“David Barnish, 47, was awarded £750 compensation by a court after his family found their luxury hotel had been booked out by Germans.”
Daily Telegraph, 31st May 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Archive for May, 2008
Briton wins compensation after holiday ’surrounded by Germans’ – Daily Telegraph
Published May 31, 2008 compensation , holidays , news Leave a CommentNext sues Asda in copycat fashion design row – The Times
Published May 31, 2008 copyright , news Leave a Comment“Next and Asda are locked in a legal battle over claims that Britain’s second-biggest supermarket chain has copied the fashion retailer’s clothing designs.”
The Times, 31st May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Terror law turns thousands of council officials into spies – The Times
Published May 31, 2008 investigatory powers , local government , news Leave a Comment“Thousands of middle managers in local councils are being authorised to spy on people suspected of petty offences using powers designed to prevent crime and terrorism.”
The Times, 31st May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Do we really need to use these powers to tackle dog fouling? – The Times
Published May 31, 2008 investigatory powers , special report Leave a Comment“Human rights lawyers are increasingly alarmed that a piece of legislation that put state snooping on a legal basis has resulted in a huge expansion of the public sector’s ability to pry into private lives.”
The Times, 31st May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Elderly dying before new living wills are sorted out because of delays and red tape – Daily Telegraph
Published May 31, 2008 elderly , news , powers of attorney Leave a Comment“The official in charge of a new system of ‘living wills’ has quit amid claims that scores of elderly people are dying before their financial affairs are in order because of delays and red tape.”
Daily Telegraph, 31st May 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Cigarette vending machines and packets of 10 could be outlawed under government plans aimed at preventing children and young people smoking.”
BBC News, 31st May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Cluster bomb ban treaty is signed – BBC News
Published May 30, 2008 news , treaties , weapons Leave a Comment“More than 100 nations, including the UK, have signed a treaty to ban current designs of cluster bombs.”
BBC News, 30th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Mankowski, R. v [2008] EWCA Crim 1109 (01 May 2008)
Lockwood, R. v [2008] EWCA Crim 1099 (01 May 2008)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Scammell & Anor v Farmer [2008] EWHC 1100 (Ch) (22 May 2008)
High Court (Family Division)
BT v JRT [2008] EWHC 1169 (Fam) (22 May 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
Guantanamo man on terror charge – BBC News
Published May 30, 2008 detention , news , terrorism Leave a Comment“The only remaining British resident to be held in Guantanamo Bay has been charged with terrorism by a US military tribunal, the BBC has learned.”
BBC News, 30th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Revealed: legal staff the UK’s happiest workers – The Lawyer
Published May 30, 2008 employment , news Leave a Comment“Legal employees are the happiest workers in the UK, according to a new survey of office professionals.”
The Lawyer, 30th May 2008
Source: www.thelawyer.com
Secrecy law change to help pensioners – The Independent
Published May 30, 2008 data protection , elderly , energy , news Leave a Comment“The Government is planning to reform data protection laws so pensioners in fuel poverty can be contacted directly and offered help, it was announced today.”
The Independent, 30th May 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Smith in final bid for 42-day detention – The Independent
Published May 30, 2008 detention , news , terrorism Leave a Comment“Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary, is to make one final attempt to avert a Commons defeat over the plans to lock up terrorist suspects for up to 42 days without trial.”
The Independent, 30th May 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Regina (Smith) v Assistant Deputy Coroner for Oxfordshire; Secretary of State for Defence v Same – Times Law Reports
Published May 30, 2008 Iraq , armed forces , human rights , inquests , jurisdiction , law reports Leave a CommentRegina (Smith) v Assistant Deputy Coroner for Oxfordshire; Secretary of State for Defence v Same
Queen’s Bench Division
“The right to life, protected by article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights, could extend to members of the Armed Forces, wherever they might be; whether it did so would depend on the circumstances of the particular case.”
The Times, 30th May 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.
The last Briton in Guantanamo faces death penalty – The Independent
Published May 30, 2008 death penalty , detention , news , terrorism Leave a Comment“A British resident who is facing the death penalty in Guantanamo Bay has made a final desperate plea to Gordon Brown to end his six-year ordeal and bring him home today.”
