Lawyers ‘furious’ over criticism in hacking scandal – The Independent

Posted August 1st, 2011 in interception, law firms, media, news by sally

“Senior lawyers at royal solicitors Harbottle & Lewis are ‘furious’ at the way they have been blamed by Rupert Murdoch and others in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal, The Independent on Sunday has learned. They will meet the Metropolitan Police to explain their position ‘in the next few days’.

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The Independent, 31st July 2011

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Court forces property tycoon to give houses to mistress – Daily Telegraph

Posted August 1st, 2011 in news by sally

“One of the world’s richest men has been forced to hand over multi-million pound homes to his mistress after the High Court ruled he had lied that his lover was a ‘top dog’ secretary.”

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Daily Telegraph, 30th July 2011

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Police launch investigation into computer hacking – Daily Telegraph

Posted August 1st, 2011 in computer crime, news, police, privacy by sally

“The Metropolitan Police said it is considering a number of breach of privacy allegations received since January. The new team, to be formed under Deputy Assistant Commissioner Sue Akers, will examine matters not covered by the force’s phone-hacking inquiry, Operation Weeting.”

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Daily Telegraph, 30th July 2011

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UK judges say they cannot free Afghanistan detainee – BBC News

Posted July 29th, 2011 in habeas corpus, news, rendition by sally

“High Court judges have refused to free a man in Afghanistan after the charity Reprieve sought his release under one of the England’s most ancient laws.”

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BBC News, 29th July 2011

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Ethiopian billionaire wins libel action in UK – BBC News

Posted July 29th, 2011 in damages, defamation, news by sally

“An Ethiopian-born billionaire has won £175,000 in libel damages over allegations he had hunted his daughter down so she could be stoned to death.”

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BBC News, 29th July 2011

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Court upholds decision to impose control order on terror suspect – The Guardian

Posted July 29th, 2011 in control orders, London, news, terrorism by sally

“A decision by the home secretary, Theresa May, to impose a control order on a terror suspect who is banned from London has been upheld by the high court.”

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The Guardian, 29th July 2011

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PCC confirms Baroness Buscombe is to step down – The Guardian

Posted July 29th, 2011 in complaints, media, news by sally

“Chair will not seek to extend her three-year term, after criticism of her handling of the News of the World phone-hacking affair.”

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The Guardian, 29th July 2011

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‘Jonnie Marbles’ guilty of pie assault on Rupert Murdoch – Daily Telegraph

Posted July 29th, 2011 in assault, harassment, news by sally

“Jonathan May-Bowles, the comedian who threw a foam pie at media mogul Rupert Murdoch, has been convicted of assault and causing harassment, alarm or distress.”

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Daiy Telegraph, 29th July 2011

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Paedophile jailed for 13 years for King’s Lynn assaults – BBC News

Posted July 29th, 2011 in child abuse, news, sentencing, sexual offences by sally

“A 52-year-old man has been jailed for 13 years after being convicted of sex assaults on children in West Norfolk between 1975 and 1990.”

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BBC News, 27th July 2011

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Eight newspapers pay libel damages to Christopher Jefferies – The Guardian

Posted July 29th, 2011 in damages, defamation, media, news by sally

“Eight national newspapers have made public apologies today to Christopher Jefferies for the libellous allegations made against him following the murder of Joanna Yeates. The titles – The Sun, Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror, Daily Record, Daily Mail, Daily Star, The Scotsman and Daily Express – have also agreed to pay him substantial libel damages, thought to total six figures.”

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The Guardian, 29th July 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Companies fined after man dragged through machine – BBC News

Posted July 29th, 2011 in accidents, costs, fines, health & safety, news by sally

“Two companies have been fined a total of £75,000 after a man was dragged through a 5in (13cm) gap in machinery.”

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BBC News, 27th July 2011

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Baby powder heroin plot men jailed at Hull court – BBC News

Posted July 29th, 2011 in drug trafficking, news, sentencing by sally

“Two men from Hull have been jailed for their parts in an operation to smuggle heroin with a street value of £13m in packets of baby powder.”

