Archive for August 22nd, 2007

Regina (Donnachie) v. Cardiff Magistrates’ Court - Times Law Reports

Final determination can be challenged

Regina (Donnachie) v. Cardiff Magistrates’ Court

Queen’s Bench Divisional Court

“A ruling on a preliminary issue on jurisdiction by a district judge was a final determination that could be challenged by case stated or by judicial review.”

The Times, 22nd August 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.

Turner and Another v. Avis - Times Law Reports

Trustee gets former wife’s home

Turner and Another v. Avis

Court of Appeal

“Equity jurisdiction enabled a trustee in bankruptcy to enforce a trust for sale of a matrimonial home held jointly by the bankrupt and his former wife under a property adjustment order made more than twenty years ago.”

The Times, 22nd August 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.

Paterson v. Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis - Times Law Reports

Dyslexia means that chief inspector of police is disabled

Paterson v. Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis

Employment Appeal Tribunal

“A chief inspector of police who was dyslexic and who was found by an employment tribunal to have been disadvantaged in comparison with his work colleagues in examinations for promotion, was disabled within the meaning of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.”

The Times, 22nd August 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.

In re St Peter and St Paul, Chingford - WLR Daily

In re St Peter and St Paul, Chingford

“In carrying out the balancing exercise necessary in considering whether or not to grant a faculty for the installation of telecommunications equipment it was necessary to differentiate between the effect of the installation of equipment on children and the effect on adults. Mobile phone operators had to ensure a reasonable response to countering the risk to children from pornography over the mobile phone network. In respect of the risk to adults, to bar something which would be of benefit to the public generally because there was a risk that some adults would be able privately to access material which many Christians and others deplored was to take an unbalanced approach.”

WLR Daily, 21st August 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.

Home information packs are dealt new blow by lenders - The Guardian

“The government’s troubled implementation of home information packs suffered another setback last night after it emerged that some mortgage lenders are refusing to accept a crucial part of the reports.”

Full story

The Guardian, 22nd August 2007

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Jujitsu barrister pleads self-defence - The Lawyer

“The Sovereign Chambers barrister who is accused of drunkenly beating a man at a wedding shortly after exposing himself has told a jury that he acted in self-defence.”

Full story

The Lawyer, 21st August 2007

Source: www.thelawyer.com

Doctor faces High Court battle with GMC over weblink - The Register

“A mental health doctor is headed for a showdown with the General Medical Council (GMC) in the High Court because she is accused of breaking confidentiality by posting a link on her blog.”

Full story

The Register, 21st August 2007

Source: www.theregister.co.uk

Recent Statutory Instruments - OPSI

Asylum removals down as Brown focuses on prisoners - The Guardian

“The number of failed asylum seekers removed from Britain has fallen to its lowest level for five years as immigration staff step up efforts to meet the prime minister’s target of deporting 4,000 foreign prisoners by the end of the year, the Home Office admitted yesterday.”

Full story

The Guardian, 22nd August 2007

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Council overrides Henry VIII on market - Daily Telegraph

“A branch of the Women’s Institute has been told it cannot organise a market in a town square - despite a charter from Henry VIII granting permission to hold one there ‘forever’.”

Full story

Daily Telegraph, 22nd August 2007

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Dispatches footage will be given to police - The Guardian

“The high court today ordered Channel 4 to hand over untransmitted footage from its controversial Dispatches documentary Britain Under Attack to police.”

Full story

The Guardian, 21st August 2007

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Lawyers accuse MoD of retaining evidence on abused Iraqi detainees - The Guardian

“Lawyers representing the families of Iraqis detained by British soldiers yesterday accused the Ministry of Defence of suppressing crucial information about the circumstances surrounding their mistreatment, including advice given to senior army officers.”

Full story

The Guardian, 22nd August 2007

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Notorious eBay conman jailed for fresh offences - The Independent

“A notorious conman who swindled thousands of pounds from eBay customers was put behind bars today for committing fresh offences on the internet auction website.”

Full story

The Independent, 21st August 2007

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Secret papers disclose threat posed by killer - The Times

“The Home Secretary believes that Philip Lawrence’s killer poses a ‘continuing risk to the public’, according to papers that the courts tried to prevent being published.”

Full story

The Times, 22nd August 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Appeal against Lawrence killer deportation ruling ‘hopeless’ - The Times

“The solicitor for the killer of the headmaster Philip Lawrence claimed today the Government has no chance in its appeal against a ruling that his client should be allowed to stay in the UK.”

Full story

The Times, 21st August 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Big payout for gay lawyer - The Times

“The world’s largest law firm has paid an undisclosed sum to a partner in London who claimed he suffered discrimination because he is gay.”

Full story

The Times, 22nd August 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk


 

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