“The Government has published plans on how it might regulate the video on demand industry. It has also said that it is reluctant to relax rules on product placement on television.”
OUT-LAW.com, 30th July 2008
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Archive for July 30th, 2008
Government consults on web video regulation – OUT-LAW.com
Published July 30, 2008 internet , media , news Leave a CommentKaraoke singer faces fine for Whitney Houston renditions – Daily Telegraph
Published July 30, 2008 news , noise Leave a Comment“A karaoke singer is facing a fine after breaking a noise abatement order by reciting hits such as ‘I Will Always Love You’ by Whitney Houston in her home.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th July 2008
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Judge says expert witnesses are rarely useful for trade mark disputes – OUT-LAW.com
Published July 30, 2008 expert witnesses , news , trade marks Leave a Comment“A judge has said that expert evidence in trade mark disputes is rarely likely to be relevant when it comes to deciding if a consumer will be confused by two supposedly similar marks.”
OUT-LAW.com, 30th July 2008
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Sham wedding powers ruled illegal – BBC News
Published July 30, 2008 immigration , marriage , news Leave a Comment“Law Lords have ruled the home secretary cannot use controversial powers to stop sham marriages as they discriminate against foreigners in the UK.”
BBC News, 30th July 2008
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HIV fire service man sues brigade – BBC News
Published July 30, 2008 HIV , disability discrimination , news Leave a Comment“A fire service control room operator with HIV is suing Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service for disability discrimination over his condition.”
BBC News, 30th July 2008
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Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Khyam & Ors,R v [2008] EWCA Crim 1612 (23 July 2008)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Handi-Craft Company & Anor v B Free World Ltd & Ors [2008] EWCA Civ 868 (30 July 2008)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Dadourian Group International Inc & Ors v Simms & Ors [2008] EWHC 1784 (Ch) (25 July 2008)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Smith v Skanska Construction Services Ltd [2008] EWHC 1776 (QB) (29 July 2008)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Galliford Try Infrastructure Ltd v Mott MacDonald Ltd [2008] EWHC 1864 (TCC) (17 July 2008)
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Cole wins ‘beating’ claim pay-out – BBC News
Published July 30, 2008 defamation , news Leave a Comment“Former England and Manchester United star Andrew Cole has accepted substantial undisclosed damages over a newspaper’s claim he beat his wife.”
BBC News, 30th July 2008
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RSPCA: ‘Throwaway society’ blamed as animal cruelty convictions rise – The Guardian
Published July 30, 2008 animal cruelty , news Leave a Comment“The number of people convicted of cruelty to animals rose by 24% last year, the RSPCA says today, as it blames ‘our throwaway society’ for making dogs, cats and horses helpless victims.”
The Guardian, 30th July 2008
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Police cleared over witness’s death – The Independent
Published July 30, 2008 duty of care , human rights , negligence , news , police , witnesses Leave a Comment“Police were today cleared of liability for the death of a court witness who was murdered days before he was due to give evidence.”
The Independent, 30th July 2008
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Hacker loses extradition appeal – BBC News
Published July 30, 2008 computer crime , extradition , news Leave a Comment“A Briton accused of hacking into top secret military computers has lost a Law Lords appeal against being extradited to stand trial in the US.”
BBC News, 30th July 2008
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Lords overturn Saudi probe ruling – BBC News
Published July 30, 2008 Saudi Arabia , Serious Fraud Office , bribery , corruption , news Leave a Comment“The House of Lords has ruled that the Serious Fraud Office acted lawfully when it halted its investigation into a Saudi arms deal.”
BBC News, 30th July 2008
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“The BBC has been fined £400,000 by media watchdog Ofcom for misleading its audiences by ‘faking’ phone-ins.”
BBC News, 30th July 2008
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Tesco tax avoidance schemes can form part of libel case, judge rules – The Guardian
Published July 30, 2008 corporation tax , defamation , news , tax avoidance Leave a Comment“Details of elaborate offshore corporation tax avoidance schemes operated by Tesco were yesterday allowed to be introduced into evidence in a libel case the supermarket chain is bringing against the Guardian.”
The Guardian, 30th July 2008
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Regina (Thames Water Utilities Ltd) v Bromley Magistrates’ Court (Water Services Regulation Authority intervening) – WLR Daily
Published July 30, 2008 environmental protection , law reports , waste Leave a Comment“Sewage escaping from pipes maintained by a statutory undertaker was ‘controlled waste’ within the meaning of s 33 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.”
WLR Daily, 29th July 2008
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ETI Euro Telecom International NV v Republic of Bolivia and another – WLR Daily
Published July 30, 2008 arbitration , conflict of laws , freezing injunctions , law reports Leave a Comment“International arbitration proceedings were not ‘proceedings’ for the purpose of s 25 of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 to enable the English court to grant interim relief to preserve the outcome of the arbitration proceedings. Where injunctive relief was sought in the English court, the claimant should deal both with state immunity from the adjudicative jurisdiction of the court and with state immunity from enforcement. The court should consider and decide the question of state immunity at as early a stage on the proceedings as practicable.”
