Man sentenced after wife told police of child images – BBC News

“A woman called police after finding indecent images of children on her husband’s laptop, a court has heard.”

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BBC News, 8th April 2010

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Hello! pays Jude Law privacy damages – The Guardian

Posted April 8th, 2010 in damages, media, news, privacy by sally

“Jude Law has settled a breach of privacy action with Hello! magazine, with the magazine agreeing to pay £9,500 in damages and undertaking not to publish any pictures of the Alfie star with his children until they are 18.”

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The Guardian, 8th April 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Policemen jailed for inflicting ‘deliberate cruelty’ – The Guardian

Posted April 8th, 2010 in misfeasance in public office, news, police, sentencing by sally

“PC and sergeant sentenced to 18 months’ jail after a judge said their treatment of suspect was ‘little short of torture.’ ”

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The Guardian, 8th April 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Care home boss Rachel Baker cleared of murdering residents – The Independent

Posted April 8th, 2010 in care homes, drug abuse, drug offences, murder, news by sally

“Former care home manager Rachel Baker was today found not guilty of murdering two of her elderly residents. Baker, 44, was accused of murdering Frances Hay and Lucy Cox at Parkfields Residential Care Home in Butleigh, Somerset. She was cleared of the murder charges and an attempted murder charge involving Mrs Hay by a jury at Bristol Crown Court today.”

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The Independent, 8th April 2010

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI

Posted April 8th, 2010 in legislation by sally

The Federation of Maintained Schools and Miscellaneous Amendments (Wales) Regulations 2010

The Independent Review of Determinations (Adoption and Fostering) (Wales) Regulations 2010

The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Amendment of Schedule 3) Order 2010

The Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (Consequential Amendments) (England and Wales) Order 2010

The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records and Registration) (Jersey) Regulations 2010

The Transnational Information and Consultation of Employees (Amendment) Regulations 2010

The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Codes of Practice) (Revisions to Codes E and F) Order 2010

The Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Health and Safety at Work) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2010

The Vehicles Regulations (Amendment) Order 2010

The Motor Cycles Etc. and Tractors Etc. (EC Type Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2010

The Isles of Scilly (Children Act 1989) Order 2010

The Isles of Scilly (Functions) (Adoption and Children Act 2002) Order 2010

The Misuse of Drugs (Designation) (Amendment) (England, Wales and Scotland) Order 2010

The Financial Assistance Scheme (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2010

The Cosmetic Products (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 2010

The Representation of the People (Timing of the Canvass) (Northern Ireland) Order 2010

The Education (Educational Provision for Improving Behaviour) Regulations 2010

The Environmental Civil Sanctions (England) Order 2010

The Environmental Civil Sanctions (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2010

The Social Security (Loss of Benefit) Amendment Regulations 2010

The European Parliamentary Elections (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2010

The Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962 (Amendment) Order 2010

The Value Added Tax (Small Non-Commercial Consignments) Relief (Amendment) Order 2010

The Financial Assistance Scheme (Tax) Regulations 2010

Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

Regina v T (N) – WLR Daily

Posted April 8th, 2010 in appeals, assault, jurisdiction, law reports by sally

Regina v T (N) [2010] EWCA Crim 711; [2010] WLR (D) 93

 “The prosecution were not entitled to apply for leave to appeal against a terminating ruling made by a judge in a Crown Court on a trial on indictment, unless it had complied with the mandatory requirements of s 58(4) and (8) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003, following the making of the ruling, of informing the court that it intended to appeal or requesting an adjournment to consider such an appeal and, before or at that time, informing the court that it agreed that the defendant should be acquitted if leave to appeal was not obtained or the appeal was abandoned before being determined.”

WLR Daily, 7th April 2010

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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Regina (Valentines Homes & Construction Ltd) v Revenue and Customs Commissioners – WLR Daily

Posted April 8th, 2010 in appeals, costs, HM Revenue & Customs, judicial review, law reports, taxation by sally

Regina (Valentines Homes & Construction Ltd) v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2010] EWCA Civ 345; [2010] WLR (D) 92

“There was a public interest in issues such as the status, relevance and application of policy documents of general application emerging from the Revenue and Customs Commissioners, or any government department, being resolved in the Administrative Court, since it was the court with expertise in that area.”

WLR Daily, 7th April 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.

Salford City Council v Mullen; Hounslow London Borough Council v Hall; Leeds City Council v Hall: Birmingham City Council v Frisby: Manchester City Council v Mushin (Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government intervening) – WLR Daily

Posted April 8th, 2010 in appeals, county courts, housing, law reports, local government, repossession by sally

Salford City Council v Mullen: Hounslow London Borough Council v Hall; Leeds City Council v Hall; Birmingham City Council v Frisby; Manchester City Council v Mushin (Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government intervening) [2010] EWCA Civ 336; [2010] WLR (D) 91

 “Guidance for county courts hearing applications for possession orders by local authority landlords of non-secure tenancies where the occupier, being an introductory tenant or a homeless person housed by the local authority, sought to challenge the local authority’s decision to recover possession as an improper exercise of its powers at common law on the ground that it was a decision that no reasonable person would consider justifiable.”

