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Statek Corporation v Alford and Another - Times Law Reports

Posted on February 12, 2008
Statek Corporation v Alford and Another Chancery Division “Where a beneficiary had a claim against an accessory to another?s fraudulent breach of trust, the exception to the normal limitation period applied to that claim as if the accessory were a fiduciary or trustee...

Majorstake Ltd v Curtis - Times Law Reports

Posted on February 12, 2008
Majorstake Ltd v Curtis House of Lords “‘Premises’ in which a flat was contained was an objectively recognisable space which a visitor would regard as the premises.” The Times, 12th February 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...

Recent Statutory Instruments - OPSI

Posted on February 12, 2008
The Sheep and Goats (Records, Identification and Movement) (Wales) Order 2008 The Local Authorities (Alteration of Requisite Calculations) (England) Regulations 2008 The Petroleum Licensing (Production) (Seaward Areas) Regulations 2008 The National Health Service (Functions of Strategic Health Authorities and Primary Care Trusts and Administration Arrangements) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 The Armed Forces (Gurkha Pensions) (Amendment) Order 2008 The Child Benefit [...

Get prisoners into open jails, governors told as cells fill up - The Guardian

Posted on February 12, 2008
“Prison governors have been told to move as many inmates as possible to open jails as an emergency response to the latest surge in prisoner numbers, which have reached a new record of 81,681 in England and Wales.” Full story The Guardian, 12th Febraury  2008 Source: www...

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QCs, Law Soc in face-off over solicitor code rights - The Lawyer

Posted on February 12, 2008
“Two leading silks have initiated proceedings against the Law Society for the right to include the new Solicitors’ Code of Conduct in a handbook they co-authored.” Full story The Lawyer, 11th February 2008 Source: www.thelawyer.com

Ministers confirm that US wants armed guards on transatlantic flights - The Guardian

Posted on February 12, 2008
“Ministers admitted yesterday that they are examining Washington’s demands to allow armed guards on US airline flights from the UK to America, and indicated that the request could affect the future of visa-free travel by Britons to America...

?Sorry for any confusion but it is my right and duty to talk about religion and the law? - The Times

Posted on February 12, 2008
“The Archbishop of Canterbury apologised to the Church of England yesterday for any ‘misleading choice of words’ when he delivered his controversial speech on Islam, but insisted that he stood by his right to tackle such issues.” Full story The Times, 12th February 2008 Source: www...

Internet users could face disconnection for illegal downloads - The Guardian

Posted on February 12, 2008
“Internet users who illegally download music and films could lose their access to the web under legislation aimed at cracking down on those who flout piracy laws. Powers being drafted by the government will compel internet service providers to take action against customers who access pirated material...

Mother jailed for crying rape - Daily Telegraph

Posted on February 12, 2008
“A young mother of three who tried to frame her lover for rape after her boyfriend found out about their affair was jailed for four months on Monday.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 12th February 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Barristers escape perjury claims - The Lawyer

Posted on February 12, 2008
“A senior barrister from Furnival chambers has shrugged off claims that he perverted the course of justice after the Divisional Court quashed summonses issued against him.” Full story The Lawyer, 11th February 2008 Source: www.thelawyer.com

Mothers of Iraq victims take case for inquiry to law lords - The Times

Posted on February 12, 2008
“The ‘overwhelming’ body of legal advice received by the Government in the lead-up to the invasion of Iraq in 2003 was that it would be unlawful without a proper mandate by the United Nations, nine law lords were told yesterday.” Full story The Times, 12th February 2008 Source: www...

Woman jailed for murder of 100-year-old - Reuters

Posted on February 12, 2008
“A woman who murdered her 100-year-old aunt, a former dressmaker to the Queen, during a feud over a will was jailed for a minimum of 20 years on Monday.” Full story Reuters, 11th February 2008 Source: www.reuters.com

RCJ support unit offers assistance to Mills - The Lawyer

Posted on February 12, 2008
“The Royal Court of Justice’s Personal Support Unit (PSU) today (11 February) said that Heather Mills should have sought its assistance in relation to her divorce from former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney.” Full story The Lawyer, 11th February 2008 Source: www...

Policeman caught out on YouTube video - Daily Telegraph

Posted on February 12, 2008
“An investigation has been launched into video footage of a uniformed police officer performing stunts on a moped believed to have been seized from a suspected criminal.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 11th February 2008 Source: www.telegraph...

Teenagers given life sentences for Newlove murder - The Guardian

Posted on February 12, 2008
“Three youths convicted of kicking and beating Garry Newlove to death outside his own home after a seven-hour drinking binge were today all jailed for life.” Full story The Guardian, 11th February 2008 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Biofuel demand leading to human rights abuses, report claims - The Guardian

Posted on February 12, 2008
“EU politicians should reject targets for expanding the use of biofuels because the demand for palm oil is leading to human rights abuses in Indonesia, a coalition of international environmental groups claimed today.” Full story The Guardian, 11th February 2008 Source: www...

Authorities have not done enough to prosecute rapists - The Times

Posted on February 12, 2008
“This Saturday, women from across the UK will describe their experiences of sexual and domestic violence in a public trial to be held in London. The event ? The Rape of Justice ? Who?s Guilty? ? coincides with the 30th anniversary of the campaigning group, Women Against Rape (WAR)...

FSA fines and bans Mohammed Suba Miah over high-risk sales - The Times

Posted on February 12, 2008
“The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has for the first time both fined and banned a stockbroker after he was found to have dishonestly sold high-risk shares to customers.” Full story The Times, 11th February 2008 Source: www.timesonline...

The art of self-defence - The Guardian

Posted on February 11, 2008
“A lawyer who acts for himself has a fool for a client, according to the old saw. If you have no legal qualifications whatsoever, logic suggests that representing yourself in court is even more foolhardy - especially when tens of millions of pounds are at stake...

Recent Statutory Instruments - OPSI

Posted on February 11, 2008
The Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Lid Gaskets) (Wales) Regulations 2008 The Police and Justice Act 2006 (Commencement No. 1) (Wales) Order 2007 The Social Security (National Insurance Numbers) Amendment Regulations 2008 The Legal Services Act 2007 (Commencement No...

Regina (Haase) v Independent Adjudicator - Times Law Reports

Posted on February 11, 2008
Regina (Haase) v Independent Adjudicator Queen’s Bench Division “Prison disciplinary hearings by independent adjudicators, in which the prosecution case was presented by a prison officer who might also be a witness, were not incompatible with the right to a fair trial guaranteed by article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights...

Maye v Director of Public Prosecutions, Northern Ireland - Times Law Reports

Posted on February 11, 2008
Maye v Director of Public Prosecutions, Northern Ireland House of Lords “An interest in an unadministered intestate estate and an action for damages for false im-prisonment were both ‘things in action’ and therefore ‘property’ when determining the amount that might be realised for the purpose of a confiscation order...

Ofulue and Another v Bossert - Times Law Reports

Posted on February 11, 2008
Ofulue and Another v Bossert Court of Appeal “Where a party contended that a right to property had been breached, the English court had to apply a margin of appreciation in taking into account the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights at Strasbourg...

Laskar v Laskar - WLR Daily

Posted on February 11, 2008
Laskar v Laskar; [2008] WLR (D) 39 “The presumption that the legal and beneficial interests of a domestic property conveyed into joint names were, in the absence of an agreement between the parties, joint and equal applied to a family home occupied by cohabitants...

R (Bradley and others) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and others - WLR Daily

Posted on February 11, 2008
R (Bradley and others) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and others; [2008] WLR (D) 38 “Where the Parliamentary Commissioner had found maladministration in a ministerial department, the Secretary of State, although not bound by the Commissioner?s decision, was not entitled to reject the Commissioner?s finding on the basis that he preferred another view [...

Betterment Properties (Weymouth) Ltd v Dorset County Council - WLR Daily

Posted on February 11, 2008
Betterment Properties (Weymouth) Ltd v Dorset County Council [2008] EWCA Civ 22; [2008] WLR (D) 37 “On an application to the High Court to remove land from the register of town and village greens, the parties could adduce whatever evidence they wished, subject to the court?s exercise of its case management powers...

R (Aweys and others) v Birmingham City Council - WLR Daily

Posted on February 11, 2008
R (Aweys and others) v Birmingham City Council [2008] EWCA Civ 48; [2008] WLR (D) 36 “In the case of the homeless in priority need it was not lawful, for the purposes of the duty to secure accommodation pursuant to s193 (2) of the Housing Act 1996, for a local housing authority, pending permanent re-housing, to [...

Heather Mills set to question Sir Paul McCartney in court - The Times

Posted on February 11, 2008
“Heather Mills will be able to cross-examine Sir Paul McCartney personally over his multimillion-pound earnings when the estranged couple go to court today to hammer out a final divorce settlement.” Full story The Times, 11th February 2008 Source: www...

Coroners resist plans to investigate long-term health threat from vCJD at postmortems - The Guardian

Posted on February 11, 2008
“Coroners are blocking government plans to test tens of thousands of bodies undergoing postmortem examinations each year for signs of variant CJD, the human form of BSE. Their involvement is essential for a research programme, backed by ministers, senior scientific advisers and an independent ethical committee, to establish the long-term public health threat from the [...

Bugging policeman faces court over leaks - The Times

Posted on February 11, 2008
“Mark Kearney faces eight charges of misconduct in a public office in allegedly leaking police information to a local newspaper journalist and a private detective.” Full story The Times, 11th February 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

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