George not guilty of Dando murder – BBC News
“Barry George has been found not guilty of murdering BBC television presenter Jill Dando outside her London home.”
BBC News, 1st August 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Day: 1 August 2008
FA will seek 15-game ban for Barton over Dabo assault – The Guardian
“Joey Barton faces a potentially lengthy ban after being charged with violent conduct by the Football Association last night.”
The Guardian, 1st August 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Local Authorities and Transport for London Act 2008
Local Authorities and Transport for London Act 2008 published
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
High Court (Family Division)
Z County Council v TS & Ors [2008] EWHC 1773 (Fam) (25 July 2008)
SW v SW & Anor [2008] EWHC 1890 (Fam) (31 July 2008)
High Court (Patents Court)
Re Council Regulation (EEC) No 1768/92 [2008] EWHC 1902 (Pat) (31 July 2008)
Eli Lilly & Company v Human Genome Sciences Inc [2008] EWHC 1903 (Pat) (31 July 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org.
BAILII: Recent Decisions
High Court (Administrative Court)
AV & AU v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWHC 1895 (Admin) (31 July 2008)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Prudential Plc v HM Revenue & Customs [2008] EWHC 1839 (Ch) (31 July 2008)
Lucasfilm Ltd & Ors v Ainsworth & Anor [2008] EWHC 1878 (Ch) (31 July 2008)
High Court (Commercial court)
Seagate Shipping Ltd v Glencore International AG [2008] EWHC 1904 (Comm) (31 July 2008)
High Court (Queen’s bench Division)
Smith v ADVFN Plc & Ors [2008] EWHC 1797 (QB) (31 July 2008)
Ul-Haq & Ors v Shah [2008] EWHC 1896 (QB) (31 July 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Divison)
Attorney General of Zambia v Meer Care & Desai (a firm) & Ors [2008] EWCA Civ 1007 (31 July 2008)
Boehringer Ingelheim KG & Anor v Swingward Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 881 (31 July 2008)
Perry & Anor v Harris (A Minor) [2008] EWCA Civ 907 (31 July 2008)
Greenweb Ltd v London Borough of Wandsworth [2008] EWCA Civ 910 (31 July 2008)
Field v British Coal Corporation [2008] EWCA Civ 912 (31 July 2008)
XY (Iran) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWCA Civ 911 (31 July 2008)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Islam, R v [2008] EWCA Crim 1740 (31 July 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
Secretary of State for the Home Department v British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection and another – WLR Daily
“Information supplied by applicants for animal experimentation licences was exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 if the official in possession of the information knew or had reasonable grounds for believing that it was given in confidence, which was a subjective test requiring consideration of the position when the information was given and the intentions of the giver at that time, rather than an objective test derived from the law of confidentiality.”
WLR Daily, 31st July 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
R (Baiai and another) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Nos 1 and 2); R (Bigoku and another) v Same; R (Tilki) v Same (Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants and another intervening) – WLR Daily
“The statutory scheme requiring the Secretary of State’s permission for marriage by people who were subject to immigration control or were illegal entrants was disproportionate and infringed the right to marry protected by art 12 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, scheduled to the Human Rights Act 1998.”
WLR Daily, 31st July 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR sereis the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Van Colle and Another v Chief Constable of Hertfordshire Constabulary – Times Law Reports
Van Colle and Another v Chief Constable of Hertfordshire Constabulary
House of Lords
“The test for considering whether the state had violated its obligation to protect life under article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights was stringent and remained constant; no lower standard applied where the threat to an individual’s life arose from the state’s decision to call him as a witness.”
The Times, 1st August 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
Conditional fee agreements in publication proceedings – Ministry of Justice
“Summary of responses to the consultation paper ‘conditional fee agreements in publication proceedings: success fees and after the event insurance’.”
Ministry of Justice, 31st July 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Discussion paper on prison mother and baby units – Ministry of Justice
“Maria Eagle’s response to the Children’s Commissioner for England about the findings of his report ‘Prison Mother and Baby Units’.”
Ministry of Justice, 1st August
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
The Lord Chief Justice – Practice Direction – Court Working Dress – Judiciary of England and Wales
“Practice Direction (Court Dress) (no.5) and Amendment no.20 to the Consolidated Criminal Practice Direction (Court Dress).”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 31st July 2008
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Strict new rules for foreign students – UK Border Agency
“Foreign students hoping to come to the UK to study will have to meet strict new criteria, the Government announced today.”
UK Border Agency, 30th July 2008
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
Statement on House of Lords ruling: Corner House v SFO – Attorney General’s Office
“Statement on House of Lords ruling: Corner House v SFO.”
Attorney General’s Office, 30th July 2008
Source: www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk
‘Military-style’ killing sentence – BBC News
“Three men have been convicted of killing a 20-year-old man in a ‘military-style’ attack.”
BBC News, 31st July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Rapist ‘must be found new cell’ – BBC News
“A judge has ordered that a near-blind and disabled rapist should be found a different cell because of the convict’s squalid conditions behind bars.”
BBC News, 31st July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Criminals walk free thanks to paperwork – Daily Telegraph
“A report has found that the paperwork obsession among police, probation officers and court officials lets criminals and suspects who go on the run stay out of the reach of justice.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st August 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Stab death youths lose appeal bid – BBC News
“Three teenagers who stabbed a young father to death on Wearside after he confronted them about their rowdiness have lost their appeals.”
BBC News, 31st July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
