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esure Insurance Ltd v Direct Line Insurance plc - Times Law Reports

Posted on September 05, 2008
esure Insurance Ltd v Direct Line Insurance plc Court of Appeal “An expert?s report was of little value in evaluating the likelihood of trade-mark confusion from the standpoint of a consumer.” The Times, 5th September 2008 Source: www.timesonline...

Regina (M) v Slough Borough Council - Times Law Reports

Posted on September 05, 2008
Regina (M) v Slough Borough Council House of Lords “A person?s need for a refrigerator in which to keep his medication was not sufficient to entitle him to residential accommodation.” The Times, 5th September 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co...

Recent Statutory Instruments - OPSI

Posted on September 05, 2008
The Health and Safety (Enforcing Authority for Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 The Valuation for Rating (Plant and Machinery) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 The Non-Domestic Rating (Communications Hereditaments) (Valuation, Alteration of Lists and Appeals and Material Day) (England) Regulations 2008 The Building (Electronic Communications) Order 2008 Source: www...

Plan to phase out complex police forms by end of 2009 - The Independent

Posted on September 05, 2008
“Controversial forms which police have to fill in every time they stop someone in the street should be phased out by the end of next year, a Home Office minister said today.” Full story The Independent, 4th September 2008 Source: www...

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Half of all criminals re-offend withn a year - Daily Telegraph

Posted on September 05, 2008
“Nearly half of all criminals released from jail reoffended within a year of being let out, figures have disclosed.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 5th September 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Top law firms excel in sexual diversity index - Legal Week

Posted on September 05, 2008
“Clifford Chance, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe, Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz and White & Case are among 64 law firms to receive a perfect score in the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2009 Corporate Equality Index, writes the Am Law Daily...

Teenagers given life for drowning student - The Independent

Posted on September 05, 2008
“Two teenagers who murdered a student by pushing him into a fast-flowing river were jailed for life yesterday.” Full story The Independent, 5th September 2008 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Marks & Spencer demand 7-year-old boy?s permission to deal with mother?s complaint - Daily Telegraph

Posted on September 05, 2008
“A mother who complained to shop staff that her seven-year-old son’s Superman playsuit was faulty was told data protection laws meant they could only deal with him.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 4th September 2008 Source: www.telegraph...

FSA challenged over insider trading case - The Times

Posted on September 05, 2008
“A father and son accused of insider trading today asked for the case against them to be dismissed on procedural grounds.” Full story The Times, 4th September 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Cherie Booth tells politicians to stop ?hysterically? hyping crime - The Independent

Posted on September 05, 2008
“The ‘hysterical rhetoric of politicians attempting to ride the tiger of public opinion’ is fuelling the fear of crime, according to a commission headed by Cherie Booth. The Commission on English Prisons Today, led by the wife of the former prime minister, protested over the record prison population reached under the government led until last [...

Recent Statutory Instruments - OPSI

Posted on September 05, 2008
The A1 Trunk Road (Dishforth to Barton) (Detrunking) Order 2008 The A1 Motorway (Dishforth to Barton Section and Connecting Roads) Scheme 2008 The Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 The Stamp Duty Land Tax (Variation of Part 4 of the Finance Act 2003) Regulations 2008 The Stamp Duty Land Tax (Exemption of Certain Acquisitions of [...

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on September 05, 2008
Court of Appeal (Civil Division) South Cambridgeshire District Council v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government & Ors [2008] EWCA Civ 1010 (05 September 2008) High Court (Technology and Construction Court) Fitzpatrick Contractors Ltd v Tyco Fire & Integrated Solutions (UK) Ltd [2008] EWHC 1927 (TCC) (25 July 2008) High Court (Patents Court) Oxonica Energy Ltd v [...

Mystery inmate refuses to leave jail - Daily Telegraph

Posted on September 05, 2008
“The male prisoner, who is a foreign national, has exploited a loophole in the system by refusing to divulge his real name and country of origin.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 5th September 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Cambridge lecturer sentenced for child porn - The Independent

Posted on September 05, 2008
“A Cambridge University academic was given a 12-month suspended prison sentence today after detectives found more than 1,000 indecent images of children on his computers.” Full story The Independent, 5th September 2008 Source: www.independent...

Fake death canoeist launches appeal bid - The Independent

Posted on September 05, 2008
“Back from the dead canoeist John Darwin has launched a bid to appeal against his sentence, his solicitor said today.” Full story The Independent, 5th September 2008 Source: www.independent.co.uk

CPD Channel

Posted on September 05, 2008
For solicitors and barristers with busy professional lives, finding time to fit in the annual CPD requirement can be difficult. A leading provider of CPD courses, CPD Channel, provides televised courses online at affordable prices. Courses cover employment, personal injury, litigation, mediation, corporate, commercial, property, family and IT and are presented by experienced members [...

