“Eleven stalkers known to target players such as Maria Sharapova and the Williams sisters have been banned from Wimbledon and warned to stay away from the area.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th June 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Heinz has withdrawn its Deli Mayo TV ad that featured two men sharing a kiss and apologised to viewers after the advertising regulator received about 200 complaints that it was offensive and inappropriate.”
The Guardian, 24th June 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Britain’s biggest credit card company faces being fined by the telecoms watchdog for making ‘annoying’ silent calls to people’s homes, it emerged yesterday.”
The Guardian, 24th June 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The attorney general must no longer combine the roles of politician and legal adviser to the government to maintain public confidence, a committee of MPs says today.”
The Guardian, 24th June 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The country’s most senior police officer was accused yesterday of excluding black and Asian detectives in favour of a ‘golden circle’ of white officers.”
The Times, 24th June 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“An estate agent who kidnapped her former employer and had him tortured for seven hours in revenge for being sacked was jailed for ten years yesterday.”
The Times, 24th June 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A nanny shook a three-month-old baby so forcefully that he suffered severe brain damage and died almost eleven months later, a jury at Liverpool Crown Court was told yesterday.”
The Times, 24th June 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The parents of Madeleine McCann will ask a High Court judge to order police files on the disappearance of their daughter to be released.”
BBC News, 23rd June 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An 18-year-old was today jailed for life for the murder of a Polish woman who was caught in the crossfire of a ‘wild west’ shoot-out in a south London car park.”
The Guardian, 23rd June 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Povey & Ors, R v [2008] EWCA Crim 1261 (21 May 2008)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
London Borough of Lambeth v Johnston [2008] EWCA Civ 690 (19 June 2008)
Hicklane Properties Ltd v Bradbury Investments Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 691 (19 June 2008)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Europcar UK Ltd & Ors v HM Revenue & Customs [2008] EWHC 1363 (Ch) (19 June 2008)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Malik v Manchester Crown Court & Ors [2008] EWHC 1362 (Admin) (19 June 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
The Tope (Prohibition of Fishing) (Wales) Order 2008
The Education and Inspections Act 2006 (Commencement No.1 and Saving Provisions) (Wales) Order 2008
The West Northamptonshire Joint Committee Order 2008
The Employment and Support Allowance (Consequential Provisions) (No. 2) Regulations 2008
The Building Societies Act 1986 (Accounts, Audit and EEA State Amendments) Order 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Johnston v London Borough of Lambeth [2008] EWCA Civ 690; [2008] WLR (D) 200
“A council officer reviewing a decision that an applicant did not have priority need as a homeless person could not dispense with the statutory obligation to consider the earlier decision and, if mindful to find against the applicant, to give notice of his grounds in order for the applicant to make written or oral representations.”
WLR Daily, 19th 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.
Chancery Division
“Damages for loss of a chance were recoverable in an action for deceit.”
The Times, 23rd June 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.
In re P (Adoption: Unmarried couple)
House of Lords
“Regulations governing the adoption of children in Northern Ireland which prevented the consideration of an unmarried couple as potential adoptive parents were in breach of the couple’s rights to a family life, under article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights and article 14, prohibiting discrimination.”
The Times, 23rd June 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.
“Dozens of Britain’s most dangerous criminals, including murderers and terrorists, could be freed from jail after a potentially ‘disastrous’ ruling by senior judges, a leading police officer has warned.”
Daily Telegraph,
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Could proposals to give prenuptial agreements legal status spell an end to painful break-ups? asks Samantha Downes.”
The Guardian, 21st June 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Concessions made to secure the passage of the 42-day detention bill will ‘damage the fight against terrorism’, a former home secretary has said.”
BBC News, 20th June 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Britain’s approval of the EU’s Lisbon Treaty suffered a last-minute hitch when a High Court judge ordered the Government to delay ratification.”
The Independent, 21st June 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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