from the Inner Temple Library
“The problem information security professionals are most worried about is preventing data loss by their organisations, a survey has found. It found that 69% of IT security workers put the loss of data at the top of their worry list.”
OUT-LAW.com, 28th August 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“Gary McKinnon, a computer expert who hacked into dozens of US military computers, lost his appeal to the European court of human rights today and faces extradition to the US in the next fortnight, his solicitor said.”
The Guardian, 28th August 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Married couples and civil partners whose spouse or civil partner dies without leaving a will are to benefit from an increase in the statutory legacy under proposals published by the government today.”
Ministry of Justice, 28th August 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
James & Ors, R. v [2008] EWCA Crim 1869 (30 July 2008)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Field Common Ltd v Elmbridge Borough Council [2008] EWHC 2079 (Ch) (27 August 2008)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Prospect & Anor v Ministry of Defence [2008] EWHC 2056 (Admin) (27 August 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
Greenweb Ltd v Wandsworth London Borough Council
Court of Appeal
“Where a local authority compulsorily purchased a public open space after refusing the landowner’s application for housing development, the Lands Tribunal had to value the land on the basis that planning permission had been granted for the housing development.”
The Times, 28th August 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.
Queen’s Bench Divisional Court
“Sewage escaping from pipes maintained by a statutory undertaker was controlled waste within the meaning of section 33 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.”
The Times, 28th August 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 (Federation of Tour Operators and Others) v HM Treasury and Others
Court of Appeal
“The doubling of air passenger duty at seven weeks’ notice was not unlawful.”
The Times, 28th August 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 US state department yesterday warned that disclosure of secret information in the case of a British resident said to have been tortured before he was sent to Guantánamo Bay would cause ’serious and lasting damage’ to security relations between the countries.”
The Guardian, 28th August 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“How much compensation should be paid to someone whose life is blighted after being wrongly accused or even convicted and jailed for murder?”
The Times, 28th August 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A UK broadcaster has been fined £20,000 for showing sexually explicit content on a free-to-air television channel. Satellite Entertainment Ltd (SEL) breached regulator Ofcom’s Broadcasting Code, it said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 27th August 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“A mother who was taken to court after refusing to pay a £75 fine for dropping a piece of sausage roll on the pavement has had her case dismissed.”
BBC News, 27th August 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Adult and youth courts in the Midlands are being cancelled because more offenders are being given on-the-spot fines, according to a letter leaked to The Times.”
The Times, 28th August 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A man who converted replica submachine guns into lethal weapons that were later linked to some of Britain’s most notorious murders was convicted of a string of firearms offences today.”
The Guardian, 27th August 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Gambling Commission should investigate the couple selling their £1 million house through a £25-a-ticket lottery, a gambling law expert has said. The Commission refused to comment on the case.”
OUT-LAW.com, 27th August 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“Proposals to build three huge new jails would ’squander’ public money and leave Britain the prisons capital of Europe, a coalition of 34 penal reform groups and unions warn today.”
The Independent, 28th August 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“British lawyers have an insatiable appetite for reading about themselves, with a lively and competitive specialist press — including three big weeklies, two smaller niche weeklies, a glossy business monthly and numerous specialist practice titles — catering for that hunger. As the English legal profession stares down the barrel of a global recession, can it continue to support such a crowded field?”
The Times, 28th August 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
