“Efforts to seize millions of pounds from fraudsters and tax evaders are failing because criminals are managing to hide their gains from the authorities.”
The Times, 9th April 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Chancery Division
“The function of the adjudicator to the Land Registry in relation to the entry of a restriction was not limited to determining whether the applicant had demonstrated an arguable claim within the meaning of section 42(1)(c) of the Land Registration Act 2002.”
The Times, 9th April 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Court of Appeal
“Where a consent order provided for costs to be assessed on the standard basis, the costs judge was not entitled to vary that order or tie himself to assessing by reference to the small claims track.”
The Times, 9th April 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Mortgage Repossessions (Protection of Tenants etc) Act 2010 published
Full text of Act (PDF)
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Debt Relief (Developing Countries) Act 2010 published
Full text of Act (PDF)
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
“A blog owner can avoid liability for user-generated content that appears on his site without being checked or moderated, the High Court has ruled. But fixing the spelling or grammar in users’ posts could lose him that protection, it said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 8th April 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
“An illegal immigrant accused of tricking the attorney general into employing her as a housekeeper was paid £95,000 for her story by a newspaper, a court heard yesterday.”
The Guardian, 8th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The legal aid budget will face further cuts whoever wins the election, politicians from the three main parties warned last week.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 9th April 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“More than 55 per cent of criminal offences are dealt with outside our courts — on-the-spot fines exceed 200,000 a year and more than a fifth of offenders who breach conditional cautions are not pursued by the Crown Prosecution Service. A Commons select committee described this as representing ‘a fundamental change to our concept of a criminal justice system’.”
The Times, 8th April 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A ban on mephedrone and other so-called ‘legal highs’ was backed by the Lords today amid accusations ministers were guilty of a ‘knee-jerk’ response.”
The Independent, 8th April 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A teenager has admitted spreading false rumours about the supposed location of one of James Bulger’s killers, police confirmed today.”
The Guardian, 8th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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