“Ofcom has failed to prevent the publication of its searchable database of mobile phone mast locations after the High Court backed a ruling by the Information Commissioner.”
OUT-LAW.com, 15th April 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“A burglar has been caught because of his bow-legged walk, but how easy is it to catch a criminal by analysing their gait?”
BBC News Magazine, 15th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The UK music industry has rejected the Government’s proposal to legalise the transfer of music from CDs to MP3 players without a levy. It has asked for a tax on devices like Apple iPods which it says should compensate artists for the transfer.”
OUT-LAW.com, 15th April 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
Othman (Jordan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
Court of Appeal
“A foreign national could not be deported on national security grounds to a state where he was at real risk of being tried on evidence obtained by torture because such an expulsion would contravene his right to a fair trial guaranteed by article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights.”
The Times, 15th April 2008
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.
President’s Guidance: McKenzie Friends (PDF)
President of the Family Division, 14th April 2008
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Kowalski, R. v [2008] EWCA Crim 700 (19 March 2008)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Reynolds v Stone Rowe Brewer (a firm) [2008] EWHC 497 (QB) (18 March 2008)
Geniki Investments International Ltd. v Ellis Stockbrokers Ltd [2008] EWHC 549 (QB) (19 March 2008)
Al-Rawas v Pegasus Energy Ltd & Ors [2008] EWHC 617 (QB) (08 April 2008)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Wells v Pilling Parish Council [2008] EWHC 556 (Ch) (06 March 2008)
Eli Lilly & Company Ltd. v Neopharma Ltd & Anor [2008] EWHC 415 (Ch) (06 March 2008)
Artificial Solutions Germany GmbH v Creative Virtual Ltd & Anor [2008] EWHC 593 (Ch) (02 April 2008)
High Court (Family Division)
A Council v B & Ors [2007] EWHC 2688 (Fam) (11 December 2007)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Sevenoaks District Council v Harber [2008] EWHC 708 (Admin) (03 April 2008)
Wates, R (on the application of) v Surrey County Council [2008] EWHC 706 (Admin) (19 March 2008)
Roberts v Director of Public Prosecutions [2008] EWHC 643 (Admin) (19 March 2008)
Export Credits Guarantee Department v Friends of the Earth [2008] EWHC 638 (Admin) (17 March 2008)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
J S Bloor Ltd v Pavillion Developments Ltd [2008] EWHC 724 (TCC) (14 March 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
“The Department of Health is not dealing with freedom of information (FOI) requests properly because of a lack of staff, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has said. The ICO has rebuked the Government department over its FOI behaviour.”
OUT-LAW.com, 14th April 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“The Ministry of Defence is to pay a record £2m compensation to an Iraqi teenager left paralysed when he was accidentally shot by a British soldier.”
The Guardian, 15th April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A retired engineer nicknamed ‘Mole Man’, because of his fondness for burrowing tunnels under his home, has been ordered to pay almost £300,000 to the local council after his hobby nearly caused his house to collapse.”
The Times, 15th April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Ministers do not need to extend pre-charge detention to 42 days because they already have the power to almost indefinitely hold suspects who do not reveal what is held on their computers, a rebel Labour MP said today.”
The Guardian, 14th April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Almost 100,000 Alzheimer’s patients face being denied NHS treatment which could delay the onset of their disease, the Court of Appeal was told yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th April 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A legal challenge to the government’s decision not to back-date a police pay rise is to begin at the High Court.”
BBC News, 15th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Inadequately trained staff inside Belmarsh high security prison are failing to challenge extremism and are in danger of feeding radicalisation by alienating Muslim inmates, the chief inspector of prisons warns. Anne Owers says staff at the London jail, which holds nearly 200 Muslims, face a danger of fuelling anti-western attitudes.”
The Guardian, 15th April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
” The inquest of Diana, Princess of Wales, and Dodi Fayed was conducted with impeccable good sense and good humour by the coroner, Lord Justice Scott Baker. It arrived at the obviously correct result: that the deaths were caused by the grossly negligent driving of the drunken Henri Paul, and the conduct of the chasing pack of journalists. But the law needs amendment to ensure that there is never again such an unnecessary and expensive intrusion into privacy and dignity.”
The Times, 15th April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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