Schoolboys launch rape conviction appeal – The Independent

Posted July 27th, 2010 in appeals, attempts, children, news, rape, sentencing, young offenders by sally

“Two boys found guilty of attempting to rape a girl of eight launch challenges against their convictions today.”

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The Independent, 27th July 2010

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Regina (Cart) v Upper Tribunal (Public Law Project intervening) – WLR Daily

Posted July 27th, 2010 in appeals, judicial review, law reports, tribunals by sally

Regina (Cart) v Upper Tribunal (Public Law Project intervening) [2010] EWCA Civ 859; [2010] WLR (D) 198

“The Upper Tribunal, while subject to the supervisory jurisdiction of the High Court, was not amenable to judicial review to correct an error of law made in the course of an adjudication which the tribunal was authorised to make.”

WLR Daily, 26th July 2010

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Cooper Tire & Rubber Company Europe Ltd and others v Dow Deutschland Inc and others – WLR Daily

Posted July 27th, 2010 in appeals, company law, competition, EC law, jurisdiction, law reports by sally

Cooper Tire & Rubber Company Europe Ltd and others v Dow Deutschland Inc and others [2010] EWCA Civ 864; [2010] WLR (D) 199

“Once the Commission of the European Communities had found that an undertaking had participated in anti-competitive practices the undertaking to could not rely on the English domestic law concept of separate corporate entity to argue that the undertaking as a whole or a parent company in the group had not participated in those practices. Where it was alleged in a claim against the defendants that representatives of those alleged to have been party to the anti-competitive behaviour had had discussions to co-ordinate that behaviour and that those discussions had led to each of the defendants co-ordinating their anti-competitive behaviour, that was sufficient to allow the claim against the defendants to continue even if none of the defendants fined by the commission was domiciled in England.”

WLR Daily, 26th July 2010

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Sex abuse claim for £5m against Catholic order faces court challenge – The Guardian

Posted July 27th, 2010 in appeals, child abuse, damages, news, sexual offences, time limits by sally

“A Roman Catholic religious order will today appeal a court decision that could see it pay up to £5m to a victim of alleged clerical sexual abuse, the largest compensation claim of its kind in Britain.”

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The Guardian, 27th July 2010

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In re Perrins, deceased; Perrins v Holland and others – WLR Daily

Posted July 26th, 2010 in appeals, law reports, mental health, wills by sally

In re Perrins, deceased; Perrins v Holland and others [2010] EWCA Civ 840; [2010] WLR (D) 196

“In a case where a testator had testamentary capacity when he gave instructions for his will, the will as drafted embodied those instructions and when the testator executed his will a year later his testamentary wishes remained unchanged although he was no longer of full testamentary capacity, the principle in Parker v Felgate (1883) LR 8 PD 171, namely that it was not necessary to prove knowledge and approval of a will provided that (a) the testator believed that it gave effect to his instructions and (b) that it did in fact do so, applied.”

WLR Daily, 22nd July 2010

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Mayor of London (on behalf of the Greater London Authority) v Hall and others – WLR Daily

Posted July 23rd, 2010 in appeals, demonstrations, injunctions, law reports, London, trespass by sally

Mayor of London (on behalf of the Greater London Authority) v Hall and others [2010] EWCA Civ 817; [2010] WLR (D) 195

“The Mayor of London was entitled to an order for possession and an injunction against a number of defendants requiring them to leave a square opposite Parliament, even though title to the land was vested in the Crown, since it was implicit in ss 384 and 385 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999, which gave the Mayor complete control and regulation of the square, that the Mayor had the right to seek a possession order.”

WLR Daily, 19th July 2010

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Regina v A and others – WLR Daily

Posted July 23rd, 2010 in accomplices, appeals, joint enterprise, jury directions, law reports, murder by sally

Regina v A and others [2010] EWCA Crim 1622; [2010] WLR (D) 194

“Where a murder was committed by a number of defendants acting together recent authority did not establish that the secondary party’s foresight of the principal’s intention was never relevant.”

WLR Daily, 19th July 2010

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Kent woman wins Sheerness murder conviction appeal – BBC news

Posted July 23rd, 2010 in appeals, homicide, murder, news by sally

“A Kent woman jailed for life for stabbing her boyfriend in 2006 has won her appeal against a murder conviction.”

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BBC News, 21st July 2010

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Mercy killer appeals against murder conviction for giving son fatal overdose – The Guardian

Posted July 22nd, 2010 in appeals, euthanasia, murder, news by sally

“The family of a woman convicted of murder for killing her severely brain-damaged son, today called for a change in the way doctors are allowed to end the lives of patients who have no chance of recovery.”

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The Guardian, 21st July 2010

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Times libel ruling shows Reynolds privilege is of little practical use – The Guardian

Posted July 21st, 2010 in appeals, defamation, defences, media, news, public interest by sally

“News this week that veteran media lawyer Alastair Brett has parted company with the Times so soon after the court of appeal ruled against the newspaper in the Flood case comes just as I am mulling over the impact of this significant libel judgment.”

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The Guardian, 21st July 2010

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Mexfield Housing Co-operative Ltd v Berrisford – WLR Daily

Posted July 20th, 2010 in appeals, landlord & tenant, law reports, leases by sally

Mexfield Housing Co-operative Ltd v Berrisford [2010] EWCA Civ 811; [2010] WLR (D) 192

“An occupancy agreement containing uncertain terms as to the period of occupation was not capable of creating an interest in land granting a lease of a property in favour of the occupier and was not enforceable in equity. The fact that a person took exclusive possession of the property and agreed to pay and paid rent monthly for the occupation, could create a monthly tenancy so as to bring the tenancy to an end by serving a notice to quit.”

WLR Daily, 19th July 2010

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Harris v Registrar of Approved Driving Instructors – WLR Daily

Harris v Registrar of Approved Driving Instructors [2010] EWCA Civ 808; [2010] WLR (D) 189

“If an applicant seeking registration, or a registered approved driving instructor seeking renewal of his registration, failed to disclose convictions or made a false declaration that he had no convictions, that struck at the heart of the registration process and the question whether he was a ‘fit and proper person’  to be entered in the applicable register.”

WLR Daily, 16th July 2010

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Regina v Ward (Barry) – WLR Daily

Posted July 19th, 2010 in appeals, confiscation, jurisdiction, law reports, proceeds of crime by sally

Regina v Ward (Barry) [2010] WLR (D) 191

“The Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) had no jurisdiction to hear an appeal against a refusal by a judge in the Crown Court, on an application under s 23 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, to vary a confiscation order.”

WLR Daily, 16th July 2010

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Democracy Village set to be demolished – The Guardian

Posted July 19th, 2010 in appeals, demonstrations, London, news, trespass by sally

“Democracy Village, a ragtag community of peace activists, pro-democracy campaigners and the homeless in central London, is about to be torn down.”

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The Guardian, 18th July 2010

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Yorkshire Ripper will not be given parole, high court rules – The Guardian

Posted July 16th, 2010 in appeals, murder, news, parole, sentencing by sally

“A high court judge today ruled that Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper, will not be eligible for parole and must spend the rest of his life in custody.”

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The Guardian, 16th July 2010

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Goluboviv v Golubovic – WLR Daily

Posted July 16th, 2010 in appeals, divorce, foreign jurisdictions, law reports by sally
“Refusal to recognise a decree of divorce pronounced by a court in another jurisdiction within the Council of Europe, in the absence of a breach of natural justice, was a truly exceptional course.”
WLR Daily, 15th July 2010
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Flood v Times Newspapers Ltd – WLR Daily

Posted July 16th, 2010 in appeals, defamation, internet, law reports, media, police, privilege by sally
“In a report concerning an investigation into allegations of corruption against a police officer the media were entitled in the public interest to include the specific allegations made against the officer only where the requirements of the responsible journalism defence or Reynolds privilege were met.”
WLR Daily, 15th July 2010
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Al-Jedda v Secretary of State for Defence – WLR Daily

Posted July 16th, 2010 in appeals, armed forces, detention, human rights, Iraq, judges, law reports by sally

Al-Jedda v Secretary of State for Defence [2010] EWCA Civ 758; [2010] WLR (D) 182

“The claimant’s right under Iraqi law not to be deprived of his liberty ‘except in accordance with the law and based on a decision by a competent judicial authority’ and his right not to be kept in custody ‘except according to a judicial decision’ were not infringed by his internment without trial until 30 December 2007 after arrest by British forces in Basra on 10 October 2004. The essence of the internee’s constitutional rights did not require that his detention be sanctioned by a judge either at its outset or on its continuation, but consisted rather in having the decision made by a person with judicial qualities.”

WLR Daily, 14th July 2010

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Serious Organised Crime Agency v Gale and another – WLR Daily

Posted July 16th, 2010 in appeals, assets recovery, costs, cross-claims, law reports, proceeds of crime by sally

Serious Organised Crime Agency v Gale and another [2010] EWCA Civ 759; [2010] WLR (D) 179

“The costs incurred by an enforcement authority, such as the Serious Organised Crime Agency, in paying an interim receiver to investigate the defendant’s finances and assemble that material as the basis for civil recovery proceedings constituted costs of the litigation.”

WLR Daily, 13th July 2010

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Abuse appeal started by Catholic Middlesbrough Diocese – BBC News

Posted July 15th, 2010 in appeals, child abuse, compensation, education, news by sally

“A Catholic diocese has launched an appeal after being found liable for running a boys’ school where 150 former pupils are suing for abuse.”

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BBC News, 12th July 2010

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