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22 December 2007

Yarmouth coastguard assist lost and stranded fishermen
seen at 21:29, 22 December in Maritime And Coastguard Agency News - national (Our copy).
At approximately ten to five this evening, Yarmouth Coastguard received a 999 call from two people on board a fifteen foot angling boat which had suffered engine failure.
'...Save Aynsley special school from closure.' -- David Lindop
seen at 19:10, 22 December in Number 10 E-Petitions - New Petitions (Our copy).
Aynsley special school is situated close to Blythe Bridge Stoke on Trent and...
'...make all cyclists take a compulsary test' -- PAUL NEWTON
seen at 17:09, 22 December in Number 10 E-Petitions - New Petitions (Our copy).
make all peddle cyclists take a cycle test on simmilar grounds to car and...
'...Recycle cardboard and plastic bottles in Taunton Deane' -- Naomi Crowther
seen at 17:09, 22 December in Number 10 E-Petitions - New Petitions (Our copy).
Taunton residents have a limit of how much they can throw out. Yet the...
'...Re-instate the "undesirable" elements of inflation back into the RPI' -- Mike Daives
seen at 17:09, 22 December in Number 10 E-Petitions - New Petitions (Our copy).
Whereas we are informed that inflation is "low" and "under control" we are...
'...address the rise in positive tests for illicit drugs within the armed forces' -- J RICHARDS
seen at 17:09, 22 December in Number 10 E-Petitions - New Petitions (Our copy).
AOL today reports a rise in positive tests for illegal substances in the...
'...replace the degrading voucher system for asylum seekers with cash' -- Cara Grayling
seen at 17:09, 22 December in Number 10 E-Petitions - New Petitions (Our copy).
Anyone legally in the UK, even temporarily, deserves to be treated like a...
'...Pass legislation that will ensure all new motor vehicles manufactured after 1 january 2010 and any foreign vehicles using the UK road network achieve a fuel consumption figure of at least 50 miles per gallon at a steady 70mph.' -- M Broom
seen at 17:09, 22 December in Number 10 E-Petitions - New Petitions (Our copy).
The only way to reduce the consumption of precious non renewable oil...
'...Relax Health and safety laws regarding the development of Childrens Playgrounds' -- Matthew Hutchinson
seen at 17:09, 22 December in Number 10 E-Petitions - New Petitions (Our copy).
Childrens playgrounds have become a Health and safety nightmare when it...
'...stop the closure of Ash Grove Primary School and Nursery, Macclesfield.' -- Helen Susans
seen at 17:09, 22 December in Number 10 E-Petitions - New Petitions (Our copy).
Situated within a vulnerable community, this well kept and improving school...
'...Make Sian Phillips a Dame of the British Empire' -- Mario Huet
seen at 17:09, 22 December in Number 10 E-Petitions - New Petitions (Our copy).
While accepting that my regard for her might be deemed somewhat excessive, I...
'...Provide Subsidies for the provision for all homes using Geothermal Heat Exchangers' -- trevor Lloyd
seen at 17:09, 22 December in Number 10 E-Petitions - New Petitions (Our copy).
The technology exists to allow all homes to be heated (and cooled) using...
'...suggest to uefa all italian football clubs are banned from european compations.' -- Gavin Miles
seen at 17:09, 22 December in Number 10 E-Petitions - New Petitions (Our copy).
Time and Time again visiting fans to italian clubs are subjected to violence...
'...address the exploitation by mortgage brokers' -- J RICHARDS
seen at 17:09, 22 December in Number 10 E-Petitions - New Petitions (Our copy).
People on low incomes are being encouraged to take out mortgages they cannot...
'...legislate to stop the virtually criminal management of compensation by the Criminal Compensation Scheme' -- J RICHARDS
seen at 17:09, 22 December in Number 10 E-Petitions - New Petitions (Our copy).
Compensating victims of violent crime is "adding to their woes" because of...
'...abolish the issuing of honours to political donors, activists and party supporters' -- Richard Carter
seen at 17:09, 22 December in Number 10 E-Petitions - New Petitions (Our copy).
Honours should not be given to donors, supporters, activists or party...
'...ensure Resettlement Training provided by the Career Transition Partnership for the Services does not drastically increase in price.' -- David Garfield
seen at 17:08, 22 December in Number 10 E-Petitions - New Petitions (Our copy).
From 1 February 2008 the Career Transition Partnership, the company who are...
'...Call for the Government to all prosecute all hoax callers to 999 emergency number.' -- Jennifer Durand
seen at 17:08, 22 December in Number 10 E-Petitions - New Petitions (Our copy).
Today the story in the news (14/12/07) about the abuse of emergency service...
'...maintain his line on fuel duty, and resist blockaders who hold the country to ransom' -- David Evans
seen at 17:08, 22 December in Number 10 E-Petitions - New Petitions (Our copy).
While everyone can be sympathetic to those suffering from fuel price...
'...continue (or start) to use positive discrimination in all types of selection and in all areas of life.' -- Margaret King
seen at 17:08, 22 December in Number 10 E-Petitions - New Petitions (Our copy).
Many people oppose positive discrimination; they make the point that...
'...continue to enact, and indeed strengthen, the Human Rights Act' -- Margaret King
seen at 17:08, 22 December in Number 10 E-Petitions - New Petitions (Our copy).
There is a perception, fostered by the right-wing press (especially tabloids...
'...Regulate the telecommunications industry with regard to broadband services' -- John Rowlands
seen at 17:08, 22 December in Number 10 E-Petitions - New Petitions (Our copy).
Broadband is today not a luxury, but an essential component of everyday...
'...introduce a bill to abolish hate-crime legislation.' -- Gabriel Taylor
seen at 17:08, 22 December in Number 10 E-Petitions - New Petitions (Our copy).
That hate crime legislation amounts to nothing more than statutory...
'...place location chips in newborns' -- Adam Little
seen at 17:08, 22 December in Number 10 E-Petitions - New Petitions (Our copy).
Insert a tiny location chip(like micro dot security) in the heel of every...
'...Ensure all Government cars have an engine capacity of less than one litre.' -- Lisa Reynolds
seen at 17:08, 22 December in Number 10 E-Petitions - New Petitions (Our copy).
It is time for Governments to lead by example in the war against climate...
'...stop VAT on fuel for the disabled driver' -- Glen Miller
seen at 17:08, 22 December in Number 10 E-Petitions - New Petitions (Our copy).
If the price of fuel continue to rise disabled people will inevitably become...
'...Ask Lincoln City Council to listen to what the citizens of Lincoln want and provide a Christmas Ice Rink every year' -- Shana Rae
seen at 17:08, 22 December in Number 10 E-Petitions - New Petitions (Our copy).
Around £200,000 was spent on improving the City Square in Lincoln City...
'...donate the sum of five million pounds sterling from the National Lottery to Headley Court Rehabilitation Centre in Surrey.' -- Alan Morton
seen at 17:08, 22 December in Number 10 E-Petitions - New Petitions (Our copy).
Headley Court Rehabilitation Centre in Surrey is one of the few military...
'...boycot the United States in full' -- Jolande Mace
seen at 17:08, 22 December in Number 10 E-Petitions - New Petitions (Our copy).
The United States feel they rule the world, and this is supported by the...
'...Internationally recognise northern cyprus as the Turkish Republic Of North Cyprus' -- Tulugh Mehmet
seen at 17:08, 22 December in Number 10 E-Petitions - New Petitions (Our copy).
Cyprus has been divided since 1974 into the Turkish Cypriot north and the...
'...Change the regulations so that persons living solely on the income from private pension schemes can receive class 1 national insurance contributions, therefore enabling them to qualify for maximum retirement pension, without the need to register as jo
seen at 17:08, 22 December in Number 10 E-Petitions - New Petitions (Our copy).
It is ludicrous to require people who are near retirement age, but not at...
'...Put pressure on the USA to agree to specific targets for cutting carbon emissions.' -- Alex McGregor
seen at 17:08, 22 December in Number 10 E-Petitions - New Petitions (Our copy).
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the Nobel Prize...
'...Allow motorists to park for free in car parks outside shops where the land is owned by councils' -- Giuseppe Bacchetti
seen at 17:08, 22 December in Number 10 E-Petitions - New Petitions (Our copy).
St. Georges Cross, Glasgow car park is just an example. An almost empty car...
'...Reduce the cost of renewable energy sources for both domestic and business customers' -- Giuseppe Bacchetti
seen at 17:08, 22 December in Number 10 E-Petitions - New Petitions (Our copy).
The Government should provide more grant funding to act as an incentive to...
'...introduce dance into the schools curriculum.' -- Courtney Stewart
seen at 17:08, 22 December in Number 10 E-Petitions - New Petitions (Our copy).
Schools throughout the country have drama and music but nothing to do with...
'...ORDER DESTRUCTION OF DNA SAMPLES TAKEN FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC NOT CHARGED WITH AN OFFENCE' -- JOHN STEVENS
seen at 17:08, 22 December in Number 10 E-Petitions - New Petitions (Our copy).
Many "members of the public", who have NOT been charged by the police, for...
'...stop the Royal mail charging under postage payments for slightly larger christmas cards' -- david victor read
seen at 17:08, 22 December in Number 10 E-Petitions - New Petitions (Our copy).
Royal mail should stop all such payments and be instructed to repay any...
'...Re-align the Commercial Vehicle speedlimit from 40 mph to 50 mph on A roads' -- Peter Milton
seen at 17:08, 22 December in Number 10 E-Petitions - New Petitions (Our copy).
The speed limit of 40mph outside built up area's for commercial vehicles is...
'...Save the Chinnor cement works chimney' -- Christine Davis
seen at 17:08, 22 December in Number 10 E-Petitions - New Petitions (Our copy).
The Chinnor cement works chimney is a local Chilterns landmark equal to the...
'...restore a government that has in place systems of responsibility that the general public can trust in' -- Carmichael
seen at 17:08, 22 December in Number 10 E-Petitions - New Petitions (Our copy).
This petition has been created for those people who feel that they have been...
'...re-build the diving boards on the plymouth hoe' -- ross
seen at 17:08, 22 December in Number 10 E-Petitions - New Petitions (Our copy).
please sighn if you would like the plymouth hoe diving boards re-built. the...
'...Allow the courts to stop child contact if the biological father will not pay maintenance.' -- T Waite
seen at 17:08, 22 December in Number 10 E-Petitions - New Petitions (Our copy).
I have been trying for over a year now to claim even ask for some (small...
'...Write off the student loans of public sector workers' -- Ruth Harvey
seen at 17:08, 22 December in Number 10 E-Petitions - New Petitions (Our copy).
It is understandable that the government should wish to recoup the cost of...
'...Create a Artificial 3G football pitch on mossway field, alkrington, Middleton' -- Nikolaus Bowler
seen at 17:08, 22 December in Number 10 E-Petitions - New Petitions (Our copy).
When kids in our area play football on the local fields they always seem to...
'...Change the law on roundabouts.' -- Brian Avery
seen at 17:08, 22 December in Number 10 E-Petitions - New Petitions (Our copy).
Filtering in turn at roundabouts will ease traffic flow for all users. When...
'...Ban the sale of all live mammals and birds in pet shops' -- S Douglas
seen at 17:08, 22 December in Number 10 E-Petitions - New Petitions (Our copy).
Next time you enter a petshop do not be fooled into thinking that little...
Hoey, R. v [2007] NICC 49 (20 December 2007)
seen at 03:15, 22 December in BAILII - Recent Decisions (All cases) (Our copy).
