Ronald Toms faces jail for 1987 Ammanford sex attack – BBC News
“A man who sexually assaulted an 84-year-old widow in a ‘terrifying’ attack in her own home 24 years ago has been told he will be jailed.”
BBC News, 23rd June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
MPs defy government and agree to ban on use of circus animals – The Guardian
“MPs have agreed to a ban on the use of wild animals in circuses amid claims from the Conservative MP who led the campaign that Downing Street tried to bribe him with the prospect of a government job to get him to change his position.”
The Guardian, 23rd June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Sir Fred Goodwin colleague appeals decision – The Independent
“Lawyers representing the work colleague with whom former Royal Bank of Scotland chief Sir Fred Goodwin had an affair has filed an appeal against a High Court judge’s decision that although the media must not identify her by name they could give her job description.”
The Independent, 23rd June 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Sally Challen guilty of murdering husband Richard with hammer – BBC News
“A woman has been jailed for life after being convicted of murdering her estranged husband by bludgeoning him to death with a hammer.”
BBC News, 23rd June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Devon man jailed for double murder – The Guardian
“A ‘controlling and dominating’ husband has been jailed for a minimum of 30 years for the murder of his estranged wife and her friend in a frenzied sex attack.”
The Guardian, 23rd June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Government supports more efficient dispute resolution – Ministry of Justice
“The Government has signed the first Dispute Resolution Commitment (DRC), which requires all departments and agencies to use mediation, arbitration and conciliation wherever possible before taking disputes to court.”
Ministry of Justice, 23rd June 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
UK ‘must help release detainee’ in Afghanistan, High Court told – BBC News
“Lawyers for a man held in Afghanistan are demanding he is freed under one of the England’s most ancient laws.”
BBC News, 23rd June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Thieving postman traumatised by Disneyland rollercoaster accident spared jail – Daily Telegraph
“A postman who claimed he was traumatised into stealing parcels after going on the Disneyland roller coaster Thunder Mountain, was spared jail yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd June 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Ignore the warnings about legal aid changes and risk meltdown in courts – The Guardian
“It is easy for politicians to dismiss lawyers as self-seeking fat cats, but their concerns should be listened to.”
The Guardian, 23rd June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Levi Bellfield guilty of Milly Dowler murder – BBC News
“Former nightclub doorman Levi Bellfield has been found guilty of murdering 13-year-old Milly Dowler.”
BBC News, 23rd June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Chancery Lane urges government to fund family justice reforms – Law Society’s Gazette
“The Law Society has backed the Family Justice Review’s ‘far-reaching’ proposals for reform, but urged the government not to proceed with the changes unless it can provide the money to implement them properly.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 23rd June 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Supreme Court
Cart v The Upper Tribunal (Rev 1) [2011] UKSC 28 (21 June 2011)
Eba v Advocate General for Scotland (Scotland) [2011] UKSC 29 (21 June 2011)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Coventry City Council v PGO & Ors [2011] EWCA Civ 729 (22 June 2011)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Kent County Council v Lawrence [2011] EWHC 1590 (QB) (22 June 2011)
High Court (Family Division)
A Local Authority v DL & Ors [2011] EWHC 1022 (Fam) (19 April 2011)
A v P [2011] EWHC 1530 (Fam) (21 June 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Shropshire Community Health National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 2011
The Nottinghamshire Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 2011
The Plastic Kitchenware (Conditions on Imports from China) (England) Regulations 2011
The Building (Amendment) Regulations 2011
The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Nitrous Oxide) Regulations 2011
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Eba v Advocate General for Scotland – WLR Daily
Eba v Advocate General for Scotland [2011] UKSC 29; [2011] WLR (D) 204
“The approach to judicial review of unappealable decisions of the Upper Tribunal in Scotland should be to align itself with what had been decided by the Supreme Court to be the approach to be taken in England and Wales. Accordingly, as in England and Wales, the same criteria which had to be satisfied when making a second-tier appeal to the Court of Appeal applied when deciding whether a refusal of permission by the Upper Tribunal to appeal to itself was open to judicial review in Scotland.”
WLR Daily, 22nd June 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Regina (Cart) v Upper Tribunal; Regina (MR (Pakistan)) Upper Tribunal – WLR Daily
“Judicial review of a refusal by the Upper Tribunal of permission to appeal to itself was limited to the grounds upon which permission to make a second-tier appeal to the Court of Appeal would be granted.”
WLR Daily, 22nd June 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Atrium Medical Corpn and another v DSB Invest Holding SA – WLR Daily
Atrium Medical Corpn and another v DSB Invest Holding SA [2011] EWHC 74 (Pat); [2011] WLR (D) 202
“High Court proceedings for declarations as to whether a product incorporated technical information, thus ultimately resulting in the determination of whether royalties were due, fell within the definition of ‘intellectual property litigation’ in regulation 3 of the Chartered Institute of Patent Agents Higher Courts Qualification Regulations 2007 and therefore a patent attorney litigator was an ‘authorised person’ entitled to conduct the litigation and to exercise rights of audience in relation thereto.”
WLR Daily, 21st June 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“Justice in Times of Austerity” – speech by Commissioner Viviane Reding now available – The Bar Council
“Vice-President of the European Commission and the first Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, Viviane Reding delivered the keynote address at a seminar on ‘Justice in Times of Austerity’, co-hosted by the Bar Council, the Criminal Bar Association, the Family Law Bar Association and the European Circuit of the Bar of England and Wales.”
The Bar Council, 22nd June 2011
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
Child abuse loophole to be closed – Ministry of Justice
“A legal loophole that could allow those who physically abuse children or vulnerable adults to escape justice is to be closed, the Government announced today (22 June).”
Ministry of Justice, 22nd June 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Ryan Lovell-Hancox: Killers were known to authorities – BBC News
“A murdered three-year-old West Midlands boy was not protected despite his killers being known to child protection agencies, a report has found.”
BBC News, 23rd June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
