King Arthur Pendragon loses second Stonehenge fight – BBC News
“A druid who has lost his second legal bid to get human remains reburied at Stonehenge has said he will fight on.”
BBC News, 16th May 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Conman Kallakis gets four more years in jail – The Guardian
“Achilleas Kallakis, a conman who received a seven-year jail sentence in January, will spend a further four years behind bars after a British government lawyer called on senior judges for a tougher sentence.”
The Guardian, 16th May 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Police watchdog criticised for errors in investigation into death in custody – The Guardian
“The official police watchdog made a series of errors in an investigation which cleared officers over the death of a man in custody, an independent report has found.”
The Guardian, 17th May 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Gay marriage: Review of civil partnerships possible but not until 2019 – BBC News
“Ministers have said they are prepared to review whether civil partnerships should be extended to heterosexual couples but not until 2019.”
BBC News, 17th May 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
SFO considers criminal inquiry into alleged price fixing by oil firms – The Guardian
“The Serious Fraud Office said on Thursday it is considering a criminal inquiry into alleged price fixing at BP and other oil companies already being investigated by European competition authorities.”
The Guardian, 16th May 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Death contracts’ could give terminally ill the right to die – The Independent
“Terminally ill people could sign a ‘death contract’ allowing doctors to help them end their lives under new legal proposals.”
The Independent, 16th May 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Council wrongly classed asylum seeker children as adults – The Guardian
“A London council has had to pay out more than £1m in costs for wrongly assessing asylum seeker children as adults. These wrong decisions have condemned some children to homelessness, prevented them from going to school and led to some being unlawfully held in adult detention centres.”
The Guardian, 17th May 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
R. v Kallakis & Anor [2013] EWCA Crim 709 (16 May 2013)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
D & G Cars Ltd v Essex Police Authority [2013] EWCA Civ 514 (16 May 2013)
Fish & Fish Ltd v Sea Shepherd UK & Ors [2013] EWCA Civ 544 (16 May 2013)
Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) v O’Docherty & Anor [2013] EWCA Civ 518 (16 May 2013)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Thames Chambers Solicitors v Miah (Rev 1) [2013] EWHC 1245 (QB) (16 May 2013)
Cussens v Realreed Ltd [2013] EWHC 1229 (QB) (15 May 2013)
High Court (Chancery Division)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Soor & Anor v London Borough of Redbridge [2013] EWHC 1239 (Admin) (16 May 2013)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
Coeliac sufferer made ‘violently sick’ at Jamie Oliver restaurant – Daily Telegraph
“Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver’s Italian restaurant chain was fined £8,000 after a woman who told staff three times she was allergic to gluten was served wheat pasta.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th May 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Man jailed for abuse of ‘enslaved’ woman in London – BBC News
“A man has been jailed for 11 years for raping an Indian woman who was treated like a ‘slave’ at his home.”
BBC News, 16th May 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
ICO updates guidance on dealing with vexatious FOI requests following Tribunal criticism – OUT-LAW.com
“Public bodies should consider whether freedom of information (FOI) requests are ‘likely to cause a disproportionate or unjustified level of disruption, irritation or distress’ when determining whether those requests are vexatious or not, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 16th May 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
IT expert jailed for attacks on Oxford and Cambridge websites – The Guardian
“A man who used his IT expertise to launch cyber-attacks on the websites of Oxford and Cambridge universities has been jailed for two years.”
The Guardian, 16th May 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Lulzsec hacker group handed jail sentences – BBC News
“British hackers who were behind a series of high profile cyber-attacks in 2011 have been sentenced.”
BBC News, 16th May 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
EVENT: IALS – The European Public Prosecutor: Coming Soon To A Country Near You?
“The European Union Act 2011 requires a referendum in the UK before we can appoint an EPP here; but other member states may do so without our participation. Why would they want to, and how would we work with such an official if he were to be appointed?”
Date: 20 May 2013, 2.00-6:00pm
Location: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
Charge: Free event
More information is available here.
Regina (A) v Lowestoft Magistrates’ Court – WLR Daily
Regina (A) v Lowestoft Magistrates’ Court [2013] EWHC 659 (Admin); [2013] WLR (D) 177
“The child specifically referred to in any charge under section 2(1) of the Licensing Act 1902 was a subject of criminal proceedings which were taken ‘in respect of’, and thus “concerned”, that child for the purposes of the court’s power to impose reporting restrictions under section 39 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933.”
WLR Daily, 26th March 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
PC ( by her litigation friend the Official Solicitor) and another v City of York Council – WLR Daily
“The test for whether a person had capacity under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 to decide was specific to the decision in question in its particular factual matrix and context.”
WLR Daily, 1st May 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina v Johal – WLR Daily
Regina v Johal [2013] EWCA Crim 647; [2013] WLR (D) 175
“When a court postponed confiscation proceedings the omission of a ‘specified period’ of postponement was plainly a procedural rather than a substantive error so that a court would not be deprived of its duty to make a confiscation order where such a breach did not prejudice the defendant in any way. Alternatively, if such a failure was indeed procedural it would fall within the ambit of section 14(11) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 which stipulated that such a failure should not be the basis for quashing an otherwise valid confiscation order.”
WLR Daily, 19th April 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina (William Hill Organization Ltd) v Horserace Betting Levy Board and others – WLR Daily
“A customer which as part of its business did betting on a betting exchange did not receive or negotiate bets so was not a bookmaker for the purposes of the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963 and was not liable to pay the horserace betting levy.”
WLR Daily, 3rd May 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
