“Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has dropped its costs claim against former partner Peter Bloxham, following his announcement today (21 November) that he will not appeal an age-discrimination ruling acquitting the magic circle firm.”
Legal Week, 21st November 2007
Source: www.legalweek.com
“The head of the National Audit Office, Sir John Bourn, locked horns with Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs and the Chancellor last night when he said the decision to post two computer discs containing the bank details of 7 million families was taken by senior HMRC officials and not, as Alistair Darling claimed, by a junior employee.”
The Independent, 22nd November 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A man who is wanted in the UK for his alleged involvement in a notorious ‘honour’ killing has been arrested in northern Iraq and offered for extradition, the Guardian has learned.”
The Guardian, 22nd November 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Banks and security experts expect a wave of scam e-mails and bogus mailshots after the loss of the personal data of 25 million people.”
The Times, 22nd November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The private details of UK individuals are on as many as 600 private and public databases, often without their knowledge, a study will reveal next month. The report by the thinktank Demos will say that new laws and procedures are needed to protect people’s privacy and freedom.”
The Guardian, 22nd November 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Ward v Police Service of Northern Ireland
House of Lords
“The power to exclude a detainee and his legal representatives from an application under the Terrorism Act 2000 to extend the period of detention, included the power not to inform them of anything that took place during their exclusion.”
The Times, 22nd November 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.
“A coroner has ruled the death of a five-year-old Ellie Lawrenson in St Helens was unlawful killing.”
BBC News, 21st November 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A drunken man broke into a central London park and attempted to have sex with a fence, a court heard.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st November 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Ministers are to look at scaling back plans for identity cards in response to the catastrophic loss of the personal information of 25 million people, including their bank records and addresses.”
The Guardian, 22nd November 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Anyone who loses out financially as a result of mistakes at HM Revenue and Customs is likely to be compensated by their bank – but if they have the appetite they could also sue the Revenue.”
The Times, 21st November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), which polices the security of the nation’s data, is to be given the power to raid Government departments suspected of breaching protection laws.”
The Times, 21st November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The director of public prosecutions has blown a hole in the government’s plans to extend pre-charge detention for terror suspects, by questioning whether courts would allow the police to use the extra time. Sir Ken Macdonald told MPs that he was satisfied with the current 28-day limit, which ‘has suited us nicely’, and argued that the response to terrorism should be ‘proportionate and grounded’.”
The Guardian, 22nd November 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Gordon Brown’s controversial proposals to extend the time a terror suspect can be held before charge were condemned today by the former Attorney General.”
The Times, 21st November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Two 16-year-old schoolgirls from north London are waiting to hear how long they must spend behind bars after being convicted in Ghana yesterday of attempting to smuggle cocaine worth £300,000 to Britain.”
The Guardian, 22nd November 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A dementia sufferer has won a landmark High Court battle to force the NHS to pay her nursing home fees.”
The Times, 22nd November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Hunte v E. Bottomley and Sons Ltd
Court of Appeal
“Appellants should remember that if plans, maps or photos were to be relied upon they should be clearly marked and intelligible to the judges pre-reading the case.”
The Times, 21st November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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Regina (Davey) v Aylesbury Vale District Council
Court of Appeal
“An order that a defendant was to recover its costs in judicial review proceedings which had proceeded to a full hearing, usually embraced all costs reasonably incurred by it before the grant of permission.”
The Times, 21st November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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“An investigation has been launched after an Internet video appeared to show police officers buying cigarettes for underage youths.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st November 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
In re DLP Ltd [2007] EWHC 2669 (Pat)
“It was the intention of s 74B of the Patents Act 1977 and r 77K of the Patents Rules 1995 that an appeal should lie as of right where it related to part of an opinion issued by the Comptroller, pursuant to s 74A of the Patents Act 1977, which had not been set aside by a hearing officer on review.”
WLR Daily, 20th November 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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