“An NHS doctor who plotted car bomb attacks in London and Glasgow was today sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 32 years.”
The Guardian, 17th December 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
MA v Merck Sharp & DOHME Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 1426 (16 December 2008)
Animatrix Ltd & Ors v O’Kelly [2008] EWCA Civ 1415 (16 December 2008)
Calvert v William Hill Credit Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 1427 (16 December 2008)
Allan v Johnson Controls Automative (UK) Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 1377 (16 December 2008)
Smith & Anor v Muller & Ors [2008] EWCA Civ 1425 (17 December 2008)
Piper & Anor v Wakeford & anor [2008] EWCA Civ 1378 (17 December 2008)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Tiscali UK Ltd v British Telecommunications Plc [2008] EWHC 3129 (QB) (16 December 2008)
Beesley v New Century Group Ltd [2008] EWHC 3033 (QB) (16 December 2008)
Romantiek BVBA v Simms & Ors [2008] EWHC 3099 (QB) (16 December 2008)
High Court (Patents Court)
Ratiopharm GMBH v NAPP Pharmaceutical Holdings Ltd [2008] EWHC 3070 (Pat) (16 December 2008)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Barton v The Church Commissioners for England [2008] EWHC 3091 (Ch) (15 December 2008)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
The Health in Pregnancy Grant (Administration) Regulations 2008
The Legal Services Act 2007 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitory Provisions) Order 2008
The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 7) Regulations 2008
The Welsh Ministers (Transfer of Functions) (No. 2) Order 2008
The Companies Act 2006 (Extension of Takeover Panel Provisions) (Isle of Man) Order 2008
The Naval Medical Compassionate Fund Order 2008
The Finance Act 2008, Section 31 (Specified Tax Year) Order 2008
The United Nations Arms Embargoes (Dependent Territories) (Amendment) Order 2008
The United Nations Arms Embargoes (Rwanda) (Amendment) Order 2008
The UK Borders Act 2007 (Code of Practice on Children) Order 2008
The Authorised Investment Funds (Tax) (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2008
The Mental Health Act 1983 (Independent Mental Health Advocates) (England) Regulations 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
T Mobile (UK) Ltd and another v Office of Communications [2008] EWCA Civ 1373; [2008] WLR (D) 391
“A challenge to a the decision of the Office of Communications (‘Ofcom’) concerning the award of wireless telegraphy licences lay by way of a claim for judicial review and not an appeal to the Competition Appeal Tribunal (‘CAT’).”
WLR Daily, 16th December 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.
“In relation to criminal proceedings there was no power, whether under the Criminal Evidence (Witness Anonymity) Act 2008 or otherwise, to admit statements of anonymous witnesses made otherwise than in oral evidence in the proceedings.”
WLR Daily, 16th December 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.
Finch and another v Richardson [2008] EWHC 3067 (QB); [2008] WLR (D) 389
“For the purposes of provisions in the Representation of the People Act 1983 in relation to illegal practices and to errors or false statements in declarations, ignorance of the law could constitute ‘inadvertence’ so as to provide an excuse for such errors and statements.”
WLR Daily, 16th December 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.
R v Goldshield Group plc and others [2008] UKHL 17; [2008] WLR (D) 388
“An allegation of price fixing carried out in circumstances of secretive and deceptive behaviour was insufficient of itself to found a charge of conspiracy to defraud. It was necessary to isolate and charge specific aggravating elements which would elevate price fixing into an indictable conspiracy to defraud.”
WLR Daily, 16th December 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.
Earl Cadogan and Another v Sportelli and Another and Other Appeals
House of Lords
“Landlords and freeholders were generally not entitled to so-called ‘hope value’ as an element in the value of their interest in determining the price payable by the tenants for leasehold enfranchisement.”
The Times, 17th December 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.
“Statement by the President of the Family Division – ‘I welcome the publication of the Government’s announcement on taking forward the issue of transparency in the family courts. The revised proposals will require a good deal of work in the coming months to make the necessary rule changes and in preparing for the pilots.’
Judiciary of England and Wales, 16th December 2008
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“In a speech, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith called for new ‘common sense standards’ for the use of investigatory powers and the retention of DNA profiles.”
Home Office, 16th December 2008
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“DNA samples are to be taken from serious offenders who are in prison but were convicted before the national database was created, Jacqui Smith announced yesterday.”
The Times, 17th December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“DJ Andy Kershaw has been given a suspended six-month prison sentence after breaching a restraining order banning him contacting his ex-partner.”
BBC News, 16th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Amid the economic gloom, UK drinkers have found a measure of good news – the pint will not have to be renamed. Decades of wrangling with the EU over switching to metric measures has ended with a vote confirming that imperial measures can carry on indefinitely.”
BBC News, 16th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A senior Scotland Yard commander will launch his claim of racial discrimination against the Metropolitan Police today.”
The Guardian, 17th December 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An advert for the Robert de Niro and Al Pacino police thriller Righteous Kill, which used the line ‘there’s nothing wrong with a little shooting as long as the right people get shot’, was criticised by a watchdog for running during the inquest into the police shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes.”
The Guardian, 17th December 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Family court hearings are for the first time to be opened to accredited media, Justice Secretary Jack Straw announced today, in an oral statement in the House of Commons.”
Ministry of Justice, 16th December 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“The secrecy of the family courts – in which nearly 95,000 cases are heard in private each year – is to end under reforms announced yesterday that will allow the media access to all levels of the system. The move could mean that social workers and expert witnesses who fail children, and now enjoy the protection of anonymity, will in future be named publicly when criticised by judges.”
The Times, 17th December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The teenage killer of Rhys Jones was jailed for a minimum of 22 years yesterday by a judge who expressed his disgust at the murderer’s ‘brutality’ and ‘cowardice’.”
The Times, 17th December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A juror who faced jail after posting details of a trial on Facebook is to escape court action.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th December 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A primary school teacher who struck his son-in-law with a cricket bat as he tried to defend his daughter has been jailed for manslaughter.”
BBC News, 16th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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