Swearing at police not an offence – Daily Telegraph
“Police have been ordered not to arrest people who subject them to abuse, it has been revealed.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th June 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Month: June 2011
‘Avalanche’ of Bellfield stories threaten to put editors in dock for contempt – The Guardian
“The attorney general, Dominic Grieve, is considering whether to put newspaper and broadcast editors in the dock for contempt of court after a judge dismissed the jury in the Levi Bellfield trial at the Old Bailey, blaming media coverage.”
The Guardian, 24th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Police chiefs call for new national system of witness protection – The Independent
“Murder of couple and complaints from ‘abandoned’ informants prompt review that aims to restore trust. Paul Cahalan reports.”
The Independent, 27th June 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Milly Dowler case: Victims’ tsar to act following family’s court ordeal – The Guardian
“Britain’s courts will see sweeping changes in favour of the victims of serious crime in the light of the Milly Dowler murder trial, the victims’ commissioner has vowed.”
The Guardian, 25th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Manchester Police, R (On the Application Of) v Hookway & Anor [2011] EWHC 1578 (Admin) (19 May 2011)
Attorney General v Fraill & Anor [2011] EWCA Crim 1570 (16 June 2011)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Zinda v Bank of Scotland Plc [2011] EWCA Civ 706 (23 June 2011)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Chemistree Homecare Ltd & Ors v Roche Products Ltd [2011] EWHC 1579 (Ch) (16 June 2011)
Cowderoy v Cranfield [2011] EWHC 1616 (Ch) (24 June 2011)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
David Wyld & Co, Solicitors v Dadourian & Anor [2011] EWHC 1517 (QB) (20 June 2011)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Rust Consulting Ltd v PB Ltd [2011] EWHC 1622 (TCC) (24 June 2011)
Carillion JM Ltd v Phi Group Ltd [2011] EWHC 1581 (TCC) (23 June 2011)
High Court (Commercial Court)
High Court (Patents Court)
Cephalon Inc & Ors v Orchid Europe Ltd & Ors [2011] EWHC 1591 (Pat) (24 June 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org
Prisoners receive £10m in payouts – The Independent
“Prisoners have won more than £10 million in compensation over the last five years, figures show.”
The Independent, 26th June 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Tuition fees increases to be challenged in court – The Guardian
“Two sixth formers have been granted permission to challenge the lawfulness of the government’s decision to let universities triple tuition fees.”
The Guardian, 24th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Intelligence officers could face court for “aiding and abetting torture” despite new guidelines – Daily Telegraph
“Intelligence officers could be prosecuted for aiding and abetting torture overseas because new guidelines are not clear enough, the Equality and Human Rights Commission has claimed.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th June 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Levi Bellfield gets life without parole – The Guardian
“Levi Bellfield refused to leave his prison cell to hear Mr Justice Wilkie sentence him to life without parole and condemn him as a ‘cruel and pitiless killer’.”
The Guardian, 24th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Lord Macdonald says fair criminal trials ‘imperative’ – BBC News
“Defendants must be able to put their case – ‘however appalling’ – fairly before a court, ex-director of Public Prosecutions Lord Macdonald has said.”
BBC News, 26th June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
DPP: We will look at victim support – The Independent
“The director of public prosecutions said he would examine how victims are treated in court after admitting the Milly Dowler murder case raised ‘fundamental questions’.”
The Independent, 25th June 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Related link: Vilified QC in Bellfield case ‘just doing his job’
Legal aid reform could end right to a free solicitor – The Guardian
“A ‘cornerstone’ of the legal system, the universal right to a solicitor upon arrest, could be jettisoned in favour of means-testing under controversial plans drawn up by the Ministry of Justice.”
The Guardian, 25th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Law firms are opening up to non-graduates – The Guardian
“A new mood of egalitarianism is sweeping the profession just as higher tuition fees are likely to reduce social mobility.”
The Guardian, 24th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Watchdog highlights ‘imbalance of power’ between consumers and lawyers – Law Society’s Gazette
“Consumers have benefited from the first four years of the Legal Services Act, but there remains an ‘imbalance of power’ which acts to their detriment in dealing with lawyers.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 24th June 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
New police database will give national records access for first time – OUT-LAW.com
“Police will share local records about people through a new national database, the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) has said. A new database for England and Wales will be linked to an existing one covering Scotland, an NPIA spokesman said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 24th June 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
McKenzie v R. [2011] EWCA Crim 1550 (23 June 2011)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
County Leasing Ltd v Quotepool Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 705 (23 June 2011)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Paddico (267) Ltd v Kirklees Metropolitan Council & Ors [2011] EWHC 1606 (Ch) (23 June 2011)
High Court (Admiralty Division)
Source: www.bailii.org
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Environmental Protection (Controls on Ozone-Depleting Substances) Regulations 2011
The Assured Tenancies (Amendment of Rental Threshold) (Wales) Order 2011
The Energy Information Regulations 2011
The Armed Forces (Terms of Service) (Amendment) Regulations 2011
The Distress for Rent (Amendment) Rules 2011
The Wireless Telegraphy (Register) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2011
The Wireless Telegraphy (Mobile Spectrum Trading) Regulations 2011
The Food Additives (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2011
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
IR (Sri Lanka) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; GT (Libya) v Same; AN (Pakistan) v Same; AK (Pakistan) v Same – WLR Daily
“In national security deportation and exclusion cases before the Special Immigration Appeals Commission foreign nationals were entitled to the standard of procedural fairness contained in the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (Procedure) Rules 2003, neither more nor less.”
WLR Daily, 21st June 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Coventry City Council v O and others – WLR Daily
Coventry City Council v O and others [2011] EWCA Civ 729; [2011] WLR (D) 205
“Where foster parents issued a notice of intention to adopt a child they were fostering, the local authority retained the power to remove the child from the foster parents’ home to the home either of other foster parents or of prospective adopters, under section 38 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002.”
WLR Daily, 22nd June 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Epileptic driver jailed for Thurrock M25 death crash – BBC News
“An Essex man with epilepsy has been jailed for three-and-a-half years for causing the death of a young woman by dangerous driving.”
BBC News, 23rd June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
