Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI

Posted February 10th, 2010 in legislation by sally

The Building Societies (Insolvency and Special Administration) (Amendment) Order 2010

The Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions Designation Order 2010

The Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Prescribed Police Stations) Regulations 2010

The National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements and Assessment of Resources) Amendment (England) Regulations 2010

The Warehousekeepers and Owners of Warehoused Goods (Amendment) Regulations 2010

Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted February 10th, 2010 in law reports by sally

Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)

Hussain & Anor, R. v [2010] EWCA Crim 94 (20 January 2010)

High Court (Chancery Division)

Tew & Ors v BoS (Shared Appreciation Mortgages) No 1 Plc & Ors [2010] EWHC 203 (Ch) (22 January 2010)

High Court (Family Division)

Doctor A & Ors v Ward & Anor [2010] EWHC 205 (Fam) (09 February 2010)

High Court (Administrative Court)

W, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Brent [2010] EWHC 175 (Admin) (09 February 2010)

Hoole, R (on the application of) v The Parole Board [2010] EWHC 186 (Admin) (09 February 2010)

Source: www.bailii.org

Definitive Sentencing Guideline on corporate manslaughter and health and safety offences causing death – Sentencing Guidelines Council

Posted February 10th, 2010 in corporate manslaughter, health & safety, news, sentencing by sally

“On 9 February 2010 the Sentencing Guidelines Council published its definitive guideline ‘Corporate manslaughter and health and safety offences causing death’.”

Guideline on Corporate Manslaughter (PDF)

Sentencing Guidelines Council, 9th February 2010

Source: www.sentencing-guidelines.gov.uk

Regina v Irving; Regina v Squires – Times Law Reports

Posted February 10th, 2010 in law reports by sally

Regina v Irving; Regina v Squires

Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)

“Greater efforts were needed to ensure that correct information was available to sentencing judges so that proper effect could be given to the requirement to give credit for half of the number of any days spent by an offender on bail subject to a qualifying curfew condition and an electronic monitoring condition.”

The Times, 10th February 2010

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Government loses Binyam Mohamed torture appeal – BBC News

Posted February 10th, 2010 in appeals, disclosure, judgments, news, torture by sally

“The foreign secretary has lost a bid to prevent the disclosure of secret information relating to the alleged torture of a UK resident.”

Full story

BBC News, 10th February 2010

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Labour broke privacy rules with elections phone campaign – Daily Telegraph

Posted February 10th, 2010 in advertising, elections, news, political parties, telecommunications by sally

“Labour breached privacy rules by making unsolicited automated phone calls to almost half a million people without their consent, the Information Commissioner’s Office has ruled.”

Full story

Daily Telegraph, 9th February 2010

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Lords watchdog to investigate peer’s expenses – The Guardian

Posted February 10th, 2010 in expenses, news, peerages & dignities by sally

“A House of Lords standards watchdog is to look into a complaint over the expenses of former Labour chairman Lord Clarke of Hampstead, it was announced today.”

Full story

The Guardian, 9th February 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Man who tried to ‘sell’ sister to Chinese man jailed – BBC News

Posted February 10th, 2010 in immigration, marriage, news, perjury, sentencing by sally

“A man who admitted trying to ‘sell’ his vulnerable sister into a sham marriage as part of a Chinese immigration scam has been jailed.”

Full story

BBC News, 9th February 2010

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

High numbers of women and solicitors appointed to judicial posts – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted February 10th, 2010 in judiciary, news, solicitors, women by sally

“More than half the candidates selected in the last recruitment round for fee-paid employment tribunal judge positions were women, statistics have shown, while three-quarters of selected candidates were solicitors.”

Full story

Law Society’s Gazette, 9th February 2010

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Binyam Mohamed torture case ruling at Court of Appeal – BBC News

Posted February 10th, 2010 in disclosure, judgments, news, torture by sally

“The Court of Appeal is to decide whether to release documents detailing the alleged torture of a UK resident.”

Full story

BBC News, 10th February 2010

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

A fifth of female lawyers choose kids over careers – The Lawyer

Posted February 9th, 2010 in employment, legal profession, maternity leave, news, women by sally

“The pressure of motherhood is the reason that 20 per cent of all female departees decide to leave some of the UK’s top 50 firms.”

Full story

The Lawyer, 8th February 2010

Source: www.thelawyer.com

Iraq war was illegal, says former lord chief justice – The Guardian

Posted February 9th, 2010 in illegality, Iraq, news, war by sally

“The Guardian once ­described Lord ‘call me Tom’ Bingham as ‘the radical who is leading a new English revolution’. That would not ­necessarily be your impression on meeting the gentlemanly, old-school 76-year-old who, when I arrive at his tall-ceilinged, book-lined, art-filled mansion flat in Notting Hill, west ­London, immediately makes me ­ coffee, served in a silver pot. If this is ­revolution, it will not be instant.”

Full story

The Guardian, 8th February 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted February 9th, 2010 in law reports by sally

Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)

Curtis v R [2010] EWCA Crim 123 (09 February 2010)

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

O’Beirne v Hudson [2010] EWCA Civ 52 (09 February 2010)

Drew v Whitbread [2010] EWCA Civ 53 (09 February 2010)

B, R (on the application of) v Cornwall Council & Anor [2010] EWCA Civ 55 (09 February 2010)

W (Children), Re [2010] EWCA Civ 57 (09 February 2010)

Eli Lilly & Co v Human Genome Sciences Inc [2010] EWCA Civ 33 (09 February 2010)

D (Children), Re [2010] EWCA Civ 50 (09 February 2010)

Huntley v Simmons [2010] EWCA Civ 54 (09 February 2010)

High Court (Administrative Court)

Baldauf v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] EWHC 151 (Admin) (19 January 2010)

Nursing and Midwifery Council, R (on the application of) v Akinleye [2010] EWHC 150 (Admin) (19 January 2010)

High Court (Commercial Court)

SOS Corporación Alimentaria, S.A. & Anor v Inerco Trade SA [2010] EWHC 162 (Comm) (08 February 2010)

Source: www.bailii.org

Radical cleric’s home seized to pay legal bills – The Independent

Posted February 9th, 2010 in costs, legal aid, news by sally

“Legal aid bosses have seized the house belonging to radical cleric Abu Hamza to pay off his legal bills, it was revealed today.”

Full story

The Independent, 9th February 2010

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Webcam user jailed for inciting US woman to abuse child – BBC News

“A 19-year-old man from the West Midlands has been jailed for four years and eight months for inciting a mother in the US to abuse her own child.”

Full story

BBC News, 8th February 2010

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI

Posted February 9th, 2010 in legislation by sally

The Representation of the People (Timing of the Canvass) (Northern Ireland) Order 2010

The Financial Assistance Scheme (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2010

The School Budget Shares (Prescribed Purposes) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2010

The Business Rate Supplements (Collection and Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2010

The Pension Protection Fund and Occupational Pension Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2010

The Legal Services Act 2007 (Levy) Rules 2010

The Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (Notification of Intention to Call Defence Witnesses) (Time Limits) Regulations 2010

The Local Authorities (Alteration of Requisite Calculations) (England) Regulations 2010

The Council Tax Limitation (Maximum Amounts) (England) Order 2010

Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

Fidler v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and Another – Times Law Reports

Posted February 9th, 2010 in law reports by sally

Fidler v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and Another

Queen’s Bench Division

“The erection and removal of straw bales, which concealed a new dwelling constructed without planning permission, formed part of the totality of building operations originally contemplated and intended to be carried out by the claimant.”

The Times, 9th February 2010

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Welwyn Hatfield Council v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and Another – Times Law Reports

Posted February 9th, 2010 in news by sally

Welwyn Hatfield Council v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and Another

Court of Appeal

“A local planning authority could not bring enforcement proceedings against the unlawful construction of a dwelling house on a farm in breach of planning permission which was granted for the purpose of erecting a barn.”

The Times, 9th February 2010

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Asset-freezing terror Bill rushed through Commons – BBC News

Posted February 9th, 2010 in bills, freezing injunctions, news, terrorism by sally

“Emergency legislation has been rushed through the House of Commons that will allow the assets of suspected terrorists to be frozen.”

Full story

BBC News, 9th February 2010

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Better worker rights laws urged to tackle poverty – BBC News

Posted February 9th, 2010 in employment, news by sally

“Laws protecting workers’ rights must be improved to tackle poverty, according to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.”

Full story

BBC News, 9th February 2010

Source: www.bbc.co.uk