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Recent Statutory Instruments - OPSI

Posted on June 16, 2008
The Assembly Learning Grants and Loans (Higher Education) (Wales) Regulations 2008 The Dee Estuary Cockle Fishery Order 2008 The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Amendment of section 323) Regulations 2008 The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Amendments to Part 7) Regulations 2008 The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No...

Redknapp and Another v Commissioner of the City of London Police and Another - Times Law Reports

Posted on June 16, 2008
Redknapp and Another v Commissioner of the City of London Police and Another Queen’s Bench Divisional Court “Reasons for seeking the issue of an search warrant had to be set out to make it valid. For its execution to be lawful, the occupier of the premises had to be shown and given a copy of the warrant...

Khan v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis - Times Online

Posted on June 16, 2008
Khan v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis Court of Appeal “Police powers to enter and search a premises without a warrant, could be used only where those premises were, in fact, occupied or controlled by a person under arrest, and not where the police had merely a reasonable belief that the suspect occupied or controlled the [...

Gibson v Revenue and Customs Prosecution Office - WLR Daily

Posted on June 16, 2008
Gibson v Revenue and Customs Prosecution Office [2008] EWCA Civ 645; [2008] WLR (D) 189 “The wife of a convicted drug dealer was entitled to keep her interest in the matrimonial home despite a finding in confiscation proceedings that she had guilty knowledge of the source of her husband?s wealth...

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Church of England faces compensation bill over women bishops - Daily Telegraph

Posted on June 16, 2008
“The Church of England could face paying out millions of pounds in compensation to opponents of women bishops who quit their posts over the issue.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 16th June 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Lawyers split over 42 day detention period - The Lawyer

Posted on June 16, 2008
“City lawyers are split over the extension of the pre-charge detention period to 42 days which was narrowly passed in the House of Commons on Wednesday.” Full story The Lawyer, 13th June 2008 Source: www.thelawyer.com

Caretaker who fell off stepladder sues for £50,000 over ?inadequate training? - Daily Telegraph

Posted on June 16, 2008
“A school caretaker who was injured falling off a six-foot stepladder is suing his employer for £50,000 claiming he was not trained how to use it properly.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 16th June 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

80% want legal P2P - survey - The Register

Posted on June 16, 2008
“A fascinating survey of music consumption conducted for British Music Rights has good and bad news for the beleaguered music business.” Full story The Register, 16th June 2008 Source: www.theregister.co.uk

European test case could give over-65s the right to stay at work - The Guardian

Posted on June 16, 2008
“A test case on age discrimination which goes to the European court of justice in Luxembourg early next month could open the way for employees in Britain to insist on working past 65.” Full story The Guardian, 16th June 2008 Source: www.guardian...

Raj Persaud: TV psychiatrist faces plagiarism hearing - The Guardian

Posted on June 16, 2008
“Britain’s best-known psychiatrist will appear before a disciplinary hearing today over allegations of plagiarism.” Full story The Guardian, 16th June 2008 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Recent Statutory Instruments - OPSI

Posted on June 13, 2008
The Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 The Motor Vehicles (Approval) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 The Public Service Vehicles (Conditions of Fitness, Equipment, Use and Certification) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 The Public Service Vehicles Accessibility (Amendment) Regulations 2008 The Public Service Vehicles (Registration of Local Services) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2008 The Cardiothoracic Centre?Liverpool National Health Service Trust [...

Day v Haine and another - WLR Daily

Posted on June 13, 2008
Day v Haine and another [2008] EWCA Civ 626; [2008] WLR (D) 188 “Where a company had failed to comply with its statutory obligation to consult its workforce before going into liquidation and subsequently protective awards were made by an employment tribunal, the obligation had arisen before the liquidation and the protective awards were therefore contingent [...

Kilby v Gawith - Times Law Reports

Posted on June 13, 2008
Kilby v Gawith Court of Appeal “In costs-only proceedings following the out-of-court settlement of a small-value road traffic claim, the court had no discretion to disallow the successful claimant a success fee provided for in the conditional fee agreement with her solicitors...

Regina v Arnold - Times Law Reports

Posted on June 13, 2008
Regina v Arnold Courts-Martial Appeal Court “The Courts-Martial Appeal Court had no jurisdiction to entertain an appeal by a prosecutor unless at, or before informing the court that it intended to appeal the prosecutor had agreed that the accused should be acquitted of the charge if leave to appeal was not obtained...

