Day: 5 December 2007

Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI

Posted December 5th, 2007 in legislation by sally

The Armed Forces (Service Complaints Commissioner) Regulations 2007

The Armed Forces (Redress of Individual Grievances) Regulations 2007

The Service Charges (Summary of Rights and Obligations, and Transitional Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 2007

The Felixstowe Dock and Railway Company (Land Acquisition) Order 2007

The Natural Mineral Water, Spring Water and Bottled Drinking Water (Wales) Regulations 2007

The Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2007

The Meat (Official Controls Charges) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2007

The Building and Approved Inspectors (Amendment) Regulations 2007

The Grants for Fishing and Aquaculture Industries Regulations 2007

The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Wales) Regulations 2007

The Designs (International Registrations Designating the European Community) Regulations 2007

The Bluetongue (No. 2) (Wales) Order 2007

The Disability Discrimination Act 2005 (Commencement No. 1) (Wales) Order 2007

Housing (Assessment of Accommodation Needs) (Meaning of Gypsies and Travellers) (Wales) Regulations 2007

The Houses in Multiple Occupation (Certain Blocks of Flats) (Modifications to the Housing Act 2004 and Transitional Provisions for section 257 HMOs) (Wales) Regulations 2007

The Assembly Learning Grants and Loans (Higher Education) (Wales) (Amendment) (No.3) Regulations 2007

The Army Act 1955 (Part 1) (Regular Army) Regulations 1992 (Amendment) Regulations 2007

The Traffic Management Act 2004 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provisions) (Wales) Order 2007

The Special Immigration Appeals Commission (Procedure) (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2007

The Electoral Administration Act 2006 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2007

The Army Terms of Service Regulations 2007

Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

Oral statement on the Carter Report – Ministry of Justice

Posted December 5th, 2007 in prisons, speeches by sally

“Jack Straw’s oral statement to the House of Commons on Lord Carter’s review of prisons.”

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Ministry of Justice, 5th December 2007

Source: www.justice.gov.uk

Three new ‘super-prisons’ to be built in UK – Daily Telegraph

Posted December 5th, 2007 in news, prisons by sally

“The Government is to build three huge new prisons as part of a package of measures designed to ease over-crowding by creating 10,500 extra places.”

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Daily Telegraph, 5th December 2007

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Safety laws ‘may prevent bravery’ – BBC News

Posted December 5th, 2007 in health & safety, news, police by sally

“Health and safety laws may be standing in the way of police officers showing bravery, according to the chief constable of Merseyside.”

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BBC News, 5th December 2007

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Springer opera court fight fails – BBC News

Posted December 5th, 2007 in blasphemy, media, news by sally

“A Christian group has lost its High Court battle to prosecute the BBC’s director general over the screening of Jerry Springer – The Opera, in 2005.”

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BBC News, 5th December 2007

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Boy gets Asbo for bragging about crimes online – The Guardian

Posted December 5th, 2007 in ASBOs, internet, news, young offenders by sally

“A teenager has been given an antisocial behaviour order that bans him from promoting his criminal behaviour online.”

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The Guardian, 5th December 2007

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Mobile phone rivals accused of colluding against 3 – The Times

Posted December 5th, 2007 in competition, law reports, telecommunications by sally

“Britain’s four biggest mobile phone operators used their own industry trade body as a forum for colluding to shut rival 3 out of the UK market, the High Court heard yesterday.”

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The Times, 5th December 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Divorcee entitled to clean break from bankrupt husband, court rules – The Times

Posted December 5th, 2007 in bankruptcy, debts, divorce, news by sally

“Court of Appeal rules that Wendy Haines does not have to give up her share of the matrimonial home proceeds to pay off ex-husband’s creditors.”

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The Times, 5th December 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

In re C (A child)(Adoption: Local authority duty) – Times Law Reports

Posted December 5th, 2007 in adoption, law reports by sally

In re C (A child)(Adoption: Local authority duty)

Court of Appeal

“There was no duty on a local authority to make inquiries of a child’s extended family or father about the possibility of their providing long-term care where mother wished to place the child for adoption.”

