Coroner calls for inquest change – BBC News
“A senior coroner has called for new legislation to make sure inquests are held within a year of a person’s death.”
BBC News, 24th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Month: July 2008
Tiscali accuses BT of defamation – The Times
“Tiscali, the Italian broadband operator currently up for sale, is suing BT for ‘defamation and malicious falsehood’ after the telecommunications group wrote to Tiscali’s customers trying to persuade them to switch to BT’s broadband service.”
The Times, 23rd July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Canoe man and wife jailed for six years – The Independent
“John and Anne Darwin were each jailed for more than six years today for carrying out a £250,000 insurance con by faking his death in a canoeing accident.”
The Independent, 23rd July 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Library Newsletter
A new issue of the Library’s Newsletter is now available, in two formats: PDF and Word.
This issue contains features on the Royal visit and the historical background to the Royal Letters Patent granted to the Inner and Middle Temple in 1608; on new developments on the EIN (Electronic Immigration Network) and on Westlaw; and on CanLII (Canadian Legal Information Institute) and the Canada section of AccessToLaw. There is also news about Saturday and Summer opening, new acquisitions, and the BIALL Legal Journals Award.
To access the current newsletter, click on the link below and then select PDF or Word format.
http://www.innertemplelibrary.org.uk/newsletter/current/default.htm
Ministers speed up compensation for road accident victims – The Times
“People injured in road accidents will be able to claim damages more quickly under a fast-track claims process announced by ministers yesterday.”
The Times, 23rd July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Abu Hamza loses extradition fight – BBC News
“Radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri has been refused leave to appeal to the House of Lords against his extradition to the US.”
BBC News, 23rd July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Fertiliser bomb plotters lose appeal – The Independent
“Five men jailed for life for plotting a series of bomb attacks to rival the 9/11 New York atrocities lost challenges against their convictions today.”
The Independent, 23rd July 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Disclosure of Information) Order 2008
The Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (Disclosure of Information by SOCA) Order 2008
The Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland Consequential Amendments) Order 2008
The Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008
The King’s Stanley CofE Primary School (Designation as having a Religious Character) Order 2008
The Krishna-Avanti Primary School (Designation as having a Religious Character) Order 2008
The Manor CE VC Primary School (Designation as having a Religious Character) Order 2008
The St Saviour’s Catholic Primary School (Designation as having a Religious Character) Order 2008
The Towcester CofE Primary School (Designation as having a Religious Character) Order 2008
The Arnot St Mary CE Primary School (Designation as having a Religious Character) Order 2008
The All Saints CE (Aided) Primary School (Designation as having a Religious Character) Order 2008
The Bellefield Primary and Nursery School (Designation as having a Religious Character) Order 2008
The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (England) Regulations 2008
The Education (Specified Work and Registration) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The General Teaching Council for England (Eligibility for Provisional Registration) Regulations 2008
The Beer, Cider and Perry and Wine and Made–wine (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Companies Act 2006 (Commencement No. 7, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2008
The Superannuation (Admission to Schedule 1 to the Superannuation Act 1972) Order 2008
The Mental Health Act 2007 (Commencement No. 7 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2008
The Insurance Companies (Corporation Tax Acts) (Amendment) Order 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Admiral Taverns (Cygnet) Ltd v Daniel and another – WLR Daily
Admiral Taverns (Cygnet) Ltd v Daniel and another [2008] EWHC 1688 (QB); [2008] WLR (D) 247
“The restriction imposed by s 89(1) of the Housing Act 1980 on postponing enforcement of a possession order only applied to the court which made the order and not to a court exercising appellate jurisdiction in respect of the order.”
WLR Daily, 22nd July 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.
GO and Others v Secretary of State for the Home Department – Times Law Reports
GO and Others v Secretary of State for the Home Department
Court of Appeal
“Overseas students could change their courses but if they wanted an extension of stay in the United Kingdom, they had to be able to produce evidence of satisfactory progress, whether on the course named in the application for entry clearance or on another recognised course.”
The Times, 23rd July 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.
Leofelis SA and Another v Lonsdale Sports Ltd and Others – Times Law Reports
Leofelis SA and Another v Lonsdale Sports Ltd and Others
Court of Appeal
“It was appropriate for economy of documentation in appeals for parties to cooperate in making the bundles as convenient as possible, even in ways which the Practice Direction to Part 52 of the Civil Procedure Rules might not allow.”
The Times, 23rd July 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.
Asprox computer virus infects key government and consumer websites – The Times
” Cyber-criminals have attacked key government and consumer websites, allowing them to steal the personal details of anyone browsing the sites, The Times has learnt.”
The Times, 23rd July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
‘Spying’ requests exceed 500,000 – BBC News
“More than 500,000 official ‘spying’ requests for private communications data such as telephone records were made last year, a report says.”
BBC News, 22nd July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Bryan v R. [2008] EWCA Crim 1568 (22 July 2008)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
F (Children), Re [2008] EWCA Civ 842 (22 July 2008)
CTI Group Inc v Transclear SA [2008] EWCA Civ 856 (22 July 2008)
North Devon Homes Ltd. v Batchelor [2008] EWCA Civ 840 (22 July 2008)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Hollis & Ors v Rolfe & Ors [2008] EWHC 1747 (Ch) (22 July 2008)
High Court (Queen’s Bench)
Ewing v News International Ltd & Ors [2008] EWHC 1390 (QB) (22 July 2008)
High Court (Administrative Court)
AE v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWHC 1743 (Admin) (21 July 2008)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
Pensioners win sight drug battle – BBC News
“Three pensioners have won their High Court battle to receive a ‘sight-saving’ drug – paving the way for others to be given it too.”
BBC News, 22nd July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
PI lawyers slam MoJ’s claims reforms – The Lawyer
“Personal injury (PI) lawyers have slammed the Ministry of Justice for its failure to implement far-reaching reform of the claims process.”
The Lawyer, 22nd July 2008
Source: www.thelawyer.com
Terror police detain disabled boy – BBC News
“A police officer has been transferred from duties at a Channel crossing after a disabled child and his parents were detained under the Terrorism Act.”
Full story
BBC News, 22nd July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
