Corgi Hosiery fined over factory asbestos removal – BBC News
“A company in Carmarthenshire has been fined £25,000 after being found guilty of failing to protect its employees from asbestos.”
BBC News, 2nd March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Killers of West End bouncer Bogdan Paduret jailed for life – BBC News
“Four men have been jailed for life for murdering a bouncer who was shot after refusing to allow a group into a club.”
BBC News, 2nd March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Police privatisation plans defended by senior officers – The Guardian
“Senior police officers have strongly defended the radical extension of the role of private companies in policing, saying they should be involved in protecting the public and bringing offenders to justice.”
The Guardian, 4th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Ministry of Justice sounds warning over secret hearings – The Guardian
“Introducing secret hearings into civil courts could backfire, leading to more claimants accessing sensitive information, according to the government’s own impact assessment of its justice and security green paper. Expanding the use of so-called ‘closed material proceedings’ (CMPs) may also result in jurors finding the vetting procedure intrusive, and in ‘resentment of the judicial process and unwillingness to participate in jury service’, the Ministry of Justice’s study warns.”
The Guardian, 4th March 2012
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Trade unionists win ‘racist’ monkey cartoon case – Daily Telegraph
“Four trade-unionists who were accused of racism after drawing a satirical cartoon of the three wise monkeys who ‘see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil’ have won a four-and-a-half year legal battle.”
Daily Telegraph, 4th March 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Former cricketer Chris Cairns sues in libel tourism case – Daily Telegraph
“Ex-New Zealand cricketer Chris Cairns, who is suing a former Indian Premier League boss over a Twitter posting, will have his case heard by the High Court today in the latest example of libel tourism.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th March 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Blacklisted building workers hope for day in court after ruling – The Guardian
“The Consulting Association, a shadowy organisation that compiled a list of ‘troublemakers’ — with the help of the security services — for Britain’s biggest building companies was closed four years ago. Only now can its 3,200 victims go to court and hope to win.”
The Guardian, 3rd March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Ex-BBC presenter Peter Rowell jailed for abusing girls – BBC News
“Former BBC and ITV presenter Peter Rowell has been jailed for six years for sexually abusing girls.”
BBC News, 2nd March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Ford Open Prison riot: Five men guilty over £5m damage – BBC News
“Five men have been convicted of charges relating to a riot at Ford Open Prison in West Sussex.”
BBC News, 5th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Google wins libel case over Blogger comments – The Guardian
“A former Tory local council candidate has failed in his libel action against Google over comments posted about him on a blog.Payam Tamiz started legal proceedings against Google after allegedly defamatory comments were written about him on the London Muslim section of Blogger.com.Google argued that it had no control over any of the content and had no way of knowing whether the comments posted were true or not. In a written judgement handed down at the high court on Friday, Mr Justice Eady said Google should not be regarded as a publisher under the established principles of the common law.”
The Guardian, 2nd March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Ryan Giggs loses damages claim against the Sun – BBC News
“A damages claim by Manchester United and Wales footballer Ryan Giggs against the Sun newspaper has been thrown out by a High Court judge.”
BBC News, 2nd March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Thompson & Anor v Middleton [2012] EWCA Civ 231 (01 March 2012)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Adobe Systems Incorporated v Netcom Online.Co.UK Ltd & Anor [2012] EWHC 446 (Ch) (02 March 2012)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Joyce v West Bus Coach Services Ltd [2012] EWHC 404 (QB) (01 March 2012)
Source: www.bailii.org
Independent Trustee Services Ltd v Morris – WLR Daily
Independent Trustee Services Ltd v Morris: [2012] EWCA Civ 195; [2012] WLR (D) 55
“The defence of bona fide purchaser for value without notice, at the time of receipt of moneys, to a tracing claim by a trustee for the recovery of misappropriated trust moneys was not available to the recipient thereof where a consent order made in ancillary relief proceedings pursuant to which the moneys had been paid had been rescinded, on the recipient’s application to renew the ancillary relief application because of non-disclosure of assets, by the time the defence was raised.”
WLR Daily, 28th February 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina v S(C) – WLR Daily
Regina v S(C): [2012] EWCA Crim 389; [2012] WLR (D) 54
“Where the purpose of a legislative scheme was to ensure that a child could be subject to the protection of the court, there would be no defence of necessity available in respect of the offence of removing a child from the jurisdiction of England and Wales.”
WLR Daily, 29th February 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Lehman Brothers International (Europe) (in Administration) v CRC Credit Fund Ltd and Others (Financial Services Authority intervening) – WLR Daily
“The ‘client money pool’ to be distributed among former clients of Lehman Brothers’ London affiliate was not limited to money which had been placed in segregated client accounts, as required by the Financial Services Authority, but extended to identifiable client money which the company had failed to segregate and had retained in its own house accounts. The pool was to be distributed rateably among all clients who had a contractual entitlement to have money segregated and not just those in whose favour segregation had actually occurred.”
WLR Daily, 29th February 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina (NM) v Islington Borough Council – WLR Daily
Regina (NM) v Islington Borough Council: [2012] EWHC 414 (Admin); [2012] WLR (D) 52
“When considering whether a duty of assessment of needs for community care services had arisen under section 47(1) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 the interpretation of the words ‘may be in need of any such services’ covered both cases of present need and a narrow penumbra of cases of reasonably predictable future need.”
WLR Daily, 29th February 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Merchant International Co Ltd v Natsionalna Aktsionerna Kompaniia Naftogaz Ukrainy – WLR daily
“An English court was entitled to consider whether a foreign judgment obtained in a Convention state had contravened the Human Rights Convention where there was strong factual evidence to rebut the presumption that the procedures of other Convention states complied with article 6. Where a judgment in default had been obtained on a debt established in a foreign final judgment of a Convention state, on an application to set aside the default judgment on the basis of a later judgment of that Convention state given in flagrant breach of article 6, it was a proper exercise of the discretion under CPR r 13.3 to refuse to set aside the default judgment.”
WLR Daily, 29th February 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Lincolnshire (Coroners’ Districts) Order 2012
The Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Levies – Amendment) Regulations 2012
The Council Tax and Non-Domestic Rating (Demand Notices) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012
The Police Authority (Amendment) Regulations 2012
The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Amendment) Regulations 2012
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
