from the Inner Temple Library
The Transfrontier Shipment of Waste (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Information as to Provision of Education (England) Regulations 2008
The County Durham (Structural Change) Order 2008
The Cornwall (Structural Change) Order 2008
The Wiltshire (Structural Change) Order 2008
The Northumberland (Structural Change) Order 2008
The Shropshire (Structural Change) Order 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
“The judgment in the Omagh bombing case, R v Hoey, was handed down on the 20th December 2007.
The Judge expressed concerns about Low Copy Number (LCN) DNA analysis, conducted by the Forensic Science Service Ltd (FSS), which was adduced in evidence. In particular he expressed concerns about the extent to which the scientific validity of the technique had been demonstrated.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 14th January 2008
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
“This paper sets out for consultation the areas where secondary legislation will be used to establish the parameters required for the effective operation of both the revised Administration Order scheme and the Enforcement Restriction Order scheme.
Administration and Enforcement Restriction Orders consultation paper (PDF)
Annex A: new parts 6 and 6A of the County Courts Act 1984 (PDF)
Annex B: equality impact assessment (PDF)
Questionnaire (Word)
Ministry of Justice, 16th January 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
C v D (London arbitration clause)
Court of Appeal
“Although the governing law of a liability insurance contract was that of New York, where the contract contained a London arbitration clause, the parties were to be taken to have agreed that the arbitration award could be challenged only in English law proceedings because of the choice of London as the seat of the arbitration.”
The Times, 16th January 2008
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.
Regina (Maloba) v Waltham Forest London Borough Council
Court of Appeal
“In concluding that an applicant who had become a British citizen in 1997 was not homeless because there was accommodation for him in Uganda, the housing authority had adopted too restrictive an approach.”
The Times, 16th January 2008
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 P (Children: Split hearings)
Court of Appeal
“Care was required when addressing, in a split hearing, the threshold criteria under section 31(2) of the Children Act 1989.”
The Times, 16th January 2008
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.
“New rules to improve the level of compensation awarded to the most severely injured military personnel will come into effect on 8 February, the Ministry of Defence announced today (15 January 2008).”
Ministry of Defence press release, 15th January 2008
Source: www.gnn.gov.uk
“Plans that could allow lesbian couples to create a child with no biological father may be brought back by the Government, it emerged last night.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th January 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“US trial consultants are helping UK lawyers second-guess the jury. But, asks Robert Verkaik, Law Editor, how much value can they add when jurors are protected by court rules?”
The Independent, 16th January 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A British man who was selling £12,000 software for £12 on eBay faces up to 10 years in prison. He pleaded guilty to copyright infringement and will be sentenced in February.”
OUT-LAW.com, 15th January 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“Much of a murder trial will be held in secret for reasons of ‘national security’, an Old Bailey judge ruled yesterday.”
The Guardian, 16th January 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The head of Britain’s immigration agency last night defended the decision to deport a Ghanaian cancer patient from her Cardiff hospital bed by insisting that there were hundreds of such cases each year.”
The Guardian, 16th January 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Independent schools should not operate as exclusive clubs for children of the well-off but must show that they exist for the wider public benefit if they are to retain charitable tax breaks worth about £100 million a year.”
The Times, 16th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Attorney General will not investigate a judge who freed a Met Police inspector who then apparently killed himself and his mother-in-law.”
BBC News, 15th January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Sick miners and their families are losing out on compensation they are entitled to because of administrative failures, according to a critical report by Legal Services Complaints Commissioner Zahida Manzoor.”
The Lawyer, 15th January 2008
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“A motorist caught by a speed camera that turned out to be operating illegally plans to sue.”
BBC News, 15th January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A test case that could affect thousands of low-paid women workers struggling to get the same pay as male colleagues began in the Court of Appeal today.”
The Times, 15th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A national clampdown on school crossing lollipop wardens using fancy dress claimed another victim yesterday when a veteran in Sheffield was suspended for wearing a Santa outfit. Ray Vallance, 54, has been told not to return to duty for the new term in Sheffield after failing to give a commitment not to carry out the seasonal prank again next Christmas.”
The Guardian, 16th January 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The House of Lords last night decisively rejected attempts to ban research on hybrid animal and human embryos as Christian activists mounted a protest outside Parliament.”
The Independent, 16th January 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Trade mark applicants will soon be able to pay an extra £300 to be fast-tracked through the system, but one expert has said that the new plan will only shave a few weeks from a process that can take years.”
OUT-LAW.com, 15th January 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
