“The government is expected to do a U-turn today on its proposal to open up the family courts to the media, in the face of opposition from lawyers, social workers, young people and children’s organisations.”
The Guardian, 20th June 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An estate agent has accepted substantial libel damages over newspaper articles that suggested he had been arrested in connection with an alleged terrorist plot to blow up passenger aircraft using ‘liquid bombs’.”
The Guardian, 20th June 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Risk of costs when tenant changes mind over lease
Lay and Others v. Drexler and Others
“A business tenant who told his landlord he wanted to renew his lease and subsequently told the court he had changed his mind could be liable for the landlord’s court costs.”
The Times, 20th June 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.
Jury understands ‘significant’
When determining whether a person was guilty of causing or allowing the death of a child or vulnerable adult by the unlawful act of a person in the same household, when he was or ought to have been aware of a significant risk of serious physical harm, the term “significant” bore its ordinary, normal meaning.
The Times, 20th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only availabe free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
Statutory cap cannot be exceeded
Bunney v. Burns Anderson plc and Another
“It was outwith the Financial Services Ombudsman’s powers to make a direction under section 229(2) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 that, if implemented, would require a firm to pay a complainant an amount exceeding the statutory cap of £100,000.”
The Times, 20th June 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 Secure Training Centre (Amendment) Rules 2007
The Housing Act 2004 (Commencement No. 8 ) (England and Wales) Order 2007
The Home Information Pack (No. 2) Regulations 2007
The Education (Student Loans) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2007
The Education (Mandatory Awards) (Amendment) Regulations 2007
The Police and Justice Act 2006 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2007
The Value Added Tax (Administration, Collection and Enforcement) Order 2007
The Value Added Tax (Payments on Account) (Amendment) Order 2007
The Technology Strategy Board (Transfer of Property etc.) Order 2007
The Health and Safety (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2007
The Financial Assistance for Environmental Purposes Order 2007
The Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Regulations 2007
The Biofuels and Other Fuel Substitutes (Payment of Excise Duties etc) (Amendment) Regulations 2007
The Cosmetic Products (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 2007
The Motor Fuel (Composition and Content) (Amendment) Regulations 2007
The Controls on Dangerous Substances and Preparations (Amendment) Regulations 2007
The Bus Lane Contraventions (Approved Local Authorities) (England) (Amendment) (No. 4) Order 2007
The Highways (SSSI Diversion Orders) (England) Regulations 2007
Social Security (Students and Income-related Benefits) Amendment Regulations 2007
The Addition of Vitamins, Minerals and Other Substances (England) Regulations 2007
The Family Proceedings Courts (Matrimonial Proceedings etc.) (Amendment) Rules 2007
The Register of Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Amendment) Regulations 2007
The Health Protection Agency (Amendment) Regulations 2007
The Family Proceedings (Amendment) Rules 2007
The A404 Trunk Road (Handy Cross Junction Improvement) (Derestriction) Order 2007
The Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians Order 2007
The Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2007
The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No.2) Regulations 2007
The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (War Pension Disregards) Regulations 2007
The Finance Act 1994, Section 220 (Amendment) Regulations 2007
The Spreadable Fats (Marketing Standards) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2007
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
“The Legal Services Ombudsman for England and Wales, Zahida Manzoor CBE, in her Annual Report, has said that the Government’s aims in the Legal Services Bill are laudable.”
Ministry of Justice press release, 19th June 2007
Source: www.wired-gov.net
Related link: Annual Report of the Legal Services Ombudsman
“The confiscation penalties under the Proceeds of Crime Act highlight the UK Government’s commitment to tackling organised crime. By Gareth Rees QC and Jason Mansell.”
The Lawyer, 18th June 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“UK firms could be winning the battle for talent, as exclusive research by The Lawyer reveals that only 7 per cent of associates found US firms to be the most attractive employers.”
The Lawyer, 18th June 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“A divorced mother failed today in her legal battle with the Child Support Agency (CSA) over maintenance payments for her three children.”
The Times, 19th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Because, inter alia, the provision in art 5(1) of Directive 89/391 imposing a duty on employers to ensure the safety and health of workers did not require employers to be subject to no-fault liability, the Commission of the European Communities had not established that, by restricting the duty on employers to ensure the safety and health of workers in all aspects related to work to a duty to do that only ‘so far as is reasonably practicable’, the UK had failed to fulfil its obligations under art 5(1) and (4) of the Directive.”
WLR Daily, 14th 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.
“Non-violent offenders could be let out of jail early in a bid to ease prison overcrowding in England and Wales.”
BBC News, 19th June 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Government has dropped plans to clarify the law on consent in rape cases, a senior source confirmed yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th June 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Barry George, the disturbed loner who is serving life for the murder of the television presenter Jill Dando, has won the right to a new appeal, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th June 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Britain’s most senior woman judge has called for same-sex couples who have children by artificial insemination to be legally recognised as the parents.”
The Times, 19th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The rules governing the use of restraint techniques based on inflicting pain in privately-run children’s jails are to be widened to allow staff to use them to enforce everyday discipline, the Ministry of Justice confirmed yesterday.”
The Guardian, 19th June 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Mergers and acquisitions in industries worth less than £10 million will escape competition investigations in most cases according to new proposals from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).”
The Times, 18th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The murder of Banaz Mahmod, a Kurdish Muslim woman, by her father and uncle, has brought the practice of honour killings to the attention of the public and has again emphasised the plight of Asian women caught between traditional religious customs and modern Western values. Moreover, the death of Miss Mahmod, 20, forces us to examine how such crimes are treated by the criminal courts and raises a question about the quality of policing in such cases.”
The Times, 19th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Two men – Patrick Smith and Joseph Merceica – have been cleared of luring a businesman into a trap and killing him, following the conclusion of their fourth trial.
The House of Lords had initially ordered the men’s retrial after a juror at their second trial complained of being ‘badgered and intimidated’ by other jurors into delivering a guilty verdict. So what are the rules of the jury room?”
BBC News, 18th June 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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