Sky’s ‘totally unlimited broadband’ claims not misleading, ASA rules – OUT-LAW.com
“A major UK internet service provider’s (ISP’s) claim that it could offer a ‘totally unlimited broadband’ service to customers was not misleading, despite the fact the service would contain ‘inherent limitations’, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 23rd July 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Draft planning fees regulations laid before Parliament – OUT-LAW.com
“Draft regulations which propose to allow local planning authorities to increase the fees they charge for planning applications have been laid before Parliament, but the cap on the maximum fees that can be charged remains the same.”
OUT-LAW.com, 23rd July 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Judicial robustness and the right to be heard – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
“In this age of active case management, judges are rightly expected to take a robust approach to dealing with the cases before them. But sometimes robustness can be taken too far – as illustrated by the Court of Appeal’s recent decision in Labrouche v Frey [2012] EWCA Civ 881, [2012] All ER (D) 33 (Jul).”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 23rd July 2012
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
R v Patel: sentencing offences contrary to the Bribery Act 2010 – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
“The first prosecution under the Bribery Act 2010 to reach the Court of Appeal has arrived. However, it is perhaps not the high-profile scalp that the proponents of the Act might have wanted. I’m not too sure how much can be taken from the case that is of any wider application but nevertheless, it being ‘a first’, it may be of some interest. In any event the facts of the case are less dry than most.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 23rd July 2012
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
Phone hacking: mother of murder victim Clare Bernal sues NI – The Guardian
“The mother of Clare Bernal, who was murdered by a former boyfriend while working at Harvey Nichols, has joined the second wave of alleged victims of News of the World phone hacking suing News International for damages.”
The Guardian, 23rd July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Taxi driver Andrew Flood jailed for Southport murders – BBC News
“A Southport taxi driver with a gambling addiction has been jailed for at least 30 years after admitting murdering two of his elderly passengers.”
BBC News, 23rd July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Clifford Collinge murder: Market Warsop trio found guilty – BBC News
“A woman and two men she met in a pub have been found guilty of the murder of her husband, who died of 46 injuries.”
BBC News, 23rd July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Leveson does not want to impose ‘Ofcom-style’ statutory regulation – The Guardian
“Lord Justice Leveson has revealed he will not impose tough Ofcom-style statutory regulation on newspapers, after almost nine months of evidence exposing what the newspaper industry has admitted were ‘appalling’ practices in the press.
The Guardian, 23rd July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Six convicted of insider dealing by FSA – BBC News
“Six people have been convicted of insider dealing in a case brought by the Financial Services Authority.”
BBC News, 23rd July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Laws on gambling outdated, say MPs – BBC News
“Gambling laws are ‘outdated’ and ‘ill-equipped’ to deal with social and technological changes, MPs have said.”
BBC News, 24th July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
No IPCC investigation to take place into Dorset landslide deaths – The Independent
” The police watchdog will not investigate the case of an elderly couple who lay dead in their car for up to 10 days following a landslide.”
The Independent, 23rd July 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Prosecutors to announce decision in phone hacking cases – Daily Telegraph
“Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson and private investigator Glenn Mulcaire are among those expected to find out today if they are to be charged in connection with the phone hacking scandal.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th July 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
The Trademark Licensing Co Ltd & Anor v Leofelis SA [2012] EWCA Civ 985 (23 July 2012)
Faraday Reinsurance Co Ltd v Howden North America Inc & Anor [2012] EWCA Civ 980 (20 July 2012)
O’Cathail v Transport for London [2012] EWCA Civ 1004 (20 July 2012)
Michael & Ors v South Wales Police & Anor [2012] EWCA Civ 981 (20 July 2012)
Konodyba v Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea [2012] EWCA Civ 982 (20 July 2012)
Backhouse v HM Revenue & Customs Prosecution Office [2012] EWCA Civ 1000 (20 July 2012)
High Court (Administrative Court)
AA, R (on the application of) v The Upper Tribunal & Anor [2012] EWHC 1784 (Admin) (19 July 2012)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Revenue and Customs & Anor v Ben Nevis (Holdings) Ltd & Ors [2012] EWHC 1807 (Ch) (20 July 2012)
High Court (Commercial Court)
MRI Trading AG v Erdenet Mining Corporation LLC [2012] EWHC 1988 (Comm) (20 July 2012)
SNCB Holding v UBS AG [2012] EWHC 2044 (Comm) (20 July 2012)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Desmond v Foreman & Ors [2012] EWHC 1900 (QB) (23 July 2012)
KMT & Ors (Chidren) v Kent County Council [2012] EWHC 2088 (QB) (23 July 2012)
Mengi v Hermitage [2012] EWHC 2045 (QB) (20 July 2012)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
DPM Property Services Ltd & Ors v Kiani & Ors [2012] EWHC 2056 (TCC) (23 July 2012)
Source: www.bailii.org
Rochdale grooming trial: investigation to focus on victims, not ethnicity, says DPP – Daily Telegraph
“Kier Starmer, the Director of Public Prosecutions, has said that a review into child sexual exploitation would focus on the failure to listen to victims rather than the ethnicity of the perpetrators.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd July 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Report into cases of Violence Against Women and Girls – Crown Prosecution Service
“The CPS has tried to find ways of assessing the impact it has on improving the safety of the victims in cases of violence against women and girls.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 23rd July 2012
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
Yolande Waddington: David Burgess sentenced for 1966 murder – BBC News
“A convicted child killer has been sentenced to a minimum of 27 years in jail for the murder of a girl in Berkshire 46 years ago.”
BBC News, 23rd July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Pie Optiek SPRL v Bureau Gevers SA and others – WLR Daily
Pie Optiek SPRL v Bureau Gevers SA and others: Case C-376/11; [2012] WLR (D) 219
“The third sub-paragraph of article 12(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 874/2004 of 28 April 2004 laying down public policy rules concerning the implementation and functions of the .eu Top Level Domain and the principles governing registration meant that, in a situation where the prior right concerned was a trade mark right, the words ‘licensees of prior rights’ did not refer to a person who had been authorised by the proprietor of the trade mark concerned solely to register, in his own name but on behalf of that proprietor, a domain name identical or similar to that trade mark, but without that person being authorised to use the trade mark commercially in a manner consistent with its functions.”
WLR Daily, 19th July 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Mahamdia v People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria – WLR Daily
Mahamdia v People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria: (Case C-154/11); [2012] WLR (D) 218
“An embassy situated in a member state of the European Union was an ‘establishment’ within the meaning of article 18(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001, in the context of a dispute concerning a contract of employment concluded by the embassy on behalf of the sending state, where the functions carried out by the employee did not fall within the exercise of public powers. Article 21(2) of the Regulation meant that an agreement on jurisdiction, concluded before a dispute arose, fell within that provision in so far as it gave the employee the possibility of bringing proceedings not only before the courts ordinarily having jurisdiction under the special rules in articles 18 and 19 of the Regulation, but also before other courts, which could include courts outside the European Union.”
WLR Daily, 19th July 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
ebookers.com Deutschland GmbH v Bundesverband der Verbraucherzentralen und Verbraucherverbände – Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband eV – WLR Daily
“The concept of ‘optional price supplements’, referred to in the last sentence of article 23(1) of Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 of 24 September 2008 on common rules for the operation of air services in the Community, covered costs connected with the air travel, arising from services, such as flight cancellation insurance, supplied by a party other than the air carrier and charged to the customer by the person selling that travel, together with the air fare, as part of a total price.”
WLR Daily, 19th July 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
