On 15 December 2007, The Money Laundering Regulations (MLRs) 2007 will come into effect. They will revoke and replace the 2003 Regulations and HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) are urging businesses to be prepared for...
The Prime Minister has sent his support to the Scotland football team ahead of their Euro 2008 qualifier against Italy tomorrow.
NHS staff will next week be able to watch some of the worlds leading health experts live online at a unique international clinical summit in London.
The OFT is launching the Save Xmas campaign in Wales this Wednesday 21 November. The campaign was launched following the collapse of the Farepak hamper company last year when 12,000 people in Wales lost their Christmas...
Four men were jailed at Liverpool Crown Court this week for a total of 57 years for importing over 15kg of cocaine into the UK using light aircraft. The sentences followed a successful prosecution by the Revenue...
If a person was working they would receive a wage increase each year usually...
fire fighters go out everyday risking their lives to save others, yet they...
how often do we hear of serious crimes such as murder, committed by mentally...
so that the end users (enforcers and targets of the legislation) draft the...
Our "Green and Pleasant Land" is under threat from over development. Enough...
The Leander Class Frigates served our country from the early sixties until...
Further to MP Kate Hoey's article (21 Oct, Daily Mail) the petitioner is...
Not only attention to hygiene, made more difficullt by rising bed occupancy...
The Prime Minister has described the loss of lives through gun crime as "intolerable" and warned of "severe penalties" for offenders.
The Assets Recovery Agency has secured a civil recovery order in the High Court in London against Fabian Jackson of Moray Road, Hackney, to recover in the region of £628,000 worth of assets.
Bidders were asked today to start designing a fleet of new intercity trains which will be lighter, greener and carry up to 70 per cent more passengers.
Essex County Council, the LA, wrote to the Office of the Schools Adjudicator to request a modification to the implementation date for its proposal to establish a new 210 place community primary school at Turner ...
The Office of the Schools Adjudicator has published a decision on a statutory proposal to add a non- denominational nursery class for 13 full time equivalent pupils to Our Lady of Lourdes RCP School, Bolton.
The frequency and timings of the Services 24 and 25 in South Bristol have...
I am Petitioning the Prime Minister to get a bypass for Boston built....
Humphrey Lyttleton's work over many many years in the fields of Jazz, Comedy...
Trentham High School, a transforming school in the South of Stoke-on-Trent...
vehicle registration on the roof of vehicles so that the police can check...
The Indians want to be permanent members of the United Nations Security...
Joseph Nwabuko, a 28-year-old student from Walsall, was shot dead by armed...
A meeting of the Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) will be held in meeting room 1 (ground floor), 10 Dean Farrar Street, London SW1 on Thursday 22 November 2007 at 10.00 a.m.
The Prime Minister has leant his support to the Blue Peter Disc Drive appeal aimed at helping young carers around the UK.
The Pensions Regulator will monitor a new system of pension saving from 2012, Minister for Pensions Reform Mike O'Brien announced today.
This report presents a review of literature on interventions relating to different types of harm against adults (physical; psychological; financial; sexual; discriminatory; and neglect), highlighting interventions...
A new Bill which will drive forward the Government's pledge to build 3 million greener, more affordable new homes by 2020 to help first-time buyers and families was published today by Housing Minister Yvette Cooper...
Road Safety Minister Jim Fitzpatrick will mark the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims on Sunday, 18 November.
Put that the Prime Minister was asked yesterday whether he could give an assurance that the loan and the interest on the loan would be repaid by 2010, and asked if we expected the loan and the interest to be paid...
Put that Sir Gus O'Donnell had been given evidence to the Public Administration Select Committee and it had been reported that he said that the police should not have started their investigation in to cash for honours...
Asked what evidence there was to extend the detention period to 56 days, the Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) replied that as we set our in our July document, there was evidence to suggest increasing trends in the...
Asked if it was a good or bad thing that the immigration statistics showed that more people were coming and more people were leaving, the PMS said that Hazel Blears had said something on behalf of the Government...
Asked if it was accepted that the Government was scaling back the involvement of the private sector in the health service, the PMS said we would not accept that; the policy on the role of the private sector in the...
Asked if Lord Carlile had been right in thinking that there would be decisions from the Home Office regarding terror detention in the next 48 hours, the PMS said no.Asked how far away such decisions and announcements...
Put that the Guardian seemed to suggest this morning that there was the possibility of EU countries doing more collectively on defence and that there would be a review of this, the Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS...
Briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: Pre-charge Detention Period, Police Inquiry and Northern Rock
Briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: David Miliband Speech, Terror Detention, Private Sector and Health and Immigration Statistics
The following statistics were released today by the Department of Health:
New measures to enhance patient safety and help support families to stay healthy
A major investment programme for the skills and learning of the country was unveiled by the Government today. Over the next three years more than £11 billion a year will be invested in education, employment...
Programme update of proposed Planning Directorate publications.
Subject to parliamentary approval of the winter supplementary estimate, the Attorney-General's DEL will be increased by £39,479,000 from £717,497,000 to £756,976,000 and the administration...
My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Peter Hain) has made the following Statement.
I am pleased to announce the appointment of Janet Paraskeva as the chair designate ...
The Government have today laid before Parliament the document Working Together to Cut Crime and Deliver Justice: A Strategic Plan for Criminal Justice 2008-11 (Cm 7247). This plan sets out how we will deliver...
My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for International Development (Douglas Alexander) has made the following Statement.
As a consequence of budgetary transfers associated with the winter supplementary...
My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Peter Hain) has made the following Statement.
Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimate, the Department...
My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (James Plaskitt) has made the following Statement.
Disability living allowance (DLA) and attendance allowance (AA) are...
My right honourable friend the Lord Privy Seal (Harriet Harman) has made the following Statement.
The Transfer of Functions (Equality) Order 2007 (No. 2914) confirms the establishment of the Government ...
The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Shaun Woodward) has made the following Ministerial Statement:
Subject to parliamentary approval, the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) will be taking a 2007-08 winter...
A new Double Taxation Convention with Slovenia was signed on 13 November 2007. After signature, the text of the Convention was deposited in the Libraries of both Houses and made available on HM Revenue and Customs...
Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Office for National Statistics' total departmental expenditure limit (DEL) will be increased by £941,000 from £...
Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, HM Treasury's total Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) will be increased by £6,028,000 from £223,420,000 to &...
Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the HM Revenue & Customs total DEL will be increased by £76,487,000 from £4,547,630,000 to £4,624,117,000...
Subject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform's DEL will be reduced by £3,748,144,000 from £7,144...
Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Department for Children, Schools and Families Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) will be decreased by £14,106,193,000...
The Deputy UK Permanent Representative, Anne Lambert, will attend the Youth Council on 16 November. The agenda items are as follows:
Ministers will be asked to adopt a Resolution on implementing common ...
Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Department for Communities and Local Government's Departmental Expenditure Limits for 2007-08 will change as follows:
1. The...
Subject to Parliamentary approval of any Supplementary Estimate, the Department for Culture Media and Sport's Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) will be increased by £143,977,000 from £1...
Subject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Ministry of Defence Departmental Expenditure Limits (DEL) will be increased by £2,033,379 from £33,561,172 to...
Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs DEL will be increased by £11,579,000 from £3,605,014,000 to...
Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Forestry Commission's DEL will be increased by £10,104,000 from £82,288,000 to £92,392,000. Within ...
Household waste recycling has quadrupled in the last 10 years and waste is growing much less quickly than the economy. Business has also been increasing its effort to reduce the amount of packaging it puts around...
The General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) will be held on 19-20 November in Brussels. I will represent the UK at the Foreign Ministers discussions. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State...
Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) will be increased by £48,122,000 from £1...
The Independent Sector is playing an important and increasing role within the NHS, providing high quality treatment and choice for patients, and innovation, dynamism and contestability for existing National Health...
Subject to the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Food Standards Agency's element of the Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) will be increased by £9,800,000 from £144,539,000 to £...
Subject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Home Office's Departmental Expenditure Limit for 2007-08 will be reduced by £5,219,311,000, from £14,467,130,...
Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary New Estimate, the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) will be £18,087,949,000 and the administration...
Lord Triesman will attend the Education Council on 15 November, representing both DIUS and DCSF interests. The agenda items are as follows:
Education
Ministers are expected to reach political agreement...
As a consequence of budgetary transfers associated with the Winter Supplementary Estimates, the Department for International Development total departmental expenditure limit will be reduced by £4,995...
The Government have today laid before Parliament "Working Together to Cut Crime and Deliver Justice: A Strategic Plan for Criminal Justice 2008-11"(Cm 7247). This plan sets out how we will deliver the new Justice...
Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), Northern Ireland Court Service and The National Archives Total Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) will...
Subject to Parliamentary approval of the Winter Supplementary Estimate 2007-08, the Cabinet Office total Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) has changed from the amount Voted in the Main Estimate 2007-08.
Plans to change the Charity Commission's Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) and administration budget for 2007-08.
Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Charity...
Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the National School of Government departmental expenditure limit (DEL) will be increased by £802,000 from £415,000...
The Transfer of Functions (Equality) Order 2007 (No. 2914) confirms the establishment of the Government Equalities Office and details the functions that have transferred from the Secretary of State for Communities...
Subject to Parliamentary approval the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) will be taking a 2007/08 Winter Supplementary Estimate. The effect this will have is to increase the NIO's DEL by £190,138,000 from...
I have appointed Sir Stephen Wall to write volume 11 of the Official History of the UK Accession to the European Union.
Subject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimates, the Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) provision for the administration of the Scotland Office will be increased by £56,...
Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Department for Transport departmental expenditure limit (DEL) for 2007-08 will be increased by £197,841,000 from £...
The Welsh Assembly Government's Departmental Expenditure Limit will be increased by £29,750,000 from £13,789,740,000 to £13,819,490,000. The increase is a result of:
(a) Take...
I am pleased to announce the appointment of Janet Paraskeva as the Chair Designate of the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission. Her appointment will take effect as from 19 November 2007. Janet Paraskeva...
Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and Attendance Allowance (AA) are paid to people with extra needs arising from their disabilities. These benefits are administered by the Disability and Carers Service. Where...
Subject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Department for Work and Pensions Departmental Expenditure Limit will increase by £6,486,406 from £7,636,561,000...
Rafferty, R v [2007] NICC 42 [2007] (15 October 2007)
McCrory, Re Judicial Review [2007] NIQB 93 [2007] (14 November 2007)
The claimant is a Consultant physician. She has been suspended from work with the defendant ("the Trust") since January 2006 and excluded from her place of work since 21st March 2006. She faces a disciplinary hearing...
In this Part 8 claim the Claimants seek a permanent anti-suit injunction against the Defendants and also certain declarations of non-liability. The Defendants were not represented at the hearing.
This is an action for infringement of four patents relating to various aspects of wind turbine technology. The claimant and patentee, Mr Aloys Wobben, is the owner and Managing Director of Enercon GmbH (Enercon). ...
This is an Appeal from the decision of Mr Registrar Baister in this court made on 28th March 2007 by which he ruled that an application by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry ("The Secretary of State") ...
An additional rate of income tax is payable upon certain income arising to trustees of discretionary trusts but statutory provision is made such that in computing the amount of the income so liable such of the expenses...
The appellant seeks to challenge a decision made on 4 June 2007 by District Judge Anthony T Evans, sitting at City of Westminster Magistrates' Court, to send the appellant's case to the Secretary of State for a ...
At about 11.30 am on 26 April 1999, Miss Jill Dando, the well-known television presenter, was shot and killed as she was about to enter her home at 29 Gowan Avenue, in Fulham. Her death was caused by a single shot...
This is a singularly unsatisfactory, unfortunate and embarrassing matter. On 1st August 2007 we allowed an appeal by Sheikh Khalid Ben Abdullah Rashid Alfawaz ("the Sheikh"), the third respondent in ancillary relief...
The question before the court is whether, as a matter of law or of practice, an order for costs made in favour of a successful respondent to judicial review proceedings includes costs incurred prior to the grant...
This is an appeal, brought with the leave of the judge, against the refusal of Langley J to strike out as an abuse of process a claim for negligence brought by Mr Laing against Taylor Walton [TW], a firm of solicitors...
At about 11.30 am on 26 April 1999, Miss Jill Dando, the well-known television presenter, was shot and killed as she was about to enter her home at 29 Gowan Avenue, in Fulham. Her death was caused by a single shot...
By an award dated 25 April 2005 arbitrators ruled in favour of The Commonwealth Secretariat (CMS) that on a proper construction of a contract between them, and Sumukan Ltd (or more accurately their predecessors ...
The appellants, Mr and Mrs Pattrick ("the Lessees"), and the respondents, Marley Estate Management Ltd ("the Company"), are, respectively, the lessees and the lessors of Marley House, Rattery, South Brent, Devon...
HM The Queen has appointed Sir Gavyn Farr Arthur to be a Circuit Judge on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Jack Straw MP. The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, has assigned...