“The brother of a pilot wrongly accused of training the 11 September 2001 hijackers has succeeded in a High Court bid to win damages for wrongful arrest.”
The Independent, 1st December 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A pioneering scheme to tackle domestic violence, which affects 1.5 million women each year in the UK, has cut the incidence of assault and injury to women by two thirds, according to the first independent evaluation of its impact.”
The Independent, 3rd December 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Information Commissioner launched an investigation yesterday after it was revealed that thousands of Britons’ bank details are available for sale on the internet.”
The Independent, 3rd December 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“It is, Colin Stagg ardently hopes, all over. That was what he said in an email yesterday in which he explained why he never, ever, wanted to talk to the media again and hoped to return to the anonymous life he led before he was arrested 15 years ago for the murder of Rachel Nickell in front of her son, Alex, on Wimbledon Common.”
The Guardian, 1st December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A judge yesterday criticised the Hunting Act as he allowed the appeal of the first fox hunter convicted of breaching the controversial law. Judge Graham Cottle said the law that forbids the hunting of animals with dogs was ‘far from simple to interpret or apply’.”
The Guardian, 1st December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The government was at loggerheads with its own advisers last night over its new drugs policy.”
The Observer,2nd December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Two children of a multimillionaire jeweller have been given legal aid of £30,750 to protect their interests under a family trust amid a divorce war between their parents.”
The Guardian, 3rd December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Police forces have paid out more than £44 million in compensation and damages in the past five years, mostly to victims of alleged police misconduct, The Times has learnt.”
The Times, 3rd December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A 14-year-old boy who tried to rape a teenage girl has been told that he will remain in custody until he is no longer considered to be a danger to the public.”
The Times, 3rd December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Pregnant women who find out that their baby has a serious disability would no longer be able to have an abortion under amendments to the law tabled in Parliament yesterday.”
The Times, 1st December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The unilateral power of amendment given to the Legal Services Commission in its new unified contract with solicitors wishing to undertake publicly funded civil work was incompatible with the requirement of transparency in the award of contracts by public authorities.”
WLR Daily, 30th November 2007
Please note: once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Chandler v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Another [2007] EWCA Civ 1211
“Regular payments to an absent parent which came purely out of capital were not income for the purposes of calculating liability for child maintenance. They were not “any other payments or other amounts received on a periodical basis …” for the purposes of para 15 of Sch 1 of the Child Support (Maintenance Assessments and Special Cases) Regulations 1992.”
WLR Daily, 30th November 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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“Mobile phone networks must allow consumers moving to a rival network to take their mobile number with them and customers must be able to receive calls on that number within two hours of moving to the new network, under new rules coming into force in 2009.”
OUT-LAW.com, 29th November 2007
Source: www.out-law.com
High Court (Commercial Court)
HLB Kidsons (a firm) v Lloyds Underwriters (Policy No 621/PKID00101) & Ors
Sanhe Hope Full Grain Oil Foods Production Co Ltd v Toepfer International Asia Pte Ltd
High Court (Patents Court)
Anning, Re Decision of Comptroller-General of Patents
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Duarte v The Black and Decker Corporation & Anor
Prince Radu of Hohenzollern v Houston & Anor
“An interim report into how two discs containing the personal details of 25 million people went missing, is expected in December, the chancellor has said.”
BBC News, 29th November 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Jain and Another v Trent Strategic Health Authority
Court of Appeal
“The risk of harm to the residents of registered homes outweighed the economic interests of the registered home proprietor.”
The Times, 30th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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Kensington International Ltd v Republic of Congo and Others
Court of Appeal
“The defence of self-incrimination was not available against an order requiring disclosure of documents concerning alleged payment of bribes.”
The Times, 30th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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“Council publishes advice to sentencers on bail offences.”
Sentencing Guidelines Council, 29th November 2007
“A Picasso portrait worth an estimated £33m is the subject of an intense legal battle between Andrew Lloyd Webber’s art foundation and a German-Jewish professor who claims it was looted from his family by the Nazis in the 1930s.”
The Independent, 30th November 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Suspects who deliberately fail to turn up in court should be jailed, according to guidelines announced yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th November 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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