“New laws aimed at protecting female victims of domestic violence have come under fire from the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales.”
BBC News, 16th December 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Allowing universities to charge students up to £9,000 a year is contrary to human rights law, according to a legal opinion published today.”
The Guardian, 16th December 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Comedian and actor Matt Lucas today won substantial undisclosed damages and an apology over a ‘grossly intrusive’ and inaccurate Daily Mail article in the wake of his ex-partner’s death.”
The Guardian, 16th December 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
The Plant Health (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2010
The Turks and Caicos Islands Constitution (Interim Amendment) (Amendment) Order 2010
The Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Belgium) Order 2010
The Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Cayman Islands) Order 2010
The Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Georgia) Order 2010
The Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Hong Kong) Order 2010
The Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Malaysia) Order 2010
The Iran (United Nations Sanctions) (Amendment) Order 2010
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Pink Floyd Music Ltd and another v EMI Records Ltd [2010] EWCA Civ 1429; [2010] WLR (D) 329
“The Court of Appeal should not depart from the general rule that litigation was to be conducted in public unless a judge of that court was persuaded that there were cogent grounds for doing so.”
WLR Daily, 16th December 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.
Gill v Woodall and others [2010] EWCA Civ 1430; [2011] WLR (D) 328
“To determine whether a testatrix knew and approved the contents of her will the proper approach was to consider the factual and expert evidence and to ask whether the testatrix appreciated what was in the will when she signed it. It was not necessary to break down the issue into two separate questions of whether a prima facie case had been made out that the testatrix had not known or approved of the contents of her will and then whether the beneficiary had rebutted that case.”
WLR Daily, 15th December 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.
Regina (Edwards and another) v Environment Agency and others [2010] UKSC 57; [2011] WLR (D) 327
“The function of costs officers was to carry out detailed assessments of costs, subject to any directions that might be given to them by the court. Decisions as to whether the receiving party should receive less than 100% of the assessed costs were reserved to the court.”
WLR Daily, 15th December 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.
JSC BTA Bank v Kythreotis and others [2010] EWCA Civ 1436; [2010] WLR (D) 326
“The words ‘his assets’ in the standard form of freezing order in the Commercial Court Guide included assets which the respondent to the order held as a trustee or nominee for a third party.”
WLR Daily, 14th December 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.
“Closing 93 magistrates’ courts could have a ‘serious impact’ on access to justice, it has been claimed, amid a growing row over the plans.”
BBC News, 16th December 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The Northern Ireland Assembly (Minimum Period) Order 2010
The Somalia (Asset-Freezing) Regulations 2010
The Lottery Duty (Exemption) Order 2010
The Individual Savings Account (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2010
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Supreme Court
Principal Reporter v K & Ors (Scotland) [2010] UKSC 56 (15 December 2010)
Revenue and Customs v DCC Holdings (UK) Ltd [2010] UKSC 58 (15 December 2010)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Pluck v R [2010] EWCA Crim 2936 (15 December 2010)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Al Hassan-Daniel & Anor v HM Revenue and Customs & Anor [2010] EWCA Civ 1443 (15 December 2010)
Osborn & Anor v The Parole Board [2010] EWCA Civ 1409 (15 December 2010)
Pankhurst v Lee White Motor Insurers Bureau [2010] EWCA Civ 1445 (15 December 2010)
Dennard & Ors v Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP [2010] EWCA Civ 1437 (15 December 2010)
Baldwin & Anor v Berryland Books [2010] EWCA Civ 1440 (15 December 2010)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
France v Freemans Solicitors & Anor [2010] EWHC 3291 (QB) (15 December 2010)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Patents Court)
Numatic International Ltd v Qualtex (UK) Ltd [2010] EWHC 1797 (Pat) (12 July 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
“A district judge’s decision to allow journalists to use Twitter in the Julian Assange hearing raises interesting legal questions.”
The Guardian, 15th December 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A judge has halted an attempt by copyright firm ACS:Law to secure default judgment against eight individuals accused of illegally file sharing pornographic films.”
The Lawyer, 14th December 2010
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“Parliament is burdening the courts with too many laws and rules on sentencing, including detailed guidelines for dealing with necrophilia, England’s most senior judge has said.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th December 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Delays in processing legal aid applications are leaving some defendants in London’s Crown and magistrates’ courts unrepresented, criminal solicitors have warned.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 16th December 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A disgruntled ex-agent must redirect domain names he owns to blank pages rather than to near-copies of the website of a company for which he acted, the High Court has said. The sites broke laws on passing off, the Court said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 15th December 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
“The director of public prosecutions, Keir Starmer, has ordered a change in the way government lawyers deal with cases against women who withdraw rape claims, acknowledging ‘failings’ in the handling of a recent victim.”
The Guardian, 16th December 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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