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Government surveillance response ?inadequate?, say Lords ? OUT-LAW.com

Posted on June 23, 2009
“The Government’s response to a Parliamentary report on the monitoring and legislation surrounding surveillance is “inadequate”‘ and it has ‘paid insufficient attention’ to the report’s recommendations, a follow up report has said...

Injuries prompt youth jail review ? BBC News

Posted on June 23, 2009
“Prison chiefs are reviewing how staff restrain inmates at a young offenders’ institution (YOI) after an ‘unprecedented’ number of injuries.” Full story BBC News, 23rd June 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Social networking giants are subject to EU data protection laws, say regulators ? OUT-LAW.com

Posted on June 23, 2009
“Social networking sites are legally responsible for their users’ privacy, Europe’s privacy watchdogs have confirmed. A committee of data protection regulators has said that the sites are ‘data controllers’, with all the legal obligations that brings...

Parents jailed over ?hell hole? for children ? The Independent

Posted on June 23, 2009
“A mother and father who let their children live in a ‘hell hole’ were today jailed for three years, police said.” Full story The Independent, 22nd June 2009 Source: www.independent.co.uk

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Traveller site legal case begins ? BBC News

Posted on June 23, 2009
“A council has started legal action against a group of travellers who moved into an Essex village in April.” Full story BBC News, Source: www.bbc.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on June 22, 2009
High Court (Family Division) McFarlane v McFarlane [2009] EWHC 891 (Fam) (18 June 2009) High Court (Administrative Court) Owens v City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court [2009] EWHC 1343 (Admin) (08 June 2009) Wilson & Anor v Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority [2009] EWHC 1425 (Admin) (19 June 2009) High Court (Commercial Court) Brown & Ors v Innovatorone Plc [...

Recent Statutory Instruments ? OPSI

Posted on June 22, 2009
The Groundwater (England and Wales) Regulations 2009 The Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (Disclosure of Higher Education Student Information) Regulations 2009 The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments) (Taxes and National Insurance) Order 2009 The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments) (Uncertificated Securities) Order 2009 The Caribbean Development Bank (Seventh Replenishment of the Unified Special Development Fund) Order 2009 The Counter-Terrorism [...

Lawyers claim bidding system for criminal defence work may be illegal ? The Guardian

Posted on June 22, 2009
“Government proposals to introduce competitive tendering for criminal defence work will ’savagely reduce’ the number of firms, lawyers say, and may be unlawful in their disproportionate impact on minority lawyers.” Full story The Guardian, 21st June 2009 Source: www...

Teachers? body won?t stop BNP working in schools ? The Guardian

Posted on June 22, 2009
“The General Teaching Council for England is today accused by members of its governing body of failing to act to prevent British National party members from teaching in schools.” Full story The Guardian, 20th June 2009 Source: www.guardian...

Owens v City of Westminster Magistrates? Court ? WLR Daily

Posted on June 22, 2009
Owens v City of Westminster Magistrates? Court [2009] EWHC 1343 (Admin); [2009] WLR (D) 20 “When an appeal to the High Court under s 26 of the Extradition Act 2003 against an order for extradition to a category 1 territory was unsuccessful, the decision of the High Court on the appeal did not become final within [...

L?Oréal SA and others v Bellure NV and others ? WLR Daily

Posted on June 22, 2009
L?Oréal SA and others v Bellure NV and others (Case C-487/07); [2009] WLR (D) 203 “The claimants, producers and marketers of luxury perfumes, were the proprietors in the United Kingdom of well-known trade marks, some in the form of word marks alone, and others being word and figurative marks including a representation of the bottle or [...

R (Weaver) v London & Quadrant Housing Trust (Equality & Human Rights Commission intervening) ? WLR Daily

Posted on June 22, 2009
R (Weaver) v London & Quadrant Housing Trust (Equality & Human Rights Commission intervening) [2009] EWCA Civ 587; [2009] WLR (D) 202 “On the facts of the particular case, a registered social landlord was a hybrid public authority and the act of terminating the tenancy of its assured tenant was not a private act and was [...

In re Dairy Farmers of Britain Ltd ? WLR Daily

Posted on June 22, 2009
In re Dairy Farmers of Britain Ltd [2009] EWHC 1389 (Ch); [2009] WLR (D) 201 “Parliament intended that Parts I and II of the Insolvency Act 1986 should not apply to an industrial and provident society (’IPS’), and there was no reason for adopting a different approach to Part III of the Act, either generally or [...

Copley v Lawn; Maden v Haller ? WLR Daily

Posted on June 22, 2009
Copley v Lawn; Maden v Haller [2009] EWCA Civ 580; [2009] WLR (D) 200 “Where, following a road accident caused by a defendant?s negligence, the defendant?s insurers offered to provide a ‘free’ replacement car to the claimant while his own car was being repaired, the claimant could reasonably reject or ignore the offer if it did [...