Iraq dossier memos ?must be released? - Daily Telegraph

Posted on September 04, 2008
“Memos and emails showing how the Government’s Iraq war dossier was ’sexed up’ must be released, the information commissioner has ordered.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 4th September 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

R (Binyan Mohamed) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (2) - WLR Daily

Posted on September 04, 2008
R (Binyan Mohamed) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (2) [2008] EWHC 2100 (Admin); [2008] WLR (D) 300 “In performing the necessary balancing exercise in relation to public interest immunity and the exercise of the court?s discretion to order disclosure, it was incumbent on the court to have regard to the absence of [...

R v RL and JF - WLR Daily

Posted on September 04, 2008
R v RL and JF [2008] EWCA Crim 1970; [2008] WLR (D) 299 “A prosecution for the strict liability offence of causing polluting matter to enter controlled waters could be brought against either a club, as an unincorporated association, in its own name or against individual members...

Anthony Julius caught in conflict of interest row - The Times

Posted on September 04, 2008
“Mishcon de Reya, the law firm, and its star solicitor Anthony Julius have become embroiled in a High Court dispute involving an allegation of professional impropriety, it emerged today.” Full story The Times, 3rd September 2008 Source: www...

Black Solicitors Network set for City debut as diversity push gathers pace - Legal Week

Posted on September 04, 2008
“The Black Solicitors Network (BSN) is to launch a new City arm, as leading law firms continue their drive to attract a more diverse selection of new recruits.” Full story Legal Week, 4th September 2008 Source: www.legalweek.com

Harman: poll shows public support for ban on buying sex - The Guardian

Posted on September 04, 2008
“Harriet Harman will today step up her drive to make buying sex illegal when she releases new figures showing that more than half of men and women support the move if it will reduce people-trafficking for sexual exploitation.” Full story The Guardian, 4th Spetember 2008 Source: www...

High court challenge to stop toxic French ship arriving in Britain - Daily Telegraph

Posted on September 04, 2008
“A High Court challenge has been launched to stop a French aircraft carrier being broken up in Britain after it was deemed too toxic to be taken apart in India.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 3rd Septemeber 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Self-financing legal cases are too high a price for society - The Times

Posted on September 04, 2008
“Justice, the much-quoted saying goes, is open to all - like the Ritz Hotel. Access to the courts can often depend on the depth of a person’s pocket, with some of the best lawyers coming at a prohibitively high price. But lawyers’ fees aside, should the courts be a free public service, like the health [...

Mastermind behind ?Fagin-style? watch gang jailed for 12 years - Daily Telegraph

Posted on September 04, 2008
“The mastermind behind a ‘Fagin-style’ gang who stole £1million of watches from London jewellers has been jailed for 12 years.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 4th September 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Courts face closure as judges are told of £90m shortfall in collection of fees - The Times

Posted on September 04, 2008
“The criminal courts are facing their biggest cash crisis in decades after a warning to judges and magistrates of a £90 million shortfall in the budget for the justice system. Judges and magistrates in England and Wales have been told of the emergency, which is likely to result in trial delays, cancelled court sittings and [...

Rhys case legal aid row resolved - BBC News

Posted on September 04, 2008
“The legal aid dispute which threatened to delay the start of the trial of a 17-year-old accused of murdering Rhys Jones in Liverpool has been settled.” Full story BBC News, 4th September 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Unpaid servant lived in cupboard - BBC News

Posted on September 04, 2008
“A woman who smuggled an unpaid servant into the UK and forced her to sleep in a cupboard has been jailed for two and a half years at Harrow Crown Court.” Full story BBC News, 4th September 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Phone phishers hop on filesharing legal threats bandwagon - The Register

Posted on September 04, 2008
“Fraudsters have begun cold-calling householders to accuse them of copyright infringement online and threaten them with court action, an ISP has reported.” Full story The Register, 4th September 2008 Source: www.theregister.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on September 04, 2008
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) RL & Anor, R. v [2008] EWCA Crim 1970 (28 August 2008) High Court (Administrative Court) Mohamed, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs [2008] EWHC 2100 (Admin) (29 August 2008) High Court (Patents Court) Zipher Ltd v Markem Systems Ltd & Anor [2008] EWHC 2078 (Pat) (01 [...

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