Regina (Buglife – The Invertebrate Conservation Trust) v Thurrock Thames Gateway Development Corporation – The Times

Posted November 18th, 2008 in fees, judicial review, law reports, protective costs orders by sally

Regina (Buglife – The Invertebrate Conservation Trust) v Thurrock Thames Gateway Development Corporation

Court of Appeal

“Where a party with limited means applied for a protective costs order to bring a matter of public importance before the court, and that party was represented by means of a conditional fee agreement, the agreed success fee was relevant to the amount of the cap on the costs order and consequently was to be disclosed to the court.”

The Times, 18th 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.

Government to unveil new laws to protect vulnerable children – The Guardian

Posted November 18th, 2008 in child abuse, news, social services by sally

“No government reforms can ‘make good the evil’ that happened to Baby P, the children’s secretary, Ed Balls, said today.”

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The Guardian, 18th November 2008

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Peers win concession on offset limits in climate bill – The Guardian

Posted November 18th, 2008 in bills, climate change, emissions trading, environmental protection, news by sally

“The government last night moved to tighten its commitment to the 80% reduction of carbon emissions by the year 2050, introducing a safeguard that a limit be placed on reductions achieved by buying international offsetting credits.”

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The Guardian, 18th November 2008

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Pc fined over abusive Facebook postings – Daily Telegraph

Posted November 18th, 2008 in disciplinary procedures, internet, news, police, professional conduct by sally

“A policeman who posted abusive comments on a website, which appeared to condone the use of violence, has been fined by his force.”

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Daily Telegraph, 17th November 2008

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Mike Pullen: ‘Companies need to take competition law seriously’ – The Times

Posted November 18th, 2008 in competition, news by sally

“DLA’s head of competition, who was born on a fairground, says that competition watchdogs will only get more active.”

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The Times, 17th November 2008

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Asylum-seeker charities are just playing the system, says Woolas – The Guardian

Posted November 18th, 2008 in asylum, news by sally

“Immigration minister Phil Woolas has attacked lawyers and charities working on behalf of asylum seekers, accusing them of undermining the law and ‘playing the system’. In an interview with the Guardian, Woolas described the legal professionals and NGO workers as ‘an industry’, and said most asylum seekers were not fleeing persecution but were economic migrants.”

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The Guardian, 18th November 2008

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Daily Cause List, 18th November 2008

Posted November 18th, 2008 in news by sally

Tuesday 18th November 2008

Source: www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk

Please note only the current day’s cause list will be accessible

Judge orders Total to make ‘generous’ offer to Buncefield victims – The Times

Posted November 18th, 2008 in accidents, compensation, fire, news, personal injuries by sally

“Hundreds of victims of the Buncefield fire moved closer to an initial payout today after a judge instructed the oil depot’s operator to make them a ‘sensible and generous’ offer.”

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The Times, 17th November 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Mother to get answers over daughter’s rape and murder – Daily Telegraph

Posted November 18th, 2008 in murder, news, rape by sally

“An inquest is to be opened into the death of a woman murdered by a convicted rapist who had used the Human Rights Act to convince a panel he should be freed from jail.”

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Daily Telegraph, 17th November 2008

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Warning over fixed penalty notices for violent crimes – The Times

Posted November 18th, 2008 in news, penalties, violence by sally

“Magistrates gave warning yesterday that the criminal justice system is being ‘undermined’ because thousands of serious offences are being processed by police using fixed penalty notices away from public scrutiny.”

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The Times, 17th November 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Senior judge wants top court to avoid crime – Daily Telegraph

Posted November 18th, 2008 in appeals, criminal justice, news, Supreme Court by sally

“A member of the Court of Appeal has argued that only rare or occasional criminal cases should be heard by the new Supreme Court because its judges are too out of touch.”

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Daily Telegraph, 17th November 2008

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Judges’ report backs US-style plan that give lawyers a cut of damages – The Times

Posted November 18th, 2008 in damages, fees, legal profession by sally

“A report seen by The Times supports the adoption of US-style contingency deals in which lawyers take their fees out of damages won for clients.”

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The Times, 18th November 2008

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Met defends stop-and-search tactics as it claims limited success in reducing knife crime – The Guardian

Posted November 18th, 2008 in news, offensive weapons, police, stop and search by sally

“The Metropolitan police yesterday claimed a limited success in the fight against knife crime, citing a 12% fall in incidents since May, but at the price of long-term resentment over the widespread use of stop-and-search needed to achieve it.”

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The Guardian, 18th November 2008

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Court cuts ‘compromising judges’ – BBC News

Posted November 18th, 2008 in confiscation, fines, news by sally

“A leading judge has told the BBC he fears a conflict of interest as courts increasingly depend on income from fines and confiscations to operate.”

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BBC News, 18th November 2008

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Solicitors accused over ‘dubious deals’ with union official that cost sick miners thousands – The Times

Posted November 18th, 2008 in claims management, fees, industrial injuries, miners, news, solicitors, trade unions by sally

“Britain’s highest-earning solicitor acted dishonestly and with ‘conscious impropriety’ in dealings with a mining union that led to his firm handling thousands of industrial disease compensation claims, a tribunal heard yesterday.”

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The Times, 18th November 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Iraq war legal advice flawed, says ex-law lord – The

Posted November 18th, 2008 in attorney general, Iraq, news, war by sally

“Legal advice given to Tony Blair prior to the invasion of Iraq was fundamentally ‘flawed’, a former senior law lord said today.”

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The Independent, 18th November 2008

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‘Kerplunk’ sculptor agrees £1.7m court settlement – Daily Telegraph

Posted November 18th, 2008 in artistic works, contracts, negligence, news by sally

“The award-winning designer of the troubled B of the Bang sculpture has agreed to pay back £1.7 million of taxpayers’ money.”

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Daily Telegraph, 18th November 2008

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Solicitors ‘misled’ sick miners – BBC News

Posted November 17th, 2008 in claims management, fees, industrial injuries, miners, news, solicitors by sally

“Two solicitors who won personal injury claims for thousands of miners have appeared before a tribunal accused of taking cuts from compensation pay-outs.”

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BBC News, 17th November 2008

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Mother sues barrister daughter for libel over ‘neglect memoir’ – Daily Telegraph

Posted November 17th, 2008 in defamation, news by sally

“A mother is suing her barrister daughter for libel over a book which accused her of childhood abuse and neglect.”

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Daily Telegraph, 17th November 2008

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI

Posted November 17th, 2008 in legislation by sally

The Children Act 1989 (Contact Activity Directions and Conditions: Financial Assistance) (England) Regulations 2008

The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 2008

The Criminal Defence Service (Funding) (Amendment No. 2) Order 2008

The Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners (Registration) (Amendment) Regulations Order of Council 2008

The Family Provision (Intestate Succession) Order 2008

Source: www.opsi.gov.uk