August 2007 – Page 6 – Current Awareness

Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI

Posted August 20th, 2007 in legislation by sally

The Zoonoses (Monitoring) (England) Regulations 2007

The Cosmetic Products (Safety) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2007

The Food (Suspension of the use of E 128 Red 2G as Food Colour) (Wales) Regulations 2007

The Food (Suspension of the use of E 128 Red 2G as Food Colour) (Wales) (No.2) Regulations 2007

The Education (Nutritional Standards and Requirements for School Food) (England) Regulations 2007

The Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (South Armagh) (Revocation) Regulations 2007

The Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (Security Establishments in Northern Ireland) (Revocation) Regulations 2007

The Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (Prisons) (Amendment) Regulations 2007

The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment No. 7) Regulations 2007

The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Motor Insurance) Regulations 2007

Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

Regina (Gulliver) v. Parole Board – Times Law Reports

Posted August 20th, 2007 in law reports, parole by sally

Parole Board responsibility

Regina (Gulliver) v. Parole Board

Court of Appeal

“When a prisoner who had been released on licence was recalled to prison, in deciding whether or not to order his release, the Parole Board was entitled to take into account all the circumstances, and was not confined to a review of the breach of the licence condition for which the Secretary of State for Justice had ordered his recall.”

The Times, 20th August 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Time Online for 21 days from the date of publication.

Wolman v. Islington London Borough Council and Another – Times Law Reports

Posted August 20th, 2007 in law reports, parking by sally

Irrelevance of ‘on’ or ‘over’

Wolman v. Islington London Borough Council and Another

Court of Appeal

“It was an offence in Greater London to park a motorcycle on its stand on the pavement with its body and one or both of its wheels on or over the pavement.”

The Times, 20th 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.

Regina (Southwark Law Centre) v. Legal Services Commission – Times Law Reports

Posted August 20th, 2007 in law reports, legal aid by sally

‘Net rent payable’ is not the same as rent paid

Regina (Southwark Law Centre) v Legal Services Commission; Regina (Dennis) v Same

Queen’s Bench Division

“Where a calculation of disposable income was being carried out for the purposes of assessing a person’s entitlement to publicly funded legal representation, the net rent payable by that person had to be taken into account rather than the net rent actually paid.”

The Times, 20th 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.

R v. Hamilton – WLR Daily

Posted August 20th, 2007 in law reports, outraging public decency by sally

R v. Hamilton [2007] EWCA Crim 2062

“The ‘two person rule’ applicable to the offence of outraging public decency contrary to common law was capable of being satisfied if there were two or more persons present who were capable of seeing the nature of the act even if they did not actually see it.”

WLR Daily, 16th 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.

‘Urgency needed’ on knife crime – BBC News

Posted August 20th, 2007 in alcohol abuse, news, offensive weapons by sally

“There must be greater urgency behind the fight to tackle knife crime and anti-social behaviour, the innovation, universities and skills secretary says.”

BBC News, 19th August 2007

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Victims of white-collar crime ‘ignored for sake of statistics’ – The Times

Posted August 20th, 2007 in crime, news, statistics, victims by sally

“Victims of corporate crime – such as the Maxwell pensions scandal and the collapse of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International – are largely overlooked by officials because they do not fit government targets, it is claimed today.”

The Times, 20th August 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Watchdog criticises government for spying on miners – The Guardian

Posted August 20th, 2007 in industrial injuries, miners, news, privacy by sally

“The Department of Trade and Industry has been criticised by a government watchdog for unjustifiable spying on former coalminers claiming compensation for industrial injuries. The department used investigators in clandestine surveillance operations to verify claims from miners who say they have suffered illnesses from working down the pits.”

The Guardian, 18th August 2007

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Legal quiz on £5.5m rail platform – BBC News

Posted August 20th, 2007 in disability discrimination, news, railways by sally

“Wales’s disability rights commissioner is taking legal advice on whether the absence of a lift at a rail station’s £5.5m new platform breaks the law.”

BBC News, 19th August 2007

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Top BA staff face criminal inquiry in price-fixing case – The Guardian

Posted August 20th, 2007 in airlines, news, price fixing by sally

“The price fixing scandal at British Airways deepened yesterday after it emerged the US department of justice will open criminal investigations into senior staff at the airline next week.”

The Guardian, 18th August 2007

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Two supermarkets in e-mail probe – BBC News

Posted August 20th, 2007 in competition, news by sally

“Two of the UK’s supermarket giants have been ordered to hand over millions of e-mails and letters as part of a Competition Commission investigation.”

BBC News, 18th August 2007

Crisis court cells ‘inadequate’ – BBC News

Posted August 20th, 2007 in courts, detention, news, prisons by sally

“Serious concerns have been raised in a new report into the use of a London court’s cells during the prison overcrowding emergency this summer.”

BBC News, 20th August 2007

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Army officer sues for £1m over spy claim – Daily Telegraph

Posted August 20th, 2007 in armed forces, news, official secrets act by sally

“A former Paratrooper whose career was destroyed after he was falsely accused of spying is to sue the Government for record damages.”

Daily Telegraph, 19th August 2007

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Parliament protest cleared – The Guardian

Posted August 20th, 2007 in demonstrations, health & safety, news by sally

“Dozens of people who had set up a peace camp opposite the House of Commons to protest against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were evicted yesterday after officials claimed they had turned the area into a health hazard.”

The Guardian, 18th August 2007

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Police CSOs ‘fail to detect any crimes’ – Daily Telegraph

Posted August 20th, 2007 in news, police by sally

“The effectiveness of police community support officers has been called into question after it emerged last night that those from several forces had failed to detect any offences in the past 12 months.”

Daily Telegraph, 20th August 2007

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Terror law puts Britons at risk of surveillance by US agents – The Observer

Posted August 20th, 2007 in news, privacy, terrorism by sally

“A new law swept through Congress by the US government before the summer recess is to give American security agencies unprecedented powers to spy on British citizens without a warrant.”

The Observer, 19th August 2007

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Terror suspect’s family claims he was tortured by Spanish police – The Guardian

Posted August 20th, 2007 in detention, news, terrorism, torture by sally

“The family and legal team of a British resident jailed in Spain as a terror suspect claim he is the victim of the Spanish equivalent of Guantánamo Bay. Mohammed Fahsi has been detained for more than 18 months after being arrested by Spanish police who claimed to have struck a blow against a recruiting network that was sending suicide bombers to Iraq.”

The Guardian, 20th August 2007

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Hips extended to three-bed homes – BBC News

Posted August 17th, 2007 in home information packs, news by sally

“The government has said it will extend its Home Information Pack scheme (Hips) to cover three-bedroom homes from 10 September 2007.”

BBC News, 17th August 2007

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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