Regina (Wood) v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis - Times Law Reports

Posted on June 13, 2008
Regina (Wood) v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis Queen’s Bench Division “Taking and retaining photographs of someone engaged in a political protest or demonstration was not unlawful and did not infringe his human rights.” The Times, 13th June 2008 Source: www...

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on June 13, 2008
Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Portsmouth Youth Activities Committee (A Charity) v Poppleton [2008] EWCA Civ 646 (12 June 2008) Gibson v Revenue & Customs Prosecution Office [2008] EWCA Civ 645 (12 June 2008) Hanoman v London Borough of Southwark [2008] EWCA Civ 624 (12 June 2008) High Court (Queen’s Bench Division) X & Anor v London Borough of Hounslow [...

Boy ordered to tear down treehouse over planning permission row - Daily Telegraph

Posted on June 13, 2008
“A teenage boy has been ordered to tear down his treehouse because he doesn’t have planning permission for it.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 12th June 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

42-day terror law faces ?very rough ride? in Lords - The Times

Posted on June 13, 2008
“A leading Labour critic of Gordon Brown’s 42-day terror detention plan predicted today that the legislation would have a ‘very rough ride’ in the Lords.” Full story The Times, 12th June 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

The ?strangulation of freedoms? that Davis will fight on - The Independent

Posted on June 13, 2008
“David Davis listed a host of controversial developments in the arena of civil liberties as the reasons for his shock resignation.” Full story The Independent, 12th June 2008 Source: www.independent.co.uk

People injured in hazardous activities only have themselves to blame, court rules - Daily Telegraph

Posted on June 13, 2008
“People who injure themselves during hazardous sporting activities can blame no one but themselves, the appeal court has ruled.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 12th June 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

House of Lords ?reaches out? into the blogosphere - The Guardian

Posted on June 13, 2008
“The House of Lords is aiming to spruce up its fusty image by launching viral videos on a YouTube channel to ‘combat outdated stereotypes of members’ and build on its first web foray Lords of the Blog.” Full story The Guardian, 13th June 2008 Source: www...

?Bangle? supporters petition PM - BBC News

Posted on June 13, 2008
“The family of a Sikh girl excluded from school for wearing a religious bangle will hand in a petition to Downing Street.” Full story BBC News, 13th June 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Drunk and disorderly children escaping prosecution - Daily Telegraph

Posted on June 13, 2008
“The number of children prosecuted for being drunk and disorderly has plunged despite a substantial increase in under-age drinking.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 12th June 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Killer joyrider?s ?inadequate? prison sentence criticised by family of victim - Daily Telegraph

Posted on June 13, 2008
“The family of a mother-of-four killed by a serial joyrider has condemned the courts after he was spared a maximum 14-year prison term and jailed for eight years.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 12th June 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Laptop lapses which embarrassed government - The Guardian

Posted on June 13, 2008
“The revelation that top secret documents relating to al-Qaida and Iraq were left on a train is the latest in a string of recent embarrassments over data security lapses.” Full story The Guardian, 12th June 2008 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

O2?s bubble bursts as it loses trademark case - The Times

Posted on June 13, 2008
“O2, the British mobile operator, has lost its four-year battle with rival 3 over the use of its bubble trademark in a television advertisement.” Full story The Times, 12th June 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Freedom Of Information: Watchdog targets government and public institutions - The Independent

Posted on June 13, 2008
“The dawn of the Freedom of Information age was supposed to bring a shift in government attitudes to secrecy. So why, asks Robert Verkaik, Law Editor, has the Information Commissioner made a call for greater disclosure?” Full story The Independent, 13th June 2008 Source: www...

Podcast 56: With Carl Gardner on 42 days? - Charon QC

Posted on June 13, 2008
“Today, on the day after the government squeezed through with their proposal to extend the detention without charge period from 28 to 42 days, I talk with Carl Gardner, author of the Head of Legal blog. We discuss: 42 days - The deals - What happens when it gets to the Lords and find time to [...

Terror campaign postman is jailed - BBC News

Posted on June 13, 2008
“A postman who left a hoax bomb on a bridge and sent white powder in the post to leading figures, including Tony Blair, has been jailed for four years.” Full story BBC News, 13th June 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Ex-workers win £2m compensation - BBC News

Posted on June 13, 2008
“Hundreds of steelworkers who lost their jobs in Newport will receive a share of nearly £2m in redundancy money.” Full story BBC News, 13th June 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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