“Criminals are escaping justice because of a lack of organisation within the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), a judge said.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th March 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The justice secretary, Jack Straw, today launched a robust defence of giving a new identity to criminals such as Jon Venables when they face the serious possibility of being killed or injured on their release.”
The Guardian, 10th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Two daughters made pregnant 19 times by their abusive father were given an apology by the authorities which failed to protect them.”
BBC News, 10th March 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Ministry of Justice has today announced that legal aid funding will be provided to survivors of the 7/7 bombings.”
Ministry of Justice, 10th March 2010
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“London’s reputation as the divorce payout capital of the world was reinforced by the Supreme Court today.”
The Independent, 10th March 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Amendments made to the digital economy bill by the House of Lords threaten freedom of speech and will lead to British websites being blocked without due judicial process, the bosses of leading technology companies said today.”
The Guardian, 10th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Supreme Court
Agbaje v Akinnoye-Agbaje [2010] UKSC 13 (10 March 2010)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Chima v R [2010] EWCA Crim 416 (10 March 2010)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Steenberg & Anor v Enterprise Inns Plc & Anor [2010] EWCA Civ 201 (10 March 2010)
Shaw v Lighthousexpress Ltd [2010] EWCA Civ 161 (10 March 2010)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Shell Egypt West Manzala GmbH & Anor v Dana Gas Egypt Ltd [2010] EWHC 465 (Comm) (10 March 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
“The exiled Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky was today awarded libel damages of £150,000 over ‘savage’ allegations he was behind the murder of his Alexander Litvinenko, the poisoned Russian dissident who was his close friend.”
The Guardian, 10th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“It may sound like a Monty Python sketch – but an ancient law allowing people on private land without a warrant if they are following a bee might still apply.”
BBC News, 9th March 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“City law firms are preparing to raise millions of pounds from external investors as the British legal market braces for its own version of Big Bang.”
The Times, 10th March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Shell UK Ltd v Total UK Ltd; Total UK Ltd v Chevron Ltd [2010] EWCA Civ 180; [2010] WLR (D) 67
“A defendant who could reasonably foresee that his negligent actions would damage property owed a duty of care to a beneficial owner of that property. If the defendant damaged the property, he would be liable not merely for the physical loss of that property but also for the foreseeable consequences of that loss, such as the extra expenditure to which the beneficial owner was put or the loss of profit which he incurred. Provided that the beneficial owner could join the legal owner in the proceedings, it did not matter that the beneficial owner was not himself in possession of the property.”
WLR Daily, 8th March 2010
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.
Al-Saadoon and Mufdhi v United Kingdom
European Court of Human Rights
“The transfer of two Iraqi murder suspects by the United Kingdom to the Iraqi authorities for trial was a breach of the European Convention on Human Rights.”
The Times, 10th March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The BNP’s new membership rules ‘indirectly’ discriminate against black and Asian people, the UK equalities watchdog has told a court hearing.”
BBC News, 9th March 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Public bodies have been banned from using internet companies that refuse to block a range of websites that contain images of child sex abuse, The Times has learnt.”
The Times, 10th March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The News of the World was tonight (9 March) accused of buying silence in the phone-hacking scandal after it agreed to pay more than £1m to persuade the celebrity PR agent Max Clifford to drop his legal action over the interception of his voicemail messages.”
The Guardian, 9th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Mayor of London Boris Johnson is considering legal action after it was ruled Underground maintenance firm Tube Lines’ costs should be £4.46bn.”
BBC News, 10th March 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The mismanagement of short-term prisoners is costing Britain up to £10bn a year, the public expenses watchdog warns today.”
The Independent, 10th March 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
