Charge against ‘gay sin’ preacher dropped – BBC News

Posted May 17th, 2010 in homosexuality, news, public order, threatening behaviour by sally

“Charges have been dropped against a Christian preacher who told a police officer homosexuality was ‘a sin’.”

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BBC News, 17th May 2010

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Man jailed for life killing Asperger’s suffering neighbour – The Independent

Posted May 17th, 2010 in autism, murder, news, sentencing by sally

“A man was jailed for life today for stabbing to death his vulnerable neighbour, who suffered from Asperger’s syndrome, after making fun of him.”

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The Independent, 17th May 2010

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI

Posted May 17th, 2010 in legislation by sally

The Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (Commencement No. 4) (Wales) Order 2010

The Meat (Official Controls Charges) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2010

The Gower College Swansea (Incorporation) Order 2010

The Policing and Crime Act 2009 (Commencement No. 1) (Wales) Order 2010

The Food (Jelly Mini-Cups) (Emergency Control) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2010

Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted May 17th, 2010 in law reports by sally

High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)

Adris & Ors v The Royal Bank of Scotland Plc [2010] EWHC 941 (QB) (29 April 2010)

High Court (Chancery Division)

Milebush Properties Ltd v Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council & Ors [2010] EWHC 1022 (Ch) (13 May 2010)

Future Investments SA v Federation Internationale De Football Association [2010] EWHC 1019 (Ch) (11 May 2010)

Source: www.bailii.org

ZN and Others (Afghanistan) v Entry Clearance Officer – Times Law Reports

Posted May 17th, 2010 in news by sally

ZN and Others (Afghanistan) v Entry Clearance Officer

Supreme Court

“Family members who applied to enter the United Kingdom to join a sponsor who had been granted asylum did not have to meet the maintenance and accommodation requirements imposed by the ordinary rules relating to applications by family members, even if the sponsor had, by then, obtained British citizenship.”

The Times, 17th May 2010

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Podcast Inside Track: Nicholas Green QC – Chairman of the Bar on the future of the legal profession – Charon QC

Posted May 17th, 2010 in barristers, legal profession, legal services, podcasts by sally

“Nicholas Green QC outlines his vision for the future of the Bar, his optimism that it will continue to develop and grow and his belief in the need for it to become more commercial, while holding on to the highest professional standards. He discusses the impact of the Legal Services Act, including the ability of barristers to go into partnership with solicitors, the issue of direct access to the Bar plus the increasing flexibility of career routes into the profession.”

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Charon QC, 17th May 2010

Source: www.charonqc.wordpress.com

“Charon QC” is the blogging pseudonym of Mike Semple Piggot, editor of insitelaw newswire.

Guidance to Advocates – Advocates Graduated Fees Reduction of 4.5% – The Bar Council

Posted May 17th, 2010 in barristers, fees, news by sally

“The first tranche of 4.5% cuts to the Criminal legal aid took effect from the 27th April 2010. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) have today informed the Bar Council that the Courts computer software will not be updated and accordingly, there will be a different claims process.”

Guidance to Advocates – Advocates Graduated Fees Reduction of 4.5% (Word)

The Bar Council, 14th May 2010

Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk

Mobilx Ltd ( in administration) v Revenue and Customs Commissioners; Blue Sphere Global Ltd v Same; Calltel Telecom Ltd and another v Same – WLR Daily

Posted May 17th, 2010 in appeals, fraud, law reports, tax evasion, VAT by sally

Mobilx Ltd ( in administration) v Revenue and Customs Commissioners; Blue Sphere Global Ltd v Same; Calltel Telecom Ltd and another v Same [2010] EWCA Civ 517; [2010] WLR (D) 124

“Where a trader had means of knowing that by his purchase he was participating in a transaction connected with fraudulent evasion of VAT he lost his right to deduct input tax but only when he knew or should have known that the transaction was connected to fraud. To lose his entitlement it was not sufficient that the taxpayer knew or should have known that it was more likely than not that his purchase was connected to fraud.”

WLR Daily, 14th May 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.

Mother who beat toddler son to death is jailed for a minimum of 16 years – The Independent

Posted May 17th, 2010 in child abuse, murder, news, sentencing by sally

“A mother has been jailed for a minimum of 16 years after being convicted yesterday of murdering her young son.”

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The Independent, 15th May 2010

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Work starts to reverse ban on using intercept evidence in criminal trials – The Guardian

Posted May 17th, 2010 in evidence, intelligence services, interception, news by sally

“The government will attempt to make intercept evidence admissible in court, the Guardian has learned, in a move likely to bring ministers into conflict with the intelligence services.”

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The Guardian, 16th May 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

White supremacist jailed over chemical weapon – The Independent

Posted May 17th, 2010 in news, racism, sentencing, terrorism, weapons by sally

“A white supremacist who became the first person to be sentenced for producing a chemical weapon was jailed for 10 years today.”

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The Independent, 14th May 2010

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Judge replaced in Chelsea barracks case – Daily Telegraph

Posted May 17th, 2010 in contracts, judges, news by sally

“The case has caused a stir because correspondence from the Prince of Wales will be used as evidence, in what has become a row over the most expensive piece of land in Britain and an argument between modernist and traditional architects.”

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Daily Telegraph, 17th May 2010

Sourc: www.telegraph.co.uk

Gary McKinnon: a test case for principles – The Guardian

Posted May 17th, 2010 in autism, computer crime, extradition, news by sally

“The first acid test for Britain’s new government is not the economy, but whether it is capable of an act of simple humanity. Can Theresa May deliver on the repeated promise of Tory and Lib Dem leaders to end the torment inflicted by the state on Gary McKinnon, the hacker with Asperger’s syndrome, whom the Home Office wants to send to lengthy imprisonment and likely suicide in a US jail? His courtroom cruelty is scheduled to begin again on 24 May: the time has come to end it, once and for all.”

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The Guardian, 16th May 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Gary McKinnon: Theresa May urged to block extradition order – The Guardian

Posted May 17th, 2010 in computer crime, extradition, mental health, news by sally

“Campaigners for the computer hacker Gary McKinnon have called for support from the new coalition government in their latest bid to overturn a decision to allow him to be extradited to the US.”

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The Guardian, 15th May 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk