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Immigration rule change ?illegal? - BBC News

Posted on April 08, 2008
“The government acted unlawfully in changing immigration rules for highly skilled workers who want to stay in the UK, the High Court has ruled.” Full story BBC News, 8th April 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Search engines must delete data after six months, say watchdogs - OUT-LAW.com

Posted on April 08, 2008
“Search engines must delete search logs after six months if they are to comply with data protection laws, according to a committee of EU countries’ privacy watchdogs. Google has said that the findings do not take account of commercial reality...

Omagh bomb relatives launch action in high court - The Guardian

Posted on April 08, 2008
“The civil action by relatives of the Omagh bomb victims against the Real IRA is an attack on terrorists unprecedented anywhere in the world, the lawyer representing the families said yesterday. On the opening day of a case brought by some of the relatives of those who were killed or injured in the 1998 atrocity, [...

Masri v Consolidated Contractors International UK Ltd and others (No 2) - WLR Daily

Posted on April 08, 2008
Masri v Consolidated Contractors International UK Ltd and others (No 2) [2008] EWCA Civ 303; [2008] WLR (D) 97 “There was no reason why the court should not exercise a power to appoint a receiver by way of equitable execution over future receipts from a defined asset...

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Whitehead and another v Hibbert Pownall & Newton ( a firm) - WLR Daily

Posted on April 08, 2008
Whitehead and another v Hibbert Pownall & Newton ( a firm); [2008] WLR (D) 96 “Solicitors who had negligently failed to prosecute a claim for damages for clinical negligence, including a claim for future loss, with the result that the claim had been set down at the date of the original claimant?s death were not liable [...

R v R (Video Recording: Admissibility) - WLR Daily

Posted on April 08, 2008
R v R (Video Recording: Admissibility) [2008] EWCA Crim 678; [2008] WLR (D) 95 “A video recording of an interview given had been was properly admitted as evidence in chief at a criminal trial pursuant to a special measures direction made under s27 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999, notwithstanding that no notification [...

Family Life - Family Justice - Fairness - Speech by Mr Justice Coleridge

Posted on April 08, 2008
Family Life - Family Justice - Fairness (PDF) Speech by Mr Justice Coleridge. Resolution National Conference, 5th April 2008 Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on April 08, 2008
High Court (Administrative Court) British Medical Association, & Anor R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for Health [2008] EWHC 599 (Admin) (13 March 2008) Slivka v District Court of Prague [2008] EWHC 595 (Admin) (12 March 2008) Secretary of State for Justice, R (on the application of) v Mental Health Review Tribunal & Anor [2008] [...

Recent Statutory Instruments - OPSI

Posted on April 08, 2008
The Bluetongue Regulations 2008 The Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) and Blood Safety and Quality (Amendment) Regulations 2008 The Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2008 The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Commencement No...

Sir Ken Macdonald: ?We are determined to do more ourselves? - The Times

Posted on April 08, 2008
“It is a classic case of poacher- turned-gamekeeper ? or in the case of Sir Ken Macdonald, perhaps the other way round. The Director of Public Prosecutions has embarked on a programme of taking on Crown Court trials ? the stomping ground of his profession, the Bar...

Government changes mind on contract rules - OUT-LAW.com

Posted on April 08, 2008
“The UK Government wants to sign up to a European Regulation which would standardise how the law is applied in cross-border contractual disputes, it has said. The Regulation, known as Rome I, replaces existing rules governing such disputes.” Full story OUT-LAW...

How Mansfield dominated the Diana inquest - The Guardian

Posted on April 08, 2008
“Michael Mansfield has been just where he likes to be throughout the six month inquest - in the centre of the spotlight. Stephen Bates reviews his latest courtroom performance.” Full story The Guardian, 8th April 2008 Source: www.guardian...

Lawyer took paralysed client?s £1.2m payout - The Times

Posted on April 08, 2008
“A solicitor who stole £1.25 million from a client left paralysed by a traffic accident was jailed yesterday for ten years for what the judge described as the ?very worst breach of trust for a professional man?.” Full story The Times, 8th April 2008 Source: www...

?Sin bins? fail to improve anti-social families - Daily Telegraph

Posted on April 08, 2008
“Plans to put disruptive families through expensive so-called sin bin programmes to improve their behaviour are proving a costly failure, it has been claimed.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 8th April 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Jail threat for data thieves recedes - OUT-LAW.com

Posted on April 08, 2008
“Plans to jail personal data thieves have been shelved due to a surprise amendment to a proposed new law. The new law will contain a clause threatening jail, but that clause will not be implemented.” Full story OUT-LAW.com, 7th April 2008 Source: www...

