BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Bristow & Ors, R. v [2013] EWCA Crim 1540 (13 September 2013)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Parkin & Ors v Alba Proteins Ltd & Ors [2013] EWHC 2740 (QB) (13 September 2013)
Source: www.bailii.org
Schlecker (trading as Firma Anton Schlecker) v Boedeker – WLR Daily
Schlecker (trading as Firma Anton Schlecker) v Boedeker: (Case C-64/12); [2013] WLR (D) 346
“Article 6(2) of the Convention on the law applicable to contractual obligations, opened for signature in Rome on 19 June 1980, meant that even where an employee carried out the work in performance of the contract habitually, for a lengthy period and without interruption in the same country, the national court could, under the concluding part of that provision, disregard the law of the country where the work was habitually carried out, if it appeared from the circumstances as a whole that the contract was more closely connected with another country.”
WLR Daily, 12th September 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Finance and Divorce September 2013 Update – Family Law Week
“Jessica Craigs, senior solicitor and David Salter, Joint Head of Family Law at Mills & Reeve LLP analyse the financial remedies and divorce news and cases published in August.”
Family Law Week, 11th September 2013
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
Sentencing After a Retrial – Criminal Law and Justice Weekly
“Lyndon Harris asks whether the Criminal Appeal Act 1968 should tie the court’s hands.”
Criminal Law and Justice Weekly, 14th September 2013
Police face court over refusal to hand over reports on anti-Muslim ‘bias’ – The Guardian
“Scotland Yard is facing court action next week after refusing to hand over the results of investigations it was ordered to conduct into claims that it used counter-terrorism powers to discriminate against and harass innocent Muslims.”
The Guardian, 13th September 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Hanged Essex teenager’s sex abuser jailed – BBC News
“A sex abuser whose 14-year-old victim hanged herself in her Essex home has been jailed for seven years.”
BBC News, 13th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Government defamation costs reforms ‘could have chilling effect’ – Daily Telegraph
“Government proposals to allow people of ‘modest means’ to sue for libel without having to pay the other side’s legal costs if they lose could have a ‘chilling effect’ on free speech, a leading media lawyer has warned.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th September 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Gender abortion decision ‘unconstitutional’ say MPs – Daily Telegraph
“An alliance of 50 MPs on Saturday accuses the Crown Prosecution Service of an ‘unconstitutional’ encroachment on the role of Parliament by refusing to bring charges against doctors linked to illegal abortions.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th September 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Detainees at Yarl’s Wood immigration centre ‘facing sexual abuse’ – The Guardian
“A former detainee at Yarl’s Wood immigration removal centre has alleged that women held there have been subjected to unwanted sexual advances and abuse by security guards and other officials.”
The Guardian, 14th September 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Rights judges halt deportation of ‘killer monk’ – Daily Telegraph
“Ministers are facing a fresh challenge on human rights grounds to their ability to deport foreign criminals.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th September 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Jails are being ‘used as holding pens’ for foreign ex-offenders – The Independent
“People who have served prison terms are being kept behind bars while they wait to be deported, government data shows.”
The Independent, 15th September 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
NHS ‘covered up’ £4m of gag orders – Daily Telegraph
“The head of the NHS has been accused of a ‘systemic cover-up’ after official figures disclosed that hospitals have spent more than £4 million on secret gagging orders.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th September 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Joanna Yeates murder: police apologise to landlord – The Guardian
“The landlord of the murdered landscape architect Joanna Yeates has received a letter from police expressing ‘regret’ for the first time at the way he was treated after being arrested over her killing.”
The Guardian, 16th September 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
April Jones: Inquest to open into death of murdered five-year-old girl – BBC News
“An inquest will be opened into the death of murdered schoolgirl April Jones later. The five year old was abducted on 1 October 2012 and killed by Mark Bridger, 47, of Ceinws, Powys, in a sexually motivated attack.”
BBC News, 16th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Benefit cheats could face jail terms of up to ten years – Daily Telegraph
“Benefit cheats could face jail terms of up to ten years under plans to crackdown on people who ‘flout the system’, the country’s top prosecutor will say on Monday.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th September 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Lifers released on licence to kill again – Daily Telegraph
“Five murderers who were released on licence from their life sentences have killed again in the past four years.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th September 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Judge to decide if defendant can wear niqab – The Guardian
“Decision due on Monday on whether woman must show face in court or will be allowed to wear full-face veil.”
The Guardian, 16th September 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Veils in Court, Grayling and the Left & Legal Aid Anxieties – The Human Rights Roundup
“Welcome back to the UK Human Rights Roundup, your regular breakfast cereal variety box of human rights news and views. The full list of links can be found here. You can find previous roundups here. Post by Sarina Kidd, edited and links compiled by Adam Wagner.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 16th September 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Liverpool court clerk jailed for driving licence scam – BBC News
“A court clerk from Liverpool who helped more than 70 motorists falsify their
driving records and escape bans has been jailed for six years.”
BBC News, 13th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
