Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI

Posted October 28th, 2009 in legislation by sally

The Aerosol Dispensers Regulations 2009

The Controls on Dogs (Non-application to Designated Land) Order 2009

The Income Tax Act 2007 (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2009

The Corporation Tax Act 2009 (Amendment) Order 2009

Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

Convicted murderer loses vote bid – BBC News

Posted October 28th, 2009 in elections, news, prisons by sally

“A convicted murderer has lost a legal battle to be given the right to vote in elections while serving a prison term.”

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BBC News, 28th October 2009

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Longer term for Rhys gun supplier – BBC News

Posted October 28th, 2009 in firearms, news, sentencing by sally

“The man who supplied the handgun used to kill Rhys Jones has had his sentence increased to 12 years.”

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BBC News, 28th October 2009

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Security services ask for secret evidence – The Times

Posted October 28th, 2009 in news by sally

“British intelligence services made an unprecedented request to a High Court judge yesterday to use secret evidence in defending a civil claim alleging they were complicit in the ill-treatment of former Guantanamo Bay detainees.”

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The Times, 28th October 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Lord Mandelson sets date for blocking filesharers’ internet connections – The Guardian

Posted October 28th, 2009 in copyright, internet, news, penalties by sally

“Lord Mandelson, the business secretary, warned internet users today that the days of ‘consequence-free’ illegal filesharing are over as he unveiled the government’s plan for cracking down on online piracy.”

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The Guardian, 28th October 2009

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted October 28th, 2009 in law reports by sally

Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)

McAuley, R. v [2009] EWCA Crim 2130 (08 October 2009)

Bradshaw, R. v [2009] EWCA Crim 2113 (09 October 2009)

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

JSC BTA Bank v Ablyazov & Ors [2009] EWCA Civ 1125 (27 October 2009)

White v Withers Llp & Ors ] EWCA Civ 1122 (27 October 2009)

Charania v Harbour Estates Ltd [2009] EWCA Civ 1123 (27 October 2009)

Grace v The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs [2009] EWCA Civ 1082 (28 October 2009)

High Court (Chancery Division)

Thames Valley Housing Association Ltd & Ors v Elegant Homes (Guernsey) Ltd & Ors [2009] EWHC 2647 (Ch) (27 October 2009)

High Court (Commercial Court)

Cooper Tire & Rubber Co & Ors v Shell Chemicals UK Ltd & Ors [2009] EWHC 2609 (Comm) (27 October 2009)

High Court (Technology and Construction Court)

Mayhaven Healthcare Ltd v Bothma & Anor (t/a DAB Builders) [2009] EWHC 2634 (TCC) (26 October 2009)

Source: www.bailii.org

High court injunction – the weapon of choice to slap down protests – The Guardian

Posted October 28th, 2009 in demonstrations, harassment, human rights, injunctions, news by sally

“Chris Osmond is a battle-hardened campaigner who has been in and out of courts during his efforts to close down an arms factory near his home. But one day he made a startling discovery. The other side had his personal diary.”

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The Guardian, 27th October 2009

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Draft guideline: Corporate manslaughter and health and safety offences causing death – Sentencing Guidelines Council

Posted October 28th, 2009 in corporate manslaughter, health & safety, homicide, news, sentencing by sally

“On Tuesday 27 October 2009, the Sentencing Guidelines Council published a draft guideline on corporate manslaughter and health and safety offences causing death. This is the first offence guideline relating to sentencing organisations rather than individuals, and concerns sentencing for offences where the most serious form of harm was caused, the death of one or more persons.”

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Sentencing Guidelines Council, 27th October 2009

Source: www.sentencing-guidelines.gov.uk

4 Eng Ltd v Harper and others (No 2) – WLR Daily

Posted October 28th, 2009 in fraud, insolvency, law reports by sally

4 Eng Ltd v Harper and others (No 2) [2009] EWHC 2633 (Ch); [2009] WLR (D) 307

“Where it was established that the transferor had entered into a transaction at an undervalue for the purpose of defrauding creditors, the nature of any order and the extent of the relief granted by the court under ss 423(2) and 425 of the Insolvency Act 1986 should take into account the mental state of the transferee of property under a relevant transaction, or of any other person against whom an order was sought, and the degree of their involvement in the fraudulent scheme of the debtor/transferor to put assets out of the reach of his creditors.”

WLR Daily, 26th October 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.

Joseph and others v Spiller and another – WLR Daily

Posted October 28th, 2009 in contracts, law reports by sally

Joseph and others v Spiller and another [2009] EWCA Civ 1075; [2009] WLR (D) 306

“Where a contract term was contained in a separate document to the principal contract, thereby contravening reg 14(2) of the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Business Regulations 2003 (SI 2003/3319), that breach did not operate to render the term or the contract as a whole unenforceable.”

WLR Daily, 26th October 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.

Hunt v AB – Times Law Reports

Posted October 28th, 2009 in law reports by sally

Hunt v AB

Court of Appeal

“A person acquitted of rape did not have a cause of action in tort for malicious prosecution against the complainant, unless it could be shown that the complainant had deliberately manipulated the police and the Crown Prosecution Service into taking a course which they would not otherwise have taken.”

The Times, 28th October 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Regina (Electoral Commission) v Westminster Magistrates Court, United Kingdom Independence Party intervening – Times Law Reports

Posted October 28th, 2009 in law reports by sally

Regina (Electoral Commission) v Westminster Magistrates Court, United Kingdom Independence Party intervening

Court of Appeal

Once an impermissible donation had been made to a registered political party and the party had not returned it then a magistrates court should, on an application by the Electoral Commission, order forfeiture of an amount equal to the value of the donation.

The Times, 28th October 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Regina v Greene (Jeremy Herbert) – Times Law Reports

Posted October 28th, 2009 in law reports by sally

Regina v Greene (Jeremy Herbert)

Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)

“Where a judge ruled that a witness could be treated as hostile at trial within the meaning of section 3 of the Criminal Procedure Act 1865, by the party calling him but that witness did not in the event prove to be hostile, the judge still had to warn the jury to approach that witness’s evidence with caution, and the nature of that direction depended on the particular circumstances of the case.”

The Times, 28th October 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

MPs’ spouses ‘to fight job ban’ – BBC News

Posted October 28th, 2009 in employment, married persons, news, parliament, unfair dismissal by sally

“Spouses who are employed by MPs are preparing to look into legal action if they are barred from their jobs.”

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BBC News, 27th October 2009

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘Coincidence’ that intern looked up insider dealing – The Times

Posted October 28th, 2009 in news by sally

“A City intern accused of leaking the details of a series of takeovers told a court today that he researched insider trading on the internet the night before his father made a crucial share purchase because he was following up on office gossip.”

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The Times, 27th October 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Inquests into the deaths of service personnel in operations and exercises overseas – Ministry of Justice

Posted October 28th, 2009 in armed forces, inquests, news by sally

“Justice Minister Bridget Prentice has made a written ministerial statement about the deaths of servicemen and women overseas.”

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Ministry of Justice, 27th October 2009

Source: www.justice.gov.uk

Move to withhold evidence in torture collusion claim – The Guardian

Posted October 28th, 2009 in damages, evidence, intelligence services, news, private hearings, rendition, torture by sally

“Any evidence of MI5 and MI6 involvement in the rendition and torture of Britons now seeking damages must be heard behind closed doors, the government told the high court today (27 October).”

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The Guardian, 27th October 2009

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Councils get ‘Al Capone’ power to seize assets over minor offences – The Times

Posted October 28th, 2009 in news by sally

“Draconian police powers designed to deprive crime barons of luxury lifestyles are being extended to councils, quangos and agencies to use against the public, The Times has learnt.”

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The Times, 28th October 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Mandelson to press on with cutting internet links for download pirates – The Times

Posted October 28th, 2009 in news by sally

“Lord Mandelson will say today that he intends to press ahead with controversial measures to cut off the internet connections of people caught downloading pirated music, films or television programmes.”

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The Times, 28th October 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

More than one in 10 people on DNA database for first time – Daily Telegraph

Posted October 28th, 2009 in data protection, DNA, news, police by sally

“Police forces in England and Wales have taken the profiles of 5.5 million people, meaning the proportion of the population on the system has passed a tenth for the first time.”

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Daily Telegraph, 27th October 2009

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk