Gurkha veterans lose pensions test case battle with MoD – BBC News
“Retired Gurkhas have lost a High Court test case battle with the Ministry of Defence over pension rights.”
BBC News, 11th January 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Day: 11 January 2010
Teenager locked up for bleach attack – The Independent
“A teenager who poured bleach over a woman in a revenge attack after she asked him to be quiet in a cinema was locked up for 12 months today.”
The Independent, 11th January 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Men jailed over £33m Kent heroin deal – BBC News
“Three men have been jailed for their involvement in a £33m drug deal, after the UK’s largest ever heroin seizure.”
BBC News, 11th January 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
High Court (Chancery Division)
Delaney v Chen & Anor [2010] EWHC 6 (Ch) (08 January 2010)
High Court (Patents Court)
Molnlycke Health Care Ab & Anor v BSN Medical Ltd & Anor [2009] EWHC 3370 (Pat) (17 December 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
Release of secret child punishment manual ordered – The Guardian
“The information commissioner has said that a secret prison service punishment manual used in privately run child jails should be made public after a three-year freedom of information battle. The 114-page Physical Control in Care training manual details restraint techniques authorised for use on children in secure training centres.”
The Guardian, 10th January 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Regina (Lewis) v Coroner for Mid and North Division of Shropshire and Another – Times Law Reports
Regina (Lewis) v Coroner for Mid and North Division of Shropshire and Another
Court of Appeal
“There was only a power, but not a duty, on a coroner to leave possibly, but not probably causative matters to the jury.”
The Times, 11th January 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Industrious Ltd v Vincent – Times Law Reports
Employment Appeal Tribunal
“An employment tribunal had jurisdiction to determine whether a compromise agreement which satisfied section 203(3) of the Employment Rights Act 1996 and which would otherwise prevent the claimant from pursuing an unfair dismissal claim was unenforceable because of misrepresentation.”
The Times, 11th January 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
An anomaly on our doorstep – The Guardian
“Ofcom’s code on doorstepping public figures plays into the hands of corporate lawyers and stifles investigative reporting in the public interest.”
The Guardian, 11th January 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Magistrate who won victimisation case sacked for misconduct – Daily Telegraph
“A black magistrate who won a victimisation case against the Ministry of Justice has been sacked for misconduct.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th January 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Call to lift ban on jury service for people with mental illness – The Guardian
“Ministers are facing demands to scrap an ‘unfair and discriminatory’ law that bans thousands from being jurors because they have suffered from mental ill-health.”
The Guardian, 10th January 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Legal costs emerge as defining issue of 2010’s biggest cases – The Lawyer
“As the profession awaits Jackson LJ’s civil justice costs review, the cases set to shape this year’s litigation get underway.”
The Lawyer, 10th January 2010
Source: www.thelawyer.com
News International admits payout to phone-hacker was for unfair dismissal – The Guardian
“News International has admitted it was forced to hand former News of the World journalist and convicted phone-hacker Clive Goodman a generous payoff because it failed to follow statutory procedures.”
The Guardian, 8th January 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Heathrow robbery trial breaks with 400-year tradition of trial by jury – The Guardian
“The first criminal trial without a jury to take place in England and Wales in more than 400 years begins on Tuesday after lawyers’ legal challenges were exhausted.”
The Guardian, 10th January 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Innocent’ driver admits offence to avoid cost of court defence – Daily Telegraph
“A company director has admitted a motoring offence he says he has not committed after becoming one of the first to be caught by controversial new rules on court costs.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th January 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Human rights gagged MI5 over Abdulmutallab – The Times
“MI5 failed to alert America to intelligence highlighting the extremist links of the Detroit plane bomber because of concerns about breaching his human rights and privacy.”
The Times, 10th January 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Sex offenders ‘granted taxi licences’ – The Independent
“Criminals with convictions for offences including indecent assault and drug dealing are knowingly being granted taxi driver licences, an investigation claimed today.”
The Independent, 11th January 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Parking fine appeal panel planned – BBC News
“A new independent appeals panel to stop motorists from being unfairly fined by unscrupulous private car parking companies is to be established.”
BBC News, 10th January 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Law Society challenges move to charge acquitted defendants fees – The Guardian
“People accused of crimes will begin paying legal fees at five crown courts in England and Wales tomorrow , as the government faces increasing criticism over measures that will see some innocent people footing part of the bill for their defence.”
The Guardian, 10th January 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
