Muslim fanatic fined £100 for ‘gay free zone’ stickers – Daily Telegraph
“A Muslim fanatic who posted homophobic stickers declaring London’s East End a ‘gay free zone’ has been fined £100.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st June 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Lords to debate whether parliament should scrutinise judicial appointments – The Guardian
“Should parliament scrutinise judicial appointments? That’s one of the questions to be examined by the House of Lords constitution committee as part of an inquiry it launched a couple of weeks ago. Anyone can submit evidence within the next month, so here goes.”
The Guardian, 1st June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Family Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2011
The Employment and Support Allowance (Work-Related Activity) Regulations 2011
The Medicines (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2011
The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory Trading Fund Order 2011
The Community Legal Service (Financial) (Amendment) Regulations 2011
The Debt Relief (Developing Countries) Act 2010 (Permanent Effect) Order 2011
The Family Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2011
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Honorary QC nomination period now open – Ministry of Justice
“The Ministry of Justice intends to recommend a number of people to Her Majesty for appointment as Queen’s Counsel ‘honoris causa’ (honorary silk) in spring 2012. We are inviting both the legal sector and the wider public to make nominations.”
Ministry of Justice, 1st June 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Chris Huhne faces second inquiry into 2010 general election expenses – The Guardian
“Chris Huhne is facing a second potentially damaging inquiry after the elections watchdog announced it was reviewing all his expenses from the general election in response to allegations he broke the rules.”
The Guardian, 1st June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Gatwick officer gets £100,000 over asylum seeker bite – BBC News
“A custody officer who was bitten on the face by an HIV positive asylum seeker has been awarded more than £100,000 compensation.”
BBC News, 31st May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Prisoner granted right to father child from jail – Daily Telegraph
“A prisoner has been allowed to father a child from behind bars via artificial insemination because of European laws that guarantee him the right to a ‘family life’.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st June 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Loans firms decision due from OFT – BBC News
“A decision over whether action should be taken against firms making unsolicited loan offers is due from the fair trading regulator later.”
BBC News, 1st June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Reggie Perrin bid man convicted – The Independent
“A man who faked his own death by leaving his clothing, car keys and a suicide note on a beach was today convicted of child sex offences.”
The Independent, 31st May 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Refusal to allow mosque attendance was not indirect discrimination, rules tribunal – OUT-LAW.com
“A company did not indirectly discriminate against a Muslim security guard by preventing him from attending Friday prayers at a Mosque, an Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 31st May 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
Police officer sacked for ‘inappropriate relationship’ with girl, 14 – The Guardian
“Disciplinary panel says officer exploited position of trust to pursue girl living in care home.”
The Guardian, 31st May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Who, What, Why: Is taking rubbish illegal? – BBC News
“A woman has admitted handling stolen goods after being accused of taking potato waffles, pies, and 100 packets of ham from a bin outside of a Tesco Express in Essex. But if something is thrown away, when is it illegal to take it?”
BBC News, 31st May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Lawyers wrestle once again with vexed question of referral fees – The Guardian
“Should lawyers be allowed to pay for work referred to them? The debate remains as heated today as it was in 2004 when the Law Society, under pressure from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), first allowed solicitors to pay so-called referral fees.”
The Guardian, 31st May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘One size fits all’ EU data protection law would undermine rights, says Clarke – OUT-LAW.com
“New European data protection law proposals risk compromising freedoms and security, UK Justice Secretary Ken Clarke has said. He said that he opposed a ‘one size fits all’ approach to European data protection law.”
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OUT-LAW.com, 31st May 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Palmer, R. v [2011] EWCA Crim 1316 (12 May 2011)
Attorney General Reference No 017 Of 2011 [2011] EWCA Crim 1319 (12 May 2011)
Attorney General Reference No 18 of 2011 [2011] EWCA Crim 1300 (12 May 2011)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Illingworth, R. (on the application of) v Leeds City Council [2011] EWCA Civ 640 (26 May 2011)
Omega SA v Omega Engineering Incorporated [2011] EWCA Civ 645 (27 May 2011)
Ridgeland Properties Ltd v Bristol City Council [2011] EWCA Civ 649 (27 May 2011)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Group Lotus Plc & Anor v 1Malaysia Racing Team SDN BHD & Ors [2011] EWHC 1366 (Ch) (27 May 2011)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Sitek v Circuit Court In Swidnica, Poland [2011] EWHC 1378 (Admin) (27 May 2011)
DL & Anor v London Borough of Newham [2011] EWHC 1127 (Admin) (27 May 2011)
Hassan v Secretary of State for Justice [2011] EWHC 1359 (Admin) (27 May 2011)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Awal Bank BSC v Al- Sanea [2011] EWHC 1354 (Comm) (27 May 2011)
Hess Corp v Stena Drillmax III Ltd. & Anor [2011] EWHC 1340 (Comm) (27 May 2011)
Suek AG v Glencore International AG [2011] EWHC 1361 (Comm) (27 May 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org
Ex-Tory peer Lord Taylor jailed for expenses fraud – BBC News
“Ex-Tory peer Lord Taylor of Warwick has been jailed for 12 months for falsely claiming £11,277 in parliamentary expenses.”
BBC News, 31st May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Regina (HRH Sultan of Pahang) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily
“The question of who was a head of state such as to attract state immunity was a matter for the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and not for the court. A certificate issued by the Secretary of State under section 21 of the State Immunity Act 1978 was conclusive evidence of the status of a territory for the purposes of Part I of the 1978 Act. The certificate was the only proper means by which the court could, for the purposes of the common law where it continued to apply, inform itself of a territory’s status and of the identity of the head of state.”
WLR Daily, 25th May 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.
Sutton and others v England and others – WLR Daily
Sutton and others v England and others [2011] EWCA Civ 637; [2011] WLR (D) 182
“The partition of a trust fund did not necessarily have more than an incidental impact on, or necessarily involve a variation or rearrangement of, the beneficial interests in it. The court therefore had power, in appropriate circumstances, to grant an application by trustees under section 57(1) of the Trustees Act 1925 for the appropriation and partition of trust property.”
WLR Daily, 26th May 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.
Konsumentombudsmannen v Ving Sverige AB – WLR Daily
Konsumentombudsmannen v Ving Sverige AB (Case C-122/10); [2011] WLR (D) 181
“A commercial communication constituted an ‘invitation to purchase’ within the meaning of article 2(i) of Parliament and Council Directive 2005/29/EC concerning unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices in the internal market, as soon as the information on the product and its price were sufficient for the consumer to be able to make a transactional decision. Information on price could be sufficient for those purposes where it contained an entry-level price and information on the product’s characteristics could be contained in a verbal or visual reference. It was sufficient for the purposes of providing the material information for an invitation to purchase required pursuant to article 7(4)(a) of the Directive for only certain of the product’s main characteristics to be given in that invitation and for the trader to refer in addition to its website, provided the essential information was on that website. Whether or not a reference to an entry-level price was misleading for the purposes of article 7(4)(c) was for the national court to ascertain in the circumstances of the case.”
WLR Daily, 12th May 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.
