George Davis awaits court ruling over 1975 robbery – BBC News
“A man is to learn whether his name has been cleared over a robbery he was convicted of committing in the 1970s.”
BBC News, 24th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: appeals
Immigration appeal system tightened – The Independent
“Migrants from outside the EU who want to stay in the UK will be banned from using the appeals system as a cheap second chance to supply evidence they should have used in their original application, the immigration minister said today.”
The Independent, 20th May 2011
Soruce: www.independent.co.uk
Lincolnshire death crash police inspector loses appeal – BBC News
“An off-duty Lincolnshire police inspector who killed a man in a car crash has failed in a Court of Appeal bid to clear his name.”
BBC News, 18th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Regina v Qureshi – WLR Daily
Regina v Qureshi [2011] WLR (D) 161
“A landlord of a residential occupier could not be convicted of an offence of harassment, contrary to section 1(3A) of the Protection from Eviction Act 1977, on the basis of vicarious liability.”
WLR Daily, 17th May 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Dunstable dog owner’s sentence reduced over attack – BBC News
“The owner of a Staffordshire bull terrier that attacked a nine-year-old girl in Bedfordshire has had his sentence reduced.”
BBC News, 18th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Curtis Warren to appeal in Europe at Jersey conviction – BBC News
“The UK drugs baron Curtis Warren intends to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights against his conviction for importing cannabis into Jersey.”
BBC News, 16th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Ali Dizaei conviction quashed – The Guardian
“The court of appeal has quashed the conviction of a former police chief who was found guilty by a jury of framing a man.”
The Guardian, 16th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Ashleigh and Holly Robinson lose murder sentence appeal – BBC News
“Two sisters and their boyfriends jailed for killing their father in his sleep have failed in a bid to have their jail terms reduced.”
BBC News, 13th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Tower MCashback LLP 1 and another v Revenue and Customs Commissioners – WLR Daily
“At the hearing of a taxpayer’s appeal against a closure notice determining an inquiry into a limited liability partnership’s tax return, the revenue was not confined to relying on the precise reasons for the decision given by the investigating officer in his closure notice.”
WLR Daily, 11th May 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed
Regina v Bajwa and others – WLR Daily
Regina v Bajwa and others [2011] EWCA Crim 1093; [2011] WLR (D) 151
“In assessing, for the purposes of imposing a confiscation order, whether a defendant had a criminal lifestyle the question of whether the offence had been committed over a period of at least six months related to each particular defendant’s part in the offence.”
WLR Daily, 6th May 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Overseas relatives of British families to lose visit visa appeal rights – The Guardian
“Ministers are to scrap the right of appeal for more than 80,000 relatives of British families who are refused visas to visit them each year, according to a leaked Home Office policy paper seen by the Guardian.”
Full story
The Guardian, 9th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
LSB consults on appeal arrangements for SRA as a licensing authority – Legal Services Board
“The Legal Services Board (LSB) has today published a consultation on proposals to establish the appeals mechanism in relation to decisions made by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) should it be designated as a Licensing Authority under the Alternative Business Structures (ABS) framework. Annexed to the consultation is an impact assessment.”
Legal Services Board, 5th May 2011
Source: www.legalservicesboard.org.uk
Okafor v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily
Okafor v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011]EWCA Civ 499; [2011] WLR (D) 146
“Where a EU citizen resident in the United Kingdom had died before acquiring a right to permanent residence her family members did not have rights to permanent residence simply by having resided for five years under a lawful residence permit. If a person no longer had a right to reside in the United Kingdom, the fact that the Secretary of State had not cancelled the document which initially granted that right could not establish a right of lawful residence under national law.”
WLR Daily, 20th April 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Redcard Ltd and others v Williams and others – WLR Daily
Redcard Ltd and others v Williams and others [2011] EWCA Civ 466; [2011] WLR (D) 145
“Under section 44 of the Companies Act 2006 a company document could validly be signed by signatories acting for the company even though the execution did not take place either with the common seal of the company or by expressly being signed ‘for or on behalf of the company’.”
WLR Daily, 20th April 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Beedles v Guinness Northern Counties Ltd (Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening) – WLR Daily
“Where a lease provided for quiet enjoyment that meant an ability to use the premises in an ordinary lawful way. Consequently where a disabled tenant requested a service from his landlord such as repair or redecoration the court had to assess whether the provision of that service would enable him to live as would any other typical tenant in the premises.”
WLR Daily, 19th April 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Regina (Parent Governors of the Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School) v Archbishop of Westminster and another – WLR Daily
“The Archbishop of Westminster had an unfettered discretion to appoint who he wished as a foundation governor of a Roman Catholic school in his diocese provided the School Governance (Constitution) (England) Regulations 2007 were complied with, and that included appointing his diocesan director of education as a governor at the school. The requirement in regulation 18 that two of the foundation governors should at the time of their appointment be eligible for election or appointment as parent governors was fulfilled by the presence on the existing governing body of two foundation governors who had been so eligible when they were appointed.”
WLR Daily, 14th April 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
ETK v News Group Newspapers Ltd – WLR Daily
ETK v News Group Newspapers Ltd[2011] EWCA Civ 439; [2011] WLR (D) 141
“The principles applicable to the grant of an interim injunction restraining publication of private information were well established, but in appropriate cases the court’s approach was to be tempered by a clearer acknowledgment of the importance of the best interests of children.”
WLR Daily, 19th April 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Djanogly v Westminster City Council – WLR Daily
Djanogly v Westminster City Council [2011] EWCA Civ 432; [2011] WLR (D) 140
“When making a traffic management order a local authority was entitled to see the fair spreading of costs for suitable and adequate parking facilities between motorcyclists and car drivers as a legitimate consideration.”
WLR Daily, 19th April 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Jailed heroin restraint mother Julia Saker loses appeal – BBC News
“A Kent mother who was jailed for tying up her daughter to stop her buying heroin has lost an appeal against her prison sentence.”
BBC News, 19th April 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Family of Kevin Lavelle loses ‘dumbbell’ legal bid – BBC News
“The family of a man who died in a pub fight after being attacked with an iron dumbbell have lost their latest legal bid to find his killer.”
BBC News, 18th April 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