R v T; R v B; R v C; R v H ? WLR Daily

Posted on June 22, 2009
R v T; R v B; R v C; R v H [2009] EWCA Crim 1035; [2009] WLR (D) 19 “A criminal trial without a jury did not contravene a defendant?s right to a fair trial where there was a real danger of jury tampering and proposed measures to prevent such interference did not sufficiently address [...

R (AK (Sri Lanka)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department ? WLR Daily

Posted on June 22, 2009
R (AK (Sri Lanka)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] EWCA Civ 447; [2009] WLR (D) 198 “The phrase ‘further submissions’, in the context of the Secretary of State?s obligation under r 353 of the Immigration Rules to consider whether any such submissions amounted to a fresh claim for asylum, merely meant representations, [...

Video shows surveillance protesters bundled to ground by police ? The Guardian

Posted on June 22, 2009
“Two female protesters who challenged police officers for not displaying their badge numbers were bundled to the ground, arrested and held in prison for four days, according to an official complaint lodged today.” Full story The Guardian, 21st June 2009 Source: www...

Young offenders to face justice from neighbours ? The Guardian

Posted on June 22, 2009
“Local communities must be given a greater say in determining the punishments meted out to young people if youth reoffending rates are to be reduced, says a leading thinktank.” Full story The Guardian, 21st June 2009 Source: www.guardian.co...

Tycoon Scot Young faces jail in £400m divorce ? The Times

Posted on June 22, 2009
“A secretive tycoon at the centre of one of Britain?s biggest divorce cases is facing jail over the whereabouts of his £400m fortune.” Full story The Times, 21st June 2009 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Doctor sacked in Baby P case sues hospital trust ? The Independent

Posted on June 22, 2009
“The consultant paediatrician who was blamed for failing to notice that Baby P had a broken back and ribs days before his death is claiming compensation for unfair dismissal.” Full story The Independent, 20th June 2009 Source: www.independent...

Single mother given £1.2m fine for illegal downloads ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on June 22, 2009
“A single mother has been ordered to pay nearly £1.2 million in damages for illegally downloading 24 songs over the internet.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 19th June 2009 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

End ?cruel? religious slaughter, say scientists ? The Independent

Posted on June 22, 2009
“Religious slaughter techniques practised by Jews and Muslims are cruel and should be ended, says a scientific assessment from the Government’s animal welfare advisers.” Full story The Independent, 22nd June 2009 Source: www.independent...

Iraq inquiry likely to be public as Gordon Brown prepares for U-turn ? The Guardian

Posted on June 22, 2009
“The government has given its strongest indication yet that it may back down over plans to hold the forthcoming Iraq inquiry in secret.” Full story The Guardian, 21st June 2009 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Potters Bar and Grayrigg: public inquiry into train disasters ruled out ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on June 19, 2009
“A public inquiry into the 2002 Potters Bar rail crash which claimed seven lives, and the 2007 Grayrigg derailment in which an elderly passenger was killed, has been ruled out by the Government.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 19th June 2009 Source: www...

Families to sue for forces deaths ? BBC News

Posted on June 19, 2009
“Four families of servicemen killed in Snatch Land Rovers in Iraq and Afghanistan are to sue the Ministry of Defence, the BBC has learned.” Full story BBC News, 19th June 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on June 19, 2009
Court of Appeal (Civil Division) London & Quadrant Housing Trust v Weaver, R. (On the application of) [2009] EWCA Civ 587 (18 June 2009) Ryan v London Borough of Islington [2009] EWCA Civ 578 (19 June 2009) Miller, R (on the application of) v The Independent Assessor [2009] EWCA Civ 609 (19 June 2009) High Court [...

Neither regulators nor law protect net neutrality in Britain, investigation finds ? OUT-LAW.com

Posted on June 19, 2009
“There is no legal barrier in the UK to internet service providers (ISPs) blocking content from website operators who do not pay them. Neither consumer law nor telecoms regulation protects ISP subscribers, technology law podcast OUT-LAW Radio has revealed...

Recent Statuory Instruments ? OPSI

Posted on June 19, 2009
The Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment (Temporary Increase) Regulations 2009 The Burma/Myanmar (Financial Restrictions) Regulations 2009 The M3 and M25 (Thorpe Interchange) (Speed Limit) Regulations 2009 Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

Does the Coroners and Justice Bill go far enough ? and is there enough money ? Law Society?s Gazette

Posted on June 19, 2009
“The Coroners and Justice Bill is the government?s attempt to implement that long-awaited reform. Some practitioners and pressure groups are concerned that the bill doesn?t go far enough, and that there isn?t enough money behind it to make it work...

Court fee changes mean taxpayers only shoulder costs for the poorest ? Ministry of Justice

Posted on June 19, 2009
“Changes to fees in the civil courts are to be introduced in order to target taxpayers? money more effectively while helping those in financial difficulty, Justice Minister Bridget Prentice announced today (18 June).” Full story Ministry of Justice, 18th June 2009 Source: www...

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