Twentieth Century Fox Film Corpn and others v Harris and others – WLR Daily
“A copyright owner did not have a proprietary claim to money derived from infringement of the copyright.”
WLR Daily, February 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
VTB Capital plc v Nutritek and others – WLR Daily
VTB Capital plc v Nutritek and others [2013] UKSC 5; [2013] WLR (D) 41
“Where a claimant alleged that it had been induced by the fraudulent misrepresentations of a third party to enter a contract with a company, and sought to make a contractual claim against the third party as being jointly and severally liable with the company, it was not appropriate for the court to pierce the corporate veil, even if it could do so on appropriate facts, since to do so would render the third party liable as if he had been a co-contracting party with the company when he had not, and when none of the contracting parties, including the claimant, had intended that he should be.”
WLR Daily, 6th February 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Ridgewood Properties Group Ltd and others v Valero Energy Ltd (Pannone & Partners (a firm), Part 20 defendant) – WLR Daily
“An option in an agreement which, if taken up, would lead to a tenancy was not ‘an agreement for a tenancy’ for the purposes of section 28(1) of the Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995. Also, conditions precedent to the grant of lease were not covenants that were part of the agreement for a tenancy nor were they comprised within landlord and tenant covenants for the purposes of section 28. Therefore, in neither case did the burden of the obligation undertaken by the vendor transfer to the purchaser by virtue of the 1995 Act.”
WLR Daily, February 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Supreme Court
VTB Capital Plc v Nutritek International Corp & Ors [2013] UKSC 5 (6 February 2013)
O’Brien v Ministry of Justice [2013] UKSC 6 (6 February 2013)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Adeojo & Anor v R. [2013] EWCA Crim 41 (06 February 2013)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Templeton Insurance Ltd v Thomas & Anor [2013] EWCA Civ 35 (05 February 2013)
Football Dataco Ltd & Ors v Stan James Plc & Ors [2013] EWCA Civ 27 (06 February 2013)
Wilkinson & Ors v Kerdene Ltd [2013] EWCA Civ 44 (06 February 2013)
Abdullah v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWCA Civ 42 (06 February 2013)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Montpellier Estates Ltd v Leeds City Council [2013] EWHC 166 (QB) (06 February 2013)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Kwao v University of Keele [2013] EWHC 56 (Admin) (24 January 2013)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Cadogan Maritime Inc v Turner Shipping Inc [2013] EWHC 138 (Comm) (05 February 2013)
Lehman Brothers Bankhaus AG I. Ins v CMA CGM [2013] EWHC 171 (Comm) (06 February 2013)
Source: www.bailli.org
Personal data: it’s all in the name – Panopticon
“A person’s name constitutes his or her personal data – so has held the Upper Tribunal recently in Information Commissioner v Financial Services Authority & Edem [2012] UKUT 464 (AAC).”
Panopticon, 7th February 2013
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
Victorian child neglect laws in ‘urgent’ need of overhaul, warns Baroness Butler-Sloss – Daily Telegraph
“The current laws on child neglect are not fit for the 21st Century and in ‘urgent’ need of reform, Britain’s most senior authority on family law warns today.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th February 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Related link: The criminal law and child neglect: an independent analysis and proposal for reform (PDF)
EU crime and justice measures of ‘real importance’ says Starmer – Law Society’s Gazette
“Failure to opt back in to EU criminal justice measures will hamper the UK’s ability to prosecute cross-border crime, making procedures ‘uncertain, cumbersome and fragmented’, the director of public prosecutions told peers today.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 6th February 2013
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
All dogs in England to be microchipped by 2016 – The Guardian
“All dogs in England will, from April 2016, have to be microchipped as part of a government attempt to cut the number of strays and make pet owners more responsible for their animals.”
The Guardian, 6th February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Dale Cregan trial: Prosecution prepare to open case – Daily Telegraph
“The trial of a man accused of murdering two female police officers is expected to get under way today amid one of the tightest security operations ever mounted for a British court case.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th February 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Many sex crimes by children ‘missed’ – BBC News
“Some social workers, teachers and police fail to tackle sexual offending by children and teenagers because they miss signs of inappropriate behaviour, according to a report.”
BBC News, 7th February 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Trial by Google’ a risk to jury system, says attorney general – The Guardian
“‘Trial by Google’ threatens to undermine the integrity of the British jury system and ‘offends the principle of open justice’, according to the attorney general, Dominic Grieve QC.”
The Guardian, 6th February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
O’Brien (Appellant) v Ministry of Justice (Formerly the Department for Constitutional Affairs) (Respondents) – Supreme Court
Supreme Court, 6th February 2013
VTB Capital plc (Appellant) v Nutritek International Corp and others (Respondents) – Supreme Court
Supreme Court, 6th February 2013
Mid Staffs Inquiry report: Human rights abuses need human rights solutions – UK Human Rights Blog
“Hundreds of people have died; others have been starved, dehydrated and left in appalling conditions of indignity, witnessed by their loved ones. Surely this is what Chris Grayling, Justice Secretary, had in mind when he recently cautioned to need to ‘concentrate on real human rights’?”
UK Human Rights Blog, 6th February 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Libor scandal: RBS fined £390m – BBC News
“Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has been fined £390m ($610m) by UK and US authorities for its part in the Libor rate-fixing scandal.”
BBC News, 6th February 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Robert Francis QC: hundreds were subjected to ‘appalling and unnecessary suffering’ – video – The Guardian
“Robert Francis QC speaks to the media following the release of his report into the Mid Staffordshire NHS trust scandal, in which between 400 to 1,200 people died as a result of inadequate care. Francis makes 290 recommendations in the report. He says that many were failed by a system that put ‘corporate self-interest’ ahead of patients and their safety.”
The Guardian, 6th February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Commission helps disabled man win compensation for discrimination – Equality and Human Rights Commission
“The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has helped a disabled man win £1,500 pounds in an out of court settlement after he was refused access to a nightclub and then taunted by staff.”
Equality and Human Rights Commission, 6th February 2013
Source: www.equalityhumanrights.com
