Talent show mum Amanda Webber jailed for benefit fraud – BBC News
“A mother of eight who fraudulently received £350,000 in benefits and tax credits has been jailed for four years.”
BBC News, 24th May 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
High Court: Sally Bercow’s Lord McAlpine tweet was libel – BBC News
“A tweet published by Sally Bercow about Tory peer Lord McAlpine was libellous, the High Court has ruled.”
BBC News, 24th May 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Barker v Lancashire County Council [2013] EWCA Civ 582 (23 May 2013)
Newbold & Ors v The Coal Authority [2013] EWCA Civ 584 (23 May 2013)
Crinion & Anor v IG Markets Ltd [2013] EWCA Civ 587 (23 May 2013)
Ben Nevis (Holdings) Ltd. & Anor v Revenue & Customs [2013] EWCA Civ 578 (23 May 2013)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
X Ltd, R. v [2013] EWCA Crim 818 (23 May 2013)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Cosmichome Ltd v Southampton City Council [2013] EWHC 1378 (Ch) (23 May 2013)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Cruz City 1 Mauritius Holdings v Unitech Ltd. & Ors [2013] EWHC 1323 (Comm) (23 May 2013)
White Rosebay Shipping SA v Hong Kong Chain Glory Shipping Ltd [2013] EWHC 1355 (Comm) (23 May 2013)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Rogers & Anor v Hoyle [2013] EWHC 1409 (QB) (23 May 2013)
Ali v Ali & Ors [2013] EWHC 1233 (QB) (23 May 2013)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Aspect Contracts (Asbestos) Ltd v Higgins Construction Plc [2013] EWHC 1322 (TCC) (23 May 2013)
Venulum Property Investments Ltd v Space Architecture Ltd & Ors [2013] EWHC 1242 (TCC) (22 May 2013)
Source: www.bailii.org
Goodman and another v Goodman and another: In re Goodman (decd) – WLR Daily
“Section 50 of the Administration of Justice Act 1985, which contained a power to replace or remove personal representatives, applied to a person named as an executor in a will but who had not been granted probate.”
WLR Daily, 18th May 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Melzer v MF Global UK Ltd – WLR Daily
Melzer v MF Global UK Ltd: (Case C-228/11); [2013] WLR (D) 196
“The special jurisdiction in matters relating to tort under article 5(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 was not applicable where, in a case in which several people acting in different member states took part in allegedly harmful events, the action was brought against one of them who had not acted within the jurisdiction of the court seised, on the basis of a harmful event imputed to an accomplice or joint participant who was within the jurisdiction of the court, but who was not a party to the dispute.”
WLR Daily, 16th May 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
In re Tambrook Jersey Ltd; HSBC Bank plc v Tambrook Jersey Ltd – WLR Daily
In re Tambrook Jersey Ltd: HSBC Bank plc v Tambrook Jersey Ltd: [2013] EWCA 576; [2013] WLR (D) 193
“The English court could ‘assist’ a foreign insolvency court for the purposes of section 426(4) of the Insolvency Act 1986 where there were no existing insolvency proceedings in the foreign jurisdiction.”
WLR Daily, 22nd May 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
SS (Nigeria) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily
SS (Nigeria) v Secretary of State for the Home Department: [2013] EWCA Civ 550; [2013] WLR (D) 192
“A claim under article 8 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms made in reliance on the interests of a child with British citizenship by a foreign criminal seeking to resist deportation under section 32 of the UK Borders Act 2007 needed to be very strong to prevail given the pressing public interest in removal and the great weight to be attached to the policy of deporting foreign criminals by virtue of its origin in primary legislation. Only in extremely rare circumstances should a tribunal exercise an inquisitorial function on its own initiative in evaluating the interests of such a child.”
WLR Daily, 22nd May 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
We are ready for post-Jackson role, vows High Court judge – Litigation Futures
“A High Court judge says there is a ‘real determination’ among judges to embrace their new ‘project management’ role, and dismissed fears that they are not ready for the Jackson reforms.”
Litigation Futures, 24th May 2013
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Can you decide who is to be your unpaid advocate? Eleanor Battie – UK Human Rights Blog
“RE F (CHILDREN) 14 May 2013, Court of Appeal – A topical case, this, given legal aid cutbacks. It concerns the ability of unrepresented litigants to choose those to help them out as advocates in court. Not an unconstrained right, as this case demonstrates. The High Court ruled that a judge had been entitled to refuse an application for a particular person to act as a McKenzie friend despite that individual not being present in court at the time of the application. The Court of Appeal upheld that decision.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 24th May 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Date cross border group relief claim is made, not end of accounting period, will determine claim success, says Supreme Court – OUT-LAW.com
“The date when a claim for cross border group relief is made should form the basis of a decision about one of the tests for granting that relief under EU law and not the date of the end of the accounting period in which the claim was made, the Supreme Court has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 24th May 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
Why is Crime Falling? – Criminal Law and Justice Weekly
“Vicki Helyar-Cardwell reports on a recent debate among criminal justice experts.”
Criminal Law and Justice Weekly, 18th May 2013
Source: www.criminallawandjustice.co.uk
Benefits cap will have catastrophic effect on families, court will hear – The Guardian
“Families will suffer catastrophic effects and victims of domestic violence may be forced to return to their abusers, it will be argued in the first test cases challenging the government’s imposition of a £500-a-week cap on benefits. A judge has already given permission for a full judicial review of claims that involve four vulnerable families relying on welfare payments. One household is facing imminent eviction, according to documents filed at the high court.”
The Guardian, 23rd May 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Phone-hacking victims reject newspapers’ charter proposal – The Guardian
“Some of the most prominent victims of phone-hacking have written to the culture secretary, Maria Miller, urging her to reject the royal charter proposed by the press industry, saying that it is unacceptable for ‘those responsible for the damage to our lives and the lives of others [to] seek to shrug off responsibility and once again write their own rulebook.’ ”
The Guardian, 24th May 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Bipolar woman wins High Court battle for right to have abortion – The Independent
“A pregnant woman with severe mental health problems is expected to have an abortion after a High Court judge ruled that she was capable of making the decision.”
The Independent, 21st May 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
The Hunt for Britain’s Sex Gangs – Channel 4 Dispatches
“In 2010 Telford police allowed cameras to start filming what was to become one of the biggest child sex abuse cases in the UK.”
Channel 4 Dispatches, 23rd May 2013
Source: www.channel4.com
Talent show mum Amanda Webber guilty of £350,000 benefit fraud – BBC News
“A mother of eight has been found guilty of fraudulently receiving more than £350,000 in benefits and tax credits.”
BBC News, 23rd May 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Report into Rochdale grooming a ‘damning indictment’ of council – Daily Telegraph
“A new report into the child sex grooming scandal in Rochdale is a ‘damning indictment’ of the local council, the town’s MP said.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th May 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
