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Bank rules written in ?different language? - The Times

Posted on January 30, 2008
“The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has accused banks of writing its contracts in a ‘different language’ that consumers do not understand, while giving evidence in the ongoing bank charges case.” Full story The Times, 29th January 2008 Source: www...

Court delivers a blow to record companies on internet piracy - The Times

Posted on January 30, 2008
“Record labels and film studios cannot demand that telecoms companies reveal the personal details of people suspected of swapping copyrighted material on the internet, the European Court of Justice ruled yesterday.” Full story The Times, 30th January 2008 Source: www...

Law firms gloomy about difficult year ahead - The Times

Posted on January 29, 2008
“The UK’s top law firms are steeling themselves for a difficult year ahead with confidence among senior managers falling for the first time in six years, according to a survey. The news will add to fears that the legal market may have peaked...

Bail hearing ?properly conducted? - BBC News

Posted on January 29, 2008
“A judge’s decision to grant bail to a murder suspect was ‘properly conducted’ a coroner has said.” Full story BBC News, 29th January 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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Wife guilty of anti-freeze plot - BBC News

Posted on January 29, 2008
“A woman has been found guilty of trying to kill her husband by slipping anti-freeze into his wine.” Full story BBC News, 29th January 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Watchdog reveals payment protection profits - The Times

Posted on January 29, 2008
“Insurance policies designed to protect consumers against a loss of income are so profitable that the lenders who sell them can earn revenue of �1,200 on a policy that can cost only �20 to sell, a report by competition authorities revealed yesterday...

Reorganisation of the Ministry of Justice - Ministry of Justice

Posted on January 29, 2008
“Jack Straw has made a written ministerial statement in which he has announced a new structure for the Ministry of Justice.” Full story Ministry of Justice, 29th January 2008 Source: www.justice.gov.uk

CCTV must not record conversations, warns new guidance - OUT-LAW.com

Posted on January 29, 2008
“Closed-circuit television (CCTV) system operators would need exceptional justification for recording sound as well as video, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has warned.” Full story OUT-LAW.com, 29th January 2008 Source: www...

Privacy chief wants new criminal offence - OUT-LAW.com

Posted on January 29, 2008
“Information Commissioner Richard Thomas has asked the Government to create a new offence of recklessly or knowing breaching data protection principles punishable by unlimited fines. He has also asked for other powers to be strengthened.” Full story OUT-LAW...

R v Y [2008] EWCA Crim 10 - WLR Daily

Posted on January 29, 2008
R v Y [2008] EWCA Crim 10; [2008] WLR (D) 15 “Many rulings made by trial judges could properly be described both as relating to ‘offences included in the indictment’ and as being evidentiary and as such came within the provisions of s 58 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003, allowing the Crown to appeal against [...

British Broadcasting Corporation v Sugar and another; R (British Broadcasting Corporation) v Information Tribunal; R (Sugar) v Information Commissioner - WLR Daily

Posted on January 29, 2008
British Broadcasting Corporation v Sugar and another; R (British Broadcasting Corporation) v Information Tribunal; R (Sugar) v Information Commissioner; [2008] WLR (D) 14 “The BBC was a public authority to a limited extent in respect of information not held for the purpose of journalism and not otherwise; and that the information tribunal had no jurisdiction to [...

R (Griffin) v Richmond Magistrates? Court - WLR Daily

Posted on January 29, 2008
R (Griffin) v Richmond Magistrates? Court [2008] EWHC 84 (Admin); [2008] WLR (D) 13 “The statutory defence under s208(4) of the Insolvency Act 1986, available to a defendant to a charge under s208(1)(c) of the Act, imposed a legal burden of proof which was not incompatible with art 6 of the European Convention for the Protection [...

In re Astron Clinica Ltd and others - WLR Daily

Posted on January 29, 2008
In re Astron Clinica Ltd and others [2008] EWHC 85 (Pat); [2008] WLR (D) 12 “Claims to computer programs were not necessarily excluded from patentability by art 52 of the Convention on the Grant of European Patents 1973. Where claims to a method performed by running a suitably programmed computer or to a computer programmed to [...

KG (Sri Lanka) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; AK (Sri Lanka) v Same - WLR Daily

Posted on January 29, 2008
KG (Sri Lanka) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; AK (Sri Lanka) v Same [2008] EWCA Civ 13;[2008] WLR (D) 11 “The right of a citizen of the European Union and his family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States did not extend to ?other family members? (falling [...

Statek Corpn v Alford and another - WLR Daily

Posted on January 29, 2008
Statek Corpn v Alford and another [2008] EWHC 32 (Ch); [2008] WLR (D) 10 “S 21(1) of the Limitation Act 1980 applied to a claim by a beneficiary under a trust against an accessory to fraudulent breaches of trust committed by other people so that no limitation period applied to such claims...

Statute Law Repeals - Law Commission

Posted on January 29, 2008
“The most recent Statute Law Repeals Report (the 18th report in the series) was published on 29 January 2008. A draft of the Bill, which gives effect to the repeal proposals contained in the report, is included. The Bill will shortly be introduced in the House of Lords for its First Reading...

Day v Haine and Another - Times Law Reports

Posted on December 31, 1969
Day v Haine and Another Court of Appeal “Protective awards made by an employment tribunal following the failure of a company to comply with its statutory obligation to consult concerning collective redundancies before going into liquidation were contingent debts of the company and therefore provable debts in the liquidation...