Hoey, R. v [2007] NICC 49 (20 December 2007)
O'Muilleoir v McDowell [2007] NIQB 108 (12 November 2007)
seen at 03:15, 22 December in BAILII - Recent Decisions (All cases) (Our copy).
O'Muilleoir v McDowell [2007] NIQB 108 (12 November 2007)
JR17 (Education), Re Application for Judicial Review [2007] NIQB 107 (06 December 2007)
seen at 03:14, 22 December in BAILII - Recent Decisions (All cases) (Our copy).
JR17 (Education), Re Application for Judicial Review [2007] NIQB 107 (06 December 2007)
O'Dalaigh, Re Application for Judicial Review [2007] NIQB 112 (19 December 2007)
seen at 03:14, 22 December in BAILII - Recent Decisions (All cases) (Our copy).
O'Dalaigh, Re Application for Judicial Review [2007] NIQB 112 (19 December 2007)
Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People, Re Application for Judicial Review [2007] NIQB 115 (21 December 2007)
seen at 03:14, 22 December in BAILII - Recent Decisions (All cases) (Our copy).
Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People, Re Application for Judicial Review [2007] NIQB 115 (21 December 2007)
JL, Re [2007] NIFam 11 (12 December 2007)
seen at 03:14, 22 December in BAILII - Recent Decisions (All cases) (Our copy).
JL, Re [2007] NIFam 11 (12 December 2007)
McKernan v McKernan & Anor [2007] NICh 6 (11 December 2007)
seen at 03:14, 22 December in BAILII - Recent Decisions (All cases) (Our copy).
McKernan v McKernan & Anor [2007] NICh 6 (11 December 2007)
Harwood, R. v [2007] NICA 49 (9 November 2007)
seen at 03:14, 22 December in BAILII - Recent Decisions (All cases) (Our copy).
Harwood, R. v [2007] NICA 49 (9 November 2007)
Director of Public Prosecutions v Harris [2007] NICA 51 (18 December 2007)
seen at 03:14, 22 December in BAILII - Recent Decisions (All cases) (Our copy).
Director of Public Prosecutions v Harris [2007] NICA 51 (18 December 2007)
Dewrace Ltd v Brown [2007] EWHC 3100 (TCC) (11 December 2007)
seen at 03:13, 22 December in BAILII - Recent Decisions (All cases) (Our copy).
This is an application by the claimant and third party, Dewrace Ltd. and David Frankling(?), to substitute as claimant David Frankling in place of Dewrace Ltd., and there is also an application for leave to amend...
Kamar v Nightingale & Anor [2007] EWHC 2982 (QB) (14 December 2007)
seen at 03:13, 22 December in BAILII - Recent Decisions (All cases) (Our copy).
There is before the court an appeal from a decision of His Honour Judge Latham made at the Central London County Court on 25 June 2007, following a three day hearing which had taken place on 22 and 23 May...
Malik v Newspost Ltd & Ors [2007] EWHC 3063 (QB) (20 December 2007)
seen at 03:12, 22 December in BAILII - Recent Decisions (All cases) (Our copy).
At the close of the evidence in this case, I was invited to rule on a number of matters, including the defence of privilege. Mr Wolanski, for the Claimant, submitted that there was no need to obtain any ...
Bugbugs Ltd v Transport for London [2007] EWHC 2987 (QB) (21 December 2007)
seen at 03:12, 22 December in BAILII - Recent Decisions (All cases) (Our copy).
This is an appeal by the appellant, Bugbugs Ltd ("Bugbugs"), against a decision of Master Eyre dated 24 January 2007. Bugbugs had sought to strike out, on the grounds of abuse of process, a claim made under CPR ...
Monsanto Technology LLC v Cargill International SA & Anor [2007] EWHC 3113 (Pat) (21 December 2007)
seen at 03:12, 22 December in BAILII - Recent Decisions (All cases) (Our copy).
