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Club la Costa (UK) plc v Gebhard and another - WLR Daily

Posted on October 29, 2008
Club la Costa (UK) plc v Gebhard and another [2008] EWHC 2552 (QB); [2008] WLR (D) 332 “A valid offer to make amends under s 2(2) of the Defamation Act 1996 could not be made without the offeror conceding that the ’specific defamatory meaning’ which the statement conveyed was defamatory of the person bringing the complaint...

In re Times Newspapers Ltd and another - WLR Daily

Posted on October 29, 2008
In re Times Newspapers Ltd and another [2008] EWCA Crim 2396; [2008] WLR (D) 331 “For a court to order the anonymisation of defendants? names in a case in which no applicable statute provided a power justifying such an order, careful regard would have to be had to the relevant tests identified at common law, viz [...

Secretary of State for the Home Department v AF: Same v AM; Same v AN; Same v AE - Times Law Reports

Posted on October 29, 2008
Secretary of State for the Home Department v AF: Same v AM; Same v AN; Same v AE Court of Appeal “While as much information as possible, without imperilling national security, should be disclosed to a person subject to a control order, it was arguable that there was no irreducible minimum the nondisclosure of which would [...

Horsham Properties Group Ltd v Clark and Another - Times Law Reports

Posted on October 29, 2008
Horsham Properties Group Ltd v Clark and Another Chancery Division “The exercise of a statutory power of sale under section 101 of the Law of Property Act 1925 was not a deprivation of possessions for the purposes of article 1 of the First Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights, protecting the right to property...

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Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (Provisions commencing on 3 November 2008)- Ministry of Justice

Posted on October 29, 2008
“This circular provides details of some of the provisions in the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 which come into force on 3 November 2008.” Full circular Ministry of Justice, 29th October 2008 Source: www.justice.gov.uk

Excluding extremists - Home Office

Posted on October 29, 2008
“Tough new measures would prevent those who foster extremism from ever entering the country.” Full press release Home Office, 28th October 2008 Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk

Sex assault sailor loses appeal - BBC News

Posted on October 29, 2008
“A Royal Navy officer, who was jailed for sexually assaulting a helpless partygoer, has failed to get his sentence cut.” Full story BBC News, 28th October 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Thirty organisations are under ICO investigation over data breaches - OUT-LAW.com

Posted on October 29, 2008
“The UK’s privacy watchdog the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is currently pursuing 30 investigations into serious data security breaches, it said. In the past year 227 breaches have been reported to it.” Full story OUT-LAW...

Payout over film-maker?s damages - BBC News

Posted on October 29, 2008
“A man has been awarded �79,000 after his home, which he rented out for a film starring Bond actor Daniel Craig, was damaged by a production company.” Full story BBC News, 28th October 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

MPs demand action on road deaths - BBC News

Posted on October 29, 2008
“Lower speed limits and a tougher enforcement of drink-driving laws are needed to cut the number of road deaths, MPs have said.” Full story BBC News, 29th October 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Drayton Manor High School wins case against adjudicator - The Times

Posted on October 29, 2008
“A leading state school has won a legal challenge over a ruling that its admissions policy discriminated against children from poor families.” Full story The Times, 29th October 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Watchdog to investigate Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross?s phone prank - The Guardian

Posted on October 29, 2008
“Ofcom is to investigate whether the lewd messages left on actor Andrew Sachs’ answerphone by Russell brand and Jonathan Ross and aired on Radio 2 breached the broadcasting code, as complaints to the BBC hit 4,500.” Full story The Guardian, 28th October 2008 Source: www...

Bigger databases increase risks, says watchdog - The Guardian

Posted on October 29, 2008
“The proliferation of ever larger centralised databases is increasing the risk of people’s personal data being lost or abused, the government’s official privacy watchdog claims today.” Full story The Guardian, 29th October 2008 Source: www...

