from the Inner Temple Library
“Controversial plans to widen entry to the legal profession face a setback after the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) announced today (31 May) that it had delayed piloting the new-look system until 2008.”
Legal Week, 31st May 2007
Source: www.legalweek.com
“A new power for the police to enter and search a registered sex offender’s home, to assess the risk they pose to our communities, was today welcomed by Home Secretary John Reid.”
Home Office press release, 31st May 2007
Source: www.wired-gov.net
“Accused Pentagon hacker Gary McKinnon’s final appeal against extradition edged forward on Tuesday after judges defined the two points that might merit consideration by the Law Lords.”
The Register, 31st May 2007
Source: www.theregister.co.uk
Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis v. Kay
Yewbelle Ltd. v. London Green Developments Ltd. & Anr
Daily Telegraph, 31st May 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Please note the Daily Telegraph Law Reports are only available online for one week.
“Nick Crichton takes children into care. Sitting as a full-time judge at the specialist family proceedings court in central London, he knows there is little chance that mothers will get their children back once the local authority has put them into long-term fostering or adoption.”
Daily Telegraph, 31st May 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Ministers are holding emergency meetings as the jail population threatens to rise out of control.”
The Independent, 31st May 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Jails in England and Wales could be full within a fortnight. The increase in numbers of offenders being locked up appears relentless, with the prison population reaching a record high of 80,846 this week. That includes about 400 who are housed at great expense in police cells and a further handful held in court cells.”
The Independent, 31st May 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Charman v Charman [2007] EWCA Civ 503 (24 May 2007)
Ford-Camber Ltd. v Deanminster Ltd & Anor [2007] EWCA Civ 458 (24 May 2007)
Experience Hendrix LLC v Purple Haze Records Ltd & Ors [2007] EWCA Civ 501 (24 May 2007)
KR (Iraq) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2007] EWCA Civ 514 (24 May 2007)
Framlington Group Ltd & Anor v Barnetson [2007] EWCA Civ 502 (24 May 2007)
Howard De Walden Estates Ltd & Anor v Les Aggio & Ors [2007] EWCA Civ 499 (24 May 2007)
Hooper v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2007] EWCA Civ 495 (24 May 2007)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Sampson & Ors, R. v [2007] EWCA Crim 1238 (25 May 2007)
Tirnaveanu, R v [2007] EWCA Crim 1239 (24 May 2007)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Bunney v Burns Anderson Plc & Anor [2007] EWHC 1240 (Ch) (25 May 2007)
High Court (Commercial Court)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Signet Partners Ltd v Signet Research & Advisory SA & Ors [2007] EWHC 1263 (QB) (24 May 2007)
Source: www.bailii.org
“The Financial Services Ombudsman did not have the power to make a direction under s 229(2)(b) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 that would require a respondent to make a money award exceeding the statutory cap provided in the Ombudsman scheme rules.”
WLR Daily, 25th May 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“Up to a million households struggling with rising living costs and lured by offers of easy credit will face court action over their debts this year.”
Daily Telegraph, 31st May 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Sentencing judge can consult tariff
Regina v. McNee; Regina v. Russell; Regina v. X
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“Although when imprisoning a defendant to a discretionary life sentence, the sentencing judge was not obliged to have regard to the minimum tariffs for mandatory life sentences set our in Schedule 21 to the Criminal Justice Act 2003, it was not wrong to do so.”
The Times, 31st May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
Abuse of executive power over Chagos Islanders
Regina (Bancoult) v. Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (No. 2)
Court of Appeal
“The use of orders in council to frustrate a ruling of the court in order to prevent the return of Chagos Islanders to their homeland was an unlawful abuse of power by the executive government.”
The Times, 31st May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
“This consultation invited comments on proposals to give trial judges in VHCCs the power to order the withdrawal of representation where there was a conflict of interest or lack of capacity on the part of defence representatives, such that it could impede the efficient progress of the trial. The summary of responses outlines the conclusions reached on the options and how we intend to proceed.”
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“MBS’s popups seeking payment for access to websites have caused concern, but it could be you breaking the law, not them.”
The Guardian, 31st May 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Lawyers who cause costly delays to court cases in England and Wales could be replaced in plans for speedier and more efficient trials, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice Lord Falconer said today.”
Ministry of Justice press release, 31st May 2007
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Anyone up before a magistrates’ court can now go online to find out the likely sentence for the alleged offence in advance of the hearing.”
The Times, 30th May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“London has become the divorce capital of the world, according to the City’s top lawyers following a Court of Appeal ruling to uphold the largest divorce settlement in UK history.”
Legal Week, 31st May 2007
Source: www.legalweek.com
“Ministers are to go ahead with a scheme which could force defendants to change their legal team in complex cases.”
The Guardian, 31st May 2007
Source:www.guardian.co.uk
“The Justice Secretary has admitted that the Government will be unable to build its way out of the problem of overcrowded jails.”
The Times, 31st May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Lawyers could be sacked if they cause delays during expensive terrorism trials under plans to speed up cases announced by the Government yesterday.”
The Times, 31st May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“We are living in the surveillance age but 90 per cent of Britain’s 14.2 million closed-circuit television cameras may be failing to comply with the law.”
The Times, 31st May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
