20/11/2008 – Current Awareness

“Britain’s most senior woman judge gave warning last night that the Government’s proposed overhaul of equality laws would not close the pay or gender gap.”

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The Times, 20th November 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Michael Jackson to testify in person in High Court battle – The Times

Posted November 20th, 2008 in contracts, news by sally

“London’s High Court will play host to a superstar next week when Michael Jackson testifies in person to contest a claim that he owes millions of pounds to an Arab sheikh.”

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The Times, 20th November 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Future Stars of the Bar 2008 – The Times

Posted November 20th, 2008 in barristers, news by sally

“Our series last year highlighting some of the brightest young legal talent proved so popular we had to run it again. This week, ten young British barristers destined for the top of the profession.”

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The Times, 20th November 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted November 20th, 2008 in law reports by sally

Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)

Ishaq & Ors, R v [2008] EWCA Crim 2565 (19 November 2008)

Assani, R v [2008] EWCA Crim 2563 (19 November 2008)

Labastide & Anor, R v [2008] EWCA Crim 2564 (19 November 2008)

High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)

White v Withers LLP & Anor [2008] EWHC 2821 (QB) (19 November 2008)

High Court (Administrative Court)

Mubarak v General Medical Council [2008] EWHC 2830 (Admin) (20 November 2008)

High Court (Commercial Court)

Sotrade Denizcilik Sanayi VE Ticaret AS v Amadou Lo & Ors [2008] EWHC 2762 (Comm) (19 November 2008)

Kallang Shipping SA Panama v Axa Assurances Senegal & Anor [2008] EWHC 2761 (Comm) (19 November 2008)

Source: www.bailii.org

Blacklight Power Inc v Comptroller-General of Patents – WLR Daily

Posted November 20th, 2008 in law reports, patents, standard of proof by sally

Blacklight Power Inc v Comptroller-General of Patents [2008] EWHC 2763 (Pat); [2008] WLR (D) 360

“The correct standard of proof that an applicant was required to satisfy to establish patentability was the balance of probabilities.”

WLR Daily, 19th November 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.

Carson and Others v United Kingdom (Application No 42184/05) – Times Law Reports

Posted November 20th, 2008 in domicile, human rights, indexation, law reports, pensions by sally

Carson and Others v United Kingdom (Application No 42184/05)

European Court of Human Rights

“The exclusion of pensioners living abroad from an index-linked uprating scheme applicable to all pensioners in the United Kingdom was not in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights.”

The Times, 20th November 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 November 20th, 2008 in legislation by sally

The Local Government (Structural Changes) (Areas and Membership of Public Bodies in Bedfordshire and Cheshire) Order 2008

The Wear Valley (Parish Electoral Arrangements) Order 2007 (PDF)

The Chiltern (Parish Electoral Arrangements and Electoral Changes) Order 2007 (PDF)

The West Lancashire (Parish Electoral Arrangements and Electoral Changes) Order 2007 (PDF)

The West Lindsey (Electoral Changes) Order 2007 (PDF)

The Wycombe (Parish Electoral Arrangements) Order 2007 (PDF)

The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) Regulations 2008

The Medical Devices (Amendment) Regulations 2008

The Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) (Amendment No. 3) Order 2008

The Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (Addition of Qualifying Judicial Offices) (No.2) Order 2008

The Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2008

The Home Loss Payments (Prescribed Amounts) (Wales) Regulations 2008

The Medicines (Pharmacies) (Applications for Registration and Fees) Amendment Regulations 2008

Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

The £60 million makeover: new building, new law lords, new postcode – The Times

Posted November 20th, 2008 in news, Supreme Court by sally

“There are just eight days left to apply for what must be the hottest jobs in the judiciary — the first specifically appointed posts in the new supreme court. There are three vacancies, as three law lords will retire between now and the start of the court next autumn (Lord Hoffmann, Lord Carswell and Lord Scott of Foscote). For the first time candidates for the highest court in the land must apply. So what are the qualifications to be one of Britain’s top judges? ”

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The Times, 20th November 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

No more sniggering, sleazy tales about the sex lives of celebrities – The Times

Posted November 20th, 2008 in media, privacy, special report by sally

“‘Hypocrite!’ cry the lawyers and privacy claimants. Well they might. The outrageous claim by Paul Dacre, Editor of the Daily Mail, that Mr Justice Eady is condoning ‘depraved’ practices by applying the law is rich, coming from him.”

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The Times, 20th November 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Why solicitors need to keep one step ahead of the law – The Independent

Posted November 20th, 2008 in continuing professional development, news, solicitors by sally

“Keeping up to speed with the latest legal practices is not a matter of choice for solicitors, as Liz Lightfoot explains.”

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The Independent, 20th November 2008

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Freed from his judicial shackles, Lord Bingham delivers his judgment on the Iraq war – The Times

Posted November 20th, 2008 in attorney general, Iraq, judges, news, war by sally

“Never underestimate the determination of a quiet man — or the power of a recently retired senior law lord.”

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The Times, 19th November 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Councils ‘systematically failing’ to learn from their mistakes in child care – The Guardian

Posted November 20th, 2008 in child abuse, education, news, social services by sally

“The most vulnerable children are being failed by ‘patently inadequate’ standards of care in the networks of schools, care workers and children’s homes established to protect them from abuse, according to the chief inspector of schools.”

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The Guardian, 19th November 2008

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

We did nothing wrong in making millions out of sick miners, law firm tells tribunal – The Times

Posted November 20th, 2008 in claims management, industrial injuries, law firms, miners, news by sally

“A law firm that earned £141 million from a government industrial disease compensation scheme denied yesterday that it had exploited sick miners and their families.”

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The Times, 20th November 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Sex & the citizens: New prostitution laws explained – The Independent

Posted November 20th, 2008 in prostitution, special report by sally

“New laws for the oldest profession are designed to ‘punish the punter’ and protect the prostitute. Ben Russell explains Home Secretary Jacqui Smith’s proposals.”

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The Independent, 20th November 2008

Source: www.independent.co.uk