Prison fear for relatives who assist suicide - The Guardian

Posted on October 29, 2008
“Prosecutors fear a high court judgment today will lead to the first criminal cases against people who helped their terminally ill relatives to die.” Full story The Guardian, 29th October 2008 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

?Catch me if you can,? said student behind biggest chip and PIN fraud - The Times

Posted on October 29, 2008
“A computer whiz-kid has been jailed over the theft of information from 19,000 credit cards.” Full story The Times, 29th october 2008 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Early release prisoners ?killed three people? - The Times

Posted on October 29, 2008
“Three murders have allegedly been committed by prisoners let out of jail early under emergency measures introduced by the Government to ease overcrowding.” Full story The Times, 29th October 2008 Source: www.timesonline,co.uk

MS sufferer Debbie Purdy loses High Court legal bid on assisted suicide - Daily Telegraph

Posted on October 29, 2008
“A terminally ill woman who wants her husband to help her die has lost her landmark High Court legal bid to clarify the law on assisted suicide.” Full story� Daily Telegraph, 29th October 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand suspended by BBC - The Guardian

Posted on October 29, 2008
“The BBC today suspended Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand until an investigation into their prank calls to actor Andrew Sachs has been completed, in an attempt to quell the mounting furore over the ‘Sachsgate’ affair. Full story The Guardian, 29h October 2008 Source: www...

Trucker cleared over fatal crash - BBC News

Posted on October 29, 2008
“A lorry driver has been cleared of death by dangerous driving after a crash which killed a 10-year-old girl.” Full story BBC News, 29th October 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Stab killer jailed for 13 years - BBC News

Posted on October 29, 2008
“A 22-year-old woman will serve at least 13 years of a life sentence for stabbing her mother’s partner to death.” Full story BBC News, 29th October 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Hit-and-run driver is sentenced - BBC News

Posted on October 29, 2008
“A man who killed a woman in a hit-and-run almost three years ago has been jailed for six-and-a-half years.” Full story� BBC News, 29th October 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Goth murderer?s sentence reduced - BBC News

Posted on October 29, 2008
“One of the teenage boys who kicked a 20-year-old woman to death because she was dressed as a Goth has won a cut in his minimum term for the murder.” Full story BBC News, 29th October 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Banks set to begin appeal in overdraft charges case - The Times

Posted on October 28, 2008
“High street banks, already reeling from the financial crisis, will today begin the latest round of a legal fight that threatens an overhaul of their retail charges at a cost of billions of pounds.” Full story The Times, 28th October 2008 Source: www...

Regina (Haase) v Independent Adjudicator and Another - Times Law Reports

Posted on October 28, 2008
Regina (Haase) v Independent Adjudicator and Another Court of Appeal “In order to ensure that a trial was fair for the purposes of article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights the tribunal was required to be independent and impartial, but it was not necessary for the prosecutor to be independent and impartial...

Symbian Ltd v Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks - Times Law Reports

Posted on October 28, 2008
Symbian Ltd v Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks Court of Appeal “A method of accessing data in a dynamic link library in a computing device was not excluded by reason of being a computer program from registration as a patent as it imvolved a technical contribution which would enable computers to work faster and more reliably...

IT contractor broke copyright and database laws in data raid on playground firm - OUT-LAW.com

Posted on October 28, 2008
“An IT contractor who was part of a raid on a company, copied all of its electronic business records and locked staff out of computer systems, infringed copyright and database rights, the High Court has ruled.” Full story OUT-LAW.com, 28th October 2008 Source: www...

Climate bill ?to include planes? - BBC News

Posted on October 28, 2008
“Aviation and shipping look set to be included in a government bill targeting cuts in greenhouse gases, to head off a rebellion by backbench MPs.” Full story BBC News, 28th October 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Smith strengthens rules on banning extremists - The Guardian

Posted on October 28, 2008
“Measures to ban foreign-born ‘preachers of hate’ and other violent extremists from Britain are to be outlined by Jacqui Smith, the home secretary, today.” Full story The Guardian, 28th October 2008 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Jack Straw driven nuts by his own jargon - Daily Telegraph

Posted on October 28, 2008
“In an outspoken attack, he criticised prison campaigners for overlooking the suffering of victims while becoming ‘lost in a fog of platitudes’.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 27th October 2008 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Jailed man in bid to sue accuser - BBC News

Posted on October 28, 2008
“A man who spent two years in jail before being cleared of rape has started a High Court bid to claim damages from his accuser.” Full story BBC News, 27th October 2008 Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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