Category: appeals

Recent riots and disorder – should offenders feel ‘the full force of the law’? – Legal Week

Posted August 23rd, 2011 in appeals, bail, magistrates, news, sentencing, violent disorder by sally

“Much controversy has been raised by the sentencing meted out to some of those charged with offences committed during the recent disorder. Many cases have already been sentenced either in the Magistrates’ Court. A lesser number of cases have been dealt with by the Crown Court. (Given the short time between committal to Crown Court and sentence, the latter would be guilty pleas).”

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Legal Week, 22nd August 2011

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Ofcom decision appeals process will be streamlined, Government says – OUT-LAW.com

Posted August 22nd, 2011 in appeals, news, telecommunications by sally

“Appeals by telecoms firms against decisions taken by the UK’s telecoms regulator will be better focused and be less time consuming, according to Government proposals to change the appeals process.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 22nd August 2011

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Jailed loot handler freed on appeal – The Independent

Posted August 19th, 2011 in appeals, handling stolen goods, news, sentencing by sally

“A woman who accepted a pair of looted shorts from her housemate has walked free from prison after her sentence was reduced on appeal.”

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The Independent, 19th August 2011

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Riots: glut of appeals anticipated – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted August 18th, 2011 in appeals, news, proportionality, sentencing, violent disorder by sally

“Crown courts could face a glut of appeals in response to the speed at which defendants were dealt with last week, when some magistrates’ courts worked through the night to process defendants.”

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Law Society’s Gazette, 18th August 2011

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LSB to make a recommendation for Order under S.80 of Legal Services Act – Legal Services Board

Posted August 18th, 2011 in alternative business structures, appeals, legal services, Legal Services Board, news, solicitors by sally

“The LSB has today (17 August) published its decision document and the Order that it will recommend to the Lord Chancellor should be made under section 80 of the Legal Services Act 2007 about the appeal mechanism for decisions of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) if it is designated as a Licensing Authority. This follows the consultation Alternative business structures: appeal arrangements which ran from 5 May 2011 to 2 June 2011 and our decision to recommend to the Lord Chancellor that the SRA should be designated as a Licensing Authority.”

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Legal Services Board, 17th August 2011

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Harsh riot sentences could cause appeals logjam, say rights groups – The Guardian

Posted August 18th, 2011 in appeals, news, proportionality, sentencing, violent disorder by sally

“Civil liberties groups have warned that the court system will be clogged with appeals by people convicted of riot-related offences seeking to overturn lengthy terms of imprisonment.”

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The Guardian, 17th August 2011

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PR (Sri Lanka) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; SS (Bangladesh) v Same; TC (Zimbabwe) v Same – WLR Daily

Posted August 17th, 2011 in appeals, asylum, immigration, international law, law reports, tribunals by sally

PR (Sri Lanka) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; SS (Bangladesh) v Same; TC (Zimbabwe) v Same [2011] EWCA Civ 988; [2011] WLR (D) 276

“The two tiers of the tribunal system operating in respect of immigration and asylum cases were, and were plainly to be regarded as, competent to determine whether there was a compelling reason why the particular issue on which an applicant’s claim which had failed twice before that system should be subjected to a third judicial process.”

WLR Daily, 11th August 2011

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Tribunal sets out employee’s unfair dismissal rights in length of service dispute – OUT-LAW.com

Posted August 16th, 2011 in appeals, employment tribunals, news, unfair dismissal by sally

“The EAT has ruled that an employee summarily dismissed during a notice period cannot bring an unfair dismissal claim if the dismissal means they have insufficient length of service to raise a claim.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 15th August 2011

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Murdoch pie man wins sentence cut – The Independent

Posted August 9th, 2011 in appeals, assault, news, sentencing by sally

“The comedian who threw a foam pie at Rupert Murdoch has had his jail sentence reduced on appeal.”

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The Indepedent, 5th August 2011

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‘Jonnie Marbles’ in Murdoch foam attack sentence appeal – BBC News

Posted August 5th, 2011 in appeals, assault, harassment, news, sentencing by sally

“A man jailed for six weeks for throwing shaving foam at News Corporation chairman Rupert Murdoch is appealing against his sentence.”

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BBC News, 5th August 2011

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Tristmire Ltd v Mew and another – WLR Daily

Posted August 4th, 2011 in appeals, housing, landlord & tenant, law reports, rent, ships by sally

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

Posted August 4th, 2011 in appeals, environmental protection, law reports, waste by sally

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

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Individuals will have to pay to contest copyright infringement warnings, Government says – OUT-LAW.com

Posted August 4th, 2011 in appeals, copyright, fees, internet, news by sally

“Internet users who risk being blacklisted as illegal file-sharers will have to pay £20 to appeal against warning letters they receive about their behaviour, the Government has said.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 3rd August 2011

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Sharon Shoesmith unfair dismissal ruling backed by supreme court – The Guardian

Posted August 2nd, 2011 in appeals, judicial review, ministers' powers and duties, news, Supreme Court, unfair dismissal by sally

“The supreme court has rejected applications by the Department for Education and Haringey council to challenge a landmark ruling that Sharon Shoesmith was unfairly sacked following the death of Baby P.”

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The Guardian, 2nd August 2011

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Hayes v Chief Constable of Merseyside Police – WLR Daily

Posted August 2nd, 2011 in appeals, detention, law reports, wrongful arrest by sally

Hayes v Chief Constable of Merseyside Police [2011] EWCA Civ 911; [2011] WLR (D) 269

“Where a police constable had exercised the ower of summary arrest provided by section 24 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, it had to be shown, inter alia, that the constable had actually believed that the arrest was necessary, and for a permissible reason, and that objectively that belief was reasonable.”

WLR Daily, 29th July 2011

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MacDonald and others v Costello and another – WLR Daily

Posted August 2nd, 2011 in appeals, contracts, law reports, restitution by sally

MacDonald and others v Costello and another [2011] EWCA Civ 930; [2011] WLR (D) 268

“Where building work was carried out pursuant to a contract made with a company for the benefit of its shareholders and directors, they were not liable in restitution for unjust enrichment when the company failed to make payments under the contract.”

WLR Daily, 29th July 2011

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Newspaper Licensing Agency Ltd and others v Meltwater Holding BV and others – WLR Daily

Posted July 29th, 2011 in appeals, copyright, internet, law reports, licensing, media by tracey

Newspaper Licensing Agency Ltd and others v Meltwater Holding BV and others [2011] EWCA Civ 890;  [2011] WLR (D)  261

“The end users of a commercial online media monitoring service who did not hold a web end-user licence from the publishers committed infringement of the publishers’ copyright in receiving and using the service.”

WLR Daily, 27th July 2011

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Oguz v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Centre for Advice on Individual Rights in Europe intervening) – WLR daily

Posted July 29th, 2011 in appeals, EC law, immigration, law reports, self-employment by tracey

Oguz v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Centre for Advice on Individual Rights in Europe intervening) C-186/10;  [2011] WLR (D)  259

“Article 41(1) of the Additional Protocol, signed on 23 November 1970 at Brussels and concluded, approved and confirmed on behalf of the Community by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2760/72 (OJ 1973 C 113 p17), had to be interpreted as meaning that it could be relied on by a Turkish national who, having leave to remain in a member state on condition that he did not engage in any business or profession, nevertheless entered into self-employment in breach of that condition and later applied to the national authorities for further leave to remain on the basis of the business which he had meanwhile established.”

WLR Daily, 21st July 2011

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Masri v Consolidated Contractors International Company SAL and others – WLR daily

Posted July 28th, 2011 in appeals, contempt of court, enforcement, law reports by tracey

Masri v Consolidated Contractors International Company SAL and others [2011] EWCA Civ 898;  [2011] WLR (D)  258

“A company found in contempt of court could not appeal the findings of contempt as of right but required the permission of the judge or the Court of Appeal.”

WLR Daily, 27th July 2011

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Regina (Condliff) v North Staffordshire Primary Care Trust – WLR Daily

Posted July 28th, 2011 in appeals, hospitals, human rights, law reports, medical treatment, obesity by tracey

Regina (Condliff) v North Staffordshire Primary Care Trust [2011] EWCA Civ 910;  [2011] WLR (D)  256

“It was not unlawful for a primary care trust to adopt a policy by which all individual funding requests were to be considered and determined exclusively by reference to clinical factors.”

WLR Daily, 27th July 2011

Source: www.iclr.co.uk