Fire-bomb attack trio are jailed – BBC News

Posted July 6th, 2009 in arson, news, religiously aggravated offences, sentencing by sally

“Three men have been jailed for fire-bombing a house and a temple after being angered by the marriage of a Sikh woman to a Hindu man.”

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BBC News, 6th July 2009

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Footballer jailed for match death – BBC News

Posted July 6th, 2009 in homicide, sentencing by sally

“An amateur footballer who killed a rival player in west London in a row after a game has been jailed for 28 months at the Old Bailey.”

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BBC News, 6th July 2009

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

City wrongdoers face bigger fines – BBC News

Posted July 6th, 2009 in financial regulation, fines, insider dealing, news by sally

“The Financial Services Authority (FSA) wants to impose much bigger fines on firms or individuals who cheat their customers or engage in insider dealing.”

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BBC News 6th July 2009

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Jonathan Ross’s Hannah Montana joke ‘not homophobic’ rules Ofcom – Daily Telegraph

Posted July 6th, 2009 in complaints, media, news by sally

“Jonathan Ross did not breach broadcasting rules by suggesting that parents should put their sons up for adoption if they asked for a Hannah Montana MP3 player, Ofcom ruled.”

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Daily Telegraph, 6th July 2009

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

MoD drops opposition to Basra deaths inquiry – The Guardian

Posted July 6th, 2009 in armed forces, inquiries, Iraq, news, torture by sally

“The defence secretary, Bob Ainsworth, has conceded the need for a fresh independent inquiry into the deaths of Iraqis in Basra in 2004 after allegations they were tortured and killed by British troops, the high court was told today.”

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The Guardian, 6th July 2009

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Mercedes executive killer jailed – BBC News

Posted July 6th, 2009 in murder, news, sentencing by sally

“A martial arts expert who strangled his partner over her plans to leave him for another man has been jailed for life.”

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BBC News, 6th July 2009

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Top judge: ‘use of drones intolerable’ – The Independent

Posted July 6th, 2009 in news, weapons by sally

“The use of unmanned drones as weapons of war in conflicts around the world has been called into question by one of Britain’s most senior judges. Lord Bingham, until last year the senior law lord, said that some weapons were so ‘cruel as to be beyond the pale of human tolerance’.

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The Independent, 6th July 2009

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Solicitors take advantage of LDP rules while the bar still lags behind – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted July 6th, 2009 in barristers, law firms, legal disciplinary practices, news by sally

“Three months after Legal Services Act 2007 reforms took effect, solicitors have gained the ‘upper hand’ over the bar, with 61 firms becoming legal disciplinary practices (LDPs).”

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Law Society’s Gazette, 2nd July 2009

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Sentencing policy attacked by MPs for being incoherent and inconsistent – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted July 6th, 2009 in news, sentencing by sally

“MPs have branded current sentencing policy incoherent and inconsistent, and warned that it risks being driven by a misguided view of what the public want.”

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Law Society’s Gazette, 2nd July 2009

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted July 6th, 2009 in law reports by sally

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

P, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for Justice [2009] EWCA Civ 701 (06 July 2009)

Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)

Downer, R. v [2009] EWCA Crim 1361 (06 July 2009)

High Court (Administrative Court)

Home Office & Anor v The Information Commissioner [2009] EWHC 1611 (Admin) (06 July 2009)

High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)

Clift v Slough Borough Council & Anor [2009] EWHC 1550 (QB) (06 July 2009)

Source: www.bailii.org.

GISDA Cyf v Barratt – WLR Daily

Posted July 6th, 2009 in employment, law reports, time limits, unfair dismissal by sally

GISDA Cyf v Barratt [2009] EWCA Civ 648; [2009] WLR (D) 229

“The ‘effective date of termination of employment’ within section 97(1)(b) of the Employment Rights Act 1996 was not necessarily the date yielded by contractual analysis. When determining the relevant time limit for making an unfair dismissal claim, an employment tribunal had not erred in concluding that the effective date of termination of employment was when the employee read the letter of summary dismissal and not the date when the letter reached the employee’s home address when she was away.”

WLR Daily, 3rd July 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.

Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Holland and another – WLR daily

Posted July 6th, 2009 in company directors, insolvency, law reports, misfeasance by sally

Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Holland and another [2009] EWCA Civ 625; [2009] WLR (D) 228

“A human director of a corporate director could in certain circumstances be regarded as a de facto director of the subject company but he would not automatically be so regarded.”

WLR Daily, 3rd July 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.

Radmacher (formerly Granatino) v Granatino – WLR Daily

Posted July 6th, 2009 in contracts, divorce, financial provision, law reports by sally

Radmacher (formerly Granatino) v Granatino [2009] EWCA Civ 649; [2009] WLR (D) 227

“A judge should give due weight to the marital property regime into which a couple entered so as to legitimately exercise the very wide discretion conferred on judges to achieve fairness between the parties to ancillary relief proceedings.”

WLR Daily, 3rd July 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.

Regina v Morley (Anthony) – Times Law Reports

Posted July 6th, 2009 in law reports, murder, sentencing by sally

Regina v Morley (Anthony)

Court of Appeal

“However comprehensive legislation relating to sentences might seek to be, it could not cover all the many different facets of human criminal behaviour which sentencing judges had to take into account.”

The Times, 6th July 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Boyle v SCA Packaging Ltd, Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening – Times Law Reports

Boyle v SCA Packaging Ltd, Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening

House of Lords

“In determining whether a person was disabled within the meaning of the Disability Discrimination Act 1975 by reason of having an impairment which, although capable of being controlled by measures taken to treat it, would be likely to have substantial adverse effects but for those measures, the word ‘likely’ did not mean ‘probable’ but ‘could well happen’.”

The Times, 6th July 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Law on damages – consultation response – Ministry of Justice

Posted July 6th, 2009 in damages, press releases by sally

“Law on damages – consultation response.”

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Ministry of Justice, 1st July 2009

Source: www.justice.gov.uk

Regulating Damages Based Agreements – consultation – Ministry of Justice

Posted July 6th, 2009 in consumer protection, damages, fees, press releases by sally

“This consultation paper seeks views on the proposals to regulate damages based agreements, a type of no win no fee, which is commonly used in Employment Tribunals in England and Wales.”

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Ministry of Justice, 1st July 2009

Source: www.justice.gov.uk

Press Release: Sonnex & Farmer Unduly Lenient Sentence Decision – Attorney General’s Office

Posted July 6th, 2009 in murder, press releases, sentencing by sally

“The Attorney General, Baroness Scotland QC, has decided not to refer the minimum life terms of Dano Sonnex and Nigel Farmer to the Court of Appeal as possibly unduly lenient.”

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Attorney General’s Office, 2nd July 2009

Source: www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk

BSB committed to quality when considering new legal structures – Bar Standards Board

Posted July 6th, 2009 in barristers, legal profession, press releases by sally

“The Chair of the Bar Standards Board, Baroness Ruth Deech, talks today of the need to take a scrupulous approach when considering barristers’ involvement in new legal structures.”

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Bar Standards Board, 3rd July 2009

Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk

Mother fights to save frozen embryos – Daily Telegraph

Posted July 6th, 2009 in assisted reproduction, embryology, news by sally

“A mother faces losing 11 frozen embryos under a new law which rules they must be destroyed after five years.”

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Daily Telegraph, 5th July 2009

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk