“A young man who spent more than seven years in jail for a murder he insists he did not commit has had his conviction quashed by judges.”
The Guardian, 17th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“In determining which local authority was to be the designated authority in care order proceedings governing a child, where the mother was herself a child in care, the ‘disregard provision’ contained within section 105(6) of the Children Act 1989 did not apply to the mother. It applied only to the child who was the subject of the care order proceedings.”
WLR Daily, 14th May 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Foreign nationals refused a visa for a short visit to see family members in the UK will lose the full right to appeal the decision in the courts, saving tens of millions of pounds and freeing up tribunals to deal with more serious cases.”
Home Office, 12th May 2012
Source: www.homeoffice,gov.uk
“Desmond Rutledge explains a landmark Court of Appeal decision upholding the rights of the severely disabled.”
Garden Court Chambers Blog, 15th May 2012
Source: www.gclaw.wordpress.com
“Most foreign nationals will no longer be allowed to appeal if they are refused a visa to visit family members, the Home Office has announced.”
BBC News, 15th May 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Breakthroughs in cases such as Susan May and Sam Hallam are rare but what to do about alleged wrong convictions is the subject of much debate.”
The Guardian, 15th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A young man convicted of murder will take his case to the court of appeal on Wednesday after new evidence emerged raising doubts over key parts of the prosecution case against him.”
The Guardian, 16th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The operator of an oil depot has been unsuccessful in its bid for a new tenancy after the Court of Appeal confirmed that its landlord’s plans to occupy the property for its own business were viable.”
OUT-LAW.com, 15th May 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Tim Baldwin analyses the decision of the Court of Appeal in M v London Borough of Croydon and its impact on costs in judicial review cases.”
Garden Court Chambers Blog, 14th May 2012
Source: www.gclaw.wordpress.com
“A Jamaican convicted criminal who claims he was illegally detained before being deported from Britain has won a nominal £1 in damages from the Home Office – after a costly taxpayer-funded legal battle.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th May 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A clause in the Crime and Courts Bill, published today, will remove the full right of appeal for those applying to enter the UK as a family visitor. Subject to Parliamentary approval and Royal Assent, this change is expected to come into force by 2014. Refused applicants will still be able to appeal on limited grounds of human rights or race discrimination.”
UK Border Agency, 10th May 2012
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
Sullivan (aka Soloman) v Bristol Film Studios Ltd [2012] EWCA Civ 570; [2012] WLR (D) 145
“In deciding whether a small claim ought to be struck out as an abuse of process it was relevant to consider whether there was a proportionate procedure available by which the claim could be adjudicated.”
WLR Daily, 3rd May 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Neilly v The Queen [2012] UKPC 12; [2012] WLR (D) 144
“When a defendant in a criminal trial had not been put on an identification parade, the decision as to whether to allow a dock identification was a matter for the trial judge in the light of all the relevant circumstances. However where a dock identification was admitted in evidence the trial judge was required to give the jury careful directions as to the dangers of relying on that evidence, and to warn the jury of the disadvantages to the defendant of having been denied the opportunity of participating in an identification parade.”
WLR Daily, 10th May 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Balgobin v South West Regional Health Authority [2012] UKPC 11; [2012] WLR (D) 143
“The entry of a default judgment against one of two defendants to a personal injury claim did not operate as a bar to a subsequent finding of liability against the other defendant when the claimant had not made an unequivocal election to only pursue her claim against one defendant.”
WLR Daily, 10th May 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“The Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of Stockton Council to allow it to proceed with the demolition of Billington House, the former headquarters of chemical company ICI, and now a derelict office block.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th May 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“The provision of housing accommodation was, and could only be, a charitable purpose if it was justified as charitable in respect of the direct benefit provided. It could only be so justified if it was provided to meet a relevant need of the class eligible to occupy it so as to fall within the spirit and intendment of the preamble to the Statute of Charitable Uses 1601 (‘the Statute of Elizabeth’) either directly or by analogy.”
WLR Daily, 9th May 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina (M) v Croydon London Borough Council [2012] EWCA Civ 595; [2012] WLR (D) 141
“A claimant in the Administrative Court whose public law claim resulted in a settlement of the claim, whether before a hearing of the case or after a full hearing so that the claimant obtained all the relief sought, was entitled, just as a claimant in general civil litigation, to all of his costs unless there was good reason to the contrary.”
WLR Daily, 8th May 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“The home secretary, Theresa May, is to make a renewed attempt to deport Abu Qatada after judges at the European court of human rights rejected his appeal to the Strasbourg court.”
The Guardian, 9th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A hospital doctor who took handfuls of pain killers and injected himself with drugs before work each morning was rightly struck off for his ‘blatant disregard for patient safety’, the High Court has ruled.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th May 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Despite controversy over the deadline, I doubt the European court will agree to hear Abu Qatada’s appeal.”
The Guardian, 8th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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