“For District Judge Edwina Millward, justice secretary Jack Straw’s announcement that the family courts are to be opened up to the media raises considerable concerns.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 12th February 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The Serious Case Review will examine how a gang of Asian youths were able to walk in to the tennis courts at a Wiltshire school and hit 15-year-old Henry Webster repeatedly around the head with a claw hammer.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th February 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Barbara Ferraro took the family health records of her partner’s ex-wife and teenage daughter for him to see, which revealed both had undergone abdominal scans. The Health Professions Council hearing was told that the 44-year-old’s actions were a breach of patient confidentiality.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th February 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Source
“In a landmark settlement, the Congolese family have been awarded £150,000, believed to be the biggest payout over the unlawful detention of child refugees seeking asylum in Britain.”
The Independent, 13th February 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Geert Wilders, the rightwing Dutch politician accused of Islamophobia, was today refused entry to the UK after arriving at Heathrow airport in London.”
The Guardian, 12th February 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The jail sentences of three men who gang-raped a 16-year-old girl and doused her in caustic soda, leaving her disfigured, are to be reviewed to decide if they were unduly lenient.”
The Times, 13th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“British musicians were celebrating a major victory last night after a powerful European Parliament committee gave the go-ahead to extend the copyright term for music recordings to 95 years.”
The Times, 13th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Roberts v Chief Constable of Kent [2008] EWCA Civ 1588 (17 December 2008)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Greene Wood & McLean Llp v Templeton Insurance Ltd [2009] EWCA Civ 65 (12 February 2009)
Bedfordshire Police Authority v Constable [2009] EWCA Civ 64 (12 February 2009)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Secretary of State for the Home Department v GG [2009] EWHC 142 (Admin) (12 February 2009)
Kagabo v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] EWHC 153 (Admin) (12 February 2009)
High Court (Patents Court)
Kelly & Anor v GE Healthcare Ltd [2009] EWHC 181 (Pat) (11 February 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org.uk
The Immigration (Biometric Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Tax Credits Up-rating Regulations 2009
The Guardian’s Allowance Up-rating (Northern Ireland) Order 2009
The Guardian’s Allowance Up-rating Order 2009
The Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009
The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Electronic Communications) Order 2009
The Payment Services Regulations 2009
The Local Authorities (Alteration of Requisite Calculations) (England) Regulations 2009
The Criminal Defence Service (Information Requests) (Prescribed Benefits) Regulations 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
“An employee’s dismissal was unfair because the email inviting him to the first in a series of disciplinary meetings did not specifically say that the process might result in dismissal, the Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 12th February 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“A parent is jailed for their child’s truancy once a fortnight every school term in England and Wales, analysis of court statistics shows.”
BBC News, 12th February 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The proposed reforms to the Inquest system, criticised by David Pannick, QC, in Times Law last month, are vital to ensure that we offer bereaved people the best possible information and support at what is likely to be one of the most traumatic periods of their life.”
The Times, 12th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Zipher Ltd v Markem Systems Ltd and another [2009] EWCA Civ 44; [2009] WLR (D) 48
“An offer of an undertaking by one party lapsed automatically once the court found in favour of the other side and the offer was not resurrected when the losing side successfully appealed to the Court of Appeal.”
WLR Daily, 11th February 2009
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.
Ugiagbe v Southwark London Borough Council [2009] EWCA Civ 31; [2009] WLR (D) 47
“A person’s failure to go to the Homeless Persons Unit for advice before leaving accommodation which she occupied did not amount to a lack of ‘good faith’ for the purposes of s 191(2) of the Housing Act 1996 rendering her intentionally homeless.”
WLR Daily, 11th February 2009
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 (Liverpool City Council) v Hillingdon London Borough Council [2009] EWCA Civ 43; [2009] WLR (D) 45
“The responsibility for looking after a child in need fell on the local authority where the child was living and could not be fulfilled merely by sending the child on to another local authority, even if the child himself wanted to live in the area of that other authority. S 20 of the Children Act 1989 imposed a duty on the local authority to carry out a proper assessment of the child’s welfare needs and the type and location of accommodation that would meet those needs.”
WLR Daily, 11th February 2009
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.
Allianz SpA and another v West Tankers Inc (Case C-185/07); [2009] WLR (D) 44
“It was incompatible with Regulation 44/2001 for a court of an EC member state to make an order to restrain a person from commencing or continuing proceedings before the courts of another member state on the ground that such proceedings would be contrary to an arbitration agreement.”
WLR Daily, 11th February 2009
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.
British Broadcasting Corporation v Sugar and Another
House of Lords
“The British Broadcasting Corporation was a public authority for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which meant that all requests for information were subject to the jurisdiction of the Information Commissioner and, on appeal, the Information Tribunal, even if the information requested was held for the purposes of art, journalism or literature.”
The Times, 12th February 2009
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.
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Webster (The Parents) v Norfolk County Council & Ors (Rev 1) [2009] EWCA Civ 59 (11 February 2009)
Laker Vent Engineering Ltd v Templeton Insurance Ltd [2009] EWCA Civ 62 (11 February 2009)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Re Nortel Networks SA & Ors [2009] EWHC 206 (Ch) (11 February 2009)
High Court (Administrative Court)
McKinnon v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] EWHC 170 (Admin) (23 January 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
The Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 (Continuance in force of sections 1 to 9) Order 2009
The Gambling Act 2005 (Variation of Monetary Limit) Order 2009
The Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (England) Regulations 2009
The Companies Act 2006 (Amendment of Schedule 2) Order 2009
The Financial Assistance Scheme and Incapacity Benefit (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
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