Apprentice Carpenter’s Injuries not Caused by Company’s Negligence: The Claimant, an apprentice carpenter, had been injured when he fell off a roof rafter he had climbed onto whilst engaged in fixing a timber strip to. He alleged that the Defendant had been negligent in failing to take into account its safety policy and risk assessments and ought to have provided him with information to the effect that climbing on the rafters was dangerous. Ronald Walker QC, dismissing the claim, held that the C ...
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Matters within the knowledge of revenue and customs officers were not to be taken as in the mind of the successor Revenue and Customs Prosecution Office. The issue here was whether the prosecution was time-barred.
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Judgement of Lord Osborne handed down in relation to the Aamer Anwar contempt of court hearing. On 17 September 2007, at the High Court in Glasgow, Mohammed Atif Siddique was found guilty after trial on several charges under the Terrorism Act 2000 and 2006. On 23 October 2007 in Edinburgh he was sentenced to imprisonment for a total period of eight years. On the day when the jury's verdict was returned, Aamer Anwar the respondent in this remit, who had been the panel's solicitor in connection ...
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In assessing a complaint as to the suitabiltiy of advice in respect of an investment, the Ombudsman was entitled to rely on his own recollection as to the state of market perception of common investment products and was not obliged to carry out further research despite the provision of a trade article contrary to his recollection.
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The President of the Family Division issued the above practice direction to be followed in any family case in which it is alleged or there is otherwise reason to supposed that the subject child or a party had experienced domestic violence perpetrated by another party.
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Legislative Reforms: The Association of British Insurers (ABI) joined with the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) to introduce proposals for reforming personal injury compensation. These proposals include: (a) early notification of claim; (b) removal of work duplication; (c) setting of challenging timescales for insurers, giving them 15 days to decide if they are liable for a motor claim and 30 days for an employers' liability or public liability claim; and ...
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In order to do broad justice to the parties it was necessary where a property was held on trust for two parties in equal shares and one had been occupying the property rent free, for the occupying party to account to the other party for occupation rent until the property was sold.
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GMC: Fitness to Practise: An assistant anaesthetist with 29 years experience was challenged by his professional colleagues for his lack of understanding of basic anaesthetic techniques and insight into an incident on 24 September 2004, concerning an operation on the fractured leg of a nine-year-old girl, which resulted in her losing 40% of her blood. The anaesthetist was moved to another hospital for an assessment with other professional colleagues unconnected with, and unaware of, the incident ...
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Ds were long-term prisoners convicted after 29/9/98 and before 4/4/05, released on licence after 4/4/05, but recalled for subsequent licence breach and held until the three-quarter point of their sentences. Held: They remained on licence for the remainder of their sentences.
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A person who has pleaded guilty to an offence but has not yet been sentenced for that offence is a convicted prisoner.
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