from the Inner Temple Library
“Potential killers may be slipping through the judicial net because the government has again missed a deadline, set in the wake of the Soham schoolgirl murders, for speeding up the recording of criminal convictions.”
Reuters, 22nd May 2007
Source: www.reuters.com
“The government said today it would delay the introduction of controversial home information packs until August, following a last-minute legal challenge by critics of the legislation.”
The Guardian, 22nd May 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Where the taxpayer companies carried forward in their tax computations the element of depreciation in fixed assets that related to production of unsold stock as part of the cost of unsold stocks they did not infringe the prohibition of deductions for the depreciation of capital assets in s 74(1)(f) of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (as renumbered by s 144(2) of the Finance Act 1994).”
WLR Daily, 28th March 2007
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Lay and others v. Drexler and others [2007] EWCA Civ 464
“Where a tenant had filed an acknowledgment of service indicating an intention to take a new lease in response to his landlord’s application to the court to grant a new lease under the amended provisions of s 24(1) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, subsequent notice to the court that the tenant no longer wanted a new tenancy was similar to filing of a notice to discontinue a claim for a new lease justifying an order that the tenant should pay the costs of the entire proceedings to the landlord.”
WLR Daily, 18th May 2007
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AWB Geneva SA and another v. North America Steamships Ltd. [2007] EWHC 1167 (Comm)
“A party to a contract that was subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English High Court could not restrain the other party’s foreign trustee in bankruptcy from seeking an order in foreign insolvency proceedings that certain conditions precedent to liability under the contract should cease to apply.”
WLR Daily, 17th May 2007
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“A bank customer was so denuded of money by ‘disproportionate and unfair’ charges that he was left penniless on his 30th birthday, a court heard yesterday.”
The Independent, 22nd May 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The high court delayed a decision on Monday which could cast further doubt over government plans to build a new wave of Las Vegas-style casinos.”
Reuters, 22nd May 2007
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“The Department of Health has breached the Data Protection Act by refusing to reveal to junior doctors the scores they achieved in the failed Medical Training Application System (MTAS).”
The Times, 22nd May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The government is pushing ahead with plans to introduce road pricing schemes in England and Wales despite a huge public campaign against them.”
BBC News, 22nd May 2007
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“Litigation in England costs between three and ten times more than similar cases in Germany and the Netherlands.”
The Times, 22nd May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Appeal impossible before decision notice served
Queen’s Bench Division
“There could be no appeal to the Information Tribunal unless the Information Commissioner had decided whether the requirements of Part I of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 had been complied with by a public authority and where a decision notice had been served.”
The Times, 22nd May 2007
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Room for caseworker’s discretion
Ishtiaq v Secretary of State for the Home Department
Court of Appeal
“A caseworker in the Home Office had a discretion to decide what evidence an applicant had to produce when she sought indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom on the ground that her matrimonial relationship had permanently broken down.”
The Times, 22nd May 2007
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Libel author’s identity irrelevant
Court of Appeal
“In defamation cases a cause of action accrued for limitation purposes even if the claimant was unaware of the identity of the relevant author.”
The Times, 22nd May 2007
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“Recent court orders mean there is “inevitably” more risk that suspects under control orders will re-engage in terrorism or abscond, John Reid says.”
BBC, 21st May 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The true feelings of the Prince of Wales about the countries that he is sent to visit will remain secret after a judge said a newspaper should return seven of his travel journals.”
The Times, 22nd May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The smoking ban may stop claims over second-hand smoke, but will the smokers themselves start claiming it’s all too unfair?”
The Lawyer, 21st May 2007
Source: www.legalweek.net
