Month: June 2010

Regina v Lee – WLR Daily

Posted June 28th, 2010 in appeals, law reports, medicines, pharmacists, self-employment by sally

Regina v Lee [2010] EWCA Crim 1404; [2010] WLR (D) 160

“The offence under s 85(5)(b) of the Medicines Act 1968 of selling or supplying a medicinal product which was misleadingly labelled or marked in respect of the nature or quality of the product, where such sale or supply was done by a person ‘in the course of a business carried on by him’, could not be committed by a person who was merely employed or engaged by the business which carried out the sale or supply, but was committed by the employer, namely the person or body carrying on the business.”

WLR Daily, 25th June 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.

Regina v Brewster – WLR Daily

Posted June 28th, 2010 in appeals, bad character, evidence, law reports, witnesses by sally

Regina v Brewster  [2010] EWCA Crim 1194; [2010] WLR (D) 159

“Where a party sought to admit evidence of a witness’s bad character which bore only indirectly on his credibility, and that credibility was a matter in issue in the proceedings and of substantial importance in the context of the case as a whole, such evidence was only admissible pursuant to s 100(1)(b) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 as evidence of substantial probative value on the issue of creditworthiness if it was reasonably capable of assisting a fair minded jury to reach a view as to whether the witness’s evidence was worthy of belief.”

WLR Daily, 25th June 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.

Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI

Posted June 28th, 2010 in legislation by sally

The Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) (No.2) Order 2010

The Export Control (Burma) (Amendment) Order 2010

The Gaming Duty (Amendment) Regulations 2010

Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

The incoming tide: The civil law, the common law, referees and advocates – Speech by Lord Neuberger, Master of the Rolls

Posted June 28th, 2010 in speeches by sally

“The incoming tide: The civil law, the common law, referees and advocates –  the European Circuit of the bar’s first Annual Lecture at Gray’s Inn on 24 June.”

Full speech

Judiciary of England and Wales, 28th June 2010

Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk

Report due into Kirk Reid police rape inquiry – BBC News

Posted June 28th, 2010 in inquiries, news, police, professional conduct, reports by sally

“The Metropolitan Police is expected to be criticised over its investigation of a sex attacker who targeted women in south-west London.”

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BBC News, 28th June 2010

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Family court body review ‘needed’ – BBC News

Posted June 28th, 2010 in children, family courts, news by sally

“The body that looks after the interests of children involved in family court proceedings in England is lurching from ‘crisis to crisis’, a union says.”

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BBC News, 28th June 2010

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Teacher sacked for sexually inappropriate comments – Daily Telegraph

Posted June 28th, 2010 in disciplinary procedures, news, professional conduct, teachers by sally

“A male teacher at a girls’ school was sacked after making sexually inappropriate comments to teenage pupils about their breasts and prostitutes.”

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Daily Telegraph, 28th June 2010

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Baroness Hale: Human Rights Act hampered by constitutional problems – The Guardian

Posted June 28th, 2010 in constitutional law, human rights, legislation, news by sally

“Baroness Hale of Richmond has spoken to the Salford Human Rights Conference on the development of human rights law, and has lamented the time spent on constitutional wrangling rather than applying the essence of the Act.”

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The Guardian, 25th June 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

UK bill of rights plan a ‘bad idea’, warns head of European court – The Guardian

Posted June 28th, 2010 in human rights, legislation, news by sally

“Senior judge’s remarks that human rights could be hit if act repealed threatens to inflame row over power of Strasbourg.”

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The Guardian, 27th June 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Civil liberties row sparked by tough parole controls on terrorism act offenders – The Observer

Posted June 28th, 2010 in human rights, news, probation, release on licence, terrorism by sally

“A major civil liberties row is threatening to erupt over the ‘unprecedented’ parole conditions imposed on members of Islamist groups now being released from prison having completed their sentences for terrorist offences.”

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The Observer, 27th June 2010

Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/

EU threatens UK again over data protection laws – OUT-LAW.com

Posted June 25th, 2010 in data protection, EC law, news, ombudsmen by sally

“The European Commission will pursue a case against the UK Government through the European Court of Justice (ECJ) if it does not strengthen privacy watchdog the Information Commissioner’s powers within two months.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 25th June 2010

Source: www.out-law.com

FOI does not require disclosure of BBC report, rules Court of Appeal – OUT-LAW.com

Posted June 25th, 2010 in appeals, BBC, disclosure, freedom of information, media, news, reports by sally

“The BBC does not have to publish a report into its Middle East coverage, the Court of Appeal has ruled. A Freedom of Information (FOI) Act exemption for journalism applies to material even if it is held for other purposes, said the Court.”

Full story

OUT-LAW.com, 25th June 2010

Source: www.out-law.com

Rapist jailed for 1987 sex attack in east London – BBC News

Posted June 25th, 2010 in attempts, evidence, forensic science, news, rape, sentencing, sexual offences by sally

“A sex attacker caught after a cold case review has been jailed for 10 years.”

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BBC News, 25th June 2010

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘Essex boys’ murderer wins dental pain payout – BBC News

Posted June 25th, 2010 in damages, medical treatment, negligence, news by sally

“A man serving a life sentence for the ‘Essex Boys’ gangland murders has won £44,500 damages from the Home Office for negligent dental care.”

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BBC News, 25th June 2010

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

No charges following death of Raymond Cutkelvin – Crown Prosecution Service

Posted June 25th, 2010 in assisted suicide, Crown Prosecution Service, press releases, public interest by sally

“Keir Starmer QC, Director of Public Prosecutions, has today said that while there is sufficient evidence to prosecute Alan Cutkelvin Rees and Dr Michael Irwin in relation to the death of Raymond Cutkelvin at a Dignitas clinic in Switzerland in February 2007, such a prosecution would not be in the public interest and no further action should be taken against them.”

Full press release

Crown Prosecution Service, 25th June 2010

Source: www.cps.gov.uk

Police payout after fans ‘locked in’ pub before match – BBC News

Posted June 25th, 2010 in compensation, news, police, violent disorder by sally

“Eighty football fans have shared nearly £200,000 in compensation and won an apology from police who trapped them in a pub before a Manchester United game.”

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BBC News, 25th June 2010

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

No prosecution for right-to-die doctor – BBC News

Posted June 25th, 2010 in assisted suicide, Crown Prosecution Service, doctors, news, public interest by sally

“A former GP and right-to-die campaigner who took a man to a euthanasia clinic in Switzerland will not be prosecuted.”

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BBC News, 25th June 2010

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘Partial victory’ on Taliban prisoners challenge – The Independent

Posted June 25th, 2010 in Afghanistan, extradition, news, proscribed organisations, torture by sally

“An anti-war activist today won ‘a partial victory’ in her High Court challenge over Britain’s policy of transferring captured Taliban suspects to the Afghan authorities.”

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The Independent, 25th June 2010

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Kenneth Noye fails to have murder term reduced – Daily Telegraph

Posted June 25th, 2010 in appeals, murder, news, sentencing by sally

“Road rage killer Kenneth Noye failed today in his bid to have the minimum life term he must serve for murder reduced.”

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Daily Telegraph, 25th June 2010

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Prince of Wales intervention in Chelsea Barracks ‘unwelcome’ says judge – Daily Telegraph

Posted June 25th, 2010 in contracts, news, planning, royal family by sally

“The Candy Brothers have won their High Court bid to prove Qatari architects were wrong to withdraw plans for the redevelopment of Chelsea Barracks following an intervention by the Prince of Wales.”

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Daily Telegraph, 25th June 2010

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk