Two jailed for raping 15-year-old girl in Manchester – BBC News
“Two men who picked a 15-year-old girl up from outside Manchester care home and raped her have been jailed.”
BBC News, 20th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Man who drove at Dali bar crowd in Rochdale jailed – BBC News
“A man who ploughed into a crowd of revellers outside a bar in Rochdale has been jailed indefinitely.”
BBC News, 20th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Elliot Morley jailed for cheating his expenses – Daily Telegraph
“Elliot Morley became the first former minister to be jailed for cheating his expenses when he was sentenced to 16 months today.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th May 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
PCC rules against magazine’s payment to ‘criminal associate’ – The Guardian
“The Press Complaints Commission has upheld a complaint against Pick Me Up magazine over a payment to a woman who slept with a criminal. The PCC ruled that by paying a fee to an associate of a criminal the magazine had breached the editors’ code of practice, which forbids all such payments.”
The Guardian, 20th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Pete Doherty jailed for possessing cocaine – The Guardian
“Musician Pete Doherty has been jailed for six months after pleading guilty to possession of cocaine.”
The Guardian, 20th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Southampton Briars care home bosses win neglect appeal – BBC News
“The former owner and manager of a care home in Southampton have had their convictions for neglecting elderly residents quashed on appeal.”
BBC News, 19th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Ahmed Ali & Ors, R. v [2011] EWCA Crim 1260 (19 May 2011)
Hull v R. [2011] EWCA Crim 1261 (19 May 2011)
High Court (Administrative Court)
W, R (on the application of) v Birmingham City Council [2011] EWHC 1147 (Admin) (19 May 2011)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Panter v Rowellian Football Social Club & Ors [2011] EWHC 1301 (Ch) (20 May 2011)
High Court (Family Divsion)
V v V [2011] EWHC 1190 (Fam) (20 May 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org
Regina v Dobson – WLR Daily
Regina v Dobson [2011] EWCA Crim 1256; [2011] WLR (D) 167
“Where the Court of Appeal was considering, for the purposes of quashing an acquittal, whether there was new and compelling evidence, provided the new evidence was reliable, substantial and appeared to be highly probative it would be compelling for the purposes of section 78 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003: otherwise it would not.”
WLR Daily, 18th 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
Regina v D (N); Regina v P (A); Regina v U (S) – WLR Daily
Regina v D (N); Regina v P (A); Regina v U (S) [2011] WLR (D) 166
“Evidence that a defendant had viewed child pornography was capable of being adduced in evidence at trial under section 101(1)(d) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 to demonstrate a propensity for offences involving the sexual abuse of children.”
WLR Daily, 17th 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
Aitken v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis – WLR Daily
Aitken v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [2011] EWCA Civ 582; [2011] WLR (D) 165
“Parties and their lawyers using the tribunal system should not draw the appellate courts into unnecessary speculation as to what the law would be if an employment tribunal had found the facts differently. Users of the tribunal system needed to be reminded that they needed evidence to prove facts; they needed facts on which to base legal submissions; and they needed real, not imaginary, questions of law for any appeal.”
WLR Daily, 18th 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
Serious Organised Crime Agency v Perry and others (No 2) – WLR Daily
Serious Organised Crime Agency v Perry and others (No 2) [2011] EWCA Civ 578; [2011] WLR (D) 164
“A court in England and Wales had the power under Part 5 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 to make a recovery order in favour of the trustee for civil recovery in respect of recoverable property outside the jurisdiction, whether moveable or immoveable.”
WLR Daily, 18th 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
Twitter does not render injunctions pointless, judge warns – Daily Telegraph
“Mr Justice Tugendhat insisted anyone who uses the internet to breach a court order still leaves themselves open to a claim for damages.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th May 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Playboy claim that videos were too explicit for ATVOD regulation fails – OUT-LAW.com
“Sexually explicit videos available on-demand on pornographic websites is ‘television-like’ content and is subject to UK video on demand regulations, Ofcom has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 19th May 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
CPS under fire over advocate panels – Law Society’s Gazette
“The Crown Prosecution Service faced pressure from both its own inspectorate and the Bar Council this week over its procurement of external advocates. The Gazette has learned that the Bar Council is seeking advice on a judicial review of the CPS’s new advocate panels.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 19th May 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Kenneth Clarke delays announcement of sentencing reforms – The Guardian
“The justice secretary, Kenneth Clarke, has postponed plans to announce his sentencing reforms, including the controversial move to increase discounts for early guilty pleas, until after the Whitsun break. Clarke had hoped to announce the sentencing package designed to stabilise the record prison population next Tuesday, but that has been delayed for a few weeks while ministers look again at the impact of the controversial proposal.”
The Guardian, 20th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
High Court judge approves commercial surrogacy – BBC News
“A serving High Court judge has told the BBC that he is approving commercial surrogacy agreements made by British couples abroad.”
BBC News, 19th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Media concession expected in injunction report – BBC News
“A report by a top judge is likely to recommend the media are allowed into court when injunctions and so-called super-injunctions are being sought.”
BBC News, 20th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
High Court: Council must not axe care for elderly – Daily Telegraph
“Britain’s biggest council has been told its plans to cut care services for elderly and severely disabled people are ‘unlawful’ and must be scrapped, in a landmark High Court judgement with wide-ranging implications for social care.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th May 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
No privacy law to gag press, Jeremy Hunt says – Daily Telegraph
“The Government will not introduce a privacy law, Jeremy Hunt, the Culture Secretary, has said. Instead, Parliament will consider producing more detailed guidance for judges to interpret the Human Rights Act.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th May 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
