MoD sued over security measures – BBC News
“A former RAF servicewoman has launched a compensation claim against the Ministry of Defence, blaming them for an alleged rape at a barracks in Lincs.”
BBC News, 11th December 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Day: 11 December 2007
Brown will sign EU treaty in Lisbon – The Guardian
“The prime minister, Gordon Brown, will travel to Portugal on Thursday to sign the controversial EU reform treaty, it was confirmed today.”
The Guardian, 11th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Terror detention extension a ‘charade’, say dissenting MPs – The Guardian
“Government plans to extend the length of time terror suspects can be held without charge to 42 days were denounced by MPs today as a ‘charade’.”
The Guardian, 11th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Get ready to be raided – The Times
“Companies get no warning about early morning raids by authorities, but they can put in place procedures to deal with them.”
The Times, 11th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Bribery: another chance to get it right – The Times
“The Law Commission has proposed a simplification of the law to help in the fight against corruption. Could the civil law also be reformed to encourage private actions to recover damages?”
The Times, 11th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Organisations should run privacy impact assessments, says ICO – OUT-LAW.com
“Organisations must consider the impact on individuals’ privacy before developing new IT systems or changing the way they handle personal information, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) will urge today.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th December 2007
Source: www.out-law.com
Victory for teacher sacked after race taunts and sexual harassment – The Times
“A teacher who was called a ‘bloody immigrant’ and a ‘nigger’ by pupils and advised by a colleague to go to work in a ‘more ethnically diverse school’ if she wanted promotion, has won her case for unfair dismissal.”
The Times, 11th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
AB (Jamaica) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2007] EWCA Civ 1302 (06 December 2007)
Pitts & Ors v Jones [2007] EWCA Civ 1301 (06 December 2007)
Haines v Hill & Anor [2007] EWCA Civ 1284 (05 December 2007)
Powell & Anor v Benney [2007] EWCA Civ 1283 (05 December 2007)
C v D [2007] EWCA Civ 1282 (05 December 2007)
Waltham Forest v Maloba [2007] EWCA Civ 1281 (04 December 2007)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Harrison v R [2007] EWCA Crim 2976 (05 December 2007)
Esat v Crown Prosecution Service [2007] EWCA Crim 2941 (04 December 2007)
A, R. v [2007] EWCA Crim 2868 (04 December 2007)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Bullivant, Re [2007] EWHC 2938 (Admin) (11 December 2007)
Ministry of Defence v Foxley & Ors [2007] EWHC 2874 (Admin) (10 December 2007)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Kostic v Chaplin & Ors [2007] EWHC 2909 (Ch) (07 December 2007)
High Court (Commercial Court)
St Ivel Ltd v Wincanton Group Ltd & Anor [2007] EWHC 2906 (Comm) (06 December 2007)
Czech Republic v European Media Ventures SA [2007] EWHC 2851 (Comm) (05 December 2007)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Chan v Barts & the London NHS Trust [2007] EWHC 2914 (QB) (07 December 2007)
Rickard Metals v Cotton (t/a Allmat Enterprises) & Anor [2007] EWHC 2915 (QB) (07 December 2007)
Allitt, Re [2007] EWHC 2845 (QB) (06 December 2007)
RDF Media Group Plc & Anor v Clements [2007] EWHC 2892 (QB) (05 December 2007)
Source: www.bailii.org
Regina v Hawkes (Attorney-General’s Reference No 68 of 2007) – Times Law Reports
Regina v Hawkes (Attorney-General’s Reference No 68 of 2007)
“Drug dealers who kept weapons with a view to using violence would, on conviction, have their sentences significantly increased to reflect that fact.”
The Times, 11th 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.
Inner West London Assistant Deputy Coroner v Channel 4 Television Corporation and Another – Times Law Reports
Inner West London Assistant Deputy Coroner v Channel 4 Television Corporation and Another
“Courts should avoid trying to fit a coroner’s application for a witness summons into the template of civil litigation; because of the inquisitorial nature of an inquest, a more flexible approach should be taken.”
The Times, 11th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note that the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
Regina (Paul and Others) v Assistant Deputy Coroner of Inner West London – Times Law Reports
Regina (Paul and Others) v Assistant Deputy Coroner of Inner West London
Court of Appeal
“A coroner could not read to the jury hearsay evidence in documentary form which he considered likely to be disputed where the maker of the statement was unable to attend.”
The Times, 11th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note that the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) reaches first century in healthy state – Judiciary of England and Wales
“The latest annual review of the Court of Appeal (Criminal Divison) coincides with the centenary of the court. Perhaps to fittingly illustrate the continuing value and relevance of the court, there has been a rise in both appeals against conviction and sentence in the past year.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 10th December 2007
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Related link: Court of Appeal (Criminal Division): review of the legal year 2006/2007 (PDF)
Ministry of Justice simplification plan – Ministry of Justice
“The Ministry of Justice’s simplification plan sets out how we will reduce administrative burdens imposed on businesses, charities and the voluntary sector by our regulations. It shows our progress in delivering our promised 25% reduction in our administrative burdens by 2010. The plan also explains how we will reduce burdens imposed on the public sector frontline.”
Ministry of Justice, 11th December 2007
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Legal fears left Atlantic Conveyor defenceless – The Times
“A helicopter-carrying merchant ship that sank with the loss of 12 men after being hit by two Exocet missiles in the 1982 Falklands conflict was unarmed and unprotected because Ministry of Defence lawyers feared that it was illegal to fit a commercial vessel with weapon systems, according to newly released classified documents.”
The Times, 11th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Scientific Research Organisations Regulations 2007
The Finance (No. 2) Act 2005, Section 13 (Corporation Tax Exemption for Scientific Research Organisations) (Appointed Day) Order 2007The North Tees Primary Care Trust (Change of Name) Order 2007
The Primary Care Trusts (Establishment and Dissolution) (England) Amendment (No.3) Order 2007
The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Amendment) No.2 Regulations 2007The Supply of Information (Register of Deaths) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2007
The Wireless Telegraphy (Register) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2007
The Wireless Telegraphy (Spectrum Trading) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2007
The Wireless Telegraphy (Limitation of Number of Spectrum Access Licences) (No. 2) Order 2007The Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Award) (No. 2) Regulations 2007
The Traffic Management Permit Scheme (England) Regulations 2007
The Education (Student Support) (European Institutions) (Amendment) Regulations 2007
The Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2007The Housing Act 2004 (Commencement No 5) (Wales) Order 2007
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Life ‘destroyed’ by control order – BBC News
“A nurse under a control order absconded because its restrictions ‘destroyed’ his life, the Old Bailey has heard.”
BBC News, 10th December 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Foreign Office accused of swap deal over terror suspects – The Guardian
“Two men wanted in Pakistan for alleged terrorist activity have been charged in London under the Terrorism Act as part of what human rights campaigners claim is a secret deal between the two countries.”
The Guardian, 11th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘No one is above the law’ – Conrad Black gets six years – The Guardian
“Conrad Black was sentenced yesterday to six and a half years in an American prison for abusing shareholders’ trust through a sophisticated plot to embezzle $6.1m from his Hollinger media empire.”
The Guardian, 11th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Arms treaty ‘must not be blunted’ – BBC News
“A treaty to ease the supply of military equipment from the US to UK forces must not be ‘blunted’ by over-restrictive regulations, MPs have said.”
BBC News, 11th December 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
