BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Powar & Anor, R. v [2009] EWCA Crim 594 (25 March 2009)
Edwards, R. v [2009] EWCA Crim 602 (17 March 2009)
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BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Accenture Services Ltd v Revenue and Customs [2009] EWHC 857 (Admin) (28 April 2009)
Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families v BP [2009] EWHC 866 (Admin) (28 April 2009)
Yusuf v The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain [2009] EWHC 867 (Admin) (28 April 2009)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Jefferies International Ltd v Landsbanki Islands HF [2009] EWHC 894 (Comm) (28 April 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
BAILII: Recent Decisions
High Court (Administrative Court)
Sharief v The General Medical Council [2009] EWHC 847 (Admin) (27 April 2009)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Coal Pension Properties Ltd v Nu-Way Ltd [2009] EWHC 824 (TCC) (27 April 2009)
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Suffolk Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust v Hurst and Others; Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council v Arnold and Others – Times Law Reports
Court of Appeal
“It was sufficient when launching an equal pay claim to send a written statement of grievance to the employer identifying the issue as an equal pay claim.”
The Times, 28th April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
British Airways plc v Williams and Others – Times Law Reports
British Airways plc v Williams and Others
Court of Appeal
“An airline which based its paid annual leave rate for pilots on their basic salary rather than on what they might be expected actually to earn, including supplements, was not in breach of the statutory holiday pay requirements.”
The Times, 28th April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Ovlas Trading SA v Strand (London) Ltd & Ors [2009] EWCA Civ 250 (27 April 2009)
Qayyum v Hameed & Anor [2009] EWCA Civ 352 (27 April 2009)
High Court (Administrative Court)
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Regina (TNT Post UK Ltd) v Revenue and Customs Commissioners (Royal Mail Group Ltd, interested party) Case C-357/07 – Times Law Reports
Court of Justice of the European Communities
“The Royal Mail was exempt from value-added tax as a supplier of public postal services, except for supplies of goods or services whose terms had been individually negotiated.”
The Times, 27th April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil division)
Westbrook Resources Ltd v Globe Metallurgical Inc [2009] EWCA Civ 310 (08 April 2009)
Walbrook Trustees (Jersey) Ltd. & Ors v Fattal & Ors [2009] EWCA Civ 297 (08 April 2009)
M (A Child), Re [2009] EWCA Civ 311 (23 April 2009)
Hawkes v Cuddy & Ors [2009] EWCA Civ 261 (24 April 2009)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Family Division)
CH v RN & Ors [2009] EWHC 640 (Fam) (03 April 2009)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
HS Works Ltd v Enterprise Managed Services Ltd [2009] EWHC 729 (TCC) (08 April 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
Regina (G) v Governors of X School – Times Law Reports
Regina (G) v Governors of X School
Queen’s Bench Division
“An employee of a school facing a disciplinary committee for allegations of sexual misconduct was entitled to an enhanced measure of procedural protection afforded by article 6.1 of the European Convention on Human Rights, guaranteeing the right to a fair hearing, which included the right to legal representation at the disciplinary hearing.”
Times Law Reports, 24th April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Regina v Powar (Harbinder) Regina v Powar (Kulwinder) – Times Law Reports
Regina v Powar (Harbinder) Regina v Powar (Kulwinder)
Court of Appeal
“Anonymous witnesses must not routinely be called in the prosecution of serious crime, but now that the intimidation of witnesses had become an ugly feature of contemporary life, witness anonymity orders should not be confined to cases of terrorism or gangland killings.”
Times Law Reports, 24th April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Hicks v R [2009] EWCA Crim 733 (21 April 2009)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Cobbetts LLP & Anor v Hodge [2009] EWHC 786 (Ch) (22 April 2009)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
Regina (Coleman) v Governor of Wayland Prison and Another – Times Law Reports
Regina (Coleman) v Governor of Wayland Prison and Another
Queen’s Bench Division
“A prison governor had no power, whether under the Prison Rules (SI 1999 No 728) or the common law, to destroy a mobile telephone confiscated from a prisoner.”
The Times, 23rd April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Regina v Khan Regina v Lockett; Regina v Carrington – Times Law Reports
Regina v Khan Regina v Lockett; Regina v Carrington
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“Confiscation orders made under old regulations in tobacco-smuggling cases had to be quashed because the prosecuting authority had overlooked the fact that new regulations had narrowed the categories of persons liable to pay excise duty.”
The Times, 23rd April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Whippey v Jones [2009] EWCA Civ 452 (08 April 2009)
So v HSBC Bank Plc & Anor [2009] EWCA Civ 296 (03 April 2009)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Heslop v Bishton & Ors [2009] EWHC 607 (Ch) (20 April 2009)
High Court (Commercial Court)
High Court (Admiralty Division)
George v Coastal Marine 2004 Ltd (t/a Mashfords) [2009] EWHC 816 (Admlty) (21 April 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
H (a Child) v East Sussex County Council – Times Law Reports
H (a Child) v East Sussex County Council
Court of Appeal
“Special educational needs tribunals were required to give only summary reasons for their decisions.”
The Times, 22nd April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
AT & Anor, R. v [2009] EWCA Crim 668 (12 March 2009)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Watersheds v Simms [2009] EWHC 713 (QB) (12 March 2009)
High Court (Family Division)
Re A (Minor) V [2009] EWHC 710 (Fam) (17 March 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
Sinclair and Another v Glatt and Others – Times Law Reports
Sinclair and Another v Glatt and Others
Court of Appeal
“A court-appointed receiver could have a lien on the property held in a convict’s name even though he had only a bare legal interest in it. A pending financial relief claim of the former wife of the convict had no priority over the receiver’s lien.”
The Times, 16th April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Hatzl and Another v XL Insurance Co Ltd – Times Law Reports
Hatzl and Another v XL Insurance Co Ltd
Court of Appeal
“On a proper construction of article 31(1)(a) of the Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road, scheduled to the Carriage of Goods by Road Act 1965, a dispute did not become justiciable in England merely by the fact that an assignor of one of the contracting parties happened to be domiciled in England if that was the only connection with the jurisdiction.”
The Times, 16th April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Trident Turboprop (Dublin) Ltd v First Flight Couriers Ltd – Times Law Reports
Trident Turboprop (Dublin) Ltd v First Flight Couriers Ltd
Court of Appeal
“International supply contracts which excluded liability for misrepresentation and the right to rescind were not subject to the requirement of reasonableness.”
The Times, 15th April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Regina (Bunce) v Pensions Appeal Tribunal and Another – Times Law Reports
Regina (Bunce) v Pensions Appeal Tribunal and Another
Court of Appeal
“On an appeal against an interim assessment by the Ministry of Defence of the degree of a person’s disability, the Pensions Appeal Tribunal did not have jurisdiction to challenge either the existence of the disability or whether the disability was attributable to service in the Armed Forces.”
The Times, 15th April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
