Day: 24 October 2009

Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI

Posted October 24th, 2009 in legislation by sally

The Identity Cards Act 2006 (Application and Issue of ID Card and Notification of Changes) Regulations 2009

The Identity Cards Act 2006 (Prescribed Information) Regulations 2009

The Identity Cards Act 2006 (Provision of Information without Consent) Regulations 2009

The Artist’s Resale Right (Amendment) Regulations 2009

The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2009

The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2009

The Identity Cards Act 2006 (Fees) Regulations 2009

The Council Tax and Non-Domestic Rating (Electronic Communications) (Wales) Order 2009

The Staffing of Maintained Schools (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2009

The Conwy (Llandudno and Conwy) Order 2009

The Wrexham (Communities) Order 2009

Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted October 24th, 2009 in law reports by sally

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

Hunt v AB [2009] EWCA Civ 1092 (22 October 2009)

Yarl’s Wood Immigration Ltd & Ors v Bedfordshire Police Authority [2009] EWCA Civ 1110 (23 October 2009)

Generics UK Ltd v Synaptech Inc [2009] EWCA Civ 1119 (16 October 2009)

Wilkinson v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2009] EWCA Civ 1111 (23 October 2009)

Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd v Premium Aircraft Interiors UK Ltd [2009] EWCA Civ 1062 (22 October 2009)

Joseph & Ors v Spiller & Anor [2009] EWCA Civ 1075 (22 October 2009)

High Court (Chancery Division)

Pocket Kings Ltd v Safenames Ltd & Anor [2009] EWHC 2529 (Ch) (16 October 2009)

High Court (Commercial Court)

Bank of New York Mellon v GV Films [2009] EWHC 2338 (Comm) (15 September 2009)

High Court (Technology and Construction Court)

Estor Ltd v Multifit (UK) Ltd [2009] EWHC 2565 (TCC) (23 October 2009)

Source: www.bailii.org

Judge slams use of partner instead of wife – Daily Telegraph

Posted October 24th, 2009 in judges, news by sally

“Old fashioned chivalry or just old fashioned? A judge has taken the extraordinary step of disrupting a court case to express his exasperation at the modern use of the word partner in place of wife.”

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Daily Telegraph, 23rd October 2009

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Immigration judges: ‘Afghanistan is not in a state of war’ – The Independent

Posted October 24th, 2009 in Afghanistan, asylum, deportation, immigration, news, tribunals by sally

“Hundreds of Afghans living in Britain face being deported after immigration judges ruled that their home country’s bloody conflict did not make the region an unsafe place to return failed asylum-seekers.”

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The Independent, 23rd October 2009

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Black detective claims racial discrimination against Met – Daily Telegraph

Posted October 24th, 2009 in employment tribunals, news, police, race discrimination by sally

“A black detective who was racially abused by two of the former Stephen Lawrence murder suspects is claiming that Metropolitan Police discriminated against him at work.”

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Daily Telegraph, 23rd October 2009

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Former PC jailed for having sex on-duty – The Independent

Posted October 24th, 2009 in misfeasance in public office, news, police, sentencing by sally

“A former police officer who had sex with a pole dancer while on duty was jailed today for four years.”

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The Independent, 23rd October 2009

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Judge claims prisoners sentenced to six months serve ‘just a few days’ – Daily Telegraph

Posted October 24th, 2009 in assault, early release, news, prisons, sentencing by sally

“A judge allowed a man convicted of assault to walk free from court as he questioned whether offenders sentenced to six months or less serve more than a few days in prison.”

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Daily Telegraph, 24th October 2009

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Magistrates’ courts error warning – BBC News

Posted October 24th, 2009 in courts, criminal records, data protection, news by sally

“Criminals, including drug dealers and paedophiles, could be evading justice because of errors in magistrates’ courts records, a report has warned.”

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BBC News, 23rd October 2009

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Vietnam vet jailed for Reservoir Dogs-style killing over unpaid wages – Daily Telegraph

Posted October 24th, 2009 in murder, news, sentencing by sally

“Russell Carter, a Vietnam war veteran who murdered his boss and tried to kill three other people ‘in acts of callous wickedness, cruelty and inhumanity’, has been sentenced to life in prison.”

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Daily Telegraph, 24th October 2009

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk