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Foreign Office lawyer says Iraq war was illegal ? The Times

Posted on January 26, 2010
“The most senior Foreign Office lawyer at the time of the invasion of Iraq said today that he had considered the Iraq war to be illegal because it had not been authorised by the United Nations.” Full story The Times, 26th January 2010 Source: www...

Recent Statutory Instruments ? OPSI

Posted on January 25, 2010
The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Regulations 2010 The Immigration (Leave to Enter and Remain) (Amendment) Order 2010 The Additional Paternity Leave Regulations 2010 The Additional Statutory Paternity Pay (Weekly Rates) Regulations 2010 The Additional Paternity Leave (Adoptions from Overseas) Regulations 2010 The Employment Rights Act 1996 (Application of Section 80BB to Adoptions from Overseas) Regulations 2010 The Additional Statutory Paternity Pay [...

Barristers ?gearing up for a revolution in the way they provide their services? ? The Bar Council

Posted on January 25, 2010
“Barristers in England and Wales are preparing themselves for major changes in the ways they provide legal services, the new Chairman of the Bar Council will say today.” Full story The Bar Council, 23rd January 2010 Source: www.barcouncil...

Iraq war was illegal, top lawyer will tell Chilcot inquiry ? The Guardian

Posted on January 25, 2010
“Tony Blair’s decision to take Britain to war in Iraq was illegal, the Foreign Office’s former chief legal adviser will tell the Chilcot inquiry this week.” Full story The Guardian, 24th January 2010 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

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Kennedy v Information Commissioner and another ? WLR Daily

Posted on January 25, 2010
Kennedy v Information Commissioner and another [2010] WLR (D) 6 “The Information Tribunal was correct in holding that the wording of s 32(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 had a very wide scope. There was no right under the 2000 Act to disclosure of documents held by public authorities which had been placed in [...

AXA Insurance plc and Another v Sulaman ? Times Law Reports

Posted on January 25, 2010
AXA Insurance plc and Another v Sulaman Court of Appeal “It was not usually helpful to compare factual details in one case with another to decide whether to deprive a litigant of some costs.” The Times, 25th January 2010 Source: www.timesonline...

Carey v HSBC Bank plc and Associated Cases ? Times Law Reports

Posted on January 25, 2010
Carey v HSBC Bank plc and Associated Cases Queen’s Bench Division “A creditor could satisfy its duty under section 78 of the Consumer Credit Act 1974, to give a debtor, when asked in writing, a copy of the running-account regulated credit agreement and other documents referred to therein, by providing a reconstituted version of the executed [...

Secret document which implicated Blair Peach coroner withheld by Home Office ? The Guardian

Posted on January 25, 2010
“Government officials withheld a document relating to the death of Blair Peach, the anti-fascist campaigner widely believed to have been killed by police in 1979, because they feared it would portray the coroner as biased and lend weight to calls for a public inquiry...

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on January 25, 2010
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) Starmer v R [2010] EWCA Crim 1 (22 January 2010) Court of Appeal (Civil Division) JO (Uganda) & Anor v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] EWCA Civ 10 (22 January 2010) KB (Trinidad and Tobago) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] EWCA Civ 11 (22 January 2010) [...

Solicitors drum up childhood-abuse cases with jail ads ? The Times

Posted on January 25, 2010
“Solicitors are advertising in jails for prison inmates to make compensation claims for abuse against former carers and teachers. Some of the claims involve allegations stretching back decades.” Full story The Times, 24th January 2010 Source: www...

Balancing security and rights ? The Guardian

Posted on January 25, 2010
“Full-body scanners may be a valuable addition to airport security, but profiling is likely to prove unjustified and ineffective.” Full story The Guardian, 23rd January 2010 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Equality bill: churches and campaigners demand clarity on religion?s exemption ? The Guardian

Posted on January 25, 2010
“The government is facing allegations of duplicity over changes to the equality bill after a leaked document showed conflicting statements about the position of churches and other religious organisations.” Full story The Guardian, 25th January 2010 Source: www...

Thousands of criminals to serve less time in prison under Government plans ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on January 25, 2010
“Tens of thousands of criminals will spend less time in prison under Government plans to limit the ability of judges to set jail sentences, an official document has disclosed.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 24th January 2010 Source: www.telegraph...

CPS refuses to reveal details of Nick Griffin?s race hate trial ? The Guardian

Posted on January 25, 2010
“The Crown Prosecution Service is ­blocking attempts to disclose details about the prosecution of Nick Griffin, the leader of the British National party, for race hate crimes, claiming that to do so would breach his data protection rights.” Full story The Guardian, 22nd January 2010 Source: www...

