Ryanair demands £175m from BAA over Stansted charges – Daily Telegraph
“Ryanair is claiming a £175m rebate from BAA in an escalating row over airline charges at Stansted airport.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Supreme Court
Autoclenz Ltd v Belcher & Ors [2011] UKSC 41 (27 July 2011)
Jivraj v Hashwani [2011] UKSC 40 (27 July 2011)
Houldsworth & Anor v Bridge Trustees Ltd & Anor [2011] UKSC 42 (27 July 2011)
Lucasfilm Ltd & Ors v Ainsworth & Anor [2011] UKSC 39 (27 July 2011)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Grand v Gill [2011] EWCA Civ 902 (27 July 2011)
Addis & Ors v Campbell & Anor [2011] EWCA Civ 906 (27 July 2011)
XX v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] EWCA Civ 860 (27 July 2011)
Masri v Consolidated Contractors International Company SAL & Ors [2011] EWCA Civ 898 (27 July 2011)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Windsor v Bristol Crown Court & Anor [2011] EWHC 1899 (Admin) (27 July 2011)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Shah v Shah & Ors [2011] EWHC 1902 (Ch) (26 July 2011)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Dowans Holding SA & Anor v Tanzania Electric Supply Co Ltd [2011] EWHC 1957 (Comm) (27 July 2011)
High Court (Patents Court)
Convatec Ltd. & Ors v Smith & Nephew Healthcare Ltd & Ors [2011] EWHC 2039 (Pat) (27 July 2011)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Suurpere v Nice & Anor [2011] EWHC 2003 (QB) (27 July 2011)
Bowen (A Child) & Ors v The National Trust [2011] EWHC 1992 (QB) (27 July 2011)
W v Veolia Environmental Services (UK) Plc [2011] EWHC 2020 (QB) (27 July 2011)
Wright v Caan [2011] EWHC 1978 (QB) (27 July 2011)
BGC Capital Markets (Switzerland) LLC v Rees & Ors [2011] EWHC 2009 (QB) (27 July 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org
Supreme Court upholds CoA Lehman ruling using 200-year-old insolvency law – The Lawyer
“A seven-strong panel of Supreme Court justices has dismissed an attempt by the trustees of Lehman Brothers to recoup £61m from noteholders, by upholding an insolvency law principle that has existed for 200 years.”
The Lawyer, 27th July 2011
Source: www.thelawyer.com
Wilberforce silk fails to win over Supreme Court in pensions case – The Lawyer
“The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) is set to redraft pensions legislation after defeat in a key pensions case in the Supreme Court this morning.”
The Lawyer, 27th July 2011
Source: www.thelawyer.com
Five ways to stay sane throughout the pupillage hunt – Legal Week
“This has to be the nastiest time of the year for budding barristers. It is hunting season and the prize is one of those coveted pupillages. At the end of April a swarm of hopefuls sent their carefully crafted pupillage applications whizzing off into the unknown. Some may even have knocked out extra applications to sets of chambers not subscribing to the Bar’s version of UCAS, the dreaded Pupillage Portal.
So, I’ve taken it upon myself to suggest five ways those currently plodding through this frankly sadistic system may make it to the other end (whatever the result) in one piece.”
Legal Week, 27th July 2011
Source: www.legalweek.com
Masri v Consolidated Contractors International Company SAL and others – WLR daily
“A company found in contempt of court could not appeal the findings of contempt as of right but required the permission of the judge or the Court of Appeal.”
WLR Daily, 27th July 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Lucasfilm Ltd and others v Ainsworth and another – WLR Daily
Lucasfilm Ltd and others v Ainsworth and another [2011] UKSC 39; [2011] WLR (D) 257
“A judge was entitled to conclude that a helmet worn by a fictional character in a film was not a ‘sculpture’ for the purposes of copyright protection. A claim against a defendant domiciled in England for infringement of a foreign copyright could be justiciable in England.”
WLR Daily, 27th July 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina (Condliff) v North Staffordshire Primary Care Trust – WLR Daily
Regina (Condliff) v North Staffordshire Primary Care Trust [2011] EWCA Civ 910; [2011] WLR (D) 256
“It was not unlawful for a primary care trust to adopt a policy by which all individual funding requests were to be considered and determined exclusively by reference to clinical factors.”
WLR Daily, 27th July 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Autoclenz Ltd v Belcher and others – WLR Daily
Autoclenz Ltd v Belcher and others [2011] UKSC 41; [2011] WLR (D) 255
“In the employment context, the courts should focus on the reality of the relationship between the parties, which might not be accurately reflected by the written documentation. In deciding whether the terms of any written agreement in truth represented what was agreed, the relative bargaining power of the parties had to be taken into account.”
WLR Daily, 27th July 2011
Source; www.iclr.co.uk
Thomas and others v Bridgend County Borough Council – WLR Daily
Thomas and others v Bridgend County Borough Council [2011] EWCA Civ 862; [2011] WLR (D) 254
“For article 1 of the First Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms to be engaged, it was enough to show interference with peaceful enjoyment possessions combined with evidence of loss of value.”
WLR Daily, 26th July 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Supreme Court rules on arbitration – Law Society’s Gazette
“The Supreme Court has ruled that arbitrators are not employees for the purposes of employment equality legislation.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 27th July 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Firm loses ‘partner’ employment appeal – Law Society’s Gazette
“A solicitor who was paid through a profit share rather than receiving a salary should not be classified as a partner for employment law purposes, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has ruled.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 28th July 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Restorative justice helps repair harm – Ministry of Justice
“Lord McNally said restorative justice was ‘not a soft option’, after visiting a probation trust and a prison in Norwich to see how offenders there are being made to face up to their crimes.”
Ministry of Justice, 27th July 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Money Saving Expert trade mark ‘sufficiently known in the market’ to be protected, says judge – OUT-LAW.com
“Consumer rights journalist Martin Lewis has won a High Court case protecting his ‘Money Saving Expert’ trade mark.”
OUT-LAW.com, 27th July 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
Who will be the two new supreme court judges? – The Guardian
“The UK supreme court announced this week that it was looking to recruit a couple of new judges (at salaries of £206,857). There is one immediate vacancy following the death of Lord Rodger last month, and there will be a further vacancy next April when Lord Brown retires. Who will get the jobs?”
The Guardian, 27th July 2011
Soruce: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Red-tape challenge’ to liberate retailers from archaic regulations – The Guardian
“Retailers will no longer have to hand over addresses of TV buyers to TV licensing authorities due to a red-tape overhaul. Nearly two-thirds of regulations specifically aimed at shop owners will be scrapped or reformed, as part of a bureaucratic tidying-up exercise by ministers.”
The Guardian, 28th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Nuclear test veterans set for Supreme Court appeal bid – BBC News
“Veterans involved in Britain’s nuclear weapons tests in the 1950s are taking their case for compensation to the Supreme Court.”
BBC News, 28th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Teen who killed Rebecca Aylward for a free breakfast found guilty of murder – Daily Telegraph
“Joshua Davies, 16, can be named for the first time today after being found guilty of murder by a jury at Swansea Crown Court. He lured Rebecca Aylward, 15, to a secluded wood and then used a rock the size of a rugby ball to smash her skull with at least six brutal blows to the back of the head.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Facebook could threaten jury trials in UK, attorney general warns – Daily Telegraph
“Social networking websites such as Facebook could threaten the existence of jury trials in the UK, the attorney general has warned.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
