from the Inner Temple Library
“The powers of Government to share data will be increased under new laws announced yesterday. Legislation will introduce a fast-track procedure to allow data sharing whenever ‘a robust case’ can be made for sharing, said a Ministry of Justice report.”
OUT-LAW.com, 25th November 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“The Government has rejected calls for a law that would require significant data security breaches to be notified to the country’s privacy regulator. It said that notification to the Information Commissioner should be a matter of good practice, not law.”
OUT-LAW.com, 25th November 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Times Newspapers Ltd & Ors v Soldier B [2008] EWCA Crim 2559 (24 October 2008)
Rowe, R. v [2008] EWCA Crim 2712 (04 November 2008)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Sava v SS Global Ltd & Ors [2008] EWCA Civ 1308 (25 November 2008)
Law Society v Salsbury [2008] EWCA Civ 1285 (25 November 2008)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Murtati v Government of the Republic of Albania [2008] EWHC 2856 (Admin) (25 November 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
“A man who repeatedly raped his two daughters was jailed for life today at Sheffield Crown Court. He made them pregnant 19 times and seven of the children are still alive.”
The Independent, 25th November 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The man convicted of kidnapping, raping and strangling teenager Hannah Foster – before going on the run to India – has been sentenced to a minimum of 24 years in jail.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Murtati v Government of the Republic of Albania [2008] EWHC 2856 (Admin) (25 November 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
“For a business executive, it is the stuff of nightmares. A seemingly routine payment to a local fixer by a remote subsidiary results, years later, in an investigation by authorities in the company’s home country. The company is forced to spend millions on legal fees, its reputation is tarnished and its share price plummets. Senior managers may even find themselves in court facing criminal charges.”
The Times, 25th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Four in five law firms expect to join forces with other professionals under the reforms to be introduced by the Legal Services Act, a new survey has found.”
The Times, 25th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A stay under s 9 of the Arbitration Act 1996 could only be obtained against a party to an arbitration agreement or a person claiming through or under such a party and a mere legal or commercial connection was not sufficient.”
WLR Daily, 24th November 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
In re Phonographic Performance Ltd [2008] EWHC 2715 (Ch); [2008] WLR (D) 363
“On a reference by the Secretary of State, pursuant to s 128A of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, of a proposed licensing scheme for excepted sound recordings, the Copyright Tribunal had jurisdiction, under s 128B of the Act, to consider a delivery system neutral licensing scheme as a whole and was not limited to a consideration of the terms of a licensing scheme referred thereto only in so far as the scheme related to excepted sound recordings in broadcasts.”
WLR Daily, 24th November 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“A computer, or its hard disk, fell within the meaning of ‘material’ in s 8(1) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 and was to be regarded as a single item or thing, rather than a container of a number of things, so that, where there were reasonable grounds for believing that it contained material evidence, a warrant under s 8 could properly specify a computer or similar item even if it were likely to contain irrelevant material.”
WLR Daily, 24th November 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“A custodial sentence could be appropriate for an offence of commercial flytipping even where aggravating features, such as depositing waste of a dangerous or offensive nature, were not present.”
The Times, 25th November 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.
Wandsworth London Borough Council v Whibley
Court of Appeal
“While it was possible to have a summary disposal of applications to fix a date in a landlord’s possession action, an unsupported assertion that the tenant had to answer did not suffice to procure a hearing, and nor would a bare denial amount to an answer.”
The Times, 25th November 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 Child Benefit (Rates) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 (PDF)
The Alcoholic Liquor Duties (Surcharges) and Tobacco Products Duty Order 2008 (PDF)
The Individual Savings Account (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2008 (PDF)
The Income Tax (Indexation) (No. 4) Order 2008 (PDF)
The Value Added Tax (Change of Rate) Order 2008 (PDF)
The Value Added Tax (Amendment) (No 2) Regulations 2008 (PDF)
The Excise Duties (Road Fuel Gas) (Reliefs) (Revocation) Regulations 2008 (PDF)
The Excise Duties (Surcharges or Rebates) (Hydrocarbon Oils etc.) (Revocation) Order 2008 (PDF)
The Income Tax (Indexation) (No. 3) Order 2008 (PDF)
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Source: www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk
Please note only the current day’s cause list will be accessible
“A record number of criminals are being handed community court orders despite one in three being breached by offenders.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Laws to prevent forced marriages and protect those who have already fallen victim have been introduced in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.”
BBC News, 25th November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Six cancer sufferers who lost their only chance of fathering children when a hospital freezer broke down and destroyed their sperm samples were at the centre of an unprecedented compensation claim yesterday.”
The Times, 25th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Domestic violence costs the British economy £5.8bn a year and significantly depresses women’s ability to contribute to economic growth, the attorney general told French ministers and former victims in Paris yesterday.”
The Guardian, 25th November 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Human Rights Act has undermined public safety and led to a ‘rights culture’ developing in the UK, the Conservatives said.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Legal moves to reclaim hundreds of thousands of pounds illegally claimed by the wife of a back-from-the-dead canoeist are due to begin.”
BBC News, 25th November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Should the taxpayer foot the legal bills of defendants who are brought before courts and acquitted?”
The Times, 25th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A rapist dubbed ‘the British Josef Fritzl’, is to be sentenced after admitting to repeatedly raping his two daughters and getting them pregnant 19 times.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Home Office is to start issuing identity cards to people from outside the European Economic Area.”
BBC News, 25th November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A group of leading scientists and MPs has attacked plans to reclassify cannabis as a more dangerous drug.”
BBC News, 25th November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
