Marco Pierre White loses privacy case – The Times
“Marco Pierre White lost his privacy action yesterday against lawyers acting for his wife who obtained his private documents.”
The Times, 20th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Month: November 2008
Fake audiobook seller jailed – The Independent
“A man who conned people with counterfeit audiobooks, including the best-selling Harry Potter tales, was today jailed for 21 months.”
The Independent, 20th November 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Baroness Hale: new equality laws will not close gender gap – The Times
“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.”
The Times, 20th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Michael Jackson to testify in person in High Court battle – The Times
“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.”
The Times, 20th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
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)
Source: www.bailii.org
Blacklight Power Inc v Comptroller-General of Patents – WLR Daily
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
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
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 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
“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? ”
The Times, 20th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
No more sniggering, sleazy tales about the sex lives of celebrities – The Times
“‘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.”
The Times, 20th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Why solicitors need to keep one step ahead of the law – The Independent
“Keeping up to speed with the latest legal practices is not a matter of choice for solicitors, as Liz Lightfoot explains.”
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
“Never underestimate the determination of a quiet man — or the power of a recently retired senior law lord.”
The Times, 19th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Councils ‘systematically failing’ to learn from their mistakes in child care – The Guardian
“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.”
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
“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.”
The Times, 20th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Sex & the citizens: New prostitution laws explained – The Independent
“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.”
The Independent, 20th November 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
95% of violence victims do not seek compensation – The Times
“Fewer than 5 per cent of victims of violent crime bother to claim compensation – in some cases of up to half a million pounds, MPs say today.”
The Times, 20th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Chef loses privacy claim against wife’s lawyers – Daily Telegraph
“Marco Pierre White’s claim leaves Mr Justice Eady cold as divorce lawyers prepare to dine out on their victory.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
BNP membership data breach: the workplace implications – OUT-LAW.com
“A list of members of the British National Party (BNP) has been published online, including thousands of names, addresses and email addresses. The party claims that the security breach was likely to be a deliberate act of ‘political malevolence’.”
OUT-LAW.com, 19th November 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
Bribery law reform focuses on overseas work – The Times
“A radical overhaul of bribery laws proposed today by the Law Commission could make British companies liable to prosecution for any corruption in their activities overseas. It would also usher in a new offence of bribing a foreign public official.”
The Times, 20th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
