SRA delays launch of abridged LPC – The Lawyer
“Alternative routes to qualifying as a solicitor will not be piloted this year as planned, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has revealed.”
The Lawyer, 4th June 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
Does big business need to panic? Only if they’re violating the law – The Times
“The arrival on UK soil of Michael Hausfeld, the doyen of American class-action lawyers, earlier in the year has inspired some fairly excitable headlines anticipating a tidal wave of US-style group litigation. ‘Big business beware,’ cautioned a profile in The Sunday Times. Another report in the insurance press started with the simple declaration: ‘The eagle has landed .'”
The Times, 4th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Magic circle wades into LSB independence debate – Legal Week
“All five magic circle firms have thrown their weight behind attempts to amend the Legal Services Bill ahead of a parliamentary debate on the issue today (4 June).”
Legal Week, 4th June 2007
Source: www.legalweek.com
Bar Council calls on MPs to put consumers first – The Times
“The Bar Council, the representative body for UK barristers, has called on MPs to prioritise consumers in any changes to the British legal system ahead of today’s second reading of the wide-ranging Legal Services Bill in the House of Commons.”
The Times, 4th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
‘More inquiries’ in honours probe – BBC News
“The Crown Prosecution Service has asked cash-for-honours probe police to ‘undertake further inquiries’.”
BBC News, 4th June 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 3) Order 2007
The Export Control (Iran) Order 2007
The Companies (Political Expenditure Exemption) Order 2007
The Asylum (Designated States) Order 2007
The Gambling Act 2005 (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) Order 2007
The Home Information Pack (Revocation) Regulations 2007
The Human Tissue (Quality and Safety for Human Application) Regulations 2007
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Quality and Safety) Regulations 2007
The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2007
The Street Litter Control Notices (England) (Amendment) Order 2007
The Road Tunnel Safety Regulations 2007
The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (Corresponding Amendments) Order 2007
The Bus Lane Contraventions (Approved Local Authorities) (England) (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2007
The National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2007
The Education Act 1996 (Amendment of Section 19) (England) Regulations 2007
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Revenue and Customs Commissioners v. Decadt – Times Law Reports
Training cost is not tax-deductible
Revenue and Customs Commissioners v. Decadt
Chancery Division
“For expenses to be deductible from a taxpayer’s earnings, they had to be necessarily incurred in the performance of his duties and not simply because he was obliged by his contract to incur them.”
The Times, 4th June 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.
Housden and Another v. Conservators of Wimbledon and Putney Commons – Times Law Reports
No private right of way possible
Housden and Another v. Conservators of Wimbledon and Putney Commons
Chancery Division
“A prescriptive right based on 40 years of use could not be acquired under section 2 of the Prescription Act 1832 where the servient owners had powers derived from a statute that rendered it unlawful for them to grant the right claimed.”
The Times, 4th June 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.
Hughes v. Grampian Country Food Group Ltd. – Times Law Reports
Trussing chickens is not manual handling
Hughes v. Grampian Country Food Group Ltd.
Court of Sesssion, Inner House
“A process worker trussing chicken carcasses was not performing a manual handling operation for the purposes of the Manual Handling Operations Regulations (SI 1992 No 2793).”
The Times, 4th June 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.
Both sides in abortion row get ready for parliamentary battle – The Guardian
“Both sides in the battle over abortion rights are gearing up for a test of strength in parliament to see which of them has the political muscle either to liberalise David Steel’s 40-year-old legislation or to curb what opponents of abortion call ‘two Dunblane massacres a day’.”
The Guardian, 4th June 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Seven new laws for every day of Blair as PM – Daily Telegraph
“More than seven new laws have come into force every day since Tony Blair came to power a decade ago, new research has shown.”
Daily Telegraph, 4th June 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Criminals convicted by police jurors to appeal to law lords – The Guardian
“Two convicted criminals who claim they were denied a fair trial because the juries which found them guilty included a police officer will take their case to Britain’s highest court next month. Their appeal to the House of Lords will be heard in July, along with a third case in which one of the jurors who delivered a guilty verdict was a lawyer working for the Crown Prosecution Service, which brought the prosecution.”
The Guardian, 4th June 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Firm to be sued over ‘torture flights’ – The Guardian
“A former British resident being held at Guantánamo is suing a subsidiary of the Boeing corporation which he alleges was involved in arranging for him to be taken to secret American prisons around the world. Once there, he says, he was tortured.”
The Guardian, 4th June 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Supermarkets do not make law, says Gov – Daily Telegraph
“The Government is facing claims that its planning policy, unveiled last month, was unduly influenced by the supermarket giants, which lobbied to scrap rules safeguarding Britain’s town centres.”
Daily Telegraph, 4th June 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Prisoners‘ can claim thousands of pounds’ over delays to parole – The Guardian
“Hundreds of offenders are being wrongly held in jail because the Prison Service is failing to meet the deadline for their early release on parole.”
The Guardian, 2th June 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Tesco takes on ‘sleepy’ solicitors – Daily Telegraph
“Tesco, the UK’s largest retailer, is plotting to take on high street solicitors by launching a property conveyancing service.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd June 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Brown ready to strengthen terror laws – The Times
“Gordon Brown indicated yesterday that he will take a tough line with counter-terrorism laws as he unveiled plans to extend the powers of the police and courts.”
The Times, 4th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Chagos islanders demand compensation from Britain – Reuters
“Indian Ocean islanders expelled from the Chagos archipelago more than 40 years ago want Britain to pay damages, their leader said on Sunday.”
Reuters, 3rd June 2007
Source: www.reuters.com
Miller takes £5m divorce to Europe – Daily Telegraph
“It was a ruling that alarmed wealthy husbands across England by establishing London as the divorce capital of the world for wives.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd June 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Ministers face legal challenge over jails crisis – The Guardian
“Ministers are facing a legal challenge which could force them to plough millions of pounds into prison treatment programmes because inmates are reaching the end of their sentences but cannot be freed because they have been unable to attend compulsory courses that are a condition of their release.”
The Guardian, 4th June 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
