General

• Village Fete Safety Proposals

• How do you make all public events as safe as possible?

• 9/11 Allegations Lead to Discrimination Case

• CPS did not treat Asian solicitor fairly after spurious allegations by court staff.

• A Trustee Can Be Questioned After He Has Made Prima Facie Case For Exercise of Lien

• Trust case where trustee given chance to exercise lien subject to beneficiaries right to question the right

• Advice for Vulnerable Adults

• Protecting vulnerable adults from harm

• Agreement About Maintenance Survives Death

• Ex-wife wins surprising victory against second wife

• Arbitrator's Error Not His Fault

• Arbitration appeal not allowed just because of barrister's oversight

• Are LPAs Good For Clients?

• Solicitors for the Elderly see some advantages to Lasting Powers of Attorney

• Aviation Industry To Be Struck By New Act

• New powers to control aviation industry contained in new Act

• BBC Escapes Info Act

• No automatic access to BBC informationunder Freedom of Information Act

• Bankrupt Charging Order Enforcement

• Trustee in bankruptcy can enforce charging order despite delay

• Bar Council Library Fails Litigants

• Litigants in person lose out when Bar cOuncil Library closes

• Bereaved Families Consulted About Coroners

• Coroners Court to be Revamped

• Better Education For Kids in Care

• Childen in care to get better education - plans in pieline

• Boy Footballers Agents Reprieved

• Under a8 footballers and their contracts considered

• Burial Ground Laws Reviewed

• How to run a Burila Ground and other morbid laws

• Business Advice Rationalised

• Government improves business advisory services by reducing them

• Cayman Island Attorney General Can Intervene

• In an issue of general public importance the Attorney General could appropriately be granted leave to intervene

• Chagos Families Can Go Home?

• Islanders' rights upheld

• Charities Act Will Change Things

• Charities Act 2006 gets Royal Assent

• Charities Lose Out

• Public services and charities are not necessarily a succesful mix.

• Cheques to be Better Controlled?

• Will this Act cause bank Charges to rise?

• Churches Risk Porn For Phone Masts

• Church court has interesting case about phone masts

• Competition Stops Merger

• Don't mess with the Competition Commissioner

• Compulsory Rehab for Nuisance Neighbours

• Government to brainwash your nasty neighbour?

• Confidential Info Disclosure Precedent

• Court of Appeal decides which precedent to follow about confidential info

• Consumers To Be Leaders

• Government to consult consumers - another con?

• Coroner Has Limited Duties For Old Death

• House of Lords (Baroness Hale and Lord Mance dissenting in part)pontificate about coroners in two cases on one day

• Coroners Have Unquestionable Discretion To Adjourn

• If a Coroner adjourns it is difficult to review the decision

• Coroners' Powers Increased

• Coroners' powers revised after hundreds of years

• Council upheld in not providing planned care

• Pensioner loses case about care provision

• Countries Can Impose Compulsory Retirement Ages

• If Spain can impose retirement on men at 65, can the UK too?

• Cyclists Got To Give Notice of Procession

• Even peaceable cyclists have to give notice of processions

• Dam Bursts On Netherlands Libel Action

• Suing a Nederlands bank for libel in the UK does not work

• Defamation and Juries

• Juries are suitable for some parts of difficult defamation cases

• Demonstrator Wins Case?

• Police can do what they did, but they made such a mess of it that they did it wrong

• Disability Rights Information Guide Published

• Government encourages us to provide clearer information to the disabled

• Disabled Drivers Parking Abuse

• Blue Badge Scheme revamped to prevent abuse

• Drug Tests At The Road Side

• Drug testing by all at every roadside? Is that the future?

• Duty to Insurers Considered

• How quickly must you make disclosures to your insurers?

• EU Denounces Government Safety Laws

• Health & Safety laws not strict enough

• Exclusion of Appeals From Arbitrators Is Lawful

• Court of Appeal involved in appeal from arbitrator where right of appeal excluded

• Expert Doctors and the GMC

• No Immunity from disciplinary proceedings for expert doctors

• FACTO

• Families Action for Court Transparency and Openness

• FSA Information Confidential or Not?

• If it is your information, can you disclose it?

• Family Law News

• Law Society newsletter

• Final LPA Forms and Regs, At Last

• Only 6 weeks to go and they publish the forms and regulations, almost.

• General Practitioners Are The Best

• Research shows that general practitioners are needed

• Government Bites on HIPs

• Office of Fair Trading threatens estate agenst over HIPs - what is fair about HIPs?

• Government's Duty To Investigate Death of Person In Its Care

• Need for public enquiry where state officers might be involved in death

• Gravestones - Who Is In Charge?

• Dealing with gravestones is not as easy as you might think

• H&S Liability of Director

• Officer can be liable for H & S offence

• HL in Hello v OK Finale

• House of Lords gives guidance on economic torts

• Highway Code Unleashed on Cyclists

• Highway Code Revised and updated for first time this century

• Hindu Cow To The Slaughter

• Court of Appeal condemns cow despite holy significance

• Ho, Ho , Ho, No Bottle Of Rum

• Drunken Sailors' laws stiffened

• Holiday Info For Youngsters

• Government gives you more information than you ever wanted to know about going on holiday for the first time.

• Housing Authority To Allow Overcrowding?

• If you live in an overcrowded place it may not be enough to make you homeless

• How Early Is A Waste Disposal Licence Necessary?

