BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Swotbooks.com Ltd v Royal Bank of Scotland Plc [2011] EWHC 2025 (QB) (29 July 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org
Author: sally
Christopher Jefferies case delivers wake-up call to tabloids – The Guardian
“How bad does press coverage at the time of an individual’s arrest have to get for it to be regarded as a contempt of court? This interesting question was at the heart of the recent case concerning coverage of my client Christopher Jefferies’s arrest by police investigating the murder of the landscape architect Joanna Yeates. The contempt action was brought by the attorney general under section 2(2) of the Contempt of Court Act 1981, which applies to any publication that creates a risk that the course of justice will be seriously impeded or prejudiced, whether or not they intended to do so.”
The Guardian, 4th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
OPG’s call for evidence on Deputies – Ministry of Justice
“Care charities and other not-for-profit organisations are being asked whether they think they can better meet the needs of people who lack mental capacity.”
Ministry of Justice, 4th August 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Man who faked army career guilty of perverting course of justice – The Guardian
“A military historian who faked an illustrious army career has been found guilty of perverting the course of justice.”
The Guardian, 4th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Holidays 4 UK clients face long wait for compensation – The Guardian
“Thousands of holidaymakers who had their summer getaways ruined by the collapse of tour operator Holidays 4 UK have been told they may have to wait months for compensation.”
The Guardian, 4th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
30% rise in negligence claims against NHS – Daily Telegraph
“Clinical negligence claims against the National Health Service have increased by almost a third over the past year, with an extra £100million paid out to victims of medical blunders.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th August 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Why Reprieve is quitting the torture inquiry – The Guardian
“Reprieve and other charities have found that the investigation set up by the government has serious shortcomings.”
The Guardian, 4th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Torture inquiry boycotted by human rights groups over lack of openness – The Guardian
“Human rights groups and lawyers boycotting the inquiry into allegations of torture by the security and intelligence agencies are accusing the government of reneging on promises that it would be open and independent.”
The Guardian, 4th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Jonnie Marbles’ in Murdoch foam attack sentence appeal – BBC News
“A man jailed for six weeks for throwing shaving foam at News Corporation chairman Rupert Murdoch is appealing against his sentence.”
BBC News, 5th August 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Policemen sacked after posing for ‘inappropriate’ photo during raid – The Independent
“Five police officers from Merseyside Police’s elite gun-crime unit have been fired after a photograph surfaced of them fooling around in a house they were raiding. The five policemen – all constables from the force’s Matrix team – were sacked yesterday after a three-month internal inquiry found them guilty of ‘gross misconduct’.”
The Independent, 5th August 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Two women killed by ex-partners were failed by police, says IPCC – The Guardian
“Details emerged Thursday of fresh police errors in domestic violence cases that saw two women murdered by former partners after they had complained to officers of threats and that they feared violence.”
The Guardian, 4th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Seven in ten children ignore Asbo warnings – Daily Telegraph
“Seven in ten children and teenagers are ignoring Asbos, fuelling fears they are treated as little more than a badge of honour, figures reveal for the first time.”
Daily Telegraph, 4th August 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
The asylum seekers facing a Kafkaesque legal nightmare – The Guardian
“Government cuts to legal aid for asylum seekers have left many without expert advice or access to their own case files.”
The Guardian, 4th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Birmingham father and daughter sentenced for incest – BBC News
“A 47-year-old man and his daughter have been sentenced for the second time for having sex.”
BBC News, 4th August 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Most prolific’ paedophile jailed – The Independent
“A paedophile described by police as the UK’s most prolific hoarder of pictures of child abuse was today given an indeterminate prison sentence.”
The Independent, 4th August 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Grimes v Hawkins & Anor [2011] EWHC 2004 (QB) (03 August 2011)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Boghani v Nathoo [2011] EWHC 2101 (Ch) (02 August 2011)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
Tristmire Ltd v Mew and another – WLR Daily
Tristmire Ltd v Mew and another [2011] EWCA Civ 912; [2011] WLR (D) 271
“A houseboat placed on a supporting platform in a harbour did not have a degree of permanence such as to make it part of the plot on which the platform stood so that a tenancy or licence of the plot would extend to the houseboat.”
WLR Daily, 28th July 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina v Jones and another – WLR Daily
Regina v Jones and another [2011] WLR (D) 270
“When a person deposited material on land the question whether the material constituted ‘waste’ for the purposes of section 33 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 depended on that person’s conduct immediately prior to depositing the material and the landowner’s purpose in receiving it.”
WLR Daily, 27th August 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Legal aid lawyers band together to lobby government – Law Society’s Gazette
“Lawyers’ groups have come together in an informal coalition to lobby the government over its legal aid and civil costs reforms, which they claim will ‘threaten the entire legal advice network’.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 3rd August 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
