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I was going to do a fairly long post on the House of Lords judgments in JJ and others, MB and AF, and E, but time went against me, and Head of Legal has some good posts on the issue, here, here and here. So I just want to note that in MB, the House...
Raglan Housing Association Ltd v Fairclough [2007] EWCA Civ 1087. Basically, Housing Act 1988 Schedule 2 Ground 14 (b) means that if if you have been convicted of an indictable offence committed in, or in the locality of, the dwelling-house the...
Guardian report here. The Government's attempts to appeal the AIT decision on the Chindamo deportation have, not entirely surprisingly, failed in the High Court. The idea that it was all the fault of 'human rights' seems finally to be fading.
Very very busy and very tired, I currently come home and just stare blankly at the demanding voracious maw of the blog monster-child. Being too shattered to come up with anything to stuff down its greedy gullet, I can only feel guilt at its piteous...
Sorry for another Times story reference, but I felt myself slipping into bewilderment with this story. Third party financing for bringing a case, OK. But it is then denied that there is any resemblance to encouraging personal litigation because:...
Now call me a cynic, but how much like PR nonsense does this article in the Times about the programme for the Bar Conference 2007 sound? Ah, yes. Human Rights pervade all aspects of the profession, that and an ability to export legal services. Well...
This has nothing to do with law, but sometimes a personal howl of frustration must be let loose. The topic is crappy internet service providers. To be specific, Pipex Internet. I am a Pipex subscriber, although not for very much longer. I have been...
In one of the least surprising outcomes of a CPS consideration of merits of prosecution since, oh let's say the cash for honours flasco, 'Klara and Edda bellydancing' has been decided to be 'not indecent'. So, a photo previously 'investigated' for...
Just a quick note on the Admin Court decision in Gilboy, R (on the application of) v Liverpool City Council & Anor [2007] EWHC 2335 (Admin). The Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003 modifies Housing Act 1985 and 1996 to allow a secure tenancy to be...
Right then, Harouki v Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea [2007] EWCA Civ 1000. The scene in a nutshell. A statutorily overcrowded household, in terms of Part 10 of the Housing Act 1985, s.326, which gives rise to a criminal offence under s.327 A...
Thanks to the US Above the Law for the light relief, a Miami law student gets his comeuppance on some US Court show. This does faintly remind me of a local District Judge in attitude, if not in anything else at all.
A very long, frantic and difficult day, without any lunch, but successful in a way that means the last week and a half of intense busyness was, in retrospect, worth it. I can't give details, not only for reasons of anonymity, but because matters...