Alton immigrant laundry director jailed – BBC News

Posted May 28th, 2010 in immigration, news, sentencing by sally

“A Berkshire man who hired 23 illegal immigrants at a laundry in Hampshire has been jailed for a year for assisting unlawful immigration.”

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BBC News, 28th May 2010

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Pair guilty of killing Leicester solicitor Vina Patel – BBC News

Posted May 28th, 2010 in murder, news, sentencing, solicitors by sally

“A solicitor has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 29 years for hiring a hitman to murder his business partner.”

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BBC News, 28th May 2010

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Ofcom unveils anti-piracy policy – BBC News

Posted May 28th, 2010 in copyright, internet, news, telecommunications by sally

“Lists of Britons who infringe copyright are to be drawn up by the UK’s biggest ISPs, under proposals from the regulator Ofcom.”

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BBC News, 28th May 2010

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Legal bid to stop council prayers – The Independent

Posted May 28th, 2010 in belief discrimination, judicial review, local government, news by sally

“A campaign group is going to court to try to stop a council’s ‘archaic practice’ of holding prayers before meetings. The National Secular Society (NSS) has instructed a solicitor to take its battle with Bideford Town Council, in Devon, to the High Court, claiming the policy breaches human rights.”

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The Independent, 28th May 2010

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Henry beats rival vacuum cleaner in legal battle – Daily Telegraph

Posted May 28th, 2010 in costs, intellectual property, news by sally

“High Court judge Mr Justice Floyd ruled that a prototype model designed by a competing appliances company could be ‘passed off’ as a Henry machine if it went on the market.”

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Daily Telegraph, 28th May 2010

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What does Lord Lester’s defamation bill propose? – The Guardian

Posted May 28th, 2010 in bills, defamation, news by sally

“An analysis of Lord Lester’s private members’ defamation bill.”

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The Guardian, 27th May 2010

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Daughter’s new inquest bid on Anglesey mother refused – BBC News

Posted May 28th, 2010 in appeals, inquests, murder, news by sally

“A daughter has lost a High Court attempt for another inquest into her mother’s death.”

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BBC News, 25th May 2010

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Lincolnshire shooting ‘down to police error’ – BBC News

Posted May 28th, 2010 in documents, firearms, news, police by sally

“Police made a ‘blatant error’ by not seizing firearms certificates from a man who went on to shoot his step-daughter, the police watchdog has said.”

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BBC News, 26th May 2010

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Tyneside death cab driver is spared jail – BBC News

Posted May 28th, 2010 in careless driving, driving licences, news, suspended sentences by sally

“A taxi driver who killed a passenger after driving off with his cab door open has been spared jail.”

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BBC News, 27th May 2010

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BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted May 28th, 2010 in law reports by sally

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

Secretary of State for the Home Department v HK (Turkey) [2010] EWCA Civ 583 (27th May 2010)

Haugesund Kommune & Anor v Depfa ACS Bank [2010] EWCA Civ 579 (27 May 2010)

Varsani v Relfo Ltd [2010] EWCA Civ 560 (27 May 2010)

Egal, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] EWCA Civ 584 (27 May 2010)

Kookmin Bank v Rainy Sky SA & Ors [2010] EWCA Civ 582 (27 May 2010)

Brazzill & v Willoughby & Ors [2010] EWCA Civ 561 (27 May 2010)

Oxfordshire County Council v X & Ors [2010] EWCA Civ 581 (27 May 2010)

Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)

Brewster & Anor v R. [2010] EWCA Crim 1194 (27 May 2010)

High Court (Administrative Court)

Remedy UK Ltd, R (on the application of) v General Medical Council [2010] EWHC 1245 (Admin) (28 May 2010)

Robert Hitchins Ltd v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government & Anor [2010] EWHC 1157 (Admin) (27 May 2010)

McVey & Ors, R (on the application of) v Secretary of state for Health [2010] EWHC 1255 (Admin) (27 May 2010)

Abdelghani, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] EWHC 1227 (Admin) (26 May 2010)

High Court (Chancery Division)

Craftrule Ltd.v 41-60 Albert Palace Mansions (Freehold) Ltd [2010] EWHC 1230 (Ch) (27 May 2010)

Dominion Corporate Trustees Ltd & Ors. v Debenhams Properties Ltd [2010] EWHC 1193 (Ch) (27 May 2010)

High Court (Commercial Court)

Orient-Express Hotels Ltd v Assicurazioni General SA (UK Branch) (t/a Generali Global Risk) [2010] EWHC 1186 (Comm) (27 May 2010)

Towler v Wills [2010] EWHC 1209 (Comm) (27 May 2010)

High Court (Queen’s Bench division)

Hurst & Ors v Hone & Ors [2010] EWHC 1159 (QB) (27 May 2010)

Underhill v Corser & Anor [2010] EWHC 1195 (QB) (27 May 2010)

Source: www.bailii.org

Craftrule Ltd v 41-60 Albert Palace Mansions (Freehold) Ltd – WLR Daily

Posted May 28th, 2010 in landlord & tenant, law reports by sally

Craftrule Ltd v 41-60 Albert Palace Mansions (Freehold) Ltd [2010] EWHC 1230 (Ch); [2010] WLR (D) 138

“The phrase ‘a self-contained part of a building’ in ss 3 and 4 of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 did not, either expressly or by implication, require that a self-contained part of a building should be indivisible into smaller such parts.”

WLR Daily, 27th May 2010

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.

O’Byrne v Aventis Pasteur MSD Ltd – WLR Daily

O’Byrne v Aventis Pasteur MSD Ltd [2010] UKSC 23; [2010] WLR (D) 137

 “In a claim under the Consumer Protection Act 1987 based on the rights conferred under Council Directive 85/374/EEC concerning liability for defective products, which by art 11 required proceedings to be brought against the producer within ten years of the product being put into circulation, domestic law could not allow the producer to be substituted as the defendant outside that period in place of a wholly-owned subsidiary (who was the supplier but had been erroneously thought to be the producer) unless the parent company had actually determined when the supplier put the product in circulation.”

WLR Daily, 27th May 2010

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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Jones v Kernott – WLR Daily

Posted May 28th, 2010 in appeals, cohabitation, domicile, law reports by sally

Jones v Kernott [2010] EWCA Civ 578; [2010] WLR (D) 136

“Where the parties had agreed when they separated that they had equal interests in a residential property conveyed into their joint names there had to be something to displace those interests before the court could impute from the parties’ conduct an intention to vary that equality. The passage of time was insufficient to do so even if in the meantime the defendant had acquired alternative accommodation and the claimant had paid all the outgoings.”

WLR Daily, 27th May 2010

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.

Edwards v Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust – WLR Daily

Edwards v Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust [2010] EWCA Crim 571; [2010] WLR (D) 135

“An employee who suffered damage as a result of findings of personal or professional misconduct leading to dismissal and loss of professional status that were made against him in disciplinary proceedings conducted in breach of contract, and which would not otherwise have been made, could recover damages at large.”

WLR Daily, 27th May 2010

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.

Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI

Posted May 28th, 2010 in legislation by sally

The Census (Wales) Regulations 2010

The Newlyn Pier and Harbour Revision (Constitution) Order 2010

Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

Bar rules delay blamed for low LDP take-up – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted May 28th, 2010 in alternative business structures, barristers, law firms, news by sally

“The delay in the relaxation of rules preventing barristers from entering law firm partnerships has been blamed for the low take-up of the first wave of new legal business structures.”

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Law Society’s Gazette, 27th May 2010

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Doormen jailed after Shrewsbury club attack – BBC News

Posted May 28th, 2010 in homicide, news, sentencing by sally

“Two nightclub doormen have been jailed for the manslaughter of a man who died after an attack in Shrewsbury.”

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BBC News, 27th May 2010

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Bedfordshire father jailed for injuring twins – BBC News

Posted May 28th, 2010 in child cruelty, grievous bodily harm, news, sentencing by sally

“A father from Bedfordshire who caused fractures to the bones of both his baby twins has been jailed for 18 months.”

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BBC News, 27th May 2010

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Annual board elections in new code for top companies – BBC News

Posted May 28th, 2010 in company directors, company law, news, women by sally

“Plans for directors to submit to an annual shareholder vote form part of an overhaul of the code of conduct for the UK’s top 350 listed companies.”

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BBC News, 27th May 2010

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Baroness Scotland’s illegal immigrant cleaner jailed – The Times

Posted May 28th, 2010 in news by sally

“The illegal immigrant who tricked Baroness Scotland of Asthal into hiring her as a cleaner was jailed for eight months yesterday.”

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The Times, 28th May 2010

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk