from the Inner Temple Library
“The Carphone Warehouse allowed customers to view other people’s account details, passed inaccurate information on to debt collectors and opened accounts in the wrong name, according to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).”
OUT-LAW.com, 17th January 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“The Ministry of Defence is to offer compensation and an apology to the Porton Down victims of secret chemical testing, it was reported today.”
The Guardian, 17th January 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Homepace Ltd v Sita South East Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 1 (15 January 2008)
JFM v Neath Port Talbot Borough Council & Ors [2008] EWCA Civ 3 (15 January 2008)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Bogdal (Aka Marjan Tadeusz) v R [2008] EWCA Crim 1 (16 January 2008)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Midill (97pl) Ltd v Park Lane Estates Ltd & Anor [2008] EWHC 18 (Ch) (16 January 2008)
HM Revenue & Customs v Weald Leasing Ltd [2008] EWHC 30 (Ch) (16 January 2008)
Turner & Anor v Pryce & Ors [2008] EWHC B1 (Ch) (09 January 2008)
Jackson v J H Watson Property Investment Ltd [2008] EWHC 14 (Ch) (7 January 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
The Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula (Wales) Regulations 2007
The Criminal Defence Service (Very High Cost Cases) Regulations 2008
The Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) (Amendment) Order 2008
The Textile Products (Determination of Composition) Regulations 2008
The Textile Products (Indications of Fibre Content) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Industrial Training Levy (Engineering Construction Industry Training Board) Order 2008
The Industrial Training Levy (Construction Industry Training Board) Order 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
“Ministers have dropped the term ‘war on terror’ and will refer to jihadis as ‘criminals’ in an attempt to stop glorifying acts of terrorism.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th January 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The home secretary is to outline plans to target websites promoting extremism, as part of efforts to stop people being drawn towards radical groups.”
BBC News, 17th January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Greater effort and more money could increase organ transplants by 50 per cent without a change in the law, a task force set up by the Government says.”
The Times, 17th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A lesbian soldier who endured lewd sexual innuendo from a senior staff sergeant who claimed he could ‘turn her straight’ could win compensation of more than £400,000, after winning her case against the Ministry of Defence.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th January 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The family of a 10-month-old baby who died when a water tank burst above her head in a council house is to take legal action against the authority.”
BBC News, 16th January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The careers of women and ethnic minority civil servants working at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office are held back by a glass ceiling that is supported by an inherited culture of discrimination, it was alleged yesterday.”
The Independent, 17th January 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A paedophile named on a list of the UK’s “most wanted” was arrested but later released after police failed to recognise him.”
BBC News, 16th January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Most corporate executives believe that blogs, wikis and social networks will help employees to work more efficiently. But widespread adoption of Web 2.0 is being thwarted by security and governance concerns, according to research by KPMG.”
OUT-LAW.com, 16th January 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“The actress Leslie Ash is to receive more than £500,000 in compensation after she nearly died from a hospital superbug.”
The Times, 16th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The wife of father of three Garry Newlove, killed as he confronted a gang of teenage vandals, has delivered an emotional plea for the three youths convicted of his murder today to be handed maximum life sentences.”
The Times, 16th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
