Day: 22 August 2007

Regina (Donnachie) v. Cardiff Magistrates’ Court – Times Law Reports

Posted August 22nd, 2007 in case stated, judicial review, law reports, trade descriptions by sally

Final determination can be challenged

Regina (Donnachie) v. Cardiff Magistrates’ Court

Queen’s Bench Divisional Court

“A ruling on a preliminary issue on jurisdiction by a district judge was a final determination that could be challenged by case stated or by judicial review.”

The Times, 22nd August 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.

Turner and Another v. Avis – Times Law Reports

Posted August 22nd, 2007 in bankruptcy, law reports, matrimonial home by sally

Trustee gets former wife’s home

Turner and Another v. Avis

Court of Appeal

“Equity jurisdiction enabled a trustee in bankruptcy to enforce a trust for sale of a matrimonial home held jointly by the bankrupt and his former wife under a property adjustment order made more than twenty years ago.”

The Times, 22nd August 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.

Paterson v. Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis – Times Law Reports

Posted August 22nd, 2007 in disability discrimination, dyslexia, law reports by sally

Dyslexia means that chief inspector of police is disabled

Paterson v. Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis

Employment Appeal Tribunal

“A chief inspector of police who was dyslexic and who was found by an employment tribunal to have been disadvantaged in comparison with his work colleagues in examinations for promotion, was disabled within the meaning of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.”

The Times, 22nd August 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.

In re St Peter and St Paul, Chingford – WLR Daily

Posted August 22nd, 2007 in ecclesiastical law, faculties, law reports, telecommunications by sally

In re St Peter and St Paul, Chingford

“In carrying out the balancing exercise necessary in considering whether or not to grant a faculty for the installation of telecommunications equipment it was necessary to differentiate between the effect of the installation of equipment on children and the effect on adults. Mobile phone operators had to ensure a reasonable response to countering the risk to children from pornography over the mobile phone network. In respect of the risk to adults, to bar something which would be of benefit to the public generally because there was a risk that some adults would be able privately to access material which many Christians and others deplored was to take an unbalanced approach.”

WLR Daily, 21st August 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.

Home information packs are dealt new blow by lenders – The Guardian

Posted August 22nd, 2007 in home information packs, news by sally

“The government’s troubled implementation of home information packs suffered another setback last night after it emerged that some mortgage lenders are refusing to accept a crucial part of the reports.”

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The Guardian, 22nd August 2007

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Doctor faces High Court battle with GMC over weblink – The Register

Posted August 22nd, 2007 in confidentiality, doctors, internet, news by sally

“A mental health doctor is headed for a showdown with the General Medical Council (GMC) in the High Court because she is accused of breaking confidentiality by posting a link on her blog.”

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The Register, 21st August 2007

Source: www.theregister.co.uk

Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI

Posted August 22nd, 2007 in legislation by sally

The Commons Registration (General) (Amendment) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2007

The Hydrocarbon Oil Duties (Sulphur-free Diesel) (Hydrogenation of Biomass) (Reliefs) (Amendment) Regulations 2007

The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Amendment etc.) (General Qualifications Bodies) (Alteration of Premises and Enforcement) Regulations 2007

The Charges for Residues Surveillance (Amendment) Regulations 2007

The Community Legal Service (Funding) Order 2007

The Community Legal Service (Financial) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2007

The Community Legal Service (Funding) (Counsel in Family Proceedings) (Amendment) Order 2007

The Community Legal Service (Costs) (Amendment) Regulations 2007

Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

Asylum removals down as Brown focuses on prisoners – The Guardian

Posted August 22nd, 2007 in asylum, deportation, news by sally

“The number of failed asylum seekers removed from Britain has fallen to its lowest level for five years as immigration staff step up efforts to meet the prime minister’s target of deporting 4,000 foreign prisoners by the end of the year, the Home Office admitted yesterday.”

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The Guardian, 22nd August 2007

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Council overrides Henry VIII on market – Daily Telegraph

Posted August 22nd, 2007 in charters, markets, news by sally

“A branch of the Women’s Institute has been told it cannot organise a market in a town square – despite a charter from Henry VIII granting permission to hold one there ‘forever’.”

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Daily Telegraph, 22nd August 2007

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Dispatches footage will be given to police – The Guardian

Posted August 22nd, 2007 in incitement, Islam, media, news by sally

“The high court today ordered Channel 4 to hand over untransmitted footage from its controversial Dispatches documentary Britain Under Attack to police.”

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The Guardian, 21st August 2007

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Lawyers accuse MoD of retaining evidence on abused Iraqi detainees – The Guardian

Posted August 22nd, 2007 in armed forces, detention, Iraq, news, torture by sally

“Lawyers representing the families of Iraqis detained by British soldiers yesterday accused the Ministry of Defence of suppressing crucial information about the circumstances surrounding their mistreatment, including advice given to senior army officers.”

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The Guardian, 22nd August 2007

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Notorious eBay conman jailed for fresh offences – The Independent

Posted August 22nd, 2007 in computer crime, news by sally

“A notorious conman who swindled thousands of pounds from eBay customers was put behind bars today for committing fresh offences on the internet auction website.”

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The Independent, 21st August 2007

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Secret papers disclose threat posed by killer – The Times

Posted August 22nd, 2007 in deportation, murder, news by sally

“The Home Secretary believes that Philip Lawrence’s killer poses a ‘continuing risk to the public’, according to papers that the courts tried to prevent being published.”

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The Times, 22nd August 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Appeal against Lawrence killer deportation ruling ‘hopeless’ – The Times

Posted August 22nd, 2007 in deportation, murder, news by sally

“The solicitor for the killer of the headmaster Philip Lawrence claimed today the Government has no chance in its appeal against a ruling that his client should be allowed to stay in the UK.”

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The Times, 21st August 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Big payout for gay lawyer – The Times

Posted August 22nd, 2007 in law firms, news, sexual orientation discrimination by sally

“The world’s largest law firm has paid an undisclosed sum to a partner in London who claimed he suffered discrimination because he is gay.”

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The Times, 22nd August 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk