Sinclair and Another v Glatt and Others
Court of Appeal
“A court-appointed receiver could have a lien on the property held in a convict’s name even though he had only a bare legal interest in it. A pending financial relief claim of the former wife of the convict had no priority over the receiver’s lien.”
The Times, 16th April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Hatzl and Another v XL Insurance Co Ltd
Court of Appeal
“On a proper construction of article 31(1)(a) of the Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road, scheduled to the Carriage of Goods by Road Act 1965, a dispute did not become justiciable in England merely by the fact that an assignor of one of the contracting parties happened to be domiciled in England if that was the only connection with the jurisdiction.”
The Times, 16th April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A man serving 33 years in a British jail for a drug offence committed in Thailand is to challenge his sentence in what could become a precedent-setting case for Britons jailed abroad. The case is being watched by the growing number of Britons in overseas jails who want to serve their sentence in the UK.”
The Guardian, 16th April 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Lawyers for two British nationals who face the death penalty in Pakistan, after allegedly being tortured to give confessions for murder they insist they did not commit, have asked the Foreign Office to intervene urgently in the case.”
The Guardian, 16th April 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A woman was stabbed to death by her husband in front of their two children hours after police had refused to escort her to a women’s refuge, a jury was told yesterday.”
The Times, 16th April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A couple funded a luxury lifestyle of champagne and top-class hotels by siphoning off up to £650,000 from a Citizens Advice Bureau office, a jury was told yesterday.”
The Guardian, 16th April 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
The Inspectors of Education, Children’s Services and Skills Order 2009
The Police and Justice Act 2006 (Commencement No. 1) (England) Order 2009
The Hendon Urban Motorway Special Roads Scheme 1961 (Variation) Order 2009
The International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Motor Vehicles (Approval) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Motor Cycles Etc. (Single Vehicle Approval) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Modification) Order 2009
The Iran (United Nations Sanctions) Order 2009
The European Union Military Staff (Immunities and Privileges) Order 2009
The Judicial Proceedings in Specified Overseas Territories (Restrictive Measures) Order 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
“Third parties bankrolling litigation used to be anathema. The credit crunch has brought a sea change.”
The Times, 16th April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Workers who are employed under an unbroken succession of contracts can now claim equal pay compensation for that string of contracts and not just the latest one, the Court of Appeal has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 16th April 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“The Metropolitan police commissioner, Sir Paul Stephenson, has ordered a review of public order policing amid mounting concerns over the way his force and the City of London police handled the G20 protests this month.”
The Guardian, 15th April 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“If recent headlines have been about judges’ concerns over sentencing criminals, District Judge David Oldham is determined to press the case for the other half of the justice system. The civil courts, he says, are woefully under-resourced — a problem ever more acute in times of hardship.”
The Times, 16th April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The European commission yesterday called for the UK’s privacy laws to be tightened to protect internet surfers as it launched legal proceedings against the government for breaching data protection and so-called ePrivacy rules.”
The Guardian, 15th April 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The inventor of the genetic technology behind the national DNA database says it risks losing support because it holds the records of innocent people.”
BBC News, 15th April 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The judges are up in arms over changes to the justice system, says Judge Isobel Plumstead, of the Council of Circuit Judges.”
The Times, 16th April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The families of 10 British servicemen killed when their RAF Hercules was shot down in Iraq have issued a high court writ accusing the Ministry of Defence of negligence, breach of a duty of care and failing to comply with article two of the European convention on human rights, which enshrines the right to life.”
The Guardian, 15th April 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A wheelchair basketball player from Merseyside who was part of a medal winning team at Beijing 2008 has been jailed for benefit fraud.”
BBC News, 15th April 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Whitehall advisers were today warned that they will be sacked automatically if they are caught releasing ‘inappropriate material’ to the media.”
The Guardian, 15th April 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Government is changing the way that a copyright disputes body operates in a bid to save time and money. It has opened a consultation on the changes to the operation of the Copyright Tribunal.”
OUT-LAW.com, 15th April 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
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