The question which now arises is the correct order for costs to make in the light of the judgment that I have delivered. In major respects (including the Syngenta experiments question) the issues have largely been...
Masri v Consolidated Contractors International Company SAL & Anor [2007] EWHC 3010 (Comm) (20 December 2007)
seen at 03:12, 22 December in BAILII - Recent Decisions (All cases) (Our copy).
This is my judgment in relation to a number of applications made by the claimant, Munib Masri ("Mr.�Masri" or "the claimant") following the judgments which I gave: (a) in relation to liability in this matter ...
Mason & Ors v Coleman & Ors [2007] EWHC 3070 (Ch) (04 December 2007)
seen at 03:12, 22 December in BAILII - Recent Decisions (All cases) (Our copy).
Mason & Ors v Coleman & Ors [2007] EWHC 3070 (Ch) (04 December 2007)
Rxworks Ltd v Hunter (t/a Connect Computers) [2007] EWHC 3061 (Ch) (20 December 2007)
seen at 03:12, 22 December in BAILII - Recent Decisions (All cases) (Our copy).
The issue at the heart of this dispute is whether the presence and appearance of the term "vet.local" in certain aspects of the Claimant's computer systems infringes the Defendant's registered trade mark...
Greater Manchester Police v Wigan Athletic Afc Ltd [2007] EWHC 3095 (Ch) (21 December 2007)
seen at 03:12, 22 December in BAILII - Recent Decisions (All cases) (Our copy).
This is a claim in relation to monies which the claimant ("GMP") claims are due from the defendant ("the club") in respect of policing activities carried out by GMP at the stadium used by the club for its association...
Bryant & Anor v The Law Society [2007] EWHC 3043 (Admin) (21 December 2007)
seen at 03:11, 22 December in BAILII - Recent Decisions (All cases) (Our copy).
This is the judgment of the court, to which both members have contributed, in respect of appeals brought by Mr Hugh Bryant and Mr Reginald Bench against a decision of the Solicitors' Disciplinary Tribunal. Mr Bryant...
Murphy v Media Protection Services Ltd [2007] EWHC 3091 (Admin) (21 December 2007)
seen at 03:11, 22 December in BAILII - Recent Decisions (All cases) (Our copy).
This is the judgment of the Court.
AP U Ltd. v Crown Prosecution Service [2007] EWCA Crim 3128 (20 December 2007)
seen at 03:11, 22 December in BAILII - Recent Decisions (All cases) (Our copy).
These appeals arise out of the provisions of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA) relating to the making of restraint orders in respect of the realisable property of those (be they individuals or companies) in ...
Mielll, R v [2007] EWCA Crim 3130 (21 December 2007)
seen at 03:11, 22 December in BAILII - Recent Decisions (All cases) (Our copy).
On 11 June 1996 in the Crown Court at Oxford before Scott Baker J the respondent was acquitted of the murder of Stephen Burton, who was also known as Stephen Peacock. The Crown Prosecution Service now applies with...
Terrell, R. v [2007] EWCA Crim 3079 (21 December 2007)
seen at 03:11, 22 December in BAILII - Recent Decisions (All cases) (Our copy).
The Appellant, aged 21, pleaded guilty before Magistrates to 4 offences of making indecent photographs of a child contrary to section 1 of the Protection of Children Act 1978. He was committed for sentence to Cardiff...
Mote v R [2007] EWCA Crim 3131 (21 December 2007)
seen at 03:11, 22 December in BAILII - Recent Decisions (All cases) (Our copy).
On 17 August 2007 at the Crown Court at Portsmouth before HH Judge Price the appellant was convicted of 21 counts of offences that can broadly be described as benefit fraud. He was acquitted of a further 4 such ...
Birmingham City Council v Ram [2007] EWCA Crim 3084 (21 December 2007)
seen at 03:11, 22 December in BAILII - Recent Decisions (All cases) (Our copy).