The Independent, 30th May 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
British newspaper websites liable in France for privacy invasion – OUT-LAW.com
Published May 30, 2008 France , internet , news , privacy Leave a Comment“Two British newspaper publishers have been fined in French courts because they violated French privacy laws. The publishers were liable because the articles were viewed in France on the internet.”
OUT-LAW.com, 29th May 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
Freedom Of Information: The time has come to end the 30-year rule of disclosure – The Independent
Published May 30, 2008 disclosure , freedom of information Leave a Comment“The Prime Minister has asked the Editor in Chief of Associated Newspapers to chair a review of the 1967 disclosure regime. But, asks Robert Verkaik, Law Editor, will this lead to greater openness?”
The Independent, 30th May 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Harass a hoodie: how Essex police take surveillance to the streets – The Guardian
Published May 30, 2008 ASBOs , police , special report , young offenders Leave a Comment“Operation Leopard is the latest weapon in the fight against antisocial behaviour to receive government backing. Pioneered by officers in Essex policing difficult estates, it deploys forward intelligence teams (FITs) – units trained to gather evidence at foxhunts, protests and football matches – in areas suffering from crime.”
The Guardian, 30th May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
The Cash Ratio Deposits (Value Bands and Ratios) Order 2008
The Regional Transport Planning (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2008
The Disease Control (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2008
The Value Added Tax (Refund of Tax to Museums and Galleries) (Amendment) Order 2008
The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Interoperable Rail System) Regulations 2008
The Armed Forces (Alignment of Service Discipline Acts) Order 2008
The Immigration and Nationality (Cost Recovery Fees) (Amendment No.2) Regulations 2008
The European Regional Development Fund (London Operational Programme) (Implementation) Regulations 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Adorian v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [2008] EWHC 1081 (QB) (19 May 2008)
P & Ors v Quigley [2008] EWHC 1051 (QB) (16 May 2008)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Focus (DIY) Ltd v London Borough of Hillingdon [2008] EWHC 1152 (Admin) (09 May 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
Soldier denied payout in ‘wrong type of bomb’ case – Daily Telegraph
Published May 29, 2008 armed forces , compensation , news , personal injuries Leave a Comment“A soldier left disabled by an explosion in Iraq is being refused a compensation payout because his injuries were caused by the ‘wrong type of bomb’, it has been claimed.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th May 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Terror concessions being planned – BBC News
Published May 29, 2008 detention , news , terrorism Leave a Comment“The government will compromise to avoid defeat over plans to extend pre-charge detention for terror suspects from 28 days to 42 days…”
BBC News, 29th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
One child under 10 killed every week – Daily Telegraph
Published May 29, 2008 child abuse , homicide , news Leave a Comment“One child under the age of 10 is killed every week, shocking new figures showed.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th May 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
SB v X County Council – Times Law Report
Published May 29, 2008 adoption , law reports Leave a CommentCourt of Appeal
“In contentious adoption cases, where the court was dispensing with parental consent, the question of any contact between the children and their family members was for the court and not the local authority to resolve.”
The Times, 29th May 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 (HSMP Forum Ltd) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – Times Law Reports
Published May 29, 2008 immigration , law reports Leave a CommentRegina (HSMP Forum Ltd) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
Queen’s Bench Division
“The introduction of a new and more restrictive regime for highly skilled immigrants was unlawful because it prejudiced people already admitted to the UK under an earlier regime by reducing their opportunity to gain permanent rights of residency.”
The Times, 29th May 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.
Reforming Insurance Contract Law – Law Commission
Published May 29, 2008 consultations , contracts , insurance , news Leave a Comment“On 28 May 2008, the Law Commission published a summary of responses to its Consultation Paper. The summary document reports the arguments that have been put to us on consumer insurance reform. A further paper will deal with business insurance reform. There is a wide consensus that consumer insurance law is in urgent need of reform – not only among consumer groups, lawyers and brokers, but also among most insurance companies.”
Law Commission, 28th May 2008
Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk
Scientology protest: Liberty challenges police over summons – The Guardian
Published May 29, 2008 demonstrations , judicial review , news , police , public order Leave a Comment“The police force that issued a teenager with a court summons for calling Scientology a cult could face a judicial review over the legality of its policing guidelines.”
The Guardian, 28th May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Council motoring fines ‘illegal’ – BBC News
Published May 29, 2008 fines , news , parking , road traffic offences Leave a Comment“Some councils have earned hundreds of thousands of pounds by enforcing unlawful traffic and parking restrictions, the BBC has learned.”