Judges need more discretion, not more laws ? The Times

Posted on January 25, 2010
“What should be done when people take the law into their own hands in pursuit of what they regard as justice?” Full story The Times, 25th January 2010 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

UK ?using obscure legal principle? to dismiss torture claims in colonial Kenya ? The Guardian

Posted on January 25, 2010
“The government is invoking an obscure legal principle to dismiss claims of torture and rape by the British colonial administration in Kenya, campaigners claimed.” Full story The Guardian, 25th January 2010 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Attorney General urged to increase sentence in Edlington torture case ? Daily Telegraph

Posted on January 25, 2010
“Child welfare campaigners have called for a longer sentence to be given to the two brothers who tortured and sexually humiliated two young boys.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 23rd January 2010 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Tories back plan to extend ?Sarah?s law? sex offender checks ? The Guardian

Posted on January 25, 2010
“The Conservatives today backed plans by the home secretary, Alan Johnson, for a national roll-out of powers allowing parents to check whether those who regularly care for their children are convicted sex offenders.” Full story The Guardian, 24th January 2010 Source: www...

Fears of ?licence to kill? as Tories bid to change self-defence law ? The Times

Posted on January 25, 2010
“A new law to give greater protection to householders is unnecessary and could be a licence to kill, a leading criminal barrister has warned.” Full story The Times, 25th January 2010 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Mum jailed over ?most ill child? pretence ? The Independent

Posted on January 25, 2010
“A mother who pretended that her son was terminally ill for six years in order to gain access to celebrities, a prime minister, the royal family and charitable donations has been jailed for three years.” Full story The Indepedent, 22nd January 2010 Source: www...

Parents of Edlington torture brothers could be charged ? BBC News

Posted on January 25, 2010
“The parents of two brothers detained indefinitely after they tortured two young boys in a ’sadistic’ attack could face prosecution, police have revealed.” Full story BBC News, 23rd January 2010 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Police stop and search ?not cutting knife crime?, new figures suggest ? The Guardian

Posted on January 25, 2010
“There is little connection between the use of stop and search powers by the ­Metropolitan police and reductions in knife crime, according to new figures ­analysed by a leading criminologist.” Full story The Guardian, 24th January 2010 Source: www...

Recent Statutory Instruments ? OPSI

Posted on January 22, 2010
The Employment Relations Act 1999 (Blacklists) Regulations 2010 The Sheep and Goats (Records, Identification and Movement) (Wales) Order 2009 Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

Video Recordings Act 2010

Posted on January 22, 2010
Video Recordings Act 2010 published Full text of Act Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

British Sky Broadcasting Group plc and another v Competition Commission and another ? WLR Daily

Posted on January 22, 2010
British Sky Broadcasting Group plc and another v Competition Commission and another [2010] EWCA Civ 2; [2010] WLR (D) 5 “In deciding whether or not the recommendation of the Competition Commission that a proposed merger should be prevented as contrary to the public interest, the Competition Appeal Tribunal was not required to exercise a greater [...

R (G) v Governors of X School (Secretary of State for Children and Schools and Families intervening) ? WLR Daily

Posted on January 22, 2010
R (G) v Governors of X School (Secretary of State for Children and Schools and Families intervening) [2010] EWCA Civ 1; [2010] WLR (D) 4 “Where an individual was subject to two or more sets of proceedings, or phases of a single proceeding, and a civil right or obligation enjoyed or owed by him would be [...

Regina (Boyejo and Others) v Barnet London Borough Council; Regina (Smith) v Portsmouth City Council ? Times Law Reports

Posted on January 22, 2010
Regina (Boyejo and Others) v Barnet London Borough Council; Regina (Smith) v Portsmouth City Council Queen’s Bench Division “References in documentation before decision-makers to disabilities or to rights of equality, was not sufficient to fulfil the statutory requirement of such recognition...

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on January 22, 2010
Court of Appeal (Civil Division) M-W (A Child), Re [2010] EWCA Civ 12 (21 January 2010) McHale v Cadogan [2010] EWCA Civ 14 (21 January 2010) British Sky Broadcasting Group Plc v The Competition Commission [2010] EWCA Civ 2 (21 January 2010) High Court (Chancery Division) Biddle & Company (a firm) v Tetra Pak Ltd & Ors [...

Judge is refused care authorities? report in Edlington torture case ? The Times

Posted on January 22, 2010
“Care authorities have refused to allow a High Court judge to read a confidential report into their handling of two young brothers who sadistically tortured two children and left them for dead.” Full story The Times, 22nd January 2010 Source: www...

Juicy twist in Vivian Imerman?s divorce ? The Times

Posted on January 22, 2010
“A business tycoon?s estranged wife has won the right to use 20,000 documents stolen from his computer in her battle for a slice of his £300 million fortune.” Full story The Times, 22nd January 2010 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

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