“A Nottingham student who was given £54,000 damages after he injured his knee during training at a rugby club has been ordered to pay the money back.”
BBC News, 20th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Judicial selection panels are ‘bending over backwards’ to appoint women and members of ethnic minorities to the bench but selections must ultimately be on merit, Lord Phillips, president of the supreme court, said on Tuesday.”
The Guardian, 19th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Lord Judge, the Lord Chief Justice, said that Richard Desmond and other newspaper owners should not be allowed to duck out of regulation by a reformed Press Complaints Commission (PCC).”
The Guardian, 19th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man convicted of murder when his victim died nine years after he was stabbed in the head with a screwdriver has been jailed for at least six years.”
BBC News, 20th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Supreme Court
Kaupthing Singer and Friedlander Ltd, Re [2011] UKSC 48 (19 October 2011)
Davies & Anor, R (on the application of) v Revenue and Customs [2011] UKSC 47 (19 October 2011)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Agard v Westminster Kingsway College [2011] EWCA Civ 1169 (20 October 2011)
Rochdale Borough Council v Dixon [2011] EWCA Civ 1173 (20 October 2011)
The Financial Services Authority v Sinaloa Gold Plc & Ors [2011] EWCA Civ 1158 (18 October 2011)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
KV & Ors v R. [2011] EWCA Crim 2342 (19 October 2011)
High Court (Chancery Divsion)
Toshiba Carrier UK Ltd & Ors v KME Yorkshire Ltd & Ors [2011] EWHC 2665 (Ch) (19 October 2011)
High Court (Family Division)
S v AG (Financial Remedy: Lottery Prize) [2011] EWHC 2637 (Fam) (14 October 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org
“The Financial Services Authority has been urged to review its operating procedures after it was found to have acted unlawfully in its use of legally privileged material during an enforcement investigation.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 20th October 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Guarantees and warranties given by the directors of a company did not take effect despite the signing, witnessing and handing over of documents, the High Court has ruled. The documents in question were deeds and the Court said that they had not been ‘delivered.’ ”
OUT-LAW.com, 20th October 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
In re Kaupthing Singer and Friedlander Ltd [2011] UKSC 48; [2011] WLR (D) 297
“The equitable rule which prevented a person sharing in a fund while his debts to the fund were unpaid was trumped by the rule against double proof in a suretyship situation.”
WLR Daily, 19th October 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“In order to gain non-resident status for tax purposes, a person who had left the United Kingdom had to demonstrate a distinct break from his or her previous pattern of life in the UK. Such a test was clear from the ordinary law of residence, and the Inland Revenue guidance booklet IR20 (operative until 2009) did not contain any less stringent test which taxpayers could rely on.”
WLR Daily, 19th October 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“When obtaining an injunction the Financial Services Authority should not normally be required to give an undertaking in damages to third parties, beyond an undertaking to cover the costs incurred in complying with the injunction.”
WLR Daily, 18th october 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“A claim for damages for personal injury was a chose in action capable of assignment. The law would not, however, recognise on the grounds of public policy an assignment to a party who did not have sufficient interest to support what would otherwise be a bare right of action.”
WLR Daily, 12th October 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (Responsible Authorities) (Amendment) Order 2011
The Scotland Act 1998 (Agency Arrangements) (Specification) Order 2011
The International Renewable Energy Agency (Legal Capacities) Order 2011
The Air Navigation (Amendment) Order 2011
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
“KPMG Lecture, 18th October 2011.”
Judiciary of England & Wales, 18th October 2011
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“A power cut during the night killed a man with muscular dystrophy as nursing home staff were unable to connect a back-up power supply, an inquest heard.”
BBC News, 19th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Kent police officer who was accused of falsely claiming she was attacked while on duty has been cleared of wasting police time.”
BBC News, 19th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Cutting-edge research into new medical treatments in Britain was thrown into disarray on Tuesday as the highest European court ruled that stem cells from human embryos cannot be patented.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th October 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“One of the most significant police anti-corruption cases in modern times collapsed on Wednesday, after two former detectives, who had both served lengthy jail sentences, were cleared at a retrial.”
The Guardian, 19th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Downing Street has brought forward a sensitive House of Commons vote on Europe next week amid fears that Tory MPs were planning to use David Cameron’s absence on an overseas visit to stage a large rebellion.”
The Guardian, 19th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Liam Fox’s contacts with his self-styled adviser Adam Werritty constituted a clear breach of the Ministerial Code of Conduct, the Cabinet Secretary Sir Gus O’Donnell said today.”
The Independent, 18th October 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Secret justice looks set to be a regular feature of British courts and tribunals when the intelligence services want to protect their sources of information. Civil courts, immigration panels and even coroner’s inquests would go into secret session if the Government rules that hearing evidence in public could be a threat to national security. The proposals, which run counter to a centuries-old British tradition of open justice, were introduced to a sparsely attended House of Commons yesterday by the Justice Secretary, Ken Clarke – and met almost no opposition. The planned changes to the British justice system follow lobbying of the Government by the CIA.”
The Independent, 20th October 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
