Kulkarni v Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Court of Appeal
“A hospital doctor who was subject to disciplinary proceedings brought by his employer was entitled under the contract of employment to be represented at the hearing by a lawyer instructed or employed by his medical defence organisation.”
The Times, 6th August 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Meachen v R [2009] EWCA Crim 1701 (05 August 2009)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd v Wolverhampton City Council [2009] EWCA Civ 835 (31 July 2009)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Matalan Retail Ltd v Revenue and Customs [2009] EWHC 2046 (Ch) (05 August 2009)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Adonis Construction v O’Keefe Soil Remediation [2009] EWHC 2047 (TCC) (05 August 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
“A Home Office minister today (5 August) admitted plans to review rape laws had gone back to the drawing board after an intervention by Labour’s deputy leader Harriet Harman.”
The Times, 5th August 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Government claims that victims of crime are at the heart of the criminal justice system have raised ‘damaging’ expectations, says a report by MPs.”
BBC News, 5th August 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“This week, Harriet Harman, Labour’s deputy leader who is standing in for Gordon Brown while the Prime Minister is on holiday, vetoed a long-running review of rape laws at the eleventh hour, complaining that they failed to address the concerns of women.”
The Independent, 6th August 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A Ministry of Defence press officer is to sue the government, claiming his health was affected by having to deal with the families of dead soldiers.”
BBC News, 5th August 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The man whose inquiry led to new vetting procedures for adults working with children today calls on the Government to rethink parts of its controversial anti-paedophile register.”
The Independent, 6th August 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The satisfaction of the Corby families last week about the High Court ruling over the link between the reclamation work of a former British Steel plant between 1985 and 1999 and the disabilities suffered by their children might have suggested that the compensation cheques had already being written.”
The Times, 6th August 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Two men described as being ‘at the top of an evil pyramid’ of drug dealers who tortured their runners to make sure they obeyed, have been jailed.”
BBC News, 5th August 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“More than 360,000 children have been convicted of crimes since Labour came to power.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th August 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Police officers should ‘exercise caution’ when asking to view images captured by members of the media according to amended advice to officers published by London’s police force, the Metropolitan Police Service.”
OUT-LAW.com, 5th August 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“A British man has been arrested for his role in running one of the internet’s oldest file sharing websites.”
The Guardian, 4th August 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
NR(Jamaica) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] EWCA Civ 856 (05 August 2009)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Rabone & Anor v Pennine Care NHS Trust [2009] EWHC 1827 (QB) (23 July 2009)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Vision Homes Ltd v Lancsville Construction Ltd [2009] EWHC 2042 (TCC) (04 August 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
“Tenants in properties let by financially unstable landlords could be given greater protection if their homes are repossessed under proposals published today.”
The Times, 5th August 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
The Public Health Wales National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 2009
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No.2) Order 2009
The Motor Vehicles (Type Approval for Goods Vehicles) (Great Britain) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Trade Marks and Trade Marks and Patents (Fees) (Amendment) Rules 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
“The principles set out by the House of Lords in Norwich Pharmacal Co v Customs and Excise Comrs [1974] AC 133 could be applied in novel circumstances to require the Foreign Secretary to disclose information, specific to the claimant and essential to his defence to serious charges which might carry the death penalty, in confidence to lawyers representing him in proceedings at Guantanamo Bay, given that the conduct of the security service of the United Kingdom had amounted to being involved in arguable wrongdoing by facilitating interviews of the claimant by or on behalf of the United States of America while the claimant had been held unlawfully in incommunicado detention and on his case had been subject to alleged torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment at the hands of the detaining authorities.”
WLR Daily, 3rd August 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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“In a claim by a public landlord for a possession order against its demoted tenant, the jurisdiction of the county court was limited to considering whether the procedure for bringing the possession claim had been complied with and to making or declining to make the possession order; it had no power to review the decision of the review panel of the public landlord as to whether the decision was proportionate or compatible with the tenant’s human rights.”
WLR Daily, 3rd August 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.
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