This is an appeal by the prosecution from a confiscation order.
Crane v Canons Leisure Centre [2007] EWCA Civ 1352 (19 December 2007)
seen at 03:11, 22 December in BAILII - Recent Decisions (All cases) (Our copy).
This appeal has an unsavoury flavour to it. It does not concern the real dispute between the parties. That dispute concluded more than two years ago when Mr Crane's personal injury claim for receiving an electric...
Telli v Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office [2007] EWCA Civ 1385 (21 December 2007)
seen at 03:11, 22 December in BAILII - Recent Decisions (All cases) (Our copy).
The appellant has completed that proportion of a total of 22 years' imprisonment, which he was required to serve for drug trafficking offences. But he remains in prison serving a default term for failure to pay...
Vicario v The Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis [2007] EWCA Civ 1361 (21 December 2007)
seen at 03:11, 22 December in BAILII - Recent Decisions (All cases) (Our copy).
This second appeal, with the permission of Laws LJ, is by the Commissioner of Police from a decision of HHJ Collins CBE given on February 8th 2007 in the Central London County Court on appeal from DJ Avent. Although...
Islamic Republic of Iran v The Barakat Galleries Ltd [2007] EWCA Civ 1374 (21 December 2007)
seen at 03:11, 22 December in BAILII - Recent Decisions (All cases) (Our copy).
This is the judgment of the court, to which all of its members have contributed, on an appeal from a judgment of Gray J dated 29 March 2007 on a trial of two preliminary issues in an action brought by the appellant...
Petromec Inc v Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. Petrobras & Ors [2007] EWCA Civ 1371 (21 December 2007)
seen at 03:11, 22 December in BAILII - Recent Decisions (All cases) (Our copy).
On 20th March 2001, a semi-submersible oil production platform, then unexcitingly called "P-36" but formerly called "Spirit of Columbus", sank on or near its intended place of operation in the Campos Basin off Brazil...
City Index Ltd & Ors v Gawler & Ors [2007] EWCA Civ 1382 (21 December 2007)
seen at 03:11, 22 December in BAILII - Recent Decisions (All cases) (Our copy).
This appeal raises in summary two issues: (i) whether liability for "knowing receipt" is within the scope of the Civil Liability (Contribution) Act 1978 ("the 1978 Act"); (ii) if so, whether there is a rule of law...
Savage v South Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust & Anor [2007] EWCA Civ 1375 (21 December 2007)
seen at 03:11, 22 December in BAILII - Recent Decisions (All cases) (Our copy).
This appeal arises out of a tragic event. On 5 July 2004 Mrs Carol Savage committed suicide after absconding from the Runwell Hospital ('the hospital'), where she had been detained pursuant to section 3 of the ...
A (a minor), Re [2007] EWCA Civ 1383 (21 December 2007)
seen at 03:11, 22 December in BAILII - Recent Decisions (All cases) (Our copy).
The present status of the proposed appellant is that of a foster mother and I will so describe her. At the centre of her proposed appeal is a girl, A, who was born on 9 March 2007 and is thus aged nine months. Coventry...
KD (Sri Lanka) v SSHD [2007] EWCA Civ 1384 (21 December 2007)
seen at 03:11, 22 December in BAILII - Recent Decisions (All cases) (Our copy).
This is an appeal against a determination of Immigration Judge Saffer dated 13 October 2006 on reconsideration of the appellant's appeal against refusal of asylum and of his claim under Article 8 of the European...
Multiplex Constructions (UK) Ltd v Cleveland Bridge UK Ltd & Anor [2007] EWCA Civ 1372 (21 December 2007)
seen at 03:11, 22 December in BAILII - Recent Decisions (All cases) (Our copy).
There is, as the parties to this appeal agree, a limit to the amount which may be written or said as to the meaning of the words "Temp Works � Roof Props", which is one of essentially two issues before the court...