In re D (Children) (Care proceedings: Preliminary hearing)
Court of Appeal
“Where it was clear that a child had been assaulted by one or other of two people, the court was not required to identify which one was the perpetrator.”
The Times, 25th August 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Yeong v General Medical Council
Queen’s Bench Division
“While a doctor’s clinical errors or incompetence might be addressed by remedial action to address his areas of weakness, such remedial action was less relevant where the misconduct consisted of engaging in a sexual relationship with a patient.”
The Times, 25th August 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“The special skill, or lack of skill of a driver was irrelevant when considering whether his driving was dangerous.”
The Times, 24th August 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Court of Appeal
“When a court was reviewing an international arbitration award careful attention was to be accorded to the type of hearing and the standard of proof required to establish whether that award was valid.”
The Times, 24th August 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Yemoh & Ors v Regina [2009] EWCA Crim 1775 (20 August 2009)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Heald & Ors v London Borough of Brent [2009] EWCA Civ 930 (20 August 2009)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Nude Brands Ltd.v Stella MccArtney Ltd & Ors [2009] EWHC 2154 (Ch) (20 August 2009)
Butters & Ors v BBC Worldwide Ltd & Ors [2009] EWHC 1954 (Ch) (20 August 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
Regina (Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd) v Wolverhampton City Council
Court of Appeal
“A planning authority considering exercising its compulsory purchase powers could have regard to wider benefits, which might include benefits deriving from the redevelopment of a site not within the proposed development itself.”
The Times, 21st August 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
O’Donnell v Shanahan and Another
Court of Appeal
“A director had a duty to inform his company of a relevant business opportunity and it was not for the director to make his own decision that the company would not be interested and appropriate the opportunity to himself.”
The Times, 21st August 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Booth v Oldham MBC [2009] EWCA Civ 880 (18 August 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
Regina (F) v Secretary of State for Justice
Court of Appeal
“The absence of a right of review at any time of notification requirements imposed upon offenders who had been placed on the sex offenders register indefinitely was a disproportionate interference with the right to respect for private and family life. The case for granting a declaration of incompatability was even stronger in the case of young offenders than of adult offenders.”
The Times, 20th August 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Court of Appeal
“When a civil court was sentencing a contemnor for conduct which had already been the subject of sentencing for a criminal conviction, it was essential that the second court should be fully informed of the factors and circumstances reflected in the first sentence.”
The Times, 20th August 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Knight v Axa Assurances [2009] EWHC 1900 (QB) (24 July 2009)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Clarke, R (on the application of) v Cardiff University [2009] EWHC 2148 (Admin) (19 August 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
Court Appeal (Civil Division)
Booth v Oldham MBC [2009] EWCA Civ 880 (18 August 2009)
High Court (Queen’s Bench)
Strydom v Vendside Ltd [2009] EWHC 2130 (QB) (18 August 2009)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Sabmiller Africa BV v Tanzania Breweries Ltd [2009] EWHC 2140 (Comm) (18 August 2009)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
City & General (Holborn) Ltd v Structure Tone Ltd & Ors [2009] EWHC 2139 (TCC) (18 August 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
Regina v K (Matrimonial proceedings: Privilege against self-incrimination)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“While information disclosed under compulsion in matrimonial ancillary relief proceedings was not admissible in criminal proceedings, admissions made in withoutprejudice negotiations were not inadmissible.”
The Times, 19th August 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
I & Ors, R. v [2009] EWCA Crim (B1) (14 August 2009)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Deutsche Bank AG v Sebastian Holdings Inc [2009] EWHC 2132 (Comm) (14 August 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“A defendant who had pleaded guilty to an offence without any challenge to the facts presented by the prosecution was not, as a matter of law, thereby debarred from challenging the prosecution evidence for the purposes of a confiscation hearing.”
The Times, 17th August 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Transport for London (London Underground Ltd) v Spirerose Ltd (in Administration)
House of Lords
“Where the Lands Tribunal had found on the balance of probability that permission for development of the claimant’s land would have been granted as at the valuation date, its valuation on the basis that permission would actually have been granted was not sustainable.”
The Times, 17th August 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Estor Ltd v Multifit (UK) Ltd [2009] EWHC 2108 (TCC) (12 August 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
Masri v Consolidated Contractors International (UK) Ltd and Others (No 4)
House of Lords
“A judgment creditor who was owed a judgment debt by a foreign company could not obtain an order for examination of an officer of the company who was outside the jurisdiction.”
The Times, 13th August 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
High Court (Chancery Division)
Bluebrook Ltd, Re [2009] EWHC 2114 (Ch) (11 August 2009)
Wall v Collins & Jennifer Collins [2009] EWHC 2100 (Ch) (11 August 2009)
High Court (Family Division)
GC v LD & Ors [2009] EWHC 1942 (Fam) (24 July 2009)
High Court (Technology and Constructions Court)
Camillin Denny Architects Ltd v Adelaide Jones & Co Ltd [2009] EWHC 2110 (TCC) (11 August 2009)
Corby Group Litigation v Corby District Council (Costs) [2009] EWHC 2109 (TCC) (11 August 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
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