“Thousands of asylum-seekers who are routinely detained in fast-track removal centres while their claims are being considered by the Home Office could win the right to freedom when judges in Europe deliver a landmark ruling tomorrow.”
The Independent, 28th January 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Extensive coverage last week of the suspected ‘copycat’ suicides of seven young people in Bridgend, south Wales – and the publication in one paper earlier this month of the picture of a young City banker as he leapt to his death from a hotel window – have reignited concerns about how suicide is reported.”
The Guardian, 28th January 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Solicitors can learn several lessons from last year on how to avoid being accused of professional negligence.”
The Times, 28th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Hundreds of people with mental health problems are dying while detained in hospital but their deaths are not being fully investigated.”
The Independent, 27th Janaury 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Concerns about data security have been raised after it emerged celebrities, Royals and MPs are blocked from submitting income tax returns online.”
BBC News, 26th January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Labour Party has repeatedly failed to declare donations totalling more than £2.8 million to electoral regulators within the legal time limit, it emerged last night.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th January 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A high court judge today condemned the home secretary, Jacqui Smith, for her failure to follow the law in the ‘shocking’ handling of the case of a detained sex offender.”
The Guardian, 25th January 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Ministers ordered a review into open prisons yesterday amid public outcry over the rape of a 16-year-old schoolgirl by a prisoner on the run.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th January 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The UK legal profession and leading human rights groups are calling on the Pakistani authorities to release and reinstate lawyers and judges imprisoned in Pakistan in the recent constitutional upheaval.”
The Times, 25th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Government’s new powers to force the handover of encryption keys could be vulnerable to a legal challenge under the Human Rights Act’s guarantee to a fair trial. People who refuse keys or passwords face up to five years in jail.”
OUT-LAW.com, 24th January 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“Requests for politically embarrassing material have been made harmless in the slow appeals system. Robert Verkaik, Law Editor, considers cases now looking distinctly dusty.”
The Independent, 25th January 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Court of Appeal has upheld the BBC’s right not to disclose an internal report about the broadcaster’s coverage of Israel.”
The Times, 25th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Internet users who illegally share music could face having the plug pulled on their web connection after record labels yesterday called for new legislation to tackle digital piracy.”
The Guardian, 25th January 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“HM Revenue & Customs has stepped up its campaign to force banks to release the names of thousands of customers with offshore accounts as part of its fight against tax evasion, despite fears that it may be overstepping its legal powers.”
The Times, 25th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A bill has been introduced in Parliament which would force online retailers to check customers’ ages before selling goods that cannot be sold to children.”
OUT-LAW.com, 24th January 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“Justice Secretary Jack Straw is to meet the family of a murdered man to discuss why his killer was out on bail.”
BBC News, 25th January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Welsh Ministers v Care Standards Tribunal and another [2008] WLR (D) 8
“The registration of an individual as a manager under Part II of the Care Standards Act 2000 had to relate to a specific establishment or agency. It was not necessarily the case however that all appeals to the Care Standards Tribunal concerning applications for registration as a manager where the premises in question had ceased to be available to the applicant should be struck out as being misconceived or having no reasonable prospect of success.”
WLR Daily, 25th January 2008
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.
Marchant v Dixon [2008] EWCA Civ 11; [2008] WLR (D) 7
“Re-marriage shortly after the making of a consent order which had provided for payment of a lump sum to capitalise a wife’s periodical payments did not constitute a ‘Barder event’ invalidating the order.”
WLR Daily, 25th January 2008Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Irving v Revenue & Customs Commissioners [2007] EWCA Civ 6
“An employer who placed shares in an employee’s retirement benefit scheme was to be treated as having “paid a sum” into the scheme for the purposes of s 595(1) of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (since repealed), rendering the employee liable to income tax on the value of the shares.”
WLR Daily, 25th January 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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“Two high-profile cases have focused public attention on a defendant’s right to bail.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 24th January 2008
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
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