1,000 criminals still on the run from prison – The Independent

Posted July 7th, 2009 in news, release on licence by sally

“Almost 1,000 criminals who should have been returned to prison are still at large, it was revealed yesterday.”

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The Independent, 7th July 2009

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Martial arts expert who strangled partner jailed for life – Daily Telegraph

Posted July 7th, 2009 in murder, news, sentencing by sally

“Alan Jermey was told he must serve at least 16 years after being found guilty of murdering Kirsty Wilson.”

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Daily Telegraph, 7th July 2009

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Business associate of Jowell’s husband has assets frozen – The Independent

Posted July 7th, 2009 in fraud, freezing injunctions, news by sally

“An Iranian millionaire and business associate of David Mills, the estranged husband of Tessa Jowell, has had his assets frozen by the High Court as part of a claim that he and his company received £6.2m in unauthorised fees and payments from a Welsh steel mill which collapsed with the loss of more than 300 jobs.”

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The Independent, 7th July 2007

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MI5 accused of bribe offer in Rangzieb Ahmed torture case – The Guardian

Posted July 7th, 2009 in bribery, intelligence services, news, torture by sally

“The security service MI5 is being accused of attempting to pervert the course of justice by offering a man inducements to drop his allegation that its officers colluded in his torture.”

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The Guardian, 7th July 2009

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Masood and others v Zahoor and others – WLR Daily

Posted July 7th, 2009 in forgery, law reports, pleadings, striking out by sally

 Masood and others v Zahoor and others [2009] EWCA 650; [2009] WLR (D) 231

“Where a claimant relied on a forged document he forfeited the right to have an adjudication of his claim, and it was irrelevant that the defendant also relied on forged documents. There was no weighing or balancing exercise to be carried out.”

WLR Daily, 7th July 2009

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Regina (Aweys and Others) v Birmingham City Council; Moran v Manchester City Council – Times Law Reports

Posted July 7th, 2009 in homelessness, housing, law reports, statutory interpretation by sally

Regina (Aweys and Others) v Birmingham City Council; Moran v Manchester City Council

House of Lords

“A local housing authority had been entitled to decide that overcrowded families were homeless but to leave them there in the short term; it was a question of fact what term was too long.”

The Times, 7th July 2009

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In re Stanford International Bank Ltd and others – WLR Daily

Posted July 7th, 2009 in insolvency, jurisdiction, law reports, winding up by sally

“The ‘centre of main interests’ for the purposes of the Cross-Border Insolvency Regulations 2006 must be identified by reference to factors which were both objective and ascertainable by third parties. What was ascertainable by a third party was what was in the public domain and what a typical third party would learn as a result of dealing with the company.”

WLR Daily, 6th July 2009

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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