WLR Daily, 7th April 2010

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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Hilmi and Associates Ltd v 20 Pembridge Villas Freehold Ltd – WLR Daily

Posted April 8th, 2010 in appeals, company law, landlord & tenant, law reports by sally

Hilmi and Associates Ltd v 20 Pembridge Villas Freehold Ltd [2010] EWCA Civ 314; [2010] WLR (D) 90

“Where, before the coming into force of the Companies Act 2006, a corporate tenant served notice, pursuant to s 13 of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993, seeking to exercise a statutory right to acquire the applicable freehold, it was required, for the notice to be valid, to affix its corporate seal, or to supply the signature of two directors or a director and the company secretary.”

WLR Daily, 7th April 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.

Herrick v Kidner – Times Law Reports

Posted April 8th, 2010 in law reports by sally

Herrick v Kidner

Queen’s Bench Division

“The psychological effect of such works as gate piers set across a public footpath, so as to denote private property, was relevant when deciding whether those works amounted to a significant obstruction of the highway so that an order might be required for their removal by the local highway authority.”

The Times, 8th April 2010

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Bilkus v Stockler Brunton (a Firm) – Times Law Reports

Posted April 8th, 2010 in law reports by sally

Bilkus v Stockler Brunton (a Firm)

Court of Appeal

“A solicitor rendering his fee note had to consider carefully, if charging uplift, whether the relevant work was contentious or non-contentious.”

The Times, 8th April 2010

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Tories kill off compulsory child sex education law – The Times

Posted April 8th, 2010 in news by sally

“Plans for compulsory sex education in schools have been dropped in the pre-election ‘wash up’ after being blocked by the Tories. The controversial measure would have ensured every 15-year-old had at least one year of sex education lessons. It was part of Ed Balls’ Children, Schools and Families Bill, but was shelved today in the last-minute rush to get legislation through before the election.”

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The Times, 7th April 2010

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Award-winning businessman Paul Fleming killed love rival – The Times

Posted April 8th, 2010 in news by sally

“A former heroin addict who became an award-winning businessman has been jailed for life for murdering a love rival who began an affair with his wife at the Glastonbury Festival.”

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The Times, 8th April 2010

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Criminal Procedure Rules 2010 in force – Ministry of Justice

Posted April 8th, 2010 in criminal procedure, Ministry of Justice, press releases by sally

“The first consolidating edition of the Criminal Procedure Rules came into force today (5 April 2010).”

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Ministry of Justice, 8th April 2010

Source: www.justice.gov.uk

Committee to examine ‘super-injunctions’ – Judiciary of England and Wales

Posted April 8th, 2010 in injunctions, press releases by sally

“The Master of the Rolls has set up a committee to examine the issues around the use of injunctions which bind the press and so-called ‘super-injunctions’.”

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Judiciary of England & Wales, 6th April 2010

Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk

The Judicial Studies Board Lecture 2010 – Speech by Lord Judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales

Posted April 8th, 2010 in speeches by sally

“The Judicial Studies Board Lecture 2010 – at the Inner Temple 17th March 2010.”

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Judiciary of England and Wales, 31st March 2010

Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk

Changes to the Immigration Rules – minimum age for armed forces marriage visas – UK Border Agency

Posted April 8th, 2010 in armed forces, immigration, marriage, press releases, regulations, visas by sally

“Today the Immigration Rules relating to marriage visas have changed for serving members of the armed forces.”

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UK Border Agency, 6th April 2010

Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk

Next Step in the Bar Council’s Judicial Review on Legal Aid – The Bar Council

Posted April 8th, 2010 in barristers, fees, judicial review, legal aid, press releases by sally

“The Bar Council and Criminal Bar Association have today issued a joint response to the Ministry of Justice Consultation ‘Legal Aid: Reforming Advocates Graduated Fees.’ The response is available below, as is the letter from Bindmans sent on our behalf to the Treasury Solicitors.”

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The Bar Council, 1st April 2010

Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk

Lichfield diocese burial rule change after grave mix-up – BBC News

Posted April 8th, 2010 in burials and cremation, Church of England, news by sally

“Burial rules in a West Midlands diocese have been changed after a mix-up with grave plots which led to a court ordering an exhumation.”

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BBC News, 7th April 2010

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

NSPCC calls for reform of child abuse inquiries – BBC News

Posted April 8th, 2010 in child abuse, inquiries, news by sally

“The NSPCC has urged a major overhaul of the system for investigating cases of child abuse and neglect, saying it is too costly, too slow and may not work.”

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BBC News, 8th April 2010

Source: www.bbc.co.uk