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BBC News, 28th July 2011

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BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted July 29th, 2011 in law reports by sally

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

Meares v Medway Primary Care Trust [2011] EWCA Civ 897 (28 July 2011)

Greyfort Properties Ltd v Secretary of State for Communities & Anor [2011] EWCA Civ 908 (28 July 2011)

Lait v Evening Standard Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 859 (28 July 2011)

O, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham [2011] EWCA Civ 925 (28 July 2011)

St Helens & Knowsley Hospitals NHS Trust v Brownbill & Ors [2011] EWCA Civ 903 (28 July 2011)

Mew & Anor v Tristmire Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 912 (28 July 2011)

OM, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] EWCA Civ 909 (28 July 2011)

Towers v Premier Waste Management Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 923 (28 July 2011)

Gayle v Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust [2011] EWCA Civ 924 (28 July 2011)

High Court (Administrative Court)

Sulaiman v General Medical Council [2011] EWHC 1903 (Admin) (28 July 2011)

Loader v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2011] EWHC 2010 (Admin) (28 July 2011)

Belmihoub, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] EWHC 2044 (Admin) (28 July 2011)

High Court (Chancery Division)

Williams v Lawrence & Anor [2011] EWHC 2001 (Ch) (28 July 2011)

BT Pension Scheme Trustees Ltd v British Telecommunications Plc & Anor [2011] EWHC 2071 (Ch) (28 July 2011)

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp & Ors v British Telecommunications Plc [2011] EWHC 1981 (Ch) (28 July 2011)

Source: www.bailii.org

Clippings ruling could derail much online publishing, says expert – OUT-LAW.com

Posted July 29th, 2011 in internet, licensing, media, news, publishing by sally

“OPINION: Are you reading this at work? Are you sure you are not breaking copyright law by doing so? If OUT-LAW.COM copied most websites’ terms and conditions you probably would be, if the Court of Appeal is to be believed. Yesterday it said that the users of a clippings service infringed newspaper publishers’ copyrights when they clicked on links to view articles on web pages. But a fairly obscure spat over business information has the potential to derail much of the basis of online publishing.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 28th July 2011

Source: www.out-law.com

Clippings services users must have licence or infringe newspapers’ copyright, says court – OUT-LAW.com

Posted July 29th, 2011 in copyright, internet, licensing, media, news by sally

“Users of a clippings service must have a licence from newspaper publishers to click on links taking them to newspaper website pages to avoid infringing the publishers’ copyrights, the Court of Appeal has said.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 27th July 2011

Source: www.out-law.com

Bar Council to examine Bribery Act action on referral fees – Law Scoiety’s Gazette

Posted July 29th, 2011 in barristers, bribery, fees, news by sally

“Bar Council leaders have condemned the Legal Services Board for refusing to ban referral fees, and will look into whether the fees break the terms of the Bribery Act.”

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Law Society’s Gazette, 28th July 2011

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Swift 1st Ltd v Colin and others – WLR Daily

Posted July 29th, 2011 in land registration, law reports, mortgages, sale of land by sally

Swift 1st Ltd v Colin and others [2011] WLR (D)  262

“The holder of a charge over a property had full power of sale under the Law of Property Act 1925 irrespective of the fact that the charge had not been substantially registered. All that was required to exercise that power was for the mortgage to have been executed by deed.”

WLR Daily, 27th July 2011

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Newspaper Licensing Agency Ltd and others v Meltwater Holding BV and others – WLR Daily

Posted July 29th, 2011 in appeals, copyright, internet, law reports, licensing, media by sally

Newspaper Licensing Agency Ltd and others v Meltwater Holding BV and others [2011] EWCA Civ 890;  [2011] WLR (D)  261

“The end users of a commercial online media monitoring service who did not hold a web end-user licence from the publishers committed infringement of the publishers’ copyright in receiving and using the service.”

WLR Daily, 27th July 2011

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Belmont Park Investments Pty v BNY Corporate Trustee Services Ltd – WLR Daily

Posted July 29th, 2011 in insolvency, law reports, Supreme Court, winding up by sally

Belmont Park Investments Pty v BNY Corporate Trustee Services Ltd [2011] UKSC 38;  [2011] WLR (D)  260

“The policy behind the anti-deprivation rule in insolvency law, that parties could not, on bankruptcy, deprive the bankrupt of property which would otherwise be available for creditors, was to be given a commonsense application which prevented its application to bona fide commercial transactions which did not have as their predominant purpose the deprivation of the property of one of the parties on bankruptcy.”

WLR Daily, 27th July 2011

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Oguz v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Centre for Advice on Individual Rights in Europe intervening) – WLR daily

Posted July 29th, 2011 in appeals, EC law, immigration, law reports, self-employment by sally

Oguz v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Centre for Advice on Individual Rights in Europe intervening) C-186/10;  [2011] WLR (D)  259

“Article 41(1) of the Additional Protocol, signed on 23 November 1970 at Brussels and concluded, approved and confirmed on behalf of the Community by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2760/72 (OJ 1973 C 113 p17), had to be interpreted as meaning that it could be relied on by a Turkish national who, having leave to remain in a member state on condition that he did not engage in any business or profession, nevertheless entered into self-employment in breach of that condition and later applied to the national authorities for further leave to remain on the basis of the business which he had meanwhile established.”

WLR Daily, 21st July 2011

Source: www.iclr.co.uk