Man convicted of harassing model Sophie Anderton – BBC News
“A stockbroker has been found guilty of stalking model Sophie Anderton by bombarding her with text messages.”
BBC News, 25th March 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Day: 25 March 2010
Inquiry call after video evidence clears man accused of violence at protest – The Guardian
“Lawyers have called for an inquiry into the prosecution of a man accused of violent disorder at demonstrations after claiming that the police delayed releasing vital video footage which proved his innocence.”
The Guardian, 25th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Core Quality Standards to become the focus for the CPS – Crown Prosecution Service
“Today, the Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC, issued the first set of Core Quality Standards for the Crown Prosecution Service.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 25th March 2010
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Osborne, R v [2010] EWCA Crim 547 (24 March 2010)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Hewett v First Plus Financial Group Plc [2010] EWCA Civ 312 (24 March 2010)
High Court (Queen’s Bench)
Sabine v Ferrari [2010] EWHC 389 (QB) (11 March 2010)
Ternent v Ashford & St Peter’s Hospital NHS Trust [2010] EWHC 593 (QB) (24 March 2010)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Chasewood Park Residents Ltd v Kim & Anor [2010] EWHC 579 (Ch) (24 March 2010)
High Court (Administrative Court)
West Yorkshire Probation Board v Cruickshanks [2010] EWHC 615 (Admin) (24 March 2010)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Loyaltrend Ltd & Anor v Creechurch Dedicated Ltd & Ors [2010] EWHC 425 (Comm) (05 March 2010)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Hall & Anor v Van Der Heiden (No 2) [2010] EWHC 586 (TCC) (23 March 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Kearney – WLR Daily
Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Kearney [2010] EWCA Civ 288; [2010] WLR (D) 89
“To obtain an extension of time to pay Class 3 national insurance contributions a taxpayer had to show that his failure to make the payments on time was due to ignorance not caused by his own lack of care and diligence. All relevant circumstances were factors to be balanced together to assess or evaluate on a case-by-case basis whether due care and diligence had been exercised, and if not, whether that failure had been the cause of the contributor’s ignorance of his obligation to pay the contributions.”
WLR Daily, 24th March 2010
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.
Scullion v Bank of Scotland plc – WLR Daily
Scullion v Bank of Scotland plc [2010] EWHC 572 (Ch); [2010] WLR (D) 88
“A buy-to-let transaction was not very different from the ordinary residential house purchase when considering the duties and liabilities of valuers to purchasers of property, although each case might turn on its own facts.”
WLR Daily, 24th March 2010
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.
MAGA v Trustees of the Birmingham Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church – Times Law Reports
MAGA v Trustees of the Birmingham Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church
Court of Appeal
“There was a sufficient connection between what a priest with special responsibility for youth work was employed to do and his sexual abuse of a non-Catholic boy whom he met during that work, for his employer, an archdiocese of the Catholic Church, to be vicariously liable for that abuse.”
The Times, 25th March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Lord Justice Jackson: the weaker your case the greater the costs protection – The Times
“The Jackson report headlines have been about banning referral fees and abolishing the recoverability of success fees and after-the-event insurance premiums.”
The Times, 25th March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Justice and Home Office: Hundreds of staff to be relocated from capital – The Independent
“Hundreds of civil servants working in the courts and justice system are to lose their jobs or face relocation after Jack Straw announced the abolition of a third of his department’s agencies.”
The Independent, 25th March 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Sir John Dyson: a good choice for the Supreme Court, at long last – The Times
“This week the 12th Supreme Court justice was finally announced. After many months of behind the scenes wranglings Sir John Dyson has been appointed to the UK’s highest court.”
The Times, 25th March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Lord Justice Jackson: will his costs review fail the ‘mum and dad’ test? – The Times
“Chris Wait does not pull his punches. ‘It’s despicable,’ he says. ‘If its provisions are implemented, the primary result will be that ordinary people are denied justice.'”
The Times, 25th March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Lord Neuberger calls for single appeals tribunal – Law Society’s Gazette
“The master of the rolls has recommended that a single body should be responsible for hearing appeals brought by lawyers or legal businesses found to have breached licensing and ownership rules. Lord Neuberger said it is essential that common standards are applicable across the profession.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 25th March 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Government definition of complicity in torture ‘has no basis in law’ – The Guardian
“The government’s definition of what constitutes complicity in torture has no basis in law, parliament’s joint committee on human rights warns today in a hard-hitting attack on its attitude towards the abuse of terrorism suspects.”
The Guardian, 25th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Wife wins mortgage appeal after husband’s affair – The Independent
“A wife who signed a joint remortgage with her husband while he was having an affair will no longer have to meet her repayments, the Court of Appeal ruled today.”
The Independent, 24th March 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
