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Regina (Law Society) v Lord Chancellor – WLR Daily
Regina (Law Society) v Lord Chancellor [2010] EWHC 1406; [2010] WLR (D) 151
“When exercising the discretionary power to make provision for scales or rates of payments of any costs payable out of central funds to successful defendants in criminal trials pursuant to ss 16(6) and 20 of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985, as amended, the Lord Chancellor had to base the rules on the principle of compensation taking into account prevailing market rates.”
WLR Daily, 16th June 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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MS (Palestinian Territories) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily
“The specifying of a particular country or territory of destination in a notice of a decision to remove an illegal immigrant from the United Kingdom was not an integral part of an immigration decision within the meaning of s 82(2)(h) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002. There was no freestanding right of appeal against an immigration decision on the ground that the person to be deported was unlikely to be admitted to the destination specified.”
WLR Daily, 16th June 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Secretary of State for the Home Department v AP – WLR Daily
Secretary of State for the Home Department v AP [2010] UKSC 24; [2010] WLR (D) 149
“Conditions in a control order which were proportionate restrictions upon the right to private and family life could nevertheless be decisive in determining that the overall effect of the order amounted to a deprivation of liberty.”
WLR Daily, 16th June 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Fresh legal aid cuts not ruled out by MoJ – Law Society’s Gazette
“The new legal aid minister refused to rule out more legal aid cuts in his first press interview last week.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 17th June 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Baby P: Government lawyer apologises for handling of Sharon Shoesmith court case – Daily Telegraph
“The head of the Government’s legal team has apologised for failings in the preparation of a high-profile court case involving Sharon Shoesmith, the council chief blamed for the Baby P scandal.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th June 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Homosexual men with convictions for consensual gay sex to have record of crime wiped – Daily Telegraph
“Men with convictions for homosexual sex with someone over the age of 16 will have any record of the crime expunged, Theresa May has said.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th June 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Terror suspect challenges control orders in BBC film – The Guardian
“The BBC, a terror suspect and two independent film-makers challenged the control order system last night in a broadcast that broke the suspect’s bail conditions.”
The Guardian, 17th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Increased legal rights for grandparents under new family reforms – Daily Telegraph
“Grandparents are to have increased legal rights to see children when couples split under proposals to be announced by Nick Clegg on Thursday.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th June 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Bloody Sunday inquiry: too much, too late – The Guardian
“Lord Saville could have completed his inquiry into Bloody Sunday more quickly and cheaply if he had stuck to his remit.”
The Guardian, 17th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Bloody Sunday: Prosecutors say soldiers may face perjury charges – The Guardian
“State prosecutors in Northern Ireland and England confirmed tonight that they were considering prosecuting British soldiers for perjury in the light of the Saville inquiry’s conclusion that they lied about their role on Bloody Sunday.”
The Guardian, 16th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Shannon Matthews serious case review clears social workers – The Guardian
“Social workers could not have foreseen the abduction of Shannon Matthews by her mother, a serious case review has concluded.”
The Guardian, 16th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Tugendhat J redefines meaning of defamation – The Lawyer
“Mr Justice Tugendhat today raised the bar for defamation claims in a High Court ruling that found the definition of defamation must include a qualification or threshold of seriousness.”
The Lawyer, 16th June 2010
Source: www.thelawyer.com
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Supreme Court
Secretary of State for the Home Department v AP [2010] UKSC 24 (16 June 2010)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Lambert & Ors v Barratt Homes Ltd & Anor [2010] EWCA Civ 681 (16 June 2010)
Huscroft v P & O Ferries Ltd [2010] EWCA Civ 628 (16 June 2010)
Secretary of State for the Home Department v ST (Eritrea) [2010] EWCA Civ 643 (09 June 2010)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
AGC Chemicals Europe Ltd v Stop Huntington Animal Cruelty (SHAC) [2010] EWHC B10 (QB) (10 June 2010)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Re Liberty International Plc [2010] EWHC 1060 (Ch) (16 June 2010)
Dhillon & Anor v Siddiqui & Ors [2010] EWHC 1400 (Ch) (16 June 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
Terror suspect wins control order appeal – BBC News
“A terror suspect subject to a control order has won his appeal on the grounds that it breached his human rights.”
BBC News, 16th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Report calls for tougher drink driving laws – The Guardian
“A government-commissioned report has called for Britain’s drink driving laws to be toughened to a level that would mean some people would be over the legal limit after one drink.”
The Guardian, 16th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Firm in Buncefield court case guilty of safety breaches – BBC News
“A company has been convicted of health and safety breaches in relation to the Buncefield oil depot explosion in Hertfordshire in December 2005.”
BBC News, 16th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Bank Mellat v HM Treasury – WLR Daily
Bank Mellat v HM Treasury [2010] EWHC 1332 (QB); [2010] WLR (D) 148
“The powers conferred on HM Treasury by Sch 7 to the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 to give directions by order to persons operating in the United Kingdom financial sector could be lawfully exercised without allowing persons likely to be adversely affected by the order an opportunity to make prior representations; and the test of proportionality applied by para 9(6) of Sch 7 to the requirements imposed by such a direction was to be interpreted consistently with the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights, according to which the means used did not always have to be limited to the minimum necessary to accomplish the legislative objective.”
WLR Daily, 15th June 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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