BBC News, 29th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Law Society and AWS launch two-year equal pay campaign – Legal Week
Published May 29, 2008 equal pay , news , solicitors , women Leave a Comment“The Law Society and the Association of Women Solicitors (AWS) are launching an equal pay campaign, after fresh research revealed significant salary inequalities within the profession.”
Legal Week, 29th May 2008
Source: www.legalweek.com
US cluster bombs to be banned from UK – The Guardian
Published May 29, 2008 armed forces , news , weapons Leave a Comment“The US will no longer be able to stockpile cluster bombs at its military bases in Britain under government proposals for an international ban on the controversial weapons, it emerged last night.”
The Guardian, 29th May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Labs escape outbreak prosecution – BBC News
Published May 29, 2008 animals , foot and mouth disease , news Leave a Comment“The animal health laboratories at the centre of last summer’s foot-and-mouth disease outbreak will not be prosecuted, Surrey County Council says.”
BBC News, 29th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Discrimination: Is it time to extend the age laws? – The Guardian
Published May 29, 2008 age discrimination , news Leave a Comment“Are the age discrimination laws working, and should they be extended, asks Audrey Williams.”
The Guardian, 29th May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A teenager who was fined for littering when he dropped a deflated balloon in a city centre may fight the case.”
BBC News, 28th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Minister signals end of business regulation era – The Guardian
Published May 29, 2008 employment , news Leave a Comment“Britain has reached the end of the era of major legislation regulating business, the business secretary, John Hutton, will say today in a speech challenging the idea that workplace exploitation is tackled by new laws.”
The Guardian, 29th May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Cook Yvonne Godwin made rat poison cake for unfaithful husband – The Times
Published May 29, 2008 news , poisoning , sentencing Leave a Comment“A former hospital cook who laced her unfaithful husband’s fruit cake with rat poison was spared jail yesterday. Yvonne Godwin baked the poisoned cake after discovering that her husband of 30 years had been having an affair with her best friend’s sister.”
The Times, 29th May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Specialist drug courts ‘working’ – BBC News
Published May 28, 2008 drug offences , magistrates , news Leave a Comment“Specialist courts which deal only with drugs offenders are proving a success, the government has said.”
BBC News, 28th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Nisha Patel-Nasri: Husband convicted of special constable’s murder – The Guardian
Published May 28, 2008 murder , news Leave a Comment“The husband of Nisha Patel-Nasri, the special constable who was stabbed to death on her third wedding anniversary, was today convicted of her murder.”
The Guardian, 28th May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
New review of fancy dress killing – BBC News
Published May 28, 2008 inquests , news , unlawful killing Leave a Comment“A financial adviser dressed as a Ghostbuster who was seen being punched during a fight outside a pub was unlawfully killed, a coroner has ruled.”
BBC News, 28th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Spying council to be investigated – BBC News
Published May 28, 2008 closed circuit television , data protection , investigatory powers , news , privacy Leave a Comment“A privacy watchdog is to investigate a council that used powers to spy on people, including a family suspected of lying about where they lived.”
BBC News, 28th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Norbrook Laboratories (Gb) Ltd v Adair & Anor [2008] EWHC 978 (QB) (06 May 2008)
Crowley v Surrey County Council & Ors [2008] EWHC 1102 (QB) (20 May 2008)
WRN Ltd. v Ayris [2008] EWHC 1080 (QB) (21 May 2008)
Sandford & Anor v London Borough of Waltham Forest [2008] EWHC 1106 (QB) (21 May 2008)
BRB (Residuary) Ltd. v Connex South Eastern Ltd [2008] EWHC 1172 (QB) (23 May 2008)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Bristol Magistrates Court [2008] EWHC 1153 (Admin) (07 May 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
The Gambling (Geographical Distribution of Large and Small Casino Premises Licences) Order 2008
The Armed Forces, Army, Air Force and Naval Discipline Acts (Continuation) Order 2008
The Armed Forces (Service Complaints) (Consequential Amendments) Order 2008
The Community Legal Service (Funding) (Amendment) Order 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Regina (G) v Nottingham Healthcare NHS Trust; Regina (N) v Secretary of State for Health; Regina (B) v Nottingham Healthcare NHS Trust – Times Law Reports
Published May 28, 2008 hospitals , human rights , law reports , smoking Leave a CommentQueen’s Bench Divisional Court
“Preventing detained mental patients from smoking was not a breach of article 8, right to respect for private and family life, or article 14, prohibiting discrimination, of the European Convention on Human Rights.”
The Times, 28th May 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.
S-H v Kingston upon Hull City Council and Another – Times Law Reports
Published May 28, 2008 adoption , law reports Leave a CommentS-H v Kingston upon Hull City Council and Another
Court of Appeal
“In order to decide whether to grant leave to a parent to apply for revocation of an order placing a child for adoption, the correct test to be applied by the court was whether, in all the circumstances, including the parents’ prospects of securing revocation and the child’s interests, leave should be given.”
The Times, 28th May 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.
Corby Group Litigation v Corby Borough Council – Times Law Reports
Published May 28, 2008 damages , law reports , nuisance , personal injuries Leave a CommentCorby Group Litigation v Corby Borough Council
Court of Appeal
“The House of Lords had neither expressly nor impliedly reversed the long-standing principle that damages for personal injury could be claimed in the tort of public nuisance.”
The Times, 28th May 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.
Police staff to patrol youth courts in knife crime crackdown – The Guardian
Published May 28, 2008 news , offensive weapons , victims , witnesses , youth courts Leave a Comment“Dedicated police staff are to patrol London’s youth courts to encourage knife crime victims and witnesses to testify against their attackers.”
The Guardian, 28th May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Social workers’ failings ‘put children in divorce cases at risk of abuse’ – The Times
Published May 28, 2008 child abuse , divorce , news , social services Leave a Comment“Children in divorce and separation cases are being left at risk of abuse because of serious failings by social workers dealing with their cases, according to a watchdog.”
The Times, 28th May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Lawyer’s wife stole £80,000 to fund slot machine addiction – Daily Telegraph
Published May 28, 2008 news , theft Leave a Comment“A solicitor’s wife has been jailed for stealing £80,000 from his law firm to fund her addiction to fruit machines.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th May 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Prisoners released early to free up space – The Independent
Published May 28, 2008 news , prisons Leave a Comment“More than 500 prisoners are to be released just halfway through their sentences in an effort to free desperately-needed space in overcrowded jails.”
The Independent, 28th May 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Two out of three breach their first Asbo – Daily Telegraph
Published May 28, 2008 ASBOs , news Leave a Comment“Two thirds of people who are given anti-social behaviour orders for the first time go on to breach them, figures show.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th May 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Plan to close child porn loophole – BBC News
Published May 28, 2008 child abuse , news , pornography 1 Comment“Drawings and computer-generated images of child sex abuse would be made illegal under proposals announced by Justice Minister Maria Eagle.”
BBC News, 28th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Identity fraud cases up by two thirds – Daily Telegraph
Published May 28, 2008 identity fraud , news Leave a Comment“Cases of identity fraud increased by two thirds last year with people in affluent areas most at risk, credit data figures show.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th May 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Estate agents lose out to vendors in appeal ruling – The Times
Published May 28, 2008 estate agents , news Leave a Comment“Estate agents have lost the right to commission if a buyer to whom they show a property then makes an offer through another joint agency.”
The Times, 28th May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Legal Opinion: Labour has not curbed yob culture in Britain – The Independent
Published May 28, 2008 ASBOs , special report Leave a Comment“The Asbo was supposed to help communities combat nuisance behaviour. Robert Verkaik, Law Editor, reviews the unhappy record of a flagship Labour policy.”
The Independent, 28th May 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Householders face tougher recycling penalties – Daily Telegraph
Published May 28, 2008 news , waste Leave a Comment“Every household could have to nominate an adult who will take legal responsibility for its bins as townhalls start to crack down on residents who are not recycling properly.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th May 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Focus on Forensics – BBC Law in Action
Published May 27, 2008 evidence , forensic science , special report Leave a Comment“High-profile prosecutions have relied on DNA to convict the guilty. Steve Wright who murdered five women in Suffolk, and Mark Dixie the killer of Sally Anne Bowman, would probably not have been convicted without DNA evidence.
But the use of forensic evidence is not always so straight-forward in proving guilt, as Clive Coleman finds out when he debates the use of forensic techniques with a panel of experts.”
BBC Law in Action, 27th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
