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In re Hemming, decd; Raymond Saul & Co (a firm) v Holden and another - WLR Daily

Posted on November 14, 2008
In re Hemming, decd; Raymond Saul & Co (a firm) v Holden and another [2008] EWHC 2731 (Ch); [2008] WLR (D) 354 “Where a sole residuary legatee under a will became bankrupt but was automatically discharged from bankruptcy before the completion of the administration of the estate of the testator, the money and assets which were [...

Biffa Waste Services Ltd and another v Maschinenfabrik Ernst Hese GmbH and others - WLR Daily

Posted on November 14, 2008
Biffa Waste Services Ltd and another v Maschinenfabrik Ernst Hese GmbH and others [2008] EWCA Civ 1238; [2008] WLR (D) 353 “The principle that a person who employed an independent contractor would be liable for the negligence of that independent contractor where the independent contractor was engaged to carry out extra-hazardous or dangerous operations was binding [...

Zalewska v Department for Social Development - Times Law Reports

Posted on November 14, 2008
Zalewska v Department for Social Development House of Lords “The United Kingdom?s decision to restrict the payment of welfare benefits for nationals of Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Slovenia, Slovakia and the Czech Republic, known collectively as the A8 states, to those who had worked an uninterrupted 12 months in employment registered with the Home Office was [...

Regina v Stringfellow - Times Law Reports

Posted on November 14, 2008
Regina v Stringfellow Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) “Where the clerk of a crown court went wrong when he was taking the vote of the jury, it was better for counsel to interrupt and ask the clerk to start again, to avoid unnecessary excursions to the Court of Appeal...

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Behind the story: How digging for details unearthed a scandal - The Times

Posted on November 14, 2008
“It was meant to give sick and dying men recompense for the irreparable damage to their health caused by years of mining coal. Yet the legacy of the world?s biggest private injury compensation scheme is the number of opulent houses, private jets and luxury cars purchased with the profits of the solicitors who handled their [...

More laws but no more order, say academics - Daily Telegraph

Posted on November 14, 2008
“Criminologists said despite more than 3,000 new offences created under Labour it has only served to criminalize more people and not protect others.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 13th November 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Appeal judge hits out at ?deeply troubling? �100,000 legal costs over a �265 dispute - Daily Telegraph

Posted on November 14, 2008
“Lawyers ran up legal bills worth �100,000 and spent more than nine days of court time settling a row over �265.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 13th November 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Jim Beresford?s firm made �16.7m in year handling miners? compensation claims - The Times

Posted on November 14, 2008
“Jim Beresford gained the dubious distinction of being the ‘highest-earning solicitor in Britain’ through the profits generated by his firm?s handling of miners? compensation claims.” Full story The Times, 14th November 2008 Source: www...

Divorced - for having an affair in Second Life - The Independent

Posted on November 14, 2008
“As divorce cases go, it is as explosive and sordid as it gets: a woman catches her husband having sex with a prostitute, forgives him, but finally throws in the towel after discovering he has been unfaithful again. Yet absolutely none of it happened in real life...

Miners? compensation: third of solicitors now flout rules on secret payments to win work - The Times

Posted on November 14, 2008
“The legal profession faces a radical overhaul of a multimillion-pound trade in which thousands of solicitors fork out confidential payments or commission to obtain work.” Full story The Times, 14th November 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co...

Profile: Mr Justice Eady, defender of the nation?s privacy - Daily Telegraph

Posted on November 14, 2008
“When Mr Justice Eady retreats to the anonymity of his isolated cottage in Kent this weekend, he will no doubt breathe a large sigh of relief at being able to escape the burning heat of a media spotlight which has shone on him like never before...

Sentences cut for marine hose cartel executives - The Times

Posted on November 14, 2008
“Three former oil industry workers who became the first British business executives to be jailed for price-fixing had their sentences reduced today.” Full story The Times, 14th November 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Campaigner wins pesticide victory - BBC News

Posted on November 14, 2008
“An environmental campaigner has won a legal victory in a long-running battle with the government over the use of pesticides.” Full story BBC News, 14th November 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Forced Marriage Act and relevant third parties - Ministry of Justice

Posted on November 13, 2008
“Justice Minister Bridget Prentice has made a statement on the government’s response to a consultation on third party applications on behalf of victims of forced marriages.” Full story Ministry of Justice, 13th November 2008 Source: www...

Wrongly-jailed men lose compensation bids - The Independent

Posted on November 13, 2008
“Two victims of high-profile ‘miscarriages of justice’ cases lost a legal battle for increased compensation awards today.” Full story The Independent, 13th November 2008 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Binge drinkers to confront their alcohol-related criminal behaviour - Home Office

Posted on November 13, 2008
“Binge drinkers arrested for alcohol related offences in nine police force areas across the country will be compelled to face up to the consequences of their drinking, Home Office Minister Alan Campbell announced today.” Full story Home Office, 13th November 2008 Source: www...

R v Moulden - WLR Daily

Posted on November 13, 2008
R v Moulden [2008] EWCA Crim 2561; [2008] WLR (D) 352 “In s 6(2)(a) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, the words ‘proceedings before the Crown Court’ meant proceedings under a single indictment. The expression did not cover everything, in whatever form, before the court on the date sentence was to be imposed...

E v Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary and another (Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission intervening) - WLR Daily

Posted on November 13, 2008
E v Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary and another (Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission intervening) [2008] UKHL 66; [2008] WLR (D) 351 “The positive obligation imposed on the state and its emanations by art 3 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms to prevent the infliction by third parties [...

Artists lobby for royalty rights of the dead - OUT-LAW.com

Posted on November 13, 2008
“Artists have unanimously backed a proposal to award resale royalties to artists after their death, the UK Intellectual Property Office (UK-IPO) has said. The art trade has almost unanimously rejected the plan.” Full story OUT-LAW.com, 13th November 2008 Source: www...

Tougher rules on prosecuting death drivers after killers escape jail - Daily Telegraph

Posted on November 13, 2008
“Prosecutors have been told to take a tougher line on dangerous driving after a review showed that motorists who killed have escaped jail.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 12th November 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

13,000 people wrongly branded criminals - Daily Telegraph

Posted on November 13, 2008
“Up to 13,000 people have been wrongly labelled as criminals or accused of more serious offences because of blunders by the police and the Criminal Records Bureau.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 12th November 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Free, gratis and for nothing: why pro bono has finally come of age - The Times

Posted on November 13, 2008
“Afghanistan is a long way, in every sense, from the elegant rooms of barristers within the ancient Inns of Court and London?s legal square mile. But for the past five years, barristers from a number of chambers have travelled out of their comfort zone for regular trips there for Access to Justice in Afghanistan, a Bar [...

Catching up with the ?internet pimps? - BBC News

Posted on November 13, 2008
“Nine people from Thailand have been jailed for up to two-and-a-half-years for their part in exploiting women who were advertised in “online brothels”. They are thought to have made millions of pounds from women trafficked from Asia to the UK for use in the sex trade...

UK Government consults on consumer protection law overhaul - OUT-LAW.com

Posted on November 13, 2008
“The Government has asked businesses whether they back a set of consumer protection laws proposed by the European Commission. If the proposals become law then retailers across Europe will have to offer the same consumer rights.” Full story OUT-LAW...

Garry Newlove murder pair to begin appeals - Daily Telegraph

Posted on November 13, 2008
“Two teenagers convicted of the murder of father-of-three Garry Newlove - who died after confronting a gang outside his home - are launching their appeals.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 13th November 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Judges reject Met police appeal - The Independent

Posted on November 13, 2008
“The brother of a pilot falsely accused of involvement in the September 11 terror attacks today fought off a police attempt to overturn a ruling that he is entitled to damages arising out of his own arrest.” Full story The Independent, 12th November 2008 Source: www...

Are high costs failing those looking for justice? - The Times

Posted on November 13, 2008
“The fundamental review of costs of litigation in the civil courts set up under Lord Justice Jackson was described as the biggest thing since the Woolf report, at the Civil Justice Council?s (CJC) costs forum last month ? which is appropriate, given that high costs are a particular failure of the former Lord Chief Justice?s [...

Recent Statutory Instruments - OPSI

Posted on November 13, 2008
The Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Taxes on Income and Capital) (Netherlands) Order 2008 The Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Taxes on Income and Capital) (France) Order 2008 The Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Taxes on Income and Capital) (Isle of Man) Order 2008 OGCbuying...

Former church minister found guilty of bigamy on the run - Daily Telegraph

Posted on November 13, 2008
“A bigamist who married three women and left them in debt is on the run from police after being convicted in his absence.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 13th November 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Taxman misled court into granting search warrants - The Times

Posted on November 13, 2008
“Search warrants executed by Revenue & Customs at the offices of a tax consultancy were held to be unlawful by the High Court today.” Full story The Times, 13th November 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

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