Rastafarian temple drugs trial collapses - The Guardian

Posted on April 08, 2008
“A £100,000 cannabis-dealing trial, launched following a high-profile police raid on a Rastafarian temple in south London, has collapsed in legal confusion.” Full story The Guardian, 8th April 2008 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Chauffeur and paparazzi to blame for Diana death, jury finds - The Guardian

Posted on April 07, 2008
“Diana, Princess of Wales and Dodi Fayed were unlawfully killed by the reckless driving of their chauffeur, Henri Paul, and the paparazzi who chased them, jurors in the inquest into their deaths decided today.” Full story The Guardian, 7th April 2008 Source: www...

Mother kept boy in wheelchair for five years - Daily Telegraph

Posted on April 07, 2008
“A mother who kept her son in a wheelchair for five years and convinced him and doctors that he could not walk has been jailed for four years.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 7th April 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Views sought on proposed changes to Criminal Procedure Rules - Ministry of Justice

Posted on April 07, 2008
“The Criminal Procedure Rule Committee is asking for views on proposed changes to the rules on starting a criminal case in a magistrates’ court.” Full story Ministry of Justice, 7th April 2008 Source: www.justice.gov.uk

Killer lawyer gets early release - BBC News

Posted on April 07, 2008
“A lawyer who stabbed his wife to death after she told him she was leaving him has been released after serving less than half of his sentence.” Full story BBC News, 7th April 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Diana coroner to accept majority - BBC News

Posted on April 07, 2008
“The coroner at the inquest into Princess Diana’s death has authorised the jury to return a majority verdict.” Full story BBC News, 7th April 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on April 07, 2008
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) Rochester, R v [2008] EWCA Crim 678 (04 April 2008) Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Brooker & Anor v Fisher [2008] EWCA Civ 287 (04 April 2008) Masri v Consolidated Contractors International Company SAL & Anor [2008] EWCA Civ 303 (04 April 2008) High Court (Chancery Division) Fashoff (UK) Ltd (t/a Moschino Forall Confezioni Spa) v [...

Recent Statutory Instruments - OPSI

Posted on April 07, 2008
The National Assistance (Assessment of Resources and Sums for Personal Requirements) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2008 The Environmental Offences (Fixed Penalties) (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 2008 The Meat (Official Controls Charges) (Wales) Regulations 2008 The Assembly Learning Grant (Further Education) Regulations 2008 The Criminal Defence Service (Funding) (Amendment) Order 2008 The Specified Animal Pathogens Order 2008 The Protection of Military Remains Act [...

Licence to lend: Consumer Credit Appeals Tribunals starts operating - Tribunals Service

Posted on April 07, 2008
“A newly created tribunal, set up to ensure credit businesses have a more independent route of appeal against decisions by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), starts work today, administered by the Tribunals Service.” Press release (PDF) Tribunals Service, 7th April 2008 Source: www...

In re S (Care Proceedings: Assessment of risk) - Times Law Reports

Posted on April 07, 2008
In re S (Care Proceedings: Assessment of risk) Court of Appeal “Local authorities should not introduce in care proceedings, and send to experts, material which was unfair because it was purely prejudicial.” The Times, 7th April 2008 Source: www...

Regina v Khan (Bakish Alla); Regina v Hanif Regina v Lewthwaite; Regina v Khan (Michael Arshad); Regina v Cross Regina v Hill - Times Law Reports

Posted on April 07, 2008
Regina v Khan (Bakish Alla); Regina v Hanif Regina v Lewthwaite; Regina v Khan (Michael Arshad); Regina v Cross Regina v Hill Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) “It was essential that trial judges should be aware at the stage of jury selection if any potential juror was, or had been a police officer or a member of [...

Star Wars costume-maker strikes back against George Lucas - The Times

Posted on April 07, 2008
“Lucas?s business empire claims that it owns all the rights to the uniforms, while the lawyers at Simmons Cooper Andrew will argue that the rights are in fact vested in an obscure prop designer from Twickenham who made the first helmets and suits for the 1977 film...

Rethink over Christ ?porn? film ban - The Observer

Posted on April 07, 2008
“A landmark decision to ban a film showing Christ being caressed on the cross on the grounds that it was blasphemous could be reversed after almost 20 years.” Full story The Observer, 6th April 2008 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Act repeal could make Franz Herzog von Bayern new King of England and Scotland - Daily Telegraph

Posted on April 07, 2008
“Gordon Brown is considering repealing the 1701 Act of Settlement as a way of healing a historic injustice by ending the prohibition against Catholics taking the throne.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 7th April 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co...

Ban on samurai swords becomes law - BBC News

Posted on April 07, 2008
“Legislation against selling, making, hiring or importing samurai swords in England and Wales has come into force.” Full story BBC News, 6th April 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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