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

‘Scary’ UK climate ad faces probe – BBC News

Posted October 23rd, 2009 in advertising, climate change, complaints, news by sally

“A £6m government ad warning about climate change is to be investigated by watchdogs over claims it is misleading and too ‘scary’ for children.”

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BBC News, 23rd October 2009

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Police to be sued for riot damage – BBC News

Posted October 23rd, 2009 in damages, news, police by sally

“Police can be sued for the estimated £42m damage caused during a riot at a Bedfordshire immigration detention centre, the Court of Appeal has ruled.”

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BBC News, 23rd October 2009

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

How I’d abolish the House of Lords, by Lord Bingham – The Guardian

Posted October 23rd, 2009 in constitutional reform, lectures, parliament by sally

“This is an edited extract from the Jan Grodecki annual lecture, delivered last night at Leicester University.”

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The Guardian, 23rd October 2009

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Silent calls fine raised to maximum of £2m – The Guardian

Posted October 23rd, 2009 in consumer protection, telecommunications by sally

“Ofcom to clampdown on companies using machines to bulk-call consumers but failing to connect them to an agent when they answer.”

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The Guardian, 23rd October 2009

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Justice in the raw: everyday tales of human failure laid bare – The Times

Posted October 23rd, 2009 in news by sally

“The entrance hall of the new Supreme Court is adorned with lofty declarations of the integrity of British justice. ‘To no one will we deny or delay right or justice’ reads the legend engraved on one floor-to-ceiling glass panel of the building in Parliament Square, in Central London. But just a mile or two south, where the Inner London Crown Court stands hard by the grind and grime of Elephant and Castle, such fine sentiments seem ill-fitting.”

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The Times, 23rd October 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted October 23rd, 2009 in law reports by sally

High Court (Administrative Court)

S, R (on the application of) v Hampshire County Council [2009] EWHC 2537 (Admin) (22 October 2009)

High Court (Chancery Division)

Power & Anor v HM Revenue and Customs & Anor [2009] EWHC 2580 (Ch) (23 October 2009)

High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)

Olafsson v Foreign & Commonwealth Office [2009] EWHC 2608 (QB) (22 October 2009)

High Court (Technology and Construction Court)

Ericsson Ab v Eads Defence and Security Systems Ltd. [2009] EWHC 2598 (TCC) (22 October 2009)

Source: www.bailii.org

R v Ghulam – WLR Daily

Posted October 23rd, 2009 in evidence, fitness to plead, insanity, law reports, statutory interpretation by sally

R v Ghulam; [2009] WLR (D) 303

“The word ‘determination’ in s 4(6) of the Criminal Procedure (Insanity) Act 1964 refers only to a determination that a defendant is unfit to plead so that, where that provision’s requirement for evidence from two or more registered medical practitioners to be before the court has not been met, the trial judge is not bound to adjourn the trial but may properly conclude that the defendant is fit to plead and that the trial may continue.”

WLR Daily, 22nd October 2009

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

Please note once a case has been reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.

Flood v Times Newspapers Ltd – Times Law Reports

Posted October 23rd, 2009 in law reports by sally

Flood v Times Newspapers Ltd

Queen’s Bench Division

“An article which attracted qualified privilege when printed in a newspaper could lose that privilege if its electronic form was kept on the paper’s website after circumstances had changed but the article was not modified to reflect that change in facts. Thus while an article in The Times published on June 2, 2006 was privileged, publication on its website after September 5, 2007 was not.”

The Times, 23rd October 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Home Secretary’s statement on the Review of Data Quality: Most Serious Violence – Home Office

Posted October 23rd, 2009 in crime, press releases, statistics by sally

“Home Secretary Alan Johnson has released a statement on the publication of Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary data quality review on most serious violence.”

http://www.hmic.gov.uk/sitecollectiondocuments/thematics/thm_20091020.pdf

Home Office, 22nd October 2009

Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk

Hammer attack review is quashed – BBC News

Posted October 23rd, 2009 in grievous bodily harm, inquiries, negligence, news, school children by sally

“A review into a hammer attack on a Wiltshire schoolboy was so flawed that it must be quashed, a judge has ruled.”

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BBC News, 22nd October 2009

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Acquitted man barred from suing rape accuser – The Guardian

Posted October 23rd, 2009 in damages, malicious prosecution, news by sally

“A former magistrate who spent two years in jail before being cleared of rape has lost his legal battle to sue his accuser for £300,000 damages.”

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The Guardian, 22nd October 2009

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Meat firm fined over beck spill – BBC News

Posted October 23rd, 2009 in environmental health, fines, news, pollution, water by sally

“A meat processing company in Lincolnshire has been fined £10,000 after ammonia escaped into a stream and killed 100 fish.”

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BBC News, 23rd October 2009

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Criticism over meningitis death – BBC News

Posted October 23rd, 2009 in children, hospitals, inquests, news by sally

“A hospital has been criticised by a coroner for failing to spot that a 10-year-old boy, who later died from meningitis, was gravely ill.”

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BBC News, 23rd October 2009

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Prisoner’s High Court battle for the right to vote – The Independent

Posted October 23rd, 2009 in elections, human rights, news, prisons by sally

“A prisoner has launched a High Court battle for the right to vote in parliamentary and EU elections.”

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The Independent, 23rd October 2009

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Equality bill takes aim at ‘institutional ageism’ in NHS – The Guardian

Posted October 23rd, 2009 in age discrimination, equality, hospitals, news by sally

“Ageism within the NHS and social care is set to be made illegal after a review of the treatment of older people found discrimination was ‘rooted’  in the attitudes of staff and organisations.”

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The Guardian, 23rd October 2009

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Children allegedly hurt by police CS spray during arrest – The Guardian

Posted October 23rd, 2009 in children, complaints, news, police by sally

“A senior police officer tonight said his force was concerned by complaints that children were injured by CS spray during an arrest.”

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The Guardian, 23rd October 2009

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Law of confidence can trump libel law, rules High Court – OUT-LAW.com

Posted October 22nd, 2009 in confidentiality, defamation, news, privacy by sally

“The High Court has upheld a famous person’s rights under the law of confidence over someone else’s right to reveal his activity with a prostitute under defamation law. The Court has granted an interim injunction which will keep the man’s identity a secret.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 22nd October 2009

Source: www.out-law.com

Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI

Posted October 22nd, 2009 in legislation by sally

The Amendment to Schedule 6 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 Order 2009

The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Commencement No. 22) Order 2009

The Designs (Convention Countries) (Amendment) Order 2009

The European Communities (Designation) (No. 4) Order 2009

The Health Professions (Hearing Aid Dispensers) Order 2009

The Transfer of Functions of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal Order 2009

The British Nationality Act 1981 (Amendment of Schedule 6) Order 2009

The Copyright and Performances (Application to Other Countries) (Amendment) Order 2009

The Patents (Convention Countries) (Amendment) Order 2009

The Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills Order 2009

The Food Labelling (Declaration of Allergens) (England) Regulations 2009

The Manufactured Interest (Tax) (Amendment) Regulations 2009

The Income Tax (Manufactured Overseas Dividends) (Amendment) Regulations 2009

Source: www.opsi.gov.uk