Month: June 2011
Lawyers ‘not trusted’ by majority, says consumer watchdog – Law Society’s Gazette
“Under half of the general public trust lawyers, according to the results of a survey commissioned by consumer watchdog the Legal Services Consumer Panel.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 21st June 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Regina (Gaunt) v Office of Communications (Liberty intervening) – WLR Daily
“The provisions of the Ofcom Broadcasting Code had to be interpreted, as well as being applied in a particular case, so as to comply with the requirements of the right to freedom of expression in article 10 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. The question whether the publication of a finding by the statutory regulator constituted a permissible interference with a claimed right to freedom of expression under the article demanded rigorous scrutiny.”
WLR Daily, 17th June 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Domain names can be registered with almost any suffix from next year, ICANN says – OUT-LAW.com
“Businesses will be able to register website domain names with almost any ending and in any language from next year under plans approved by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).”
OUT-LAW.com, 20th June 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
High Court dismisses challenges to magistrates’ court closures – Law Society’s Gazette
“The High Court has rejected legal challenges to the closures of Sittingbourne and Barry magistrates’ courts.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 20th June 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Former Langbar chief jailed for fraud – The Guardian
“The former chief executive of the £357m shell company Langbar International, which collapsed six years ago leaving shareholders with big losses, has been sentenced to 12 months in jail and banned from being a company director for five years. The Serious Fraud Office said he was guilty of ‘fraud on a grand scale’.”
The Guardian, 20th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Victims of crime failed by criminal justice system – Law Society’s Gazette
“Members of the public have little confidence in the criminal justice system and feel the rights of the accused outweigh their own, a new survey suggests.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 21st June 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Air passenger data plans in US-EU agreement are illegal, say lawyers – The Guardian
“The European commission’s own lawyers have warned that a joint US-European agreement to store the personal data, including credit card details, of millions of transatlantic air passengers for 15 years is unlawful.”
The Guardian, 20th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
One in six young offenders are back in jail in a month – BBC News
“One in six young offenders are back behind bars within a month, according to the chief inspector of prisons.”
BBC News, 21st June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
ASA says Cadbury was not racist when it compared Campbell to chocolate bar – The Independent
“A Cadbury’s advertising campaign which compared Naomi Campbell to a bar of chocolate was not racist, the industry’s watchdog has ruled.”
The Independent, 21st June 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Ken Clarke forced to abandon 50% sentence cuts for guilty pleas – The Guardian
“David Cameron has forced Kenneth Clarke to abandon all plans for 50% sentence discounts for early guilty pleas, after an outcry on the Tory right and in the tabloids.”
The Guardian, 21st June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Gurkhas take pension battle to ECHR – The Independent
“British Gurkhas are taking their battle for equal pension rights to the European Court of Human Rights, it was announced today.”
The Independent, 20th June 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Carole Caplin libel case given the go-ahead – Daily Telegraph
“A libel case brought by Cherie Blair’s lifestyle guru Carole Caplin over her alleged portrayal as ‘some sort of sexpot or randy masseuse’ got the go-ahead today.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th June 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Ban for 1am drink-drive Cardiff milkman Brian Gallagher – BBC News
“A drink-driving milkman arrested while in his float on an early morning round has been banned for 18 months.”
BBC News, 20th June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Man jailed for killing friend – The Independent
“A man who killed his friend with a single blow to the head has been jailed.”
The Independent, 20th June 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Zinda v The Governing Body of Barn Hill Community High & Ors [2011] EWCA Civ 690 (17 June 2011)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Barbudev v Eurocom Cable Management Bulgaria EOOD & Ors [2011] EWHC 1560 (Comm) (17 June 2011)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Mouchel Ltd v Van Oord (UK) Ltd (No 2) [2011] EWHC 1516 (TCC) (15 June 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org
Tido v The Queen – WLR Daily
Tido v The Queen [2011] UKPC 16; [2011] WLR (D) 199
“A dock identification of a defendant was not inadmissible evidence per se. Nor was the admission of such evidence to be regarded as permissible in only the most exceptional circumstances.”
WLR Daily, 15th June 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Miguel v State of Trinidad and Tobago – WLR Daily
Miguel v State of Trinidad and Tobago [2011] UKPC 14; [2011] WLR (D) 198
“A constitutional provision which exempted both existing laws and enactments which altered existing laws from its protection did not extend to an enactment which altered a law that had existed before the Constitution came into force but had since been abolished. It followed that a mandatory sentence of death for a murder conviction in Trinidad and Tobago under the ‘arrestable offence murder’ rule in section 2A of the Criminal Law Act, based on an earlier-abolished ‘felony murder’ rule, was outside the exemption and so unconstitutional.”
WLR Daily, 15th June 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Regina v Kelly; Same v Bowers; Same v Singh (Balraj); Same v Harding and others – WLR Daily
“For the purposes of deciding the starting point for determining the minimum term to be served by a defendant sentenced to life imprisonment on conviction of murder committed with a knife the fact that the defendant had taken a knife from the kitchen of a home to another room in the same home, even if a locked door was forced, did not mean that he had taken the knife to the scene within the meaning of paragraph 5A of Schedule 21 to the Criminal Justice Act 2003.”
WLR Daily, 16th June 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
