High Court rules on the history of the caravan – Daily Telegraph

Posted July 25th, 2012 in housing, news, planning by tracey

“A senior judge wrote a brief history of the caravan after the Court of Appeal ruled on a planning dispute.”

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Daily Telegraph, 24th July 2012

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Leeds United win high court ruling over police costs at Elland Road – The Guardian

Posted July 24th, 2012 in costs, news, police, sport by tracey

“Leeds United have won their high court action over who should pay for policing of matches at Elland Road. The Championship side asked for a decision on which of the services deployed by West Yorkshire Police for the last three seasons were special police services, and whether it was entitled to be repaid for services wrongly categorised.”

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The Guardian, 24th July 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Benefit fraud Lottery winner Edward Putman jailed – The Independent

Posted July 24th, 2012 in benefits, costs, fraud, news, sentencing by tracey

” A convicted rapist who won nearly £5 million on the lottery but continued to fraudulently claim benefits has been jailed for nine months.”

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The Independent, 24th July 2012

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Operation Weeting – CPS charging decisions – Crown Prosecution Service

“Statement from Alison Levitt QC, Principal Legal Advisor to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP): This statement is made in the interests of transparency and accountability to explain the decisions reached in relation to Operation Weeting.”

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Crown Prosecution Service, 24th July 2012

Source: www.cps.gov.uk

Gary McKinnon extradition decision due in October – BBC News

Posted July 24th, 2012 in computer crime, extradition, news by tracey

“The home secretary will decide whether to order computer hacker Gary McKinnon’s extradition to the US by mid-October, the High Court has heard.”

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BBC News, 24th July 2012

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Amy Hofmeister car chase crash killers sent to prison – BBC News

Posted July 24th, 2012 in dangerous driving, homicide, news, sentencing by tracey

“Two drivers have been sent to prison after being convicted of killing a 13-year-old girl during a car chase through Taunton.”

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BBC News, 24th July 2012

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

ABS offers barristers at £75 an hour – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted July 24th, 2012 in alternative business structures, fees, law firms, news by tracey

“A new law firm which promises clients fixed fees and immediate face-to-face meetings with barristers has become the latest alternative business structure (ABS). Red Bar Law was formed in September last year and applied to the Solicitors Regulation Authority for ABS status in January. Today the SRA confirmed it has become the ninth organisation to be granted a licence, which will be effective from 10 July.”

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Law Society’s Gazette, 23rd July 2012

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Deech hits back over bar tribunal ‘collapse’ claim – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted July 24th, 2012 in barristers, disciplinary procedures, news by tracey

“The chair of the Bar Standards Board (BSB) has defended the process for disciplining barristers following a claim that it is in a ‘state of collapse’ amid allegations of secrecy, maladministration and incompetence.”

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Law Society’s Gazette, 20th July 2012

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk

Posted July 24th, 2012 in legislation by tracey

The Export Control (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2012

The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 2012

The Health Act 2009 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2012

The Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Authority to Carry) Regulations 2012

The Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Commencement No. 14) Order 2012

The Broadcasting (Local Digital Television Programme Services and Independent Productions) (Amendment) Order 2012

Source: www.legislation.gov.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted July 24th, 2012 in law reports by tracey

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

S (A Child), Re [2012] EWCA Civ 1031 (24 July 2012)

Itochu Corporation v Johann M.K. Blumenthal GmbH & Co Kg & Anor [2012] EWCA Civ 996 (24 July 2012)

High Court (Chancery Division)

Red Bull GmbH v Sun Mark Ltd & Anor [2012] EWHC 2046 (Ch) (24 July 2012)

High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)

Leeds United Football Club Ltd v The Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police [2012] EWHC 2113 (QB) (24 July 2012)

Source: www.bailii. org

Maidment v Attwood and others – WLR Daily

Maidment v Attwood and others: [2012] EWCA Civ 998;  [2012] WLR (D)  220

“Where a minority shareholder had brought a petition under section 994 of the Companies Act alleging that remuneration paid to a director of a now insolvent company in liquidation was excessive and therefore unfairly prejudicial, there was no basis in the statutory provisions or in principle or in authority to impose a requirement for diligence on shareholders in regards to the company’s filed accounts.”

