“Europe’s top rights court ruled against the government on Tuesday for intercepting telephone calls between British and Irish rights groups and their clients, violating their right to privacy.”
Reuters, 1st July 2008
Source: www.reuters.com
The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2008
The Immigration (Registration Card) Order 2008
The Council Tax Limitation (Maximum Amounts) (England) Order 2008
The Armed Forces (Service Inquiries) Regulations 2008
The Coroners (Amendment) Rules 2008
The Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (Commencement No. 5 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2008
The Magnetic Toys (Safety) Regulations 2008
The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
“Two businessmen jailed last month in the UK’s first price-fixing prosecution have been ordered to surrender over £1 million of assets at a confiscation hearing.”
The Times, 1st July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Gordon Brown has lost a of trial of strength with Ruth Kelly and is allowing her to miss a crucial vote to relax embryo research next week, The Times has learnt.”
The Times, 1st July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Angel Airlines v Dean and Dean [2008] EWHC 1513 (QB) (30 June 2008)
High Court (Commercial Court)
P v A & Anor [2008] EWHC 1361 (Comm) (20 June 2008)
High Court (Patents Court)
Actavis UK Ltd v Janssen Pharmaceutica NV [2008] EWHC 1422 (Pat) (30 June 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
Speech by Mr Justice Ryder
Judiciary of England and Wales, 27th June 2008
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“A policy, whereby indefinite leave to remain would be granted to certain families living as a unit with children and young adults, was a proportionate response to particular administrative and financial problems represented by that group; and accordingly the different treatment of single young adults, who were excluded from the policy because they were parentless, was justified.”
WLR Daily, 30th June 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.
Court of Appeal
“The loss of their home by a Gypsy family with nowhere else to live was capable in law of being regarded as a very special factor for the purposes of the national guidance issued to local planning authorities and was to be weighed in the balance as between the value society attached to the protection of Gypsy homes against the public value of protecting the Green Belt.”
The Times, 1st July 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.
The Armed Forces Act 2006 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2008
The Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008
The Student Fees (Qualifying Courses and Persons) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment (No. 3) Order 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
“A businessman is suing an old schoolfriend after he allegedly created a fake profile of him on the social networking site Facebook.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st July 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A rise in court costs could be deterring local authorities from applying for protection for vulnerable children, the BBC has learned.”
BBC Law in Action, 1st July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A group of children were told they face anti-social behaviour orders for playing football in the street.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th June 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Eastern European migrants working on the construction of a £600m NHS hospital have been taking home as little as £8.80 for a 39-hour week, the Guardian has learned, in what has been described by union bosses as one of the worst instances of employee abuse in the building sector since EU enlargement.”
The Guardian, 30th June 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“People who pick on and abuse the elderly will be treated more harshly under a government crackdown to be announced next month.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th June 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Tesco today launched a legal challenge against one of the key proposals of the Competition Commission’s two-year investigation into Britain’s £120 billion supermarket sector.”
The Times, 30th June 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Sir Richard Tucker, for years one of the country’s most senior judges, is heading for court in a row with his former gardener over poisoned plants.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th June 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Nearly 29,000 criminals have been freed from prison early in the first 11 months of an emergency scheme to beat jail overcrowding, it was announced yesterday.”
The Independent, 1st July 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Government’s attempt to reduce alcohol-related disorder by introducing 24-hour drinking has failed dismally, according to a survey.”
The Times, 1st July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“An inquiry will tomorrow (30 June) brand Britain’s asylum system inhumane and urge the Government to improve the treatment of refugees.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th June 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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