April 2008 – Page 7 – Current Awareness

R (Edwards) v Environment Agency – WLR Daily

Posted April 22nd, 2008 in appeals, confidentiality, disclosure, judgments, law reports by sally

R (Edwards) v Environment Agency; [2008] WLR (D) 119

“When copies of draft speeches which the Law Lords proposed to deliver were provided in confidence, prior to the delivery of judgment, to the legal representatives of the parties to an appeal which had been heard, the purpose was to obtain help in correcting misprints, inadvertent errors of fact or ambiguities of expression. It was not intended to enable the case to be reargued, and any attempt to do so amounted to an abuse of the procedure of the House of Lords.”

WLR Daily, 21st 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.

The Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (Procedure) (Amendment) Rules 2008 and the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (Fast Track Procedure) (Amendment) Rules 2008 [CP 29/07] – Ministry of Justice

Posted April 22nd, 2008 in asylum, consultations, immigration, tribunals by sally

“This report summarises the responses to the consultation, including how the consultation process has influenced the final shape of the rules.”

Response to consultation (PDF)

Ministry of Justice, 21st April 2008

Source: www.justice.gov.uk

Midlands Co-Operative Society Ltd v Revenue and Customs Commissioners – Times Law Reports

Posted April 22nd, 2008 in assignment, law reports, VAT by sally

Midlands Co-Operative Society Ltd v Revenue and Customs Commissioners

Court of Appeal

“A taxable person was entitled to assign to another any benefit of repayment he enjoyed from the overpayment of value-added tax.”

The Times, 22nd April 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online fro 21 days from the date of publication.

AIC Ltd v Marine Pilot Ltd – Times Law Reports

Posted April 22nd, 2008 in charterparties, law reports by sally

AIC Ltd v Marine Pilot Ltd

Court of Appeal

“Where a charterparty provided that the vessel should load at a single named safe port, the charterers thereby warranted the safety of that port.”

The Times, 22nd April 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online fro 21 days from the date of publication.

Masri v Consolidated Contractors International UK Ltd and Others (No 2) – Times Law Reports

Posted April 22nd, 2008 in execution, foreign jurisdictions, judgments, law reports, receivers by sally

Masri v Consolidated Contractors International UK Ltd and Others (No 2)

Court of Appeal

“The court had the power to appoint a receiver by way of equitable execution over future receipts from a defined asset.”

The Times, 22nd April 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online fro 21 days from the date of publication.

Targeting clients to fight prostitution – Reuters

Posted April 22nd, 2008 in news, prostitution, trafficking in human beings by sally

“The rise of international sex trafficking is causing many countries to rethink their laws on prostitution and re-examine legal frameworks that for decades have treated the purchase of sex as a social nuisance or ‘victimless crime’.”