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Chancellor Alistair Darling to close loophole in finance deals based on Sharia - The Times

Posted on March 05, 2008
“The Chancellor is expected next week to close a loophole in Sharia finance rules that have allowed commercial property investors to avoid paying stamp duty on more than £1 billion of deals, The Times has learnt.” Full story The Times, 5th March 2008 Source: www...

Wasa International Insurance Co Ltd v Lexington Insurance Co; AGF Insurance Ltd v Same - WLR Daily

Posted on March 04, 2008
Wasa International Insurance Co Ltd v Lexington Insurance Co; AGF Insurance Ltd v Same [2008] EWCA Civ 150; WLR (D) 69 “Where the wording in a contract of reinsurance was the same as or equivalent to that in the underlying contract of insurance, the two contracts should be given the same construction unless there were clear [...

Regina (The Infant and Dietetic Foods Association Ltd) v Secretary of State for Health - WLR Daily

Posted on March 04, 2008
Regina (The Infant and Dietetic Foods Association Ltd) v Secretary of State for Health; WLR (D) 68 “The reference to ‘products’ in art 18 of the Commission Directive 2006/141/EC on Infant Formulae and Follow-on Formulae was not limited to the compositional elements of the formulae but also covered packaging and labelling, with the result that the [...

AS (Somalia) and another v Entry Clearance Officer, Addis Ababa and another - WLR Daily

Posted on March 04, 2008
AS (Somalia) and another v Entry Clearance Officer, Addis Ababa and another [2008] EWCA Civ 149; WLR (D) 67 “While section 82(1) of the Nationality, Asylum and Immigration Act 2002 permitted an appeal against any immigration decision, in the case of refusal of entry clearance, as opposed to refusal of leave to enter, the tribunal could [...

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Bar Council warns that Best Value Tendering scheme is flawed - The Bar Council

Posted on March 04, 2008
“The Bar Council?s working group on Best Value Tendering (BVT) has warned that the Legal Services Commission?s (LSC) ideas will damage quality, reduce choice, and harm diversity. The Working Group, which is chaired by Vice-Chairman of the Bar Desmond Browne QC, has responded to the LSC Consultation Paper on BVT...

Highest paid barristers from legal aid for the year ending 31 March 2007 - Ministry of Justice

Posted on March 04, 2008
“A breakdown of the ten highest paid criminal and civil barristers from the criminal defence service and the community legal service. The information covers the year ending 31 March 2007. A section on frequently asked questions about legal aid fees is also included in the document...

Marchant v Dixon - Times Law Reports

Posted on March 04, 2008
Marchant v Dixon Court of Appeal “The remarriage of a former wife soon after the making of a consent order as to financial arrangements in a divorce settlement did not necessarily invalidate that order. “ The Times, 4th March 2008 Source: www...

Retirement? I?m far, far too young - The Times

Posted on March 04, 2008
“Judges can go on until 70. Top solicitors reach their sell-by date at 55 ? or sooner. What happens when leading names in corporate firms have to move on?” Full story The Times, 4th March 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Question of consent makes rape by a friend or boyfriend harder to prove - The Guardian

Posted on March 04, 2008
“Conviction rates have plummeted because women are reporting more cases of rape by people they know, but juries are reluctant to send someone to jail if the victim was drunk.” Full story The Guardian, 4th March 2008 Source: www.guardian.co...

Whitehall bungled miners? compensation, say MPs - The Guardian

Posted on March 04, 2008
“Whitehall ’seriously mismanaged’ a £4bn compensation scheme for former miners suffering from lung disease and physical injuries, a report by a committee of MPs said yesterday.” Full story The Guardian, 4th March 2008 Source: www...

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted on March 04, 2008
Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Baker & Ors, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for Communities & Local Government& Ors [2008] EWCA Civ 141 (28 February 2008) Giles v Rhind [2008] EWCA Civ 118 (28 February 2008) Fulham Leisure Holdings Ltd v Nicholson Graham & Jones (A Firm) [2008] EWCA Civ 84 (28 February [...

Recent Statutory Instruments - OPSI

Posted on March 04, 2008
The Housing (Right to Buy) (Priority of Charges) (Wales) Order 2008 The Childcare Act 2006 (Local Authority Assessment) (Wales) Regulations 2008 The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Legal Expenses in Civil Recovery Proceedings) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 The Local Authorities (Functions and Responsibilities) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 The Car Fuel Benefit Order 2008 The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons)(Amendment) Order [...

