Diana coroner rejects Queen call – BBC News
“The coroner for Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed’s inquests has said he will not involve the Queen or the Duke of Edinburgh in the case at this stage.”
BBC News, 9th July 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Lawyer in CSA dispute freed from jail – The Times
“A barrister who was jailed for refusing to pay child support was freed on unconditional bail yesterday pending a judicial review hearing. ”
The Times, 9th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
‘Change human rights laws to stop encouraging terrorists’ – The Times
“The UK must withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) because its interpretation by the courts encourages terrorists to come to Britain, according to a report published today.”
The Times, 9th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Pair guilty over break-in at base – BBC News
“Two peace activists who broke into RAF Fairford and attacked US military vehicles have been found guilty of conspiracy to commit criminal damage.”
BBC News, 6th July 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Three found guilty over July 21 bomb plot – The Guardian
“Three men were today found guilty of an extremist Islamist plot to detonate bombs on tube trains and a bus in London on July 21 2005.”
The Guardian, 9th July 2007
source: www.guardian.co.uk
Lesbian admits ‘marriage’ charge – BBC News
“A woman has admitted entering into a civil partnership with her lesbian partner while she was still married.”
BBC News, 9th July 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
R v Harries – Times Law Reports
Care needed in drafting
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“Where an offence was committed over two or more days which straddled the coming into force of the dangerous offender provisions, a term of imprisonment for public protection should not be imposed where it was not clear when the offence was actually committed.”
The Times, 9th July 2007
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
R (Niazi) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – Times Law Reports
Compensation scheme withdrawal is lawful
R (Niazi) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department
Queen’s Bench Division
“The withdrawal, without notice or consultation, of the ex gratia scheme for compensation for miscarriages of justice was not unlawful.”
The Times, 9th July 2007
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
Review of Part 6 of the Civil Procedure Rules: service of documents – Ministry of Justice
“This consultation paper seeks views on proposals to simplify the rules in Part 6 of the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 on service of documents within the jurisdiction and for service out of the jurisdiction.”
Review of Part 6 of the Civil Procedure Rules: service of documents
Ministry of Justice, 9th July 2007
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
MP bids to lift secrecy in family courts – The Daily Telegraph
“A legal bid to lift the secrecy surrounding children taken from parents and put up for adoption has been launched by an MP.”
The Daily Telegraph, 7th July 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
City lawyer in age-discrimination battle – The Times
“One of the legal world’s most eagerly awaited spectacles for years is to start at an employment tribunal today when a senior City lawyer accuses his former partners of age discrimination. Peter Bloxham, the 54-year-old former head of restructuring for Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, will take the stand at the London Central Employment Tribunal to give evidence against former colleagues in the elite City of London law firm.”
The Times, 9th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Synod agrees deal over discipline to head off church rift over gay clergy – The Guardian
“The Church of England yesterday bowed to pleas from two archbishops to help draw up a disciplinary covenant for the worldwide Anglican communion, despite fears that it will led to the expulsion of liberal believers.”
The Guardian, 9th July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Ethnic minority firms challenge Straw in High Court over legal aid – The Guardian
“Jack Straw will face his first court challenge as Lord Chancellor next week when the Law Society, the Commission for Racial Equality and ethnic minority lawyers go to the High Court to try to halt the government’s controversial shake-up of legal aid.”
The Guardian, 9th July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Veteran sues over NHS’s refusal to pay for eye drugs – The Independent
“A pensioner aged 84 is suing an NHS trust over its refusal to pay for drugs to save his sight in the first such case to be backed by Britain’s leading charity for the blind.”
The Independent, 9th July 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
ISP told to block file-sharing in landmark case – OUT-LAW.com
“An internet service provider in Belgium must screen traffic for music piracy, a court has ruled in a decision which overturns conventional thinking on how two major European directives relate to one another.”
OUT-LAW.com, 6th July 2007
Source: www.out-law.com
CPS has ‘all evidence it needs’ in honours case – The Guardian
“The Crown Prosecution Service said today it had ‘all the evidence we need to make a decision’ on whether to bring charges in the cash-for-honours affair.”
Guardian, 6th July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Ellis v Bristol City Council – WLR Daily
Ellis v Bristol City Council [2007] EWCA Civ 685
“The Code of Practice issued by the Health and Safety Commission was aimed to give guidance to the construction of health and safety regulations; a judge in construing the meaning of a regulation, should have regard to its meaning and purpose, any relevant judicial authority and also the Code of Practice when considering whether a place of work was unsafe for the employees working there.”
WLR Daily, 6th July 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Abdirahman v. Secretary of State for Work and Pensions – WLR Daily
“When considering applications made by EU and EEA nationals living in the United Kingdom for social security benefits who were neither economically active nor self-sufficient, lawful presence in the United Kingdom was not to be equated with a right to reside within the meaning of reg 21(3G) of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 for the purposes of entitlement to social security benefits.”
WLR Daily, 6th July 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