WLR Daily, 29th July 2008
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Regina (C) v Secretary of State for Justice – WLR Daily
Published July 30, 2008 law reports , restraint , young offenders Leave a CommentRegina( C) v Secretary of State for Justice; [2008] WLR (D) 262
“The introduction of an amendment to the Secure Training Centre Rules to permit physical restraint of young offenders in secure training centres to ensure good order and discipline without prior consultation with the Children’s Commissioner was unlawful and engaged art 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedom.”
WLR Daily, 29th July 2008
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Masri v Consolidated Contractors International Co SAL and others (No 4) – WLR Daily
Published July 30, 2008 company directors , judgments , jurisdiction , law reports Leave a Comment“The court had jurisdiction under CPR r 71.2 to order the examination of a foreign director of a company which had submitted to the jurisdiction, defended a claim on the merits and failed to pay the judgment debt. A director of a corporate director of the judgment debtor was not ‘an officer of that body’ within the meaning of the rule.”
WLR Daily, 29th July 2008
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JT (Cameroon) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily
Published July 30, 2008 asylum , law reports , statutory interpretation Leave a CommentJT (Cameroon) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWCA Civ 878; [2008] WLR (D) 260
“When construing s 8(1) of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc) Act 2004, which provided various factors that the court should take account of in assessing the credibility of an asylum seeker, the qualifying word ‘potentially’ should be read into an explanatory clause which would then read: ‘as (potentially) damaging the claimant’s credibility’.”
WLR Daily, 29th July 2008
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Mosley v News Group Newspapers Ltd – Times Law Reports
Published July 30, 2008 law reports , media , privacy Leave a CommentMosley v News Group Newspapers Ltd
Queen’s Bench Division
“It was not for the media to expose sexual conduct between consenting adults which did not involve any significant breach of the criminal law except where there was a countervailing public interest because at least one of the established limiting principles, such as victimisation or corruption of the young, came into play.”
The Times, 30th July 2008
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Crime: Map shows domestic violence is everywhere – The Guardian
Published July 30, 2008 crime , domestic violence , news , statistics Leave a Comment“Humberside police service recorded the highest number of women murdered by their partners, and the City of London police the lowest, in the past five years, according to a new map of murder rates across England and Wales published by the government’s Equalities Unit yesterday.”
The Guardian, 30th July 2008
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Ruling due in witness murder case – BBC News
Published July 30, 2008 human rights , murder , news , police , witnesses Leave a Comment“Law Lords are expected to rule later on whether a police force breached the human rights of a witness who was murdered before he could give evidence.”
BBC News, 30th July 2008
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Legal Opinion: Privacy on parade in Fleet Street and the law courts – The Independent
Published July 30, 2008 media , privacy , special report Leave a Comment“Our shy and retiring privacy law is rarely out of the media spotlight. The media lawyer Amber Melville-Brown suggests why we should be grateful that it exists.”
The Independent, 30th July 2008
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Single-minded pursuit – The Guardian
Published July 30, 2008 charities , local government , minorities , special report Leave a Comment“Government guidance on cohesion is thought to have spurred some councils to stop funding black and minority ethnic charities. But now a high court victory could force a serious rethink. Saba Salman reports.”
The Guardian, 30th July 2008
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Sikh teenager Sarika Watkins-Singh wins right to wear bangle – The Times
Published July 30, 2008 news , religious discrimination , school children Leave a Comment“A Sikh teenager won a legal battle yesterday over her right to wear a bangle that she holds central to her faith.”
The Times, 30th July 2008
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Plans for computer games classifications Q&A – The Guardian
Published July 30, 2008 children , special report , video games Leave a Comment“Where do the plans for new rules come from? Earlier this year, Tanya Byron, a psychologist advising the Government, said that video game ratings should to be overhauled to make them easier for parents and children to understand.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th July 2008
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Ruling due on hacker extradition – BBC News
Published July 30, 2008 computer crime , extradition , news Leave a Comment“The Law Lords are due to decide whether a Briton accused of hacking into top secret military computers should be extradited to the US to stand trial.”
BBC News, 30th July 2008
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Curse of the DNA register – The Independent
Published July 30, 2008 DNA , criminal records , data protection , news Leave a Comment“A generation of young Britons is being criminalised for life by the relentless expansion of the national DNA database, ministers are warned today.”
The Independent, 30th July 2008
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Max Mosley case: are judges strangling the freedom of the press by stealth? – The Times
Published July 30, 2008 media , privacy , special report Leave a Comment“A ‘dangerous’ precedent of which the victim is public morality; a ruling that trivialises ‘unspeakable and indecent behaviour’ that is ‘depraved, brutal and repugnant’, thundered Lord Carey, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, this week.”
The Times, 29th July 2008
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A huge job for the boys – The Guardian
Published July 30, 2008 domestic violence , sexual offences , special report Leave a Comment“The minister for police, security and community safety tells Julie Bindel how he wants men to take a more responsible attitude towards domestic and sexual violence against women – and to spread the word to others.”
The Guardian, 29th July 2008
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