“More than a million motorists a year face having bailiffs force their way into their homes to collect unpaid parking fines under legislation before MPs.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th April 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A woman left infertile after cancer treatment will find out today if her ‘last chance’ to use her frozen embryos has been successful.”
The Guardian, 10th April 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Prison governors have delivered an urgent warning to ministers that building new jails will not solve the criminal justice crisis and that too many minor offenders with mental health and alcohol problems are being locked up.”
The Guardian, 10th April 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“British businessmen could find themselves in American jails after a crackdown by the US Department of Justice on trade with ‘rogue states’, leading lawyers say.”
The Times, 10th April 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A solicitor whose firm specialises in compensation claims for sick miners made a personal profit of £16.8 million in one year.”
The Times, 10th April 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Probation officers and child protection experts voiced concerns last night after it emerged that a so-called Sarah’s Law would be piloted in three areas.”
The Times, 10th April 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A British woman has launched a court challenge to become the legal guardian of a 160lb chimpanzee in a test case that could confer basic rights on apes across Europe. ”
The Independent, 9th April 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Judges fear nothing – apart from other judges. And quite understandably so, as a personal telling off from a higher-ranking judge can cause public humiliation.”
The Lawyer, 9th April 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“The Criminal Bar Association (CBA) has launched a draft strategy paper on how to maintain its members’ position in the market in a bid to meet the ‘growing threat of unfair competition’ from solicitor higher court advocates (HCAs).”
Law Society’s Gazette, 5th April 2007
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The Law Society has passed a unanimous vote of no-confidence in the Legal Services Commission (LSC), it emerged last week, as the Government vowed to press on with a key plank of its controversial package of reforms to the £2bn legal aid system.”
Legal Week, 5th April 2007
Source: www.legalweek.com
“A former barrister who went on the run mid-way through her trial for conning £80,000 from an insurance company has been stripped of her remaining assets in her absence.”
The Times, 5th April 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Extremists who preach hate and incite violence and murder will be targeted under a tough crackdown launched by the Attorney-General today to bring ‘radicalisers’ before the courts. ”
The Times, 5th April 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Catt, R (on the application of) v Brighton and Hove City Council [2007] EWCA Civ 298 (04 April 2007)
Wilson & Anor v Hurstanger Ltd [2007] EWCA Civ 299 (04 April 2007)
AH (Sudan)& Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2007] EWCA Civ 297 (04 April 2007)
Rice & Anor v Secretary of State for Trade & Industry & Anor [2007] EWCA Civ 289 (04 April 2007)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Secretary of State for the Home Department v Rideh [2007] EWHC 804 (Admin) (04 April 2007)
Bamber, R (on the application of) v HM Revenue & Customs [2007] EWHC 798 (Admin) (04 April 2007)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Wembley National Stadium Ltd v Wembley (London) Ltd& Ors [2007] EWHC 756 (Ch) (04 April 2007)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Rao v Central Liverpool Primary Care Trust [2007] EWHC 773 (QB) (04 April 2007)
Source: www.bailii.org
O’Brien v. Seagrave and another [2007] EWHC 788 (Ch)
“A claimant who had a right to bring a statutory claim for provision from the deceased’s estate under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 could be said to have a sufficient “interest” in the estate to permit her to proceed with a probate claim under CPR rule 57.7(1).”
WLR Daily, 4th April 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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R (AW and others) v. Croydon London Borough Council and another [2007] EWCA Civ 266
Where a failed asylum seeker satisfied the criteria of s 21(1) and (1A) of the National Assistance Act 1948 in that he or she was “infirm destitute” and the provision of support was necessary for the purpose of avoiding a breach of his or her Convention rights within the meaning of para 3 of Sch 3 to the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002, that provision fell to be made by a local authority pursuant to s 21 of the 1948 Act.
WLR Daily, 4th April 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Edwards v. Golding and others [2007] WLR (D) 88
“In defamation cases knowledge of the identity of the tortfeasor was not an integral element required before a cause of action could be said to have accrued for the purposes of limitation.”
WLR Daily, 4th April 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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R (Balding) v. Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2007] EWHC 759 (Admin)
“Where an individual was liable to repay overpaid social security benefit under the Social Security Administration Act 1992 this was counted as a liability to pay money under an enactment for the purposes of s 382(4) of the Insolvency Act 1986 and was a bankruptcy debt. Discharge of the bankrupt released him from liability for recovery of the overpaid benefit.”
WLR Daily, 4th April 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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