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Hazel Blears? standoff with Muslim Council overshadows new anti-terror launch

Posted on March 25, 2009
“A standoff between the communities secretary, Hazel Blears, and the Muslim Council of Britain was said last night to ‘cut to the heart’ of the government’s revised counter-terror strategy to challenge those who defend terrorism and violent extremism...

Regina v Kousar - Times Law Reports

Posted on March 25, 2009
Regina v Kousar Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) “A wife who knew her husband was storing business merchandise in the matrimonial home, acquiesced in it being there and did not demand its removal, was not in control or possession of the goods...

Regina (Oriel Support Ltd) v Commissioners for Revenue and Customs - Times Law Reports

Posted on March 25, 2009
Regina (Oriel Support Ltd) v Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Court of Appeal “An outsourcing company responsible for calculating and paying the wages of workers employed by a labour provider to work for other businesses was not entitled to use its own employer reference when accounting for the tax on the workers? wages because it was not [...

Regina v Billingham (Mark) Regina v Billingham (Justin) - Times Law Reports

Posted on March 25, 2009
Regina v Billingham (Mark) Regina v Billingham (Justin) Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) “While the present Judicial Studies Board direction in respect of previous inconsistent statements required the jury to be sure that a previous statement exculpatory of a defendant was true, it was sufficient for the jury to conclude that it might be true...

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Senior judge warns that changes will not open up family courts - The Times

Posted on March 25, 2009
“Ministers? plans to open the family courts to the media have been hailed as a signifiant reform. But is all as it seems? The proposals are coming under fire ? and not just from disgruntled members of the public who will still be denied access to the hearings...

Social network sites ?monitored - BBC News

Posted on March 25, 2009
“Social networking sites like Facebook could be monitored by the UK government under proposals to make them keep details of users’ contacts.” Full story BBC News, 25th March 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on March 24, 2009
Court of Appeal (Civil Division) MH (Syria) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] EWCA Civ 226 (24 March 2009) High Court (Administrative Court) BM, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs [2009] EWHC 571 (Admin) (23 March 2009) Harrison, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for [...

Bracknell Forest Borough Council v Green and another - WLR Daily

Posted on March 24, 2009
Bracknell Forest Borough Council v Green and another [2009] EWCA Civ 238; [2009] WLR(D) 106 “Where a local housing authority claimed possession of a dwelling house under ground 16 in Sch 2 to the Housing Act 1985 (under-occupation), the suitability of the alternative accommodation offered was relevant to the question whether it was reasonable to make [...

In re St Peter?s Church, Draycott - WLR Daily

Posted on March 24, 2009
In re St Peter?s Church, Draycott; [2009] WLR (D) 105 “A consistory court should not exercise its jurisdiction to authorise the sale of a font in order to carry out repairs to a church, merely on the basis of a ‘financial need’. The court had to be satisfied that there was a ‘financial emergency’ which meant [...

R (Longato) v Camberwell Green Magistrates? Court - WLR Daily

Posted on March 24, 2009
R (Longato) v Camberwell Green Magistrates? Court [2009] WLR (D) 104 “The statutory procedure for an application to extend a closure order, set out in s 5(3) of the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003, which provided that within a reasonable time before the hearing of an application a summons might be issued by a justice of the [...

Canterbury City Council v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government; Green v Same - WLR Daily

Posted on March 24, 2009
Canterbury City Council v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government; Green v Same [2009] WLR (D) 103 “When planning permission was granted for a change of use, a condition could be imposed which would have the effect of regulating the permission in order to control any future expansion of the use by way of [...

Recent Statutory Instruments - OPSI

Posted on March 24, 2009
The Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 The Products of Animal Origin (Third Country Imports) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 The Non-Domestic Rating (Collection and Enforcement) (Local Lists) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2009 The Insurance Premium Tax (Amendment of Schedule 6A to the Finance Act 1994) Order 2009 The County of West Sussex (Electoral Changes) Order [...

Laroche v Spirit of Adventure (UK) Ltd - Times Law Reports

Posted on March 24, 2009
Laroche v Spirit of Adventure (UK) Ltd Court of Appeal “A hot-air balloon was an aircraft governed by the Warsaw Convention on International Carriage by Air 1929, as scheduled to the Carriage by Air Act, 1961 and a passenger in it had to bring an action for personal injuries within the two-year period in article 29 [...

Regina (B) v Director of Public Prosecutions, Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening - Times Law Reports

Posted on March 24, 2009
Regina (B) v Director of Public Prosecutions, Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening Queen’s Bench Division “The decision to abandon a prosecution because of the victim?s mental instability was irrational and a violation of the victim?s right not to be subjected to inhuman or degrading treatment protected by article 3 of the European Convention on Human [...

Imageview Management Ltd v Jack - Times Law Reports

Posted on March 24, 2009
Imageview Management Ltd v Jack Court of Appeal “An agent who made a secret deal with his principal?s employer breached his fiduciary duty to his principal, forfeited his agency fee and had to account for the secret profit.” The Times, 24th March 2009 Source: www...

Ombudsmen?s report calls for urgent review of health and social care for people with learning disabilities - Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman

Posted on March 24, 2009
“Ombudsmen?s report calls for urgent review of health and social care for people with learning disabilities.” Full press release Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, 24th March 2009 Source: www.ombudsman.org.uk

NHS is failing patients with learning disabilities, regulators say - The Times

Posted on March 24, 2009
“The National Health Service is failing people with learning disabilities, according to a report published today on the deaths of six disabled patients.” Full story  The Times, 24th March 2009 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Rights and responsibilities - Ministry of Justice

Posted on March 24, 2009
“A national debate is launched today to explore whether a clearer common understanding of our rights and responsibilities might be built by articulating them in a single text ? a Bill of Rights and Responsibilities.” Full press release Ministry of Justice, 23rd March 2009 Source: www...

Lawyer-client privilege can?t stop surveillance, says House of Lords - OUT-LAW.com

Posted on March 24, 2009
“The state is allowed to bug communication between lawyers and their clients, the House of Lords has said. The UK’s highest court ruled that spy law the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) allows lawyers’ conversations to be bugged...

Settlement after hospital blunder - BBC News

Posted on March 24, 2009
“A woman has won a multi-million pound compensation settlement after a blunder at a Wearside hospital left her with serious brain damage.” Full story  BBC News, 23rd March 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Company fined after worker death - BBC News

Posted on March 24, 2009
“A waste company in Sunderland has been fined £15,000 after one of its workers was killed when he was hit by a 20-tonne dumper truck.” Full story  BBC News, 23rd March 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

UK ?home to 200 rights abusers? - BBC News

Posted on March 24, 2009
“More than 200 people responsible for war crimes and other human rights abuses overseas could be living in Britain, the BBC has learned.” Full story  BBC News, 24th March 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Hindu elder in High Court bid for open-air cremation - Daily Telegraph

Posted on March 24, 2009
“In a test case on religious burials, Davender Ghai, aged 70, is challenging a refusal by Newcastle City Council to permit him to be cremated according to his Hindu faith.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 24th March 2009 Source: www.telegraph...

Google Street View: formal privacy complaint - Daily Telegraph

Posted on March 24, 2009
“Privacy International has lodged the complaint with the Information Commissioner over claims that a number of people are identifiable through the Street View service.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 24th March 2009 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

The Big Question: Are there illegal government databases and what can we do about it? - The Independent

Posted on March 24, 2009
“The Big Question: Are there illegal government databases and what can we do about it?.” Full story The Independent, 24th March 2009 Source: www.independent.co.uk

We must safeguard all children, including young offenders - The Guardian

Posted on March 24, 2009
“”Lord Laming’s review of child protection procedures ignores the needs of those in the criminal justice system.” Full story The Guardian, 24th March 2009 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Don?t change rules on charges, warns Keir Starmer - The Times

Posted on March 24, 2009
“The Director of Public Prosecutions delivered a strong warning last night that handing back the job of charging suspects to the police would be a ‘grave mistake’.” Full story The Times, 24th March 2009 Source: www.timesonline...

MPs back holding private inquests - BBC News

Posted on March 24, 2009
“MPs have backed government plans to hold inquests in private and without a jury in some sensitive cases, such as those involving national security.” Full story  BBC News, 24th March 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Killer?s sentence appeal rejected - BBC News

Posted on March 24, 2009
“A man who admitted the manslaughter of a girl who died years after he had shaken her as a baby failed to convince top judges his sentence was too harsh.” Full story  BBC News, 24th March 2009 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Courts must read effect into ambiguous contracts, says Court of Appeal - OUT-LAW.com

Posted on March 24, 2009
“When a contract is poorly drafted and its effect unclear courts should interpret it in order to give it force rather than to render it void, the Court of Appeal has said.” Full story OUT-LAW.com, 24th March 2009 Source: www.out-law.com

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