Retrial in judge blackmail case – BBC News
“A cleaner faces a retrial over claims she blackmailed a female judge and stole sex videos from a male judge.”
BBC News, 20th April 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Case track limits and the claims process for personal injury claims – Department for Constitutional Affairs
“The first part of this paper reviews and makes proposals on the case management track limits for civil claims found in Part 26.6 of the Civil Procedure Rules. The second part considers how the claims process for personal injury cases could be streamlined to become more efficient and cost effective.”
Case track limits and the claims process for personal injury claims CP 8/07, 20th April 2007
Source: www.dca.gov.uk
Chiniah v. Director General of the Mauritius Revenue Authority – WLR Daily
Chiniah v. Director General of the Mauritius Revenue Authority
“A court could take into account a director’s dominant shareholding of a company in determining whether, under the law of Mauritius, he was a ‘principal officer’ of that company so as to be personally liable for income tax owed by the company.The Privy Council so held in dismissing an appeal by Jayram Chiniah from the order of the Court of Civil Appeal of Mauritius (YKJ Yeung Sik Yuen ACJ and P Lam Shang Leen J) affirming the decision of the Supreme Court of Mauritius to dismiss his notice of motion for erasure of an inscription of privilege in the sum of Rs 6.9m over his property, taken under the authority of the Income Tax Act 1995, in respect of income tax for the years 1991–92 to 1994–95 due by a company, Chiniah & Sons Ltd of which he was, until 17 April 1996, a director.”
WLR Daily, 17th April 2007
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.
EU agrees to common child support laws – The Guardian
“European Union countries agreed yesterday to bolster the rights of parents and couples trying to collect child support payments across EU borders.”
The Guardian, 20th April 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Higher rights plan backed – Law Society’s Gazette
“Advocacy should not be treated differently from other practice areas and so the requirement for solicitors to achieve an additional qualification before being permitted to exercise higher rights is unnecessary, the Law Society has said.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 20th April 2007
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Peers deal blow as reform bill spirals – Law Society’s Gazette
“The government suffered its first bloody nose over the Legal Services Bill this week, when peers voted to require the head of the proposed oversight regulator for the profession to be appointed with the concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 19th April 2007
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Coroner rejects US pilot error claim in Iraq crash – The Guardian
“The death of eight British servicemen in an American helicopter crash at the start of the Iraq war was due to mechanical failure, and not pilot error as the US has claimed, an Oxford coroner ruled yesterday.”
The Guardian, 20th April 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Police call for tougher gun crime laws – The Guardian
“One of the UK’s most senior police officers has called for new laws that would compel the public to give information to the police about gun crime – whether they want to or not.”
The Guardian, 20th April 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Angry families of terror victims seek payouts – The Guardian
“British victims of terrorist atrocities abroad yesterday voiced their frustration and anger at the lack of help from the government. Survivors of bombings in Bali, Egypt and Turkey spoke out on the eve of the second reading of a private member’s bill which hopes to introduce a system that would allow the families of those killed or injured to be paid compensation.”
The Guardian, 20th April 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Kensington Heights Commercial Co. Ltd. v. Campden Hill Developments Ltd. – Times Law Reports
Tenants can serve notice on freeholder
Kensington Heights Commercial Co. Ltd. v. Campden Hill Developments Ltd.
Court of Appeal
“Where a landlord entered into a contract to surrender a headlease without serving a notice on the qualifying tenants, they were entitled to serve a notice on the freeholder requiring him to grant a new lease to their nominee on the same terms as the surrendered lease.”
The Times, 20th April 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.
O’Hanlon v. Customs Commissioners – Times Law Reports
Limit to sick pay is lawful
O’Hanlon v. Revenue and Customs Commissioners
Court of Appeal
“A sick pay policy that did not provide unlimited full pay for a disabled employee who had lengthy absences from work was not discriminatory under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.”
The Times, 20th April 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.
Regina (Consumer Council for Postal Services) v. Postal Services Commission and Another – Times Law Reports
Absence of lawyer is regretted
Regina (Consumer Council for Postal Services) v. Postal Services Commission and Another
Court of Appeal
“The Royal Mail was entitled to refuse compensation to a customer who was in default of credit terms without reasonable excuse. The fact and extent of the customer’s default was ascertained by reference to a particular point rather than a period of time.”
The Times, 20th April 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.
In re K (Child) (Adoption: Permission to advertise) – Times Law Reports
Premature advertising for adoption
In re K (Child) (Adoption: Permission to advertise)
Family Division
“Before a child could be advertised for adoption the local authority had to be satisfied that the child ought to be placed for adoption.”
The Times, 20th April 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.
EU makes it against law to condone genocide – The Times
“Condoning or ‘grossly trivialising’ genocide will become a crime punishable by up to three years in prison across Europe, although justice ministers failed to agree a specific ban on denying the Holocaust yesterday.”
The Times, 20th April 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Suing a cartel should be easier, says OFT – OUT-LAW.com
“Consumers and businesses harmed by cartels and other anti-competitive practices should be better placed to recover their losses, according to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) which launched a consultation on changing competition rules this week.”
OUT-LAW.com, 19th April 2007
Source: www.out-law.com
Compensation bid for bomb victims – BBC News
“A bid for compensation for Britons who are killed or hurt in terrorist attacks abroad is to be debated by peers.”
BBC News, 19th April 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Related link: Victims of Overseas Terrorism Bill 2006-07
BAILII: Recent decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
London & Quadrant Housing Trust v Ansell [2007] EWCA Civ 326 (19 April 2007)
Millam v Print Factory (London) 1991 Ltd [2007] EWCA Civ 322 (19 April 2007)
Source: www.bailii.org
Thompsons secures key age discrimination win – The Lawyer
“Thompsons has won the first age discrimination case since new laws were introduced in October 2006, paving the way for a slew of similar cases.”
The Lawyer, 19th April 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
Inquest date for NatWest Three death – Daily Telegraph
“The inquest into the death of Neil Coulbeck, who worked with the Natwest Three, has been set for May 23, 10 months after the banker was found hanged near his home.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th April 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
