Objections to right-to-die plea – BBC News
“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
Crimes of passion: R v Clinton – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
“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
Sentencing Council launches new definitive guideline for drug offences – Sentencing Council
“Today, the Sentencing Council is publishing a new guideline for judges and magistrates on the sentencing of drug offences.”
Sentencing Council, 24th January 2012
Command Papers – official-documents.gov.uk
‘Infidelity plus’ – the new defence against murder – The Guardian
“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
ITV breached audience trust over ‘IRA’ video game footage, says Ofcom – The Guardian
“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
BAILII: Recent Decisions
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
Transitional arrangements for Localism Act announced – OUT-LAW.com
“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
Regulator correctly determined editorial responsibility for on-demand video services, Ofcom rules – 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
Juror Theodora Dallas guilty of contempt of court – BBC News
“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
Bankers go to appeal court to claim €50m bonuses from 2008 – The Guardian
“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
City lawyer jailed for drink-driving – The Guardian
“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
Extradited paedophile jailed – The Independent
“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
Is the European Court of Human Rights obsessively interventionist? – Andrew Tickell – UK Human Rights Blog
“Marie-Bénédicte Dembour calls them ‘forgotten cases’. As Adam Wagner demonstrated in a blog post of last week, Eurosceptic newspapers have a particular interest in overlooking the European Court of Human Right’s decisions of inadmissibility, seeking to buttress claims that the Court is wildly interventionist, imposing alien ‘European’ logics on Britain with gleeful abandon.”
UK Human Rights Blog,
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Woolworths workers win fight for compensation – The Guardian
“Former Woolworths employees have been awarded a total of up to £67.8m in compensation, the shopworkers’ union Usdaw said on Friday.”
The Guardian, 20th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Jackson urges caution over contingency fee cap – Law Society’s Gazette
“Lord Justice Jackson yesterday urged caution over setting limits on the percentage of damages that lawyers will be able to take in commercial cases under his reforms.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 20th January 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Phone hacking: conflict with criminal case could deny litigants day in court – The Guardian
“After this week’s historic settlement with 37 phone-hacking victims, News International is in the middle of a bruising second round with a further batch of celebrities – including Charlotte Church, Steve Coogan and Pete Doherty – who are suing for damages.”
The Guardian, 20th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Three Muslim men convicted over gay hate leaflets – The Guardian
“Three Muslim men from Derby have become the first people in Britain to be convicted of inciting hatred on the grounds of sexuality after they distributed leaflets calling for gay people to be killed.”
The Guardian, 20th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court halts Surrey library volunteers plan – BBC News
“Campaigners have won a High Court injunction stopping Surrey County Council from replacing paid staff at 10 libraries with volunteers.”
BBC News, 21st January 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
