“Introducing greater choice on how young people give evidence in court is among proposals published today that place victims and witnesses at the heart of the Criminal Justice System.”
Ministry of Justice press release, 22nd June 2007
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
The North/South Co-operation (Implementation Bodies) (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2007
The Welfare Reform Act 2007 Commencement (No. 1) Order 2007
The Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Regulations 2007
The European Communities (Designation) (No. 3) Order 2007
The Inspectors of Education, Children’s Services and Skills (No. 3) Order 2007
The Consular Fees (Amendment) Order 2007
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Digital Switchover (Disclosure of Information) Act 2007 published.
Full text of Act (PDF)
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
International Tribunals (Sierra Leone) Act 2007 published.
Full text of Act (PDF)
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Jaffray and ors v. Society of Lloyd’s [2007] EWCA Civ 586
“The question whether the Court of Appeal had jurisdiction to reopen a case which had been before it already but where there was now an allegation of fraud, as opposed to a claim of bias by the court, was arguably moot notwithstanding ostensible authority that no such jurisdiction existed.”
WLR Daily, 20th June 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.
Sharma and others v. Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago [2007] UKPC 42
“The Constitution of Trinidad and Tobago by implication conferred on an elected member of the House of Representatives a right to be paid a salary enforceable from the day after the general election poll if the member present and willing to take the oath was thereafter, for any procedural reason, denied the opportunity to do so.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council so held when allowing an appeal by the 18 appellants from the decision of the Court of Appeal of Trinidad and Tobago.”
WLR Daily, 20th June 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.
YL v. Birmingham City Council [2007] UKHL 27
“A private care home providing care and accommodation for an elderly person under contract with a local authority was not exercising ‘functions of a public nature’ within s 6(3)(b) of the Human Rights Act 1998 so as to allow that person to claim against the home under s 6(1) of the Act for breach of her Convention rights when it was sought to remove her from the home.”
WLR Daily, 20th June 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.
Boehringer Ingelheim Ltd. and ors v. Vetplus Ltd. [2007] EWCA Civ 584
“Where a trader sought to publish in comparative advertising the results of tests of a rival trader’s product, an important issue of freedom of expression was engaged, even though the comparative advertising would be aimed at diverting trade from one trader to another; and therefore the court would not grant an interim injunction to prevent such publication unless the court was satisfied that the applicant would succeed at trial in obtaining a final injunction.”
WLR Daily, 20th June 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.
“William Gibson pores over the finer details of the rules on costs in the new Solicitors Code of Conduct.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 21st June 2007
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The Independent Police Complaints Commission deals with the fall-out from such controversial incidents as the Menezes shooting in London. Jonathan Rayner meets the head of its legal team.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 21st June 2007
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The leaders of the solicitors’ profession hit back at the Legal Services Ombudsman (LSO) this week after she branded the Legal Complaints Service’s (LCS) performance as ‘still well short of where a modern, customer-focused organisation should be’.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 21st June 2007
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Protection for unregistered designs may be stronger than previously thought, following a ruling by the High Court that found the designs of novelty badges had been infringed.”
OUT-LAW.com, 22nd June 2007
Source: www.out-law.com
“A teenager is due in the High Court to accuse her school of discriminating against Christians by banning the wearing of ‘purity rings’.”
BBC News, 22nd Juen 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Five British armed forces personnel were unlawfully killed when their helicopter was shot down in Iraq, a coroner has ruled.”
BBC News, 22nd June 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Leading lawyers will step up their lobbying over controversial legal reforms, after the Treasury gave a cool response to claims that the changes could threaten £2bn of annual legal services exports.”
Financial Times, 22nd June 2007
Source: www.ft.com
“Britain has secretly signed up to a pan-European road pricing scheme, it became clear last night.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd June 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A City trader who claimed a sexist work culture forced her to quit her job after she returned from maternity leave lost her £1.35m compensation claim yesterday.”
The Independent, 22nd June 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The senior civil servant who drew up the rules on restraining teenagers in child jails has strongly criticised ministers for making changes which will allow private security staff to inflict pain on children who refuse to go to bed or be quiet.”
The Guardian, 22nd June 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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