Current Awareness

“The government’s controversial home information pack (Hip) scheme will be rolled out to all properties from December 14, it was announced today.”

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The Guardian, 22nd November 2007

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

“Britain’s most senior traffic policeman has been criticised for wasting court time after he failed to answer a speeding charge yesterday, claiming that he had still not found a solicitor to represent him.”

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The Times,  22nd November 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Reinsurance Directive) Regulations 2007

The Secretaries of State for Children, Schools and Families, for Innovation, Universities and Skills and for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Order 2007

The Energy-Saving Items (Income Tax) Regulations 2007

Source: www.opsi.gov.uk 

R (Main) v Minister for Legal Aid [2007] EWCA Civ 1147

“In refusing an application for discretionary funding for full legal representation at an inquest into deaths following a rail accident, the Minister for Legal Aid had not acted irrationally in concluding that no significant wider public interest would be compromised, nor did the refusal constitute a breach of art 2 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.”

WLR Daily, 21st November 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. 

Ward v Police Service of Northern Ireland [2007] UKHL 50

“On an application by the police for an extension of the period of detention of a person who was detained under the Terrorism Act 2000, the judge’s power under para 33(3) of Sch 8 to the Act to exclude the detainee and his legal representatives from any part of the hearing also included the power to refuse to disclose to them anything that took place during the period of their exclusion.”

WLR Daily, 21st November 2007

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

Please note that once a case has been reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed. 

R v H

AH (Sudan) & Others v Home Secretary

F v M & Others

R (Harrington) v Bromley Magistrates’ Court

R v C

Environment Agency v Rowan

Daily Telegraph, 22nd November 2007

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

“Plans to examine if politicians’ blogs could break their code of conduct have led to claims of ‘nanny state culture’.”

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BBC News, 21st November 2007

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

“In-court conciliation helps separating parents to reach their own agreements about contact with their children, research commissioned by the Ministry of Justice reveals today.”

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Ministry of Justice, 21st November 2007

Source: www.justice.gov.uk 

“Bridget Prentice spoke at the Legal Services Consultative Panel standing conference on legal education about implications of the Legal Services Act for legal education and training.”

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Ministry of Justice, 21st November 2007

Source: www.justice.gov.uk

“A Burmese dissident who faced deportation that could have sent him to the torture chamber in his troubled homeland has won his battle to stay in Britain after Gordon Brown stepped in to order a review of his case.”

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The Independent, 22nd November 2007

Source: www.independent.co.uk

“Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has dropped its costs claim against former partner Peter Bloxham, following his announcement today (21 November) that he will not appeal an age-discrimination ruling acquitting the magic circle firm.”

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Legal Week, 21st November 2007

Source: www.legalweek.com

“The head of the National Audit Office, Sir John Bourn, locked horns with Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs and the Chancellor last night when he said the decision to post two computer discs containing the bank details of 7 million families was taken by senior HMRC officials and not, as Alistair Darling claimed, by a junior employee.”

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The Independent, 22nd November 2007

Source: www.independent.co.uk

“Barristers rate the quality of service they provide far higher than those who receive it, according to a new poll commissioned by the Bar Standards Board (BSB) and released today (22 November).”

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Legal Week, 22nd November 2007

Source: www.legalweek.com

“A man who is wanted in the UK for his alleged involvement in a notorious ‘honour’ killing has been arrested in northern Iraq and offered for extradition, the Guardian has learned.”

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The Guardian, 22nd November 2007

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

“Banks and security experts expect a wave of scam e-mails and bogus mailshots after the loss of the personal data of 25 million people.”

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The Times, 22nd November 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

“The private details of UK individuals are on as many as 600 private and public databases, often without their knowledge, a study will reveal next month. The report by the thinktank Demos will say that new laws and procedures are needed to protect people’s privacy and freedom.”

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The Guardian, 22nd November 2007

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Ward v Police Service of Northern Ireland

House of Lords

“The power to exclude a detainee and his legal representatives from an application under the Terrorism Act 2000 to extend the period of detention, included the power not to inform them of anything that took place during their exclusion.”

The Times, 22nd November 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

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“A coroner has ruled the death of a five-year-old Ellie Lawrenson in St Helens was unlawful killing.”

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BBC News, 21st November 2007

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

“A drunken man broke into a central London park and attempted to have sex with a fence, a court heard.”

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Daily Telegraph, 21st November 2007

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

“Ministers are to look at scaling back plans for identity cards in response to the catastrophic loss of the personal information of 25 million people, including their bank records and addresses.”

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The Guardian, 22nd November 2007

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

“Anyone who loses out financially as a result of mistakes at HM Revenue and Customs is likely to be compensated by their bank – but if they have the appetite they could also sue the Revenue.”

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The Times, 21st November 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

“The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), which polices the security of the nation’s data, is to be given the power to raid Government departments suspected of breaching protection laws.”

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The Times, 21st November 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

“The director of public prosecutions has blown a hole in the government’s plans to extend pre-charge detention for terror suspects, by questioning whether courts would allow the police to use the extra time. Sir Ken Macdonald told MPs that he was satisfied with the current 28-day limit, which ‘has suited us nicely’, and argued that the response to terrorism should be ‘proportionate and grounded’.”

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The Guardian, 22nd November 2007

Source: www.guardian.co.uk 

“Gordon Brown’s controversial proposals to extend the time a terror suspect can be held before charge were condemned today by the former Attorney General.”

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The Times, 21st November 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

“Two 16-year-old schoolgirls from north London are waiting to hear how long they must spend behind bars after being convicted in Ghana yesterday of attempting to smuggle cocaine worth £300,000 to Britain.”

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The Guardian, 22nd November 2007

Source: www.guardian.co.uk 

“A dementia sufferer has won a landmark High Court battle to force the NHS to pay her nursing home fees.”

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The Times, 22nd November 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Hunte v E. Bottomley and Sons Ltd

Court of Appeal

“Appellants should remember that if plans, maps or photos were to be relied upon they should be clearly marked and intelligible to the judges pre-reading the case.”

The Times, 21st November 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

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Regina (Davey) v Aylesbury Vale District Council

Court of Appeal

“An order that a defendant was to recover its costs in judicial review proceedings which had proceeded to a full hearing, usually embraced all costs reasonably incurred by it before the grant of permission.”

The Times, 21st November 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.