“The best friend of a teenager whose body was discovered in a drain more than two decades ago will this week be sentenced for manslaughter after he contacted police and confessed to killing his friend.”
The Guardian, 23rd January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Developing equity – a view from the Court of Appeal (PDF)
Speech by Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, Master of The Rolls
Chancery Bar Association Conference, 20th January 2012
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Star Reefers Pool Inc v JFC Group Co Ltd [2012] EWCA Civ 14; [2012] WLR (D) 3
“A judge’s decision that a party’s foreign proceedings were vexatious or oppressive was an evaluative judgment in a matter on which there was a right or wrong answer, not an exercise of discretion. Accordingly it was open to the Court of Appeal to conduct a serious review of the issue.”
WLR Daily, 20th January 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Media regulator Ofcom has rejected three complaints about comedian Ricky Gervais’s use of the word ‘mong’ during his Channel 4 show Science.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd January 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Justice Secretary Ken Clarke has today (23 January) urged separating couples to consider mediation when they separate or divorce, instead of turning to the courts.”
Ministry of Justice, 23rd January 2012
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Recreational drug users who naively buy small quantities to share with their friends could avoid jail under sentencing guidelines for drug offences published on Tuesday.”
The Guardian, 24th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The court case of a severely disabled man seeking permission for a doctor to ‘lawfully’ end his life should not go ahead, the Ministry of Justice says.”
BBC News, 23rd January 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Contrary to press reports last week, there is no defence to murder in England and Wales that the killing was a crime of passion.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 23rd January 2012
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“Today, the Sentencing Council is publishing a new guideline for judges and magistrates on the sentencing of drug offences.”
Sentencing Council, 24th January 2012
“A partner’s affair can no longer be treated by courts as a defensible reason to lose control and kill – but it can be a factor.”
The Guardian, 23rd January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Ofcom has reprimanded, ITV for misleading viewers and breaking the broadcasting code, after video game footage was mistakenly used in a documentary sequence purporting to show the IRA shooting down a helicopter with weapons supplied by Muammar Gaddafi.”
The Guardian, 23rd January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Clarke v R [2012] EWCA Crim 9 (20 January 2012)
Oliver, R. v [2011] EWCA Crim 3114 (21 December 2011)
Lawrence, R. v [2011] EWCA Crim 3129 (16 December 2011)
Court of Appeal (Civi Division)
Eastenders Cash & Carry Plc & Ors v HM Revenue & Customs [2012] EWCA Civ 15 (20 January 2012)
Star Reefers Pool Inc v JFC Group Co Ltd [2012] EWCA Civ 14 (20 January 2012)
Charnock & Ors v Rowan & Ors [2012] EWCA Civ 2 (20 January 2012)
Secretary of State for the Home Department v SK (Sri Lanka) [2012] EWCA Civ 16 (19 January 2012)
Apimed Medical Honey Ltd v Brightwake Ltd (t/a Advancis Medical) [2012] EWCA Civ 5 (20 January 2012)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Alstom Transport v Eurostar International Ltd [2012] EWHC 28 (Ch) (20 January 2012)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Sealion Shipping Ltd & Anor v Valiant Insurance Company [2012] EWHC 50 (Comm) (20 January 2012)
Camerata Property Inc v Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Ltd [2012] EWHC 7 (Comm) (20 January 2012)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Shepherd Construction Ltd v Pinsent Masons LLP [2012] EWHC 43 (TCC) (19 January 2012)
Source: www.bailii.org
“Last minute transitional arrangements have been announced to facilitate a smooth transition for provisions in the Localism Act and to close a drafting loophole. The arrangements are set out in a Commencement Order, following the enactment of the Localism Act In November 2011.”
OUT-LAW.com, 20th January 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Organisations that share control over the content of video-on-demand (VOD) programmes should write contracts that set out who has overall editorial responsibility for the material, Ofcom has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 23rd January 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“A juror who researched a defendant’s past on the internet and shared the information with fellow jurors has been found guilty of contempt of court.”
BBC News, 23rd January 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“More than 100 former employees of Dresdner Bank, based in London, will go to court this week to demand the payment of €50m (£41.5m) in bonuses they claim they have been owed since soon after the 2008 banking crash.”
Full story
The Guardian, 22nd January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A City lawyer who claimed he was the victim of a kidnap to avoid being arrested for drink-driving has been jailed, Sussex police said.”
The Guardian, 20th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A paedophile who was the first person extradited from China to the UK after he skipped bail on a false passport was finally jailed for seven years and eight months today (20 January).”
The Independent, 20th January 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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