Crime data losses come to light – BBC News
“Murder case notes, a gangster dossier and papers detailing threats to the UK were all found in Greater Manchester after being lost by the authorities.”
BBC News, 7th February 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Day: 7 February 2008
Lords refuse to continue hearing case against Simon Mann – The Times
“A landmark case collapsed in unprecedented fashion today as the House of Lords refused to continue hearing a claim brought by Equatorial Guinea against the alleged plotters of a failed coup because it will not allow one of the defendants to meet with his lawyers.”
The Times, 7th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Archbishop backs sharia law for British Muslims – The Guardian
“The Archbishop of Canterbury prompted controversy today when he said the introduction of sharia law for British Muslims was ‘unavoidable’.”
The Guardian, 7th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
British Energy wins fight to keep power station – The Times
“British Energy looks set to keep control of Eggborough, its last remaining coal-fired power station, after a court blocked a proposed takeover plan organised by the investment bank Credit Suisse.”
The Times, 7th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Agency workers do not have automatic employees rights, even after years – OUT-LAW.com
“Agency workers do not have the same rights as employees, the Court of Appeal has ruled, handing businesses a victory in ongoing struggles about employees’ rights.”
OUT-LAW.com, 7th February 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
Government slammed by judges over lost pensions – The Times
“Tens of thousands of workers who lost the bulk of their retirement savings because of bad advice from the Government have won another round in their long-running battle for compensation.”
The Times, 7th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Justice Secretary commits to providing effective community sentences – Ministry of Justice
“Jack Straw has given his commitment to offer more community sentences that provide effective punishment and rehabilitation for offenders, benefiting communities whilst reducing reoffending.”
Ministry of Justice, 7th February 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
Man accused of raping girl after fleeing secure hospital – The Guardian
“A major investigation was under way yesterday after a man was accused of escaping from a secure mental health unit and raping a schoolgirl.”
The Guardian, 7th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
R (G) v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police – WLR Daily
R (G) v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police [2008] EWCA Civ 28; [2008] WLR (D) 35
“A custody officer who had determined that he had sufficient evidence to charge a suspect with the offence for which he had been arrested had no power to detain the suspect in custody for the purpose of enabling a Crown Prosecutor to decide whether or not the suspect should be charged.”
WLR Daily, 6th February 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.
Pilecki v Circuit Court of Legnica, Poland – WLR Daily
Pilecki v Circuit Court of Legnica, Poland [2008] UKHL 7; [2008] WLR (D) 34
“The judge, in considering the making of an extradition order under a European arrest warrant in a conviction case where the sentences had been aggregated, was not concerned with the lengths of the individual sentences; it sufficed if the aggregate sentence was of at least four months.”
WLR Daily, 6th February 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Maye v Director of Public Prosecutions in Northern Ireland – WLR Daily
Maye v Director of Public Prosecutions in Northern Ireland [2008] UKHL 9; [2008] WLR (D) 33
“The appellant’s interest in his parents’ unadministered estates and an action by him for damages for false imprisonment were ‘things in action’ and so ‘property’ within the definition in art 3(1) of the Proceeds of Crime (Northern Ireland) Order 1996.”
WLR Daily, 6th February 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Majorstake Ltd v Curtis – WLR Daily
Majorstake Ltd v Curtis [2008] UKHL 10; [2008] WLR (D) 32
“For the purposes of s 47(2) of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 ‘the premises’ in which a flat was contained was an objectively recognisable space which a visitor would regard as the premises. The combination of the tenant’s flat and the flat immediately below it in a block of 50 flats on nine floors did not comprise “the premises” in which the tenant’s flat was contained. The landlord’s proposal to redevelop the two flats into a single unit could not therefore defeat the tenant’s right to acquire a new lease.”
WLR Daily, 6th February 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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R v Clarke; R v McDaid – WLR Daily
R v Clarke; R v McDaid [2008] UKHL 8; [2008] WLR (D) 31
“Where for most of a criminal trial there had been no signed indictment the proceedings had been invalid.”
WLR Daily, 6th February 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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In re Airbase (UK) Ltd; In re Airbase International Services Ltd – WLR Daily
“The provisions of s 176A of the Insolvency Act 1986, which dealt with floating charges relating to property of a company that was, inter alia, in administration, excluded from participation in any distribution from the ‘prescribed part’ of a company’s net property, as defined in s 176A(6) of the Act, secured creditors who had unsecured debts due to a shortfall in the value of their security.”
WLR Daily, 6th February 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Jail for child porn ex-policeman – BBC News
“A retired Metropolitan Police officer has been sentenced to three years in prison for distributing 1,863 indecent images of children on the internet.”
BBC News, 6th February 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
MPs’ anger over jury ban plans – BBC News
“Government plans to give the home secretary powers to remove juries from some inquests are ‘astonishing’, an influential group of MPs says.”
BBC News, 7th February 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Youth games exclusion ‘unlawful’ – BBC News
“Children with learning disabilities will no longer be left out of the UK schools’ equivalent of the Olympics after a threat of legal action.”
BBC News, 7th February 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Regins v Clarke Regina v McDaid – Times Law Reports
Regina v Clarke; Regina v McDaid
House of Lords
“Where there had been no signed indictment during most of a criminal trial, the proceedings were invalid.”
The Times, 7th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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