Day: 30 November 2007

R (Law Society) v Legal Services Commission; Dexter Montague and Partners (a firm) v Same – WLR Daily

Posted November 30th, 2007 in competition, EC law, law reports, legal services by sally

R (Law Society) v Legal Services Commission; Dexter Montague and Partners (a firm) v Same [2007] EWCA Civ 1264 

“The unilateral power of amendment given to the Legal Services Commission in its new unified contract with solicitors wishing to undertake publicly funded civil work was incompatible with the requirement of transparency in the award of contracts by public authorities.”

WLR Daily, 30th November 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.

Chandler v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Another – WLR Daily

Posted November 30th, 2007 in child support, law reports by sally

Chandler v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Another [2007] EWCA Civ 1211

“Regular payments to an absent parent which came purely out of capital were not income for the purposes of calculating liability for child maintenance. They were not “any other payments or other amounts received on a periodical basis …” for the purposes of para 15 of Sch 1 of the Child Support (Maintenance Assessments and Special Cases) Regulations 1992.”

WLR Daily, 30th November 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.


 

Ofcom sets two-hour deadline for mobile number porting – OUT-LAW.com

Posted November 30th, 2007 in news, telecommunications by sally

“Mobile phone networks must allow consumers moving to a rival network to take their mobile number with them and customers must be able to receive calls on that number within two hours of moving to the new network, under new rules coming into force in 2009.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 29th November 2007

Source: www.out-law.com

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted November 30th, 2007 in law reports by sally

High Court (Commercial Court)

Kazakhstan v Istil Group Inc

HLB Kidsons (a firm) v Lloyds Underwriters (Policy No 621/PKID00101) & Ors

Sanhe Hope Full Grain Oil Foods Production Co Ltd v Toepfer International Asia Pte Ltd

High Court (Patents Court)

Anning, Re Decision of Comptroller-General of Patents

High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)

Duarte v The Black and Decker Corporation & Anor

Prince Radu of Hohenzollern v Houston & Anor

Brennan v National Westminster Bank Plc

Bell v Brown

Data disc report “in three weeks” – BBC News

Posted November 30th, 2007 in news by sally

“An interim report into how two discs containing the personal details of 25 million people went missing, is expected in December, the chancellor has said.”

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BBC News, 29th November 2007

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Jain and Another v Trent Strategic Health Authority – Times Law Reports

Posted November 30th, 2007 in care homes, duty of care, law reports by sally

Jain and Another v Trent Strategic Health Authority

Court of Appeal

“The risk of harm to the residents of registered homes outweighed the economic interests of the registered home proprietor.”

The Times, 30th November 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

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Kensington International Ltd v Republic of Congo and Others – Times Law Reports

Posted November 30th, 2007 in disclosure, fraud, law reports, self-incrimination by sally

Kensington International Ltd v Republic of Congo and Others

Court of Appeal

“The defence of self-incrimination was not available against an order requiring disclosure of documents concerning alleged payment of bribes.”

The Times, 30th November 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

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Failure to surrender to bail- Sentencing Guidelines Council

Posted November 30th, 2007 in bail, sentencing by sally

“Council publishes advice to sentencers on bail offences.”

Full guidelines

Sentencing Guidelines Council, 29th November 2007

Source: www.sentencing-guidelines.gov.uk/

Lloyd Webber charity fights for right to sell £33m Picasso portrait – The Independent

Posted November 30th, 2007 in news by sally

“A Picasso portrait worth an estimated £33m is the subject of an intense legal battle between Andrew Lloyd Webber’s art foundation and a German-Jewish professor who claims it was looted from his family by the Nazis in the 1930s.”

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The Independent, 30th November 2007

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Bail-jumpers face tougher sentences – Daily Telegraph

Posted November 30th, 2007 in news by sally

“Suspects who deliberately fail to turn up in court should be jailed, according to guidelines announced yesterday.”

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Daily Telegraph, 30th November 2007

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Kissing gates and stiles “breach Act” – Daily Telegraph

Posted November 30th, 2007 in news by sally

“Stiles and kissing gates may have to be replaced for fear that they are in breach of the 1995 Disability Discrimination Act.”

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Daily Telegraph, 30th November 2007

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Tighter controls over abortions for disability – Daily Telegraph

Posted November 30th, 2007 in news by sally

“New guidance will be drawn up to clamp down on late abortions of foetuses with a cleft lip and palette, it has emerged.”

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Daily Telegraph, 30th November 2007

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Ban on paying for sex comes a step nearer – The Guardian

Posted November 30th, 2007 in news, prostitution by sally

“The government has launched a root-and-branch review of prostitution laws, which will examine the effects of Sweden’s policy of prosecuting men for buying sex.”

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The Guardian, 30th November 2007

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Jail for jilted student who killed lover’s pregnant wife in frenzied knife attack – The Times

Posted November 30th, 2007 in news by sally

“A student was jailed for life yesterday for stabbing her lover’s pregnant wife to death after the breakdown of her affair.”

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The Times, 30th November 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Publican appeals over right to pick her football satellite – The Times

Posted November 30th, 2007 in news by sally

“A publican convicted of breaking the law by using a Greek satellite decoder to screen English Premier League football matches asked the High Court yesterday to rule in a test case that she did not commit a crime.”

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TheTimes, 30th November 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Doctor who killed is free to work – The Times

Posted November 30th, 2007 in news by sally

“A doctor convicted of killing a patient through gross negligence has been told that he can return to work in the NHS.”

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The Times, 30th November 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Morrissey sues as racism row ends NME love-hate affair – The Times

Posted November 30th, 2007 in defamation, news by sally

“Morrissey is suing the NME and its editor for defamation after the music magazine quoted him on its cover this week as saying: ‘The Gates of England are flooded. The country’s been thrown away.’ ”

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The Times, 30th November 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Warrant failure “let hundreds of suspects go free” – The Times

Posted November 30th, 2007 in news, warrants by sally

“Jack Straw has begun an urgent inquiry into allegations that hundreds of criminals, including sex offenders, have escaped prosecution because warrants were not issued when they failed to turn up at court.”

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The Times, 30th November 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

More than half of criminals now punished without going to court – The Times

Posted November 30th, 2007 in news, punishment, sentencing by sally

“Out-of-court punishments accounted for more than half of all offences dealt with by the justice system last year, for the first time in modern criminal history, according to figures published yesterday.”

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The Times, 30th November 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

46 years after inquest, witness is charged with teenager’s murder – The Times

Posted November 30th, 2007 in murder, news by sally

“Almost half a century ago Anthony Hall told an inquest that he had nothing to do with the murder of a 15-year-old girl whose body was found lying in a Birmingham allotment.

Yesterday Mr Hall, 70, stood in the dock at Birmingham Magistrates’ Court, charged with killing the teenager, Jacqueline Thomas, who is believed to have been sexually assaulted and strangled. It is one of the oldest cases to reach court.”

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The Times, 30th November 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk