Leeds crime boss ordered to pay £10.6m – BBC News
“A former car dealer who was jailed for 25 years for a £7m heroin plot has been ordered to pay £10.6m by a judge.”
BBC News, 9th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Day: 9 September 2010
Cheshire carer jailed for abusing dementia patients – BBC News
“A woman who abused elderly people with dementia at the care home where she worked has been jailed for 18 months.”
BBC News, 9th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Phone-hacking row: government backs new inquiry – The Guardian
“Pressure mounts on Andy Coulson, as MPs call on the powerful standards and privileges committee to summon witnesses such as Rupert Murdoch to give evidence.”
The Guardian, 9th September 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Hammer attack school condemned by victim’s mother – The Guardian
“The mother of a white 15-year-old boy who was left with brain damage after a hammer attack by a gang of British Asian pupils blamed his school today after a report found it failed to recognise a series of racist incidents prior to the assault.”
The Guardian, 9th September 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Phone hacking claims to be debated by Parliament – BBC News
“MPs are to hold an emergency debate later to discuss the allegations of phone hacking by journalists at the News of the World.”
BBC News, 9th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
High Court (Chancery Division)
Hopton v Miller [2010] EWHC B20 (Ch) (31 August 2010)
Wickens v Cheval Property Developments Ltd [2010] EWHC 2249 (Ch) (08 September 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
LSC reverses contract decision following judge’s warning – Law Society’s Gazette
“The Legal Services Commission has averted one legal challenge to its tender process by awarding a social welfare contract to a Birmingham firm which sought a judicial review of the LSC’s initial decision not to make an award.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 9th September 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Solicitors under fire from bar over referral fees – Law Society’s Gazette
“The new Criminal Bar Association chair has criticised solicitors for ‘abusing’ the referral fee arrangements for Crown court advocacy, claiming that solicitors are pocketing money for work done by barristers.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 9th September 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
TV format inventor fails to convince court that BBC stole his idea – OUT-LAW.com
“A man has failed in his attempt to show that his gameshow idea was copied by the BBC. A High Court judge refused to allow a full trial on the claims, calling them ‘simply unreal.’ ”
OUT-LAW.com, 8th September 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
Bromsgrove man jailed over indecent images of children – BBC News
“A man has been jailed for three-and-a-half years after admitting making, distributing and possessing indecent photographs of children.”
BBC News, 8th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Goldman Sachs fined £20m by FSA – The Guardian
“The Financial Services Authority has fined Goldman Sachs £20m after the investment bank failed to tell the regulator a member of staff at the centre of fraud charges in the US was working in the UK.”
The Guardian, 9th September 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Conman jailed over fake injury compensation claims – The Independent
“A fraudster was jailed today for trying to claim compensation from a number of local councils for injuries he had never suffered.”
The Independent, 8th September 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
System for appointing judges ‘undermining international courts’ – The Guardian
“A ‘toxic’ system for appointing the world’s most senior judges is fundamentally undermining the legitimacy of international courts, a new study claims.”
The Guardian, 8th September 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Government climbdown on detention of children in immigration centres – The Guardian
“Immigration minister Damian Green announces intention to ‘minimise’ detention of children rather than end practice.”
The Guardian, 9th September 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
New inquiry into Chinook crash which killed intelligence officers – Daily Telegraph
“An independent review is to be conducted into the crash of an RAF Chinook on the Mull of Kintyre which killed 25 senior intelligence officers and the aircraft crew, the government has announced.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th September 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Extradition treaty review will take a year – The Independent
“A review of Britain’s extradition treaty with the US and other jurisdictions will not be completed until the end of next summer, the Home Secretary announced yesterday. The Coalition’s inquiry would consider whether the UK-US treaty was ‘unbalanced’ and would also look at the breadth of the Home Secretary’s discretion to intervene in cases, Theresa May said.”
The Independent, 9th September 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
