Year’s delay for Saville report – BBC News
“The Saville Inquiry’s report into the events of Bloody Sunday will not be completed until autumn 2009, the chairman of the inquiry has revealed.”
BBC News, 5th November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
MoD pays out £2.4m to Kosovan shot in the jaw – Daily Telegraph
“A Kosovan man shot in the jaw by a British soldier has been awarded £2.4 million compensation after suing the Ministry of Defence.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
The Jonathan Ross-Russell Brand affair stripped bare – The Times
“With David Cameron surfing in on the wake of the Ross-Brand affair to raise questions about the BBC’s size, regulation and commercial activities, it is no wonder that the top ranks of the BBC are running scared about what the row means for the long-term future of the corporation.”
The Times,6th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
FSA defends rules on life companies’ use of with-profits surpluses – OUT-LAW.com
“The FSA has resisted calls for a full-scale debate on the regulation of with-profits funds, but it has promised a major review of how effectively life companies are implementing its current rules.”
OUT-LAW.com, 5th November 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
Hunt sets out his roadmap for sweeping regulatory review – Legal Week
“Former Beachcroft senior partner Lord Hunt of the Wirral has unveiled more detail of how his nine-month review of the regulatory framework for the legal profession will proceed.”
Legal Week, 6th November 2008
Source: www.legalweek.com
Why ‘no win, no fee’ is bringing access to justice – The Times
“The slow squeezing of life out of the legal aid system over the past decade and the impact it has had on money available to fund group claims led to multiparty specialists concluding that — with only rare exceptions — such claims were doomed.”
The Times, 6th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
UK campaigners welcome support from Washington for assisted suicide – The Guardian
“British campaigners seeking to decriminalise assisted suicide today welcomed news from the US election that voters in the state of Washington had backed the introduction of legislation to permit a form of euthanasia.”
The Guardian, 5th November 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Criminals must be scared of going to court, says the country’s most senior judge – Daily Telegraph
“Criminals should be ‘frightened’ of going to court, the most senior judge in England and Wales has said, signalling a new tougher attitude towards sentencing.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Lord Lester stands down as adviser to Jack Straw – The Times
“The Prime Minister’s plans to introduce a ‘Bill of Rights and Responsibilities’ have been dealt a blow with the resignation of the Lord Lester of Herne Hill, the Liberal Democrat peer.”
The Times, 5th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Wife seeks rise in £1.1m divorce – BBC News
“A single mother who lost an appeal against her ex-partner’s settlement which included a £1.1m house has vowed to take her case to the European Court.”
BBC News, 5th November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Fresh row over UK’s long working hours – The Independent
“The Government tonight pledged to ‘stand firm’ to maintain an opt-out to the Working Time Directive after a committee of Euro MPs, including a Labour member, voted to scrap it.”
The Independent, 5th November 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Tarique Ghaffur due to settle police race case out of court – The Guardian
“Britain’s highest-ranking Asian police officer, Assistant Commissioner Tarique Ghaffur, is due to reach an out-of-court settlement with the Metropolitan police over his employment tribunal claim for racial discrimination before Commissioner Sir Ian Blair leaves office next month, a source has told the Guardian.”
The Guardian, 5th November 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Government defeat on DNA database – BBC News
“The government has been defeated in the House of Lords over the issue of keeping peoples’ DNA and fingerprints on the police national database.”
BBC News, 5th November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Marriage visa age to rise later this month – UK Border Agency
“The age at which someone can apply for a marriage visa will increase from 18 to 21 from the end of this month, the Government announced today.”
UK Border Agency, 4th November 2008
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
Hussain v Chief Constable of West Mercia Constabulary – WLR Daily
Hussain v Chief Constable of West Mercia Constabulary [2008] EWCA Civ 1205; [2008] WLR (D) 342
“Transient physical symptoms caused by stress or anxiety did not constitute either psychiatric or physical injury so as to amount to material damage for the purposes of the tort of misfeasance in public office.”
WLR Daily, 4th November 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.
Helow v Secretary of State for the Home Department and Another – Times Law Reports
Helow v Secretary of State for the Home Department and Another
House of Lords
“A judge’s membership of a Jewish association whose magazine had expressed partisan views against Palestinian causes did not in itself imply that the judge shared or endorsed such views so as to have raised the possibility of bias and want of impartiality when determining an immigration appeal by a Palestinian activist.”
The Times, 5th 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.
McDonald v HM Advocate – Times Law Reports
Privy Council
“The refusal by the High Court of Justiciary in Scotland to receive a devolution minute was the determination of an issue sufficient to give jurisdiction to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council to hear an appeal.”
The Times, 5th 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.
