Issue: Vol 158, Issue 7315

Wakefield Metropolitan District Council v T [2008] EWCA Civ 199, [2008] All ER (D) 298 (Mar)

R v Khan [2008] EWCA Crim 531, [2008] All ER (D) 212 (Mar)

Smith v Northamptonshire County Council [2008] EWCA Civ 181, [2008]All ER (D) 132 (Mar)

R v Kiely [2008] EWCA Crim 536

R (White) v Crown Court at Blackfriars [2008] EWHC 510 (Admin)

Lichter & Schwarz v Rubin [2008] EWHC 450 (Ch D)

James Carleton Seventh Earl of Malmesbury and others v Strutt and Parker (a partnership) [2008] EWHC 424 (QB), [2008] All ER (D) 257 (Mar)

City of Westminster Social and Community Services Department v C and another [2008] EWCA Civ 198, [2008] All ER (D) 276 (Mar)

The importance of implementing the letter of the law should not be underestimated, say Peter Wilcock and Joel Bennathan QC

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