“The director of public prosecutions has disclosed how he proposes to use unique new powers enabling him to block the arrest of visiting foreigners accused of war crimes abroad.”
The Guardian, 26th January 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has established a specialist Appeals Unit that will take on new cases in the appeal courts, including all work involving the Criminal Cases Review Commission and Unduly Lenient Sentences.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 26th January 2011
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
“The Joint Advocacy Group (JAG), set up by the Bar Standards Board (BSB), Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) and ILEX Professional Standards (IPS) to devise a scheme for the quality assurance of advocates, has established an independent expert advisory group to be chaired by Lord Justice Thomas.”
Bar Standards Board, 26th January 2011
Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk
“Polytunnels could become widespread in the English countryside after the Court of Appeal allowed their use in an area of outstanding natural beauty, conservationists fear.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th January 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The control order regime is to become a watered-down but permanent part of the British justice system later this year under the reform of counter-terrorism laws detailed today (26 January) by the home secretary, Theresa May.”
The Guardian, 26th January 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Appeal judges overturn the custodial sentence for the manslaughter of his ill wife in favour of a suspended term.”
The Guardian, 26th January 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A council chief executive was cleared today of raping a female colleague he met when she was drunk in a bar.”
The Independent, 26th January 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A former public school pupil who took part in the ‘mindless, drink-fuelled’ and fatal homophobic beating of a civil servant, stamping on him and kicking him as he lay unconscious in Trafalgar Square, today began a seven-year sentence in a young offenders’ institution after being sentenced for manslaughter.”
The Guardian, 26th January 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Wilson, R v [2011] EWCA Crim 16 (25 January 2011)
Earle v R. [2011] EWCA Crim 17 (25 January 2011)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
TW v A City Council & Ors [2011] EWCA Civ 17 (20 January 2011)
Sibthorpe & Anor v London Borough of Southwark [2011] EWCA Civ 25 (25 January 2011)
Barratt & Anor v Ashford Borough Council [2011] EWCA Civ 27 (25 January 2011)
High Court (Chancery Division)
McCullough v Armstrong [2011] EWHC 67 (Ch) (21 January 2011)
Clark & Anor, R. v [2011] EWCA Crim 15 (25 January 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org
Tesler v Government of the United States of America [2011] EWHC 52 (Admin); [2011] WLR (D) 14
“The requirement in s 137(2)(a) of the Extradition Act 2003 for conduct to have occurred in a category 2 territory in order to constitute an extradition offence in relation to that territory was capable of being satisfied by acts performed entirely outside the territory where the perpetrator was participating in a joint enterprise with another person in the territory an object of which was to benefit that other person.”
WLR Daily, 25th January 2011
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“The government is set to publish its long-awaited proposed reforms to counter terrorism powers.”
BBC News, 26th January 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Proposals by MI5 and MI6 to extend courtroom secrecy to civil trials would unfairly restrict the right of the media to act as the ‘eyes and ears’ of the public, the supreme court heard today (25 January).”
The Guardian, 25th January 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An independent watchdog is looking into the fatal shooting of a man during a police stand-off at a park in Luton.”
BBC News, 25th January 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“MPs today (25 January) heard calls for new legislation that would give parliament powers to impose sanctions against individuals involved in phone hacking, even if the police decided not to proceed with a case.”
The Guardian, 25th January 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A bus driver has been jailed for eight years for raping a female passenger who had taken his night bus in west London.”
BBC News, 25th January 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A girl who claimed she was raped when she was a 15-year-old virgin was today convicted of attempting to pervert the course of justice by making a false allegation.”
The Guardian, 25th January 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Illegal file-sharing is under the spotlight as 26 alleged net pirates appear in court but, in a bizarre twist, it is the law firm that brought the cases that appears to be on trial.”
BBC News, 25th January 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Lord Taylor of Warwick today became the first peer to be convicted in connection with the parliamentary expenses investigation, when a jury found him guilty of dishonestly claiming £11,277 in allowances.”
The Guardian, 25th January 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Christian owners of a Cornwall hotel who unlawfully refused to allow a gay couple a double room have appealed.”
BBC News, 25th January 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Secretary of State for Justice v Slee [2011] EWCA Civ 23 (24 January 2011)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
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