WLR Daily, 19th July 2012

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Command Papers – official-documents.gov.uk

Posted July 24th, 2012 in parliamentary papers by tracey

Progress on implementing recommendations from 28 Committee of Public Accounts reports (Session 2010-12) and 5 National Audit Office reports, Cm 8387 (PDF)

Source: www.official-documents.gov.uk

Sky’s ‘totally unlimited broadband’ claims not misleading, ASA rules – OUT-LAW.com

Posted July 24th, 2012 in advertising, internet, misrepresentation, news by tracey

“A major UK internet service provider’s (ISP’s) claim that it could offer a ‘totally unlimited broadband’ service to customers was not misleading, despite the fact the service would contain ‘inherent limitations’, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 23rd July 2012

Source: www.out-law.com

Draft planning fees regulations laid before Parliament – OUT-LAW.com

Posted July 24th, 2012 in fees, news, planning, regulations by tracey

“Draft regulations which propose to allow local planning authorities to increase the fees they charge for planning applications have been laid before Parliament, but the cap on the maximum fees that can be charged remains the same.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 23rd July 2012

Source: www.out-law.com

Judicial robustness and the right to be heard – Halsbury’s Law Exchange

Posted July 24th, 2012 in appeals, news, striking out, trials by tracey

“In this age of active case management, judges are rightly expected to take a robust approach to dealing with the cases before them. But sometimes robustness can be taken too far – as illustrated by the Court of Appeal’s recent decision in Labrouche v Frey [2012] EWCA Civ 881, [2012] All ER (D) 33 (Jul).”

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Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 23rd July 2012

Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk

R v Patel: sentencing offences contrary to the Bribery Act 2010 – Halsbury’s Law Exchange

Posted July 24th, 2012 in appeals, bribery, news, perverting the course of justice, sentencing by tracey

“The first prosecution under the Bribery Act 2010 to reach the Court of Appeal has arrived. However, it is perhaps not the high-profile scalp that the proponents of the Act might have wanted. I’m not too sure how much can be taken from the case that is of any wider application but nevertheless, it being ‘a first’, it may be of some interest. In any event the facts of the case are less dry than most.”

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Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 23rd July 2012

Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk

Phone hacking: mother of murder victim Clare Bernal sues NI – The Guardian

Posted July 24th, 2012 in class actions, interception, news, telecommunications by tracey

“The mother of Clare Bernal, who was murdered by a former boyfriend while working at Harvey Nichols, has joined the second wave of alleged victims of News of the World phone hacking suing News International for damages.”

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The Guardian, 23rd July 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Taxi driver Andrew Flood jailed for Southport murders – BBC News

Posted July 24th, 2012 in alcohol abuse, gambling, murder, news by tracey

“A Southport taxi driver with a gambling addiction has been jailed for at least 30 years after admitting murdering two of his elderly passengers.”

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BBC News, 23rd July 2012

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Clifford Collinge murder: Market Warsop trio found guilty – BBC News

Posted July 24th, 2012 in murder, news by tracey

“A woman and two men she met in a pub have been found guilty of the murder of her husband, who died of 46 injuries.”

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BBC News, 23rd July 2012

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Leveson does not want to impose ‘Ofcom-style’ statutory regulation – The Guardian

Posted July 24th, 2012 in freedom of expression, inquiries, media, news by tracey

“Lord Justice Leveson has revealed he will not impose tough Ofcom-style statutory regulation on newspapers, after almost nine months of evidence exposing what the newspaper industry has admitted were ‘appalling’ practices in the press.

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The Guardian, 23rd July 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk