Man detained for unlawful use of broadband connection – The Guardian
“A man has been arrested for using a broadband internet connection in the street without the owner’s permission.”
The Guardian, 22nd August 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Month: August 2007
Raja v. Van Hoogstraten (No 9) – Times Law Reports
Prejudiced party can make claim
Chancery Division
“Where the court had set aside an irregularly made order, but on grounds other than that the order had been irregularly obtained, it was open to a party prejudiced by the making of the order to claim, at a later stage, that the order had been irregularly obtained.”
The Times, 23rd 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.
Top City lawyers taking home more than £2m – The Guardian
“Some lawyers at top City firms earned more than £2m each last year as they cashed in on a huge surge in demand for legal services to support mergers, acquisitions and other corporate deals.”
The Guardian, 23rd August 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Baby battle woman can’t claim data protection exemption for YouTube video, warns expert – OUT-LAW.com
“The woman at the centre of a battle with social services over the future of her unborn baby will not be able to claim an exemption from the UK’s Data Protection Act, a legal expert has warned.”
OUT-LAW.com, 22nd August 2007
Source: www.out-law.com
UKIPO offers trade mark rule change guidance – OUT-LAW.com
“The UK Intellectual Property Office will be offering advice and practical help on forthcoming changes to the Trade Marks Act in a series of events being held around the country this September.”
OUT-LAW.com, 22nd August 2007
Source: www.out-law.com
Boy is accused of sausage assault – BBC News
“A 12-year-old boy was charged with assault and taken before the courts – for throwing a cocktail sausage.”
BBC News, 22nd August 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
MEPs ‘want EU sex offender list’ – BBC News
“Members of the European Parliament overwhelmingly want to see an EU-wide register of sex offenders established, a survey suggests.”
BBC News, 22nd August 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Parliament war protester jailed over £600 fine – Daily Telegraph
“The first person to be convicted of organising a demonstration within an exclusion zone around Parliament Square has been jailed for refusing to pay his fine.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd August 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
The Big Question: What is the Human Rights Act, and why is it being vilified? – The Independent
“The case of Learco Chindamo, who was jailed 11 years ago for the murder of headteacher Philip Lawrence, has raised questions over the very existence of the Human Rights Act. The decision on Monday by the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal that Chindamo cannot be deported to Italy if he is released from prison has provoked the Conservative leader David Cameron to call for the outright abolition of the Act, the first attempt by a Government to enshrine international human rights conventions into English law.”
The Independent, 23rd August 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Law firms riding all-time high – but is the boom about to end? – The Times
“The City’s top 100 law firms have increased billings by more than 350 per cent in the last 15 years to £12.2 billion, but there are fears the market may have peaked.”
The Times, 22nd August 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Regina (Donnachie) v. Cardiff Magistrates’ Court – Times Law Reports
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
Trustee gets former wife’s home
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
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
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
“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.”
The Guardian, 22nd August 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Doctor faces High Court battle with GMC over weblink – The Register
“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.”
The Register, 21st August 2007
Source: www.theregister.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Commons Registration (General) (Amendment) (England) (No. 2) 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
“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.”
The Guardian, 22nd August 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Council overrides Henry VIII on market – Daily Telegraph
“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’.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd August 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Dispatches footage will be given to police – The Guardian
“The high court today ordered Channel 4 to hand over untransmitted footage from its controversial Dispatches documentary Britain Under Attack to police.”
The Guardian, 21st August 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