The Times, 5th December 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

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

McClintock v Department of Constitutional Affairs – Times Law Reports

Posted December 5th, 2007 in harassment, law reports, magistrates, religious discrimination by sally

McClintock v Department of Constitutional Affairs

Employment Appeal Tribunal

“To allow judges to opt out of hearing cases where they disapproved of the law would be an abdication of their responsibilities.”

The Times, 5th December 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. 

Sundelind Lopez v Lopez Lizazo – WLR Daily

Posted December 5th, 2007 in divorce, EC law, jurisdiction, law reports by sally

Sundelind Lopez v Lopez Lizazo (Case C-68/07)

“Arts 6 and 7 of Regulation No 2201/2003 meant that where, in divorce proceedings, a respondent was not habitually resident in and not a national of a member state, the courts of a member state could not base their jurisdiction to hear the petition on their national law, if the courts of another member state had jurisdiction under art 3 of the Regulation.
The Third Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Communities so ruled on a reference for a preliminary ruling by the Högsta domstolen, Sweden.”

WLR Daily, 4th December 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. 

Consultation sentencing guidelines and Advice: Revised Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Guidelines – Sentencing Guidelines Council

Posted December 5th, 2007 in consultations, sentencing by sally

“The Sentencing Guidelines Council has published for consultation revised Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Guidelines adopting the advice and draft guidelines developed by the Sentencing Advisory Panel. The Panel has also published on the website the report of research conducted into the approach to the assessment of fines.”

Consultation guidelines and Advice: Revised Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Guidelines (PDF)

Sentencing Guidelines Council, 5th December 2007

Source: www.sentencing-guidelines.gov.uk

Information chief calls for review of ID card plans – The Guardian

Posted December 5th, 2007 in data protection, identity cards, news by sally

“The government needs to review the scale of its plans for identity cards in the wake of the release of 25 million names and addresses on government child benefit records, the information commissioner, Richard Thomas, told the justice select committee yesterday.”

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The Guardian, 5th December 2007

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Corrupt lawyer to drug world is facing prison – The Times

Posted December 5th, 2007 in fraud, money laundering, news, perverting the course of justice, solicitors by sally

“A corrupt solicitor who was at the heart of a criminal network that made multimillion-pound profits from the heroin trade will be jailed today.”

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The Times, 5th December 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Mercenary firms seek tighter laws – BBC News

Posted December 5th, 2007 in news, security companies by sally

“Private security firms have criticised the UK government for ‘dithering’ over the introduction of tighter rules.”

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BBC News, 4th December 2007

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Family visits ‘key for prisoners’ – BBC News

Posted December 5th, 2007 in news, prisons, recidivists by sally

“The reoffend rate for convicts could be cut if the government did more to support the children and families of those in jail, campaigners say.”

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BBC News, 5th December 2007

Source: www.bbc.co.uk 

Group targets grooming of girls – BBC News

Posted December 5th, 2007 in child abuse, news, prostitution, sexual grooming by sally

“The scale of the problem of British girls being lured into prostitution in their own country is being examined by the Home Office.”

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BBC News, 5th December 2007

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

GPs could provide women ‘tablet abortions’ – Daily Telegraph

Posted December 5th, 2007 in abortion, news by sally

“Women could have abortions in doctors’ surgeries under proposals being considered by the Department of Health, it has emerged.”

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Daily Telegraph, 5th December 2007

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Jail sentences ‘to depend on available space’ – Daily Telegraph

Posted December 5th, 2007 in news, prisons, sentencing by sally

“Criminals should be sentenced according to the spaces available in jail for them, a wide-ranging review of the prison service is expected to recommend.”

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Daily Telegraph, 5th December 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk 

GMC strikes Dr David Southall off medical register – The Times

Posted December 5th, 2007 in doctors, news, professional conduct by sally

“Controversial paediatrician Dr David Southall has been struck off the medical register after being found guilty of serious misconduct.”

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The Times, 5th December 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk