Baby’s DNA was held on database – BBC News
“A baby had its details held on the controversial DNA police database, Jacqui Smith has confirmed.”
BBC News, 9th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Month: March 2009
Baby P care chief starts legal action against Balls – The Guardian
“The former children’s services chief who was sacked after the Baby P tragedy has launched a legal challenge against the role played in her dismissal by Ed Balls, the children’s secretary, it emerged yesterday.”
The Guardian, 10th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
L’Oreal in High Court battle with eBay – Daily Telegraph
“L’Oreal, the cosmetics giant, has begun a High Court action over the sale of fake fragrances and cosmetic products on eBay.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
UK child asylum rules ‘flouted’ – BBC News
“Government guidelines on the treatment of child asylum seekers are being ‘routinely flouted’ by UK Border Agency staff, according to a report.”
BBC News, 10th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
UN report condemns Britain over torture cases – The Guardian
“Britain is condemned today in a highly critical UN report for breaching basic human rights and ‘trying to conceal illegal acts’ in the fight against terrorism.”
The Guardian, 9th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Ferry angry after judge told charge to be dropped – The Independent
“Otis Ferry, the son of the rock star Bryan, spoke of his anger yesterday at having to spend four months in prison after being charged with an offence that police and prosecutors now plan to drop.”
The Independent, 10th March 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Landlady wins case against rapist who sued her for clearing his flat – Daily Telegraph
“Melody Goymer, a landlady who was sued for £750 by a serial rapist for clearing her flat of his belongings after he was arrested, has won her appeal against the ruling.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Clive Stafford Smith: ‘If I had my time all over again, I’d defend paedophiles’ – The Times
“He battled for years to save death-row convicts in the US, and now represents terror suspects. But what fires a lawyer who acts only for the poor and universally hated?”
The Times, 10th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Local Government (Structural Changes) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Other Provision) Order 2009
The Local Government Pension Scheme (Administration) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (Walsall) Designation Order 2009
The Education (Budget Statements) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Pension Protection Fund (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2009
The Pensions Appeal Commissioners (Procedure) (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Insolvency Proceedings (Monetary Limits) (Amendment) Order 2009
The Building (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Social Security (National Insurance Number Information: Exemption) Regulations 2009
The Accounts and Audit (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Law firms from 21 countries meet to plot case against Bernard Madoff – The Times
“A global coalition of law firms representing victims of Bernard Madoff’s alleged Ponzi scheme will today meet to plot their case against the fund manager.”
The Times, 9th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Vulnerable women and children bear brunt of cuts in family justice system – The Bar Council
“Expert family barristers are being driven away from their work to represent the interests of vulnerable women and children as a result of repeated cuts in legal aid pay, a new report says.”
The Bar Council, 9th March 2009
Source: www.barcouncil.org
Ending violence against women and girls – your voice counts – Home Office
“The largest ever cross-government public consultation to tackle violence against women and girls was launched today by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith.”
Home Office, 9th March 2009
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
The impact of bad character provisions on the courts – Ministry of Justice
“This report provides evidence from six court centres over eight months in 2006 on the use of applications to admit bad character evidence in criminal cases. This provision was introduced as part of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 and was designed to allow evidence of a defendant’s bad character to play a greater part in the prosecution of cases.”
Ministry of Justice, 9th March 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Man Financial ‘overstated value of account by millions’ – The Times
“Man Financial, the City brokerage, deliberately overstated the value of a customer trading account by millions of pounds in a systematic ‘fraud’, the High Court will hear today. ”
The Times, 9th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
JD Wetherspoon plc v Revenue and Customs Commissioners – WLR Daily
JD Wetherspoon plc v Revenue and Customs Commissioners (Case C-302/07); [2009] WLR(D) 84
“Traders who priced individual goods on a VAT-inclusive basis were not entitled to claim the same right to round down VAT for each transaction that was granted to traders who priced goods exclusive of VAT and added VAT at the moment of invoicing.”
WLR Daily, 6th March 2009
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.
Liverpool City Council v Doran (Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government intervening) – WLR Daily
“There was no conflict between the propositions (1) that there was no formula setting out the factors which could be relied upon by a licensee in support of an argument that the decision of a local authority, operating a site under the provision of the Caravan Sites Act 1968, to serve a notice to quit was one which no reasonable council would have taken, and (2) that the question whether the council’s decision was one which no reasonable person would have made was to be decided by applying public law principles as they would have been developed at common law, and not through the lens of the European Convention on Human Rights.”
WLR Daily, 6th March 2009
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 (Incorporated Trustees of the National Council on Ageing (Age Concern England)) v Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform – WLR Daily
“National rules allowing compulsory dismissal at retirement age and non-recruitment of persons of retirement age were not contrary to Community law provided that they were justified by legitimate social policy objectives and were appropriate and necessary for achieving such objectives.”
WLR Daily, 6th March 2009
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.
Cardiff Three left stuck in the past as police face conspiracy charges – The Guardian
“Life has stood still for Stephen Miller since he was arrested more than 20 years ago and charged with the murder of a young woman in Cardiff. ‘Not one day goes past without me thinking about the case,’ he said. ‘My life is stuck in 1988.'”
The Guardian, 9th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Regina (Incorporated Trustees of the National Council on Ageing (Age Concern England)) v Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform – Times Law Reports
Court of Justice of the European Communities
“European member states could lawfully provide in their employment legislation for certain kinds of differences in treatment on the ground of age if those differences were objectively and reasonably justified by a legitimate aim such as employment policy, but the member states had the burden of establishing, to a high standard of proof, the legitimacy of the aim relied on as a justification.”
The Times, 9th March 2009
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.
Third of a million extra offences ‘due to cuts to probation service’ – Daily Telegraph
“Hundreds of thousands of extra crimes could be committed because of plans to cut the number of officers monitoring dangerous offenders, probation staff have warned.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
