LawSoc names Lee as deputy vice president
” The Law Society has elected its future leader, with in-house lawyer Linda Lee emerging as the body’s next deputy vice president.”
Legal Week, 17th April 2008
Source: www.legalweek.com
Month: April 2008
OFT accuses construction firms of price rigging – The Guardian
“More than one hundred construction companies have been accused of conspiring to rig thousands of public sector contracts worth billions of pounds.”
The Guardian, 17th April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Harriet Harman will not face an inquiry into campaign donations – Daily Telegraph
“Commons leader Harriet Harman will not face a police investigation into errors in reporting contributions to her deputy Labour leadership campaign, it has been revealed.”
The Daily Telegraph, 16th April 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Snob yob’ parents could be prosecuted – Daily Telegraph
“Parents of public school pupils who let their children cause trouble in a Cornish resort that has become notorious for wild summer parties could face prosecution.”
The Daily Telegraph, 17th April 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
The Law Explored: human rights on the battlefield – The Times
“Mr Justice Collins has drawn gasps of disbelief in some quarters by ruling that human rights law might apply to soldiers on active service. In particular, he said, soldiers might enjoy the protection of law on the right to life. ”
The Times, 16th April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
League in court bid to pull plug on cheaper TV games – The Independent
“The Premier League launched a High Court action yesterday to blow the whistle on cheaper live televised matches. ”
The Independent, 16th April 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Burglar jailed over ear-print wins appeal – Daily Telegraph
“A burglar who was convicted on the evidence of an ear-print left on a window had his conviction quashed by the Court of Appeal on Wednesday.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th April 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Newnham College v Revenue and Customs Commissioners – Times Law Reports
Newnham College v Revenue and Customs Commissioners
House of Lords
” A scheme by which Newnham College, Cambridge, set up a company, which it owned and controlled, to which it leased its newly constructed library for the company to operate, was effective as a device to enable the college to recover the input tax attributable to the cost of building the library pursuant to paragraph 2 of Schedule 10 to the Value Added Tax Act 1994.”
The Times, 17th 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.
R v Blythe – WLR Daily
R v Blythe; [2008] WLR (D) 109
“Engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child and causing a child to watch a sexual act were not serious specified sexual offences for the purposes of the provisions relating to dangerous offenders if the person committing the offence was under 18.”
WLR Daily, 16th April 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.
Publisher’s daleks claim exterminated – The Guardian
“Today a high court battle over who owns the rights to tell the story of Doctor Who’s best-known adversaries was won by BBC Worldwide, the corporation’s commercial arm.”
The Guardian, 16th April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Newlove killer lodges appeal bid – BBC News
“A second member of a gang of youths convicted of kicking father-of-three Garry Newlove to death is to appeal against his sentence.”
BBC News, 16th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Ear print’ burglar in appeal bid – BBC News
“The case of a burglar convicted after police matched an imprint of his ear to the scene of a robbery will be heard again at the Court of Appeal.”
BBC News, 16th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Regina (Corner House Research and Another) v Director of the Serious Fraud Office – Times Law Reports
Regina (Corner House Research and Another) v Director of the Serious Fraud Office
Queen’s Bench Divisional Court
“The rule of law required that an investigation by the Serious Fraud Office into bribery and corruption should be discontinued only by the independent judgment of the director of that office and not in response to a threat by a foreign power.”
The Times, 16th 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.
AS and DD (Libya) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – Times Law Reports
AS and DD (Libya) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
Court of Appeal
“A foreign national who challenged a deportation order made on national security grounds had to show substantial grounds for believing that if he was returned he would face a real risk of being subjected to torture or inhuman or degrading treatment in contravention of article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights.”
The Times, 16th 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.
Regina (Smith) v Assistant Deputy Coroner for Oxfordshire – WLR Daily
“The procedural obligations arising under art 2 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms applied to an inquest on an United Kingdom soldier who had died of hyperthermia while on active service in Iraq.”
WLR Daily, 15th April 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.
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Education and Training) Order 2008
The Medical Act 1983 (Qualifying Examinations) Order 2008
The Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (County of Devon) Designation Order 2008
The Scotland Act 1998 (Agency Arrangements) (Specification) Order 2008
The Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (County of Cornwall) Designation Order 2008
The Street Works (Registers, Notices, Directions and Designations) (Wales) (No 2) Regulations 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Regus (UK) Ltd v Epcot Solutions Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 361 (15 April 2008)
London Borough of Wandsworth v Allison [2008] EWCA Civ 354 (15 April 2008)
YB (Eritrea) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWCA Civ 360 (15 April 2008)
High Court (Family Division)
Nottingham City Council v G & Ors [2008] EWHC 540 (Fam) (18 March 2008)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Bamgbala v The Commission for Social Care Inspection [2008] EWHC 629 (Admin) (04 April 2008)
High Court (Commercial Court)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
Cockerel owner gets noise asbo – The Guardian
“A chicken owner has been given an asbo after his cockerels kept neighbours awake by crowing 400 times an hour. Peter Stoodley, 64, has been ordered to evict 80 birds living at the back of his shop in Yeovil after the council received a ‘sustained period’ of complaints about the noise.”
The Guardian, 16th April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Diana death investigation cost £12.5 million – Daily Telegraph
“The cost of investigating the death of Diana, Princess of Wales has jumped to more than £12.5 million, it was disclosed yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th April 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Justice Secretary Jack Straw loses right to block release for prisoners – The Times
“The Justice Secretary lost his last power to block the release of dangerous prisoners from jail yesterday when the Court of Appeal ruled that it was a breach of human rights.”
The Times, 16th April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
