Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI

Posted September 5th, 2008 in legislation by sally

The A1 Trunk Road (Dishforth to Barton) (Detrunking) Order 2008

The A1 Motorway (Dishforth to Barton Section and Connecting Roads) Scheme 2008

The Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) (Amendment) Regulations 2008

The Stamp Duty Land Tax (Variation of Part 4 of the Finance Act 2003) Regulations 2008

The Stamp Duty Land Tax (Exemption of Certain Acquisitions of Residential Property) Regulations 2008

The Legal Services Act 2007 (Transitional, Savings and Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Order 2008

Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted September 5th, 2008 in law reports by sally

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

South Cambridgeshire District Council v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government & Ors [2008] EWCA Civ 1010 (05 September 2008)

High Court (Technology and Construction Court)

Fitzpatrick Contractors Ltd v Tyco Fire & Integrated Solutions (UK) Ltd [2008] EWHC 1927 (TCC) (25 July 2008)

High Court (Patents Court)

Oxonica Energy Ltd v Neuftec Ltd [2008] EWHC 2127 (Pat) (05 September 2008)

Minimax GmbH & Co Kg v Chubb Fire Ltd [2008] EWHC 1960 (Pat) (29 July 2008)

Source: www.bailii.org

Mystery inmate refuses to leave jail – Daily Telegraph

Posted September 5th, 2008 in news, prisons by sally

“The male prisoner, who is a foreign national, has exploited a loophole in the system by refusing to divulge his real name and country of origin.”

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Daily Telegraph, 5th September 2008

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Cambridge lecturer sentenced for child porn – The Independent

Posted September 5th, 2008 in children, computer crime, news, pornography, sentencing by sally

“A Cambridge University academic was given a 12-month suspended prison sentence today after detectives found more than 1,000 indecent images of children on his computers.”

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The Independent, 5th September 2008

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Fake death canoeist launches appeal bid – The Independent

Posted September 5th, 2008 in appeals, fraud, insurance, news, pensions by sally

“Back from the dead canoeist John Darwin has launched a bid to appeal against his sentence, his solicitor said today.”

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The Independent, 5th September 2008

Source: www.independent.co.uk

CPD Channel

Posted September 5th, 2008 in legal education, news by sally

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Poison coroner slams government – BBC News

Posted September 5th, 2008 in inquests, news, waste, water by sally

“A coroner has criticised the government after he was forced to adjourn an inquest involving a major water poisoning incident.”

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BBC News, 5th September 2008

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Why do women solicitors earn less than men? – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted September 5th, 2008 in equal pay, news, solicitors, women by sally

“When Fiona Fitzgerald, chair of the Association of Women Solicitors, was preparing to launch the joint campaign with the Law Society on equal pay, she first checked her own firm’s record.”

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Law Society’s Gazette, 4th September 2008

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

esure Insurance Ltd v Direct Line Insurance plc – Times Law Reports

Posted September 5th, 2008 in expert witnesses, law reports, trade marks by sally

esure Insurance Ltd v Direct Line Insurance plc

Court of Appeal

“An expert’s report was of little value in evaluating the likelihood of trade-mark confusion from the standpoint of a consumer.”

The Times, 5th September 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 (M) v Slough Borough Council – Times Law Reports

Posted September 5th, 2008 in housing, law reports, medicines, residential care by sally

Regina (M) v Slough Borough Council

House of Lords

“A person’s need for a refrigerator in which to keep his medication was not sufficient to entitle him to residential accommodation.”

The Times, 5th September 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.

Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI

Posted September 5th, 2008 in legislation by sally

The Health and Safety (Enforcing Authority for Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems) (Amendment) Regulations 2008

The Valuation for Rating (Plant and Machinery) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2008

The Non-Domestic Rating (Communications Hereditaments) (Valuation, Alteration of Lists and Appeals and Material Day) (England) Regulations 2008

The Building (Electronic Communications) Order 2008

Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

Plan to phase out complex police forms by end of 2009 – The Independent

Posted September 5th, 2008 in news, offensive weapons, police, stop and search by sally

“Controversial forms which police have to fill in every time they stop someone in the street should be phased out by the end of next year, a Home Office minister said today.”

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The Independent, 4th September 2008

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Half of all criminals re-offend within a year – Daily Telegraph

Posted September 5th, 2008 in news, prisons, recidivists by sally

“Nearly half of all criminals released from jail reoffended within a year of being let out, figures have disclosed.”

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Daily Telegraph, 5th September 2008

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Top law firms excel in sexual diversity index – Legal Week

Posted September 5th, 2008 in equality, homosexuality, law firms, news by sally

“Clifford Chance, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe, Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz and White & Case are among 64 law firms to receive a perfect score in the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2009 Corporate Equality Index, writes the Am Law Daily.”

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Legal Week, 4th September 2008

Source: www.legalweek.com

Teenagers given life for drowning student – The Independent

Posted September 5th, 2008 in murder, news, sentencing, young offenders by sally

“Two teenagers who murdered a student by pushing him into a fast-flowing river were jailed for life yesterday.”

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The Independent, 5th September 2008

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Marks & Spencer demand 7-year-old boy’s permission to deal with mother’s complaint – Daily Telegraph

Posted September 5th, 2008 in data protection, news by sally

“A mother who complained to shop staff that her seven-year-old son’s Superman playsuit was faulty was told data protection laws meant they could only deal with him.”

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Daily Telegraph, 4th September 2008

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

FSA challenged over insider trading case – The Times

Posted September 5th, 2008 in insider dealing, news by sally

“A father and son accused of insider trading today asked for the case against them to be dismissed on procedural grounds.”

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The Times, 4th September 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Cherie Booth tells politicians to stop ‘hysterically’ hyping crime – The Independent

Posted September 5th, 2008 in crime, news, prisons by sally

“The ‘hysterical rhetoric of politicians attempting to ride the tiger of public opinion’ is fuelling the fear of crime, according to a commission headed by Cherie Booth. The Commission on English Prisons Today, led by the wife of the former prime minister, protested over the record prison population reached under the government led until last year by Tony Blair.”

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The Independent, 5th September 2008

Source: www.independent.co.uk