Ministers bar hereditary peerages from passing to women – Daily Telegraph
“Ministers have ruled out a change in the law that would have allowed hereditary peerages to pass to women.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th October 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Jack Sutton to pay back £54,000 over rugby injury – BBC News
“A Nottingham student who was given £54,000 damages after he injured his knee during training at a rugby club has been ordered to pay the money back.”
BBC News, 20th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Justice selections can only be made on merit, says Lord Phillips – The Guardian
“Judicial selection panels are ‘bending over backwards’ to appoint women and members of ethnic minorities to the bench but selections must ultimately be on merit, Lord Phillips, president of the supreme court, said on Tuesday.”
The Guardian, 19th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Press regulation should be ‘all inclusive’, says Lord Judge – The Guardian
“Lord Judge, the Lord Chief Justice, said that Richard Desmond and other newspaper owners should not be allowed to duck out of regulation by a reformed Press Complaints Commission (PCC).”
The Guardian, 19th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Leigh Clift jailed for life for screwdriver murder – BBC News
“A man convicted of murder when his victim died nine years after he was stabbed in the head with a screwdriver has been jailed for at least six years.”
BBC News, 20th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Supreme Court
Kaupthing Singer and Friedlander Ltd, Re [2011] UKSC 48 (19 October 2011)
Davies & Anor, R (on the application of) v Revenue and Customs [2011] UKSC 47 (19 October 2011)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Agard v Westminster Kingsway College [2011] EWCA Civ 1169 (20 October 2011)
Rochdale Borough Council v Dixon [2011] EWCA Civ 1173 (20 October 2011)
The Financial Services Authority v Sinaloa Gold Plc & Ors [2011] EWCA Civ 1158 (18 October 2011)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
KV & Ors v R. [2011] EWCA Crim 2342 (19 October 2011)
High Court (Chancery Divsion)
Toshiba Carrier UK Ltd & Ors v KME Yorkshire Ltd & Ors [2011] EWHC 2665 (Ch) (19 October 2011)
High Court (Family Division)
S v AG (Financial Remedy: Lottery Prize) [2011] EWHC 2637 (Fam) (14 October 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org
FSA told to rethink on legal privilege – Law Society’s Gazette
“The Financial Services Authority has been urged to review its operating procedures after it was found to have acted unlawfully in its use of legally privileged material during an enforcement investigation.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 20th October 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Deeds not ‘delivered’ despite signatures, rules High Court – OUT-LAW.com
“Guarantees and warranties given by the directors of a company did not take effect despite the signing, witnessing and handing over of documents, the High Court has ruled. The documents in question were deeds and the Court said that they had not been ‘delivered.’ ”
OUT-LAW.com, 20th October 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
In re Kaupthing Singer and Friedlander Ltd – WLR Daily
In re Kaupthing Singer and Friedlander Ltd [2011] UKSC 48; [2011] WLR (D) 297
“The equitable rule which prevented a person sharing in a fund while his debts to the fund were unpaid was trumped by the rule against double proof in a suretyship situation.”
WLR Daily, 19th October 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina (Davies and another) v Revenue and Customs Comrs; Regina (Gaines-Cooper) v Same – WLR Daily
“In order to gain non-resident status for tax purposes, a person who had left the United Kingdom had to demonstrate a distinct break from his or her previous pattern of life in the UK. Such a test was clear from the ordinary law of residence, and the Inland Revenue guidance booklet IR20 (operative until 2009) did not contain any less stringent test which taxpayers could rely on.”
WLR Daily, 19th October 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Financial Services Authority v Sinaloa Gold plc and others (Barclays Bank plc intervening) – WLR Daily
“When obtaining an injunction the Financial Services Authority should not normally be required to give an undertaking in damages to third parties, beyond an undertaking to cover the costs incurred in complying with the injunction.”
WLR Daily, 18th october 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Simpson (as assignee of Alan Catchpole) v Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust – WLR daily
“A claim for damages for personal injury was a chose in action capable of assignment. The law would not, however, recognise on the grounds of public policy an assignment to a party who did not have sufficient interest to support what would otherwise be a bare right of action.”
WLR Daily, 12th October 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Role of Judges In The Success of UK PLC – Speech by Mr Justice Vos
“KPMG Lecture, 18th October 2011.”
Judiciary of England & Wales, 18th October 2011
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Power cut kills Pembroke nursing home man on ventilator – BBC News
“A power cut during the night killed a man with muscular dystrophy as nursing home staff were unable to connect a back-up power supply, an inquest heard.”
BBC News, 19th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Kent Policewoman not guilty of false attack claim – BBC News
“A Kent police officer who was accused of falsely claiming she was attacked while on duty has been cleared of wasting police time.”
BBC News, 19th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Stem cell reseach thrown into disarray by European patent ruling – Daily Telegraph
“Cutting-edge research into new medical treatments in Britain was thrown into disarray on Tuesday as the highest European court ruled that stem cells from human embryos cannot be patented.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th October 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Former Met police detectives cleared as retrial collapses – The Guardian
“One of the most significant police anti-corruption cases in modern times collapsed on Wednesday, after two former detectives, who had both served lengthy jail sentences, were cleared at a retrial.”
The Guardian, 19th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Downing Street brings forward Commons vote on EU referendum – The Guardian
“Downing Street has brought forward a sensitive House of Commons vote on Europe next week amid fears that Tory MPs were planning to use David Cameron’s absence on an overseas visit to stage a large rebellion.”
The Guardian, 19th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Liam Fox breached Ministerial Code – The Independent
“Liam Fox’s contacts with his self-styled adviser Adam Werritty constituted a clear breach of the Ministerial Code of Conduct, the Cabinet Secretary Sir Gus O’Donnell said today.”
The Independent, 18th October 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
