Damages for Personal Injury: Medical, Nursing and Other Expenses; Collateral Benefits; and Aggravated, Exemplary and Restitutionary Damages.”
The law on damages [CP 9/07], 4th May 2007
Source: www.dca.gov.uk
You owe £23 million, court tells Zambian leader – The Times
“The former President of Zambia and 19 of his subordinates were ordered to pay back £23 million looted during his rule by London’s High Court today.”
The Times, 4th May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
