Ex-soldier jailed for 1998 rape – BBC News
“A former soldier from North Yorkshire who raped a woman outside a nightclub in Preston nearly 11 years ago has been jailed for seven years.”
BBC news, 27th November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Day: 27 November 2009
Father and son jailed for murder – BBC News
“A father and his 14-year-old son have been given life terms for stabbing a man to death in a pub in east London.”
BBC News, 27th November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Boys in court after ‘abusing children in park’ – The Independent
“Three boys who forced their young victims to perform degrading sex acts in a park have been given supervision orders.”
The Independent, 27th November 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Shared rights and freedoms can help us to rub along together – The Times
“Faith in the workplace has become a source of heightened anxiety in recent times. Traditionalists mourn the apparent demise of Christendom’s monopoly over the public sphere and some of my fellow bleeding hearts sound more bloody-minded than liberal whenever religion crops up. But as so often, our shared framework of fundamental rights and freedoms can help to negotiate the limits of tolerance and cohesion as we rub along together.”
The Times, 26th November 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Lawyers to pay back £25 million after damning report on legal aid scheme – The Times
“Lawyers face having to return more than £25 million paid to them by mistake because of mismanagement in the running of the legal aid scheme.”
The Times, 27th November 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
New Crime and Security Bill to make our communities safer – Home Office
“A new Crime and Security Bill aims to protect our communities by making our streets safer and giving more help to victims of crime.”
Home Office, 20th November 2009
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Supreme Court
Office of Fair Trading (OFT) v Abbey National plc & Ors [2009] UKSC 6 (25 November 2009)
BA (Nigeria) v Secretary of State for the Home Department & Ors [2009] UKSC 7 (26 November 2009)
A, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Croydon [2009] UKSC 8 (26 November 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
Big fall in police use of stop-and search powers after outcry – The Guardian
“Home office figures show that only tiny proportion of anti-terror searches lead to arrests.”
The Guardian, 26th November 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Theatre poster ‘misled’ audience by quoting film review – BBC News
“A London theatre is being investigated after it allegedly promoted its production of the Shawshank Redemption by quoting comments about the hit film.”
BBC News, 26th November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Web racists challenge convictions – BBC News
“Two men have started appeals against the UK’s first convictions for inciting racial hatred via a foreign website.”
BBC News, 26th November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Cornwall v R. [2009] EWCA Crim 2458 (26 November 2009)
High Court (Chancery Division)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Threlfall v Hull City Council [2009] EWHC 3042 (QB) (26 November 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2009
The Ministry of Defence Police Appeals Tribunals Regulations 2009
The Medicines (Pharmacies) (Applications for Registration and Fees) Amendment No. 2 Regulations 2009
The Prison and Young Offender Institution (Amendment) Rules 2009
The Seed Potatoes (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Local Authorities (Alternative Arrangements) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Specified Animal Pathogens (Amendment) Order 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
OQ (India) and another v Secretary of State for the Home Department: SM (India) v Same – WLR Daily
“Where a person, in reliance, inter alia, upon art 3(2) of the Citizen Directive, sought to claim a right of entry and residence as a dependant of a Union citizen, there was no requirement to ask whether the claimed dependence arose from a need for the support of such a citizen.”
WLR daily, 26th November 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.
R (A) v Croydon London Borough Council; R (M) vLambeth London Borough Council – WLR Daily
“Where an asylum seeker’s claim to be under the age of 18 (and so entitled to accommodation under s 20(1) of the Children Act 1989) was disputed by the local authority who would have to provide the accommodation, the question of age was an objective fact to be ultimately determined, in the event of challenge, by the court.”
WLR Daily, 24th November 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.
M6 dash woman jailed over killing – BBC News
“A woman has been jailed for killing a man she met on the day she appeared in court for punching a police officer who tried to stop her running on to the M6.”
BBC news, 26th November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Dirty Essex hospitals prompt call for system reform – BBC News
“The way hospitals are regulated should be urgently reformed after a report found a catalogue of failings at two hospitals in Essex, a charity has said.”
BBC News, 27th November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Banker’s jail sentence for drunken grope overturned at Court of Appeal – The Times
“An investment consultant jailed for groping a ‘comatose’ woman after a cocktail party has had his prison sentence overturned.”
The Times, 27rh November 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Thousands of children jailed – before being found guilty – The Independent
“More than 27,000 children have been locked up before being convicted of any crime over the last five years. They include 1,004 under-18s held on remand for more than six months and 83 detained for more than one year.”
The Independent, 27th November 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Police accused of preventing suspects accessing lawyers – The Independent
“Defendants are being denied a fair trial because police pressure deters them from being represented by a lawyer after their arrest, a survey reveals today.”
The Independent, 27th November 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Security Minister Lord West stopped and searched under Terrorism Act – The Times
“Lord West of Spithead, the Security minister, has been stopped and searched under anti-terrorism powers, which were used a record number of times last year.”
The Times, 27th November 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
