Richard O’Dwyer: living with the threat of extradition – The Guardian
“Student who set up website posting links to TV and film content fears being used as a guinea pig by Hollywood giants.”
The Guardian, 24th June 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
The 16-year-olds who have committed 86 crimes each – The Independent
“A ground-breaking British study finds that 4 per cent are responsible for nearly half of youth crime. The research could have profound implications for police and policy-makers.”
The Independent, 24th June 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Taking stock after Abu Qatada: Assurances, secret detention and evidence in closed proceedings – UK Human Rights Blog
“The Court of Appeal recently issued its judgment in XX v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] EWCA Civ 742, an appeal from a decision of the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (‘SIAC’) upholding the Secretary of State’s decision to deport an Ethiopian national on grounds of national security.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 24th June 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
University tutor wins £60,000 libel damages from Mail and Standard – The Guardian
“A university tutor has won £60,000 in libel damages from the Daily Mail and London Evening Standard over stories alleging he was involved in violence at a demonstration against education cuts.”
The Guardian, 22nd June 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Former prisons inspector condemns probation service reform plans – The Guardian
“Lord Ramsbotham, a former prisons inspector, has condemned government plans to overhaul the probation service and promised to lead a rebellion of peers and politicians unless they are rewritten.”
The Guardian, 24th June 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Lawyers seizing lion’s share of payouts in NHS negligence cases – Daily Telegraph
“Lawyers who sue the NHS in medical negligence cases are earning from the state up to 30 times the amount their clients win in damages, it can be disclosed.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th June 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Retained Met Police photos of suspects breached human rights – BBC News
“A police decision to retain photographs of two suspects who were never charged has been declared a breach of human rights in a landmark High Court ruling.”
BBC News, 22nd June 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Secretary of State for the Home Department v Draga [2012] EWCA Civ 842 (21 June 2012)
Giles v Tarry & Anor [2012] EWCA Civ 837 (21 June 2012)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
I, R & T, R. v [2012] EWCA Crim 1288 (21 June 2012)
Gangar & Anor v R. [2012] EWCA Crim 1378 (21 June 2012)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Moloobhoy v Moloobhoy [2012] EWHC 1670 (Comm) (19 June 2012)
Source: www.bailii.org
VTB Capital Plc v Nutritek International Corp and others – WLR Daily
VTB Capital Plc v Nutritek International Corp and others: [2012] EWCA Civ 808; [2012] WLR (D) 181
“There was no such thing in English law as a ‘remedial constructive contract’ and the courts had no jurisdiction to subject parties to contractual obligations under a contract to which neither they, not the only undisputed parties to the contract had ever agreed or intended they should be subject. The Court of Appeal was bound to uphold the principle that it was appropriate to pierce the corporate veil only where special circumstances existed indicating that it was only a façade concealing the true facts. The veil-piercing principle had been developed pragmatically for the purpose of providing a practical solution in particular factual circumstances and could not be invoked wherever it was necessary to do so in the interests of justice and no unconnected third party was involved.”
WLR Daily, 20th June 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys v Registrar of Trade Marks – WLR Daily
“It was a requirement of Parliament and Council Directive 2008/95/EC on trade marks that the goods and services for which the protection of the trade mark was sought should be identified by the applicant with sufficient clarity and precision to enable the competent authorities and economic operators, on that basis alone, to determine the extent of the protection conferred by the trade mark.”
WLR Daily, 19th June 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
High Court quashes decision to designate developer’s land as high risk flood zone – OUT-LAW.com
“The High Court has overturned a decision by the Environment Agency to designate land along a 36 mile stretch of the Manchester Ship Canal as a high risk flood zone.”
OUT-LAW.com, 21st June 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Social Media and the Voice of the Child in Hague Convention Cases – Family Law Week
“Emma Pinder, Solicitor, of Spring Law considers a Hague Convention case which has attracted extensive attention in Australia and analyses the potential wider impact of the coverage, especially that within social media.”
Family Law Week, 21st June 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.com
CPS handed further journalist hacking files – the Independent
“Prosecutors are to decide whether to charge four journalists with phone hacking after they were handed their files by Scotland Yard. The Crown Prosecution Service was today given four files involving four journalists relating to the phone hacking inquiry Operation Weeting, for charging decisions.”
The Independent, 21st June 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
UK in EU legal stink over garlic from China – BBC News
“Britain is being taken to court by the European Commission in a battle over a £15m unpaid tax bill on imports of Chinese garlic.”
BBC News, 21st June 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Staff who fall ill on holiday entitled to further paid leave, court rules – The Guardian
“Workers who fall sick during their annual leave are entitled to take corresponding paid leave at a later date, following a ruling made today by the European court of justice.”
The Guardian, 21st June 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Rochdale paedophile ringleader is named – The Guardian
“The ringleader of a gang of men in Rochdale who groomed young white girls for sex has been named after he was found guilty of 30 separate child rape charges. Shabir Ahmed, 59, led a child sex exploitation ring of nine men who targeted vulnerable young girls in the Rochdale and Oldham areas of Greater Manchester.”
The Guardian, 21st June 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Jailed, the drunken thief who robbed his local bookies – Daily Telegraph
“A man who used a rock to hold up a bookies at which he was a regular customer has been jailed.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st June 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Lawcast 208: Francis FitzGibbon QC on the Assange asylum bid – Charon QC
“Julian Assange walked into the Ecuador Embassy in London on Tuesday evening to claim political asylum. The President of Ecuador is shortly to make a statement on Assange’s application. Today I am talking to Francis FitzGibbon QC about the law relating to asylum and the legal consequences of Assange’s extraordinary decision to seek asylum – a decision which surprised several of his supporters who put up the bail money and which they are possibly in danger of forfeiting.”
Charon QC, 21st June 2012
Source: www.charonqc.wordpress.com
“Charon QC” is the blogging pseudonym of Mike Semple Piggot, editor of insitelaw newswire.