• If a waste plant processes something which will eventually be disposed of, even if not simultaneously at the site, it needs a licence

• How To Calculate Damages When War Breaks Out

• House of Lords rules in maritime dispute

• Illegality Leads To Unenforceability

• Just goes to show that gambling debts are enforceable unless you do it wrong

• In Camera Evidence Speculation Is Contemtuous

• Press not allowed to take advantage of judge's mistake and publish things which should have been heard in camera

• Journalistic Privilege Considered by SPR

• SPR gives guidance about privilege from defamation claims for journalists

• Killers Inheritance Law Changed

• Children helped in inheritance law changes

• Law Centre the New Black?

• Law centres Get the Red Carpet Treatment

• Law Commission Newsletter

• Law Commission keeps us up to date.

• Law Society Criticises Mental Health Changes

• Law Society does not like the new Mental Health Bill

• Licensing Fee Reminder

• It is a year since licensing chnages - pay your fee

• Licensing Law Latest

• How is Licensing Law progressing one year since the changeover?

• Limitation Period Prevents Late Joinder in Libel case

• Claimant in libel case cannot add more parties after limitation period ends

• Limitation in Defamation Cases Where Publisher Unknown

• Soebody libels you, but who? How can you sue within the one year limitation period? Can you sue later when the publisher is found?

• Lorry Licensing Scheme Improved

• Cutting red tape for lotrry drivers

• Lots of Fuss about School Food

• Here are the rules about school meals

• Low Flying Mens Rea - None Needed

• Low Flying is dangerous whether you know it or not

• MOT Fees Go UP

• New computer system sends MOT fees higher

• Mental Capacity Act Guidelines Issued at Enormous Length

• The Government issues lengthy guidelines aabout the Mental Capacity Act

• Mental Capacity Act Progress

• The Government presses ahead with design of the new Mental Capacity Act regime

• Misleading Ads Policed

• OFT Consults on Guidance to Prevent Misleading Ads

• NHS To Pay for Foreign Health

• Should the NHS fund foreign treatment?

• New Trust Rules Changed Again

• The Chancellor makes changes to Trust rules, but not enough

• New York, New York But No Security

• Arbitration internationally is risky - no orders for security for costs

• No Discrimination Against Pakistan Citizen in UK War Scheme

• Compensation for Japanese POW's can be restricted without discriminating

• Official Solicitor Changes

• The Official Solicitor to divest self of some trust duties.

• Old People Lose HR Case

• Moving old people from private care home is not an actionable Human Rights breach

• Papparazzi Win Photo Opportunity

• If your parents are famous keep your eyes open for the photographers - no place to hide?

• Parking Wardens Get Boot?

• Fair treatment in parking regime at last?

• Pet Sales Enforcement

• Government enforces pet sales rules

• Postage Goes Up With a Leap

• This was not in any newspapers I read today, so how did my mother-in-law find out?

• Postage PIP Feature

• Post in Proportion - here's how to measure up

• Postal Voting Rules Tightened

• Better voting procedures to safeguard democracy

• Press Rights Extended at Inquests

• Press can be allowed to child's inquest

• Princess Di's Death Makes More Waves

• Butler-Sloss decision appealled successfully

• Pub Tenant Loses £131,000+

• House of Lords not bound by European Court all the time

• Public Guardianship Fees Announced

• Fees under Mental Capacity Act announced

• Public Guardianship Fees and Mental Capacity Update

• Fees under Mental Capacity Act announced and so are guidelines for carers etc

• Radio Licence and Freedom

• The Privy Council decides a Trinidad licence application has to be dealt with fairly to protect rights

• Repairing Goods Not Going Far Enough

• House of Lords shows common sense in sale of goods case

• Restrictive Covenants Case Shocks

• Planning permission is not a good reason for changing a restrictive covenant

• Reusing Oil Is Not Using Waste

• Common sense prevails as to whether something with two uses is waste after first use.

• Revenue Can't Be Sued For Negligence?

• HMRC wins negligence case

• Roadworks Permits Required?

• Consultation about efficient roadworks planning

• Rule of Law from SPR

• Learned Judges on the Rule of Law

• Scotslaw Info

• Introdcution to Scottish Law

• Should Meat be Sold at New Covent Garden?

• Battle bewteen Smithfield and New Covent Garden hots up

• Simply Charity Says CC

• Charity Commission to ease off on paperwork

• Soldiers To Comply With HR Act Abroad

• Foreigners entitled to Human Rights protection when in hands of UK soldiers

• Statute Law On Stream At Last

• Database of full statutes goes live.

• Sunday Employees Get Priority

• The Government has decided not to give in to superstores

• TV Phone In Stopped In Europe

• Too much TV phone in is just too much

• Tenancy in Common Defeats Trusteee in Bankruptcy

• Bankrupt's windfall not fall into hands of his trustee in bankruptcy

• Theatre Protester Loses Appeal

• Theatre protester was legally arrested even though the paperwork did not quite fit the alleged offence.

• Trade Description Prosecution About Odometers Winds Down

• Court of Appeal gives no mileage to DJ and local authority's arguments in odometer case

• UKlawyers Archive of General Materials - March 2006

• The collection of all our General materials published by us in March 2006

• War Grave Ship Declaration

• Is a merchant ship capable of being a war grave?

• When Can You Claim Compensation For Noise

• Compensation claim succeeds on appeal and neighbours get more compensation for noisy road

• When Does Arbitration Clause Have Priority? - Usually

• Footballer's agent relies on arbitration clause which did guarantee a fair trial and was Article 6 compliant

• Wiki Mental Health

• A new Wiki about UK mental health law