Anger as inmate flees open prison - BBC News

Posted on March 04, 2008
“Demands to know why a violent robber with 100 previous offences who has absconded from an open prison was there in the first place have been made.” Full story BBC News, 4th March 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Brothers jailed for £220k fraud - BBC News

Posted on March 04, 2008
“Two brothers have been jailed for falsely claiming more than £220,000 in housing and council tax benefits.” Full story BBC News, 3rd March 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Jewish race row threatens school admissions - Daily Telegraph

Posted on March 04, 2008
“The parents of a 13-year-old girl are to bring a landmark court case that could force religious schools to water down their admissions policies.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 4th March 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Rape cases: police admit failing victims - The Guardian

Posted on March 04, 2008
“Police are contributing to the ‘appalling’ conviction rate in rape cases because officers too often fail to take alleged victims seriously enough and settle for mediocrity in their inquiries, the senior policeman responsible for raising standards in rape investigations has told the Guardian...

Jury?s still out on 24-hour drinking - The Independent

Posted on March 04, 2008
“Gordon Brown will keep open the option of reversing the controversial move to allow pubs and clubs to open 24 hours a day.” Full story The Independent, 4th March 2008 Source: www.independent.co.uk

Teenager wins age discrimination claim - The Times

Posted on March 04, 2008
” A 19-year-old woman who claimed that she was sacked for being too young has been awarded more than £16,000 in compensation after winning a ground-breaking case against her former employer.” Full story The Times, 4th March 2008 Source: www...

Podcast 50: Timothy Dutton QC, Chairman of the Bar - Charon QC

Posted on March 04, 2008
“Today I am talking to Timothy Dutton QC, Chairman of The Bar. Timothy Dutton QC was born in 1957 and was called to the Bar in 1979. He took silk in 1998. He practices in General Commercial, Public, Regulatory and Administrative Law, Professional Negligence and Disciplinaray including sports...

Recent Statutory Instruments - OPSI

Posted on March 04, 2008
The Agricultural Holdings (Units of Production) (Wales) Order 2008 The Childcare Act 2006 (Provision of Information) (Wales) Regulations 2008 The Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (Modification of Power to Make Rules about Licensed Conveyancers) Order 2008 The Public Interest Disclosure (Prescribed Persons) (Amendment) Order 2008 The Radioactive Contaminated Land (Modification of Enactments) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 The Radioactive Contaminated [...

Draft joint inspection report on the Crown Court 2004 - Ministry of Justice

Posted on March 04, 2008
“The Ministry of Justice has released a draft report that was prepared in 2003/04 by three criminal justice inspectorates following a joint inspection of the Crown Court.” Full story Ministry of Justice, 4th March 2008 Source: www.justice...

The future of blasphemy - BBC Law in Action

Posted on March 04, 2008
“The government is committed to repealing the blasphemy laws - but do they serve a useful purpose?” Full story BBC Law in Action, 4th March 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Small print causes big concerns - BBC News

Posted on March 04, 2008
“Small is far from beautiful, according to an MP seeking a new law to make small print in contracts bigger.” Full story BBC News, 4th March 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Ballots add to pressure for treaty referendum - The Times

Posted on March 03, 2008
“Pressure for a national referendum on the Lisbon treaty intensified yesterday when a pressure group announced that more than 150,000 people took part in local ballots on the issue.” Full story The Times, 3rd March 2008 Source: www.timesonline...

Regina (M) v Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council - Times Law Reports

Posted on March 03, 2008
Regina (M) v Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council House of Lords “Where a child had been provided with accommodation by a local authority?s housing department but had not come to the attention of its children?s services department, she was not entitled to further council support in her own right...

Recent Statutory Instruments - OPSI

Posted on March 03, 2008
The Immigration Services Commissioner (Designated Professional Body) (Fees) Order 2008 The Companies (Disclosure of Auditor Remuneration and Liability Limitation Agreements) Regulations 2008 The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment Order 2008 The Offender Management Act 2007 (Commencement No...

Officials warn of terrorist links to prison gangs - The Guardian

Posted on March 03, 2008
“The growing number of terrorist prisoners are forging connections with the existing gangs inside Britain’s high security jails to the alarm of senior Prison Service managers, according to internal Ministry of Justice documents.” Full story The Guardian, 3rd March 2008 Source: www...

Intermediaries to help young sex abuse victims in court - The Guardian

Posted on March 03, 2008
“Sex offenders who prey on adults with learning disabilities and young children are to be brought to justice under a groundbreaking scheme to be launched throughout England and Wales next month.” Full story The Guardian, 3rd March 2008 Source: www...

Prisoner seriously assaulted every 45 minutes in Britain - The Independent

Posted on March 03, 2008
“One serious attack takes place every 45 minutes in the overcrowded jails of England and Wales as prison staff struggle to cope with soaring levels of violence. Ministry of Justice figures reveal the number of assaults on prisoners by cellmates have rocketed from 1,790 in 1996 to 11,826 last year, a rise of 561 per [...

MPs dismayed by HFEA?s hybrid egg decision - Daily Telegraph

Posted on March 03, 2008
“The body which regulates embryo research is to come under fire for allowing scientists to create part-human, part-animal hybrids.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 3rd March 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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