Lecturer jailed for student affair – The Independent
“A college lecturer who had a six-month relationship with a teenage student was today jailed for eight months.”
The Independent, 13th May 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Luton airport chemical alert man gets suspended term – BBC News
“A man who caused a major security alert when a chemical leaked from his holdall in the baggage area at Luton Airport has been given a suspended sentence.”
BBC News, 13th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Thames Water’s amnesty ad banned after it failed to honour promise – BBC News
“A Thames Water radio advert has been banned after the firm failed to honour a promise not to back-date bills for people taking part in an amnesty.”
BBC News, 12th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Cornish nursing home must ‘improve standards of care’ – BBC News
“Owners of a nursing home in Cornwall have been told to “improve standards of care” or face enforcement action, by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).”
BBC News, 13th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Miscarriage of justice victim sentenced for sex assault – BBC News
“A County Durham man who wrongly spent 27 years in jail for murder and rape has been given a three-year community order for sexual assault.”
BBC News, 13th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Phone hacking: Sienna Miller accepts £100,000 from News of the World – The Guardian
“Actor Sienna Miller accepted £100,000 compensation from News of the World on Friday after the paper accepted unconditional liability for all her phone-hacking claims.”
The Guardian, 13th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Phone hacking: Prescott seeks judicial review – BBC News
“Four men who believe the News of the World hacked their phones have applied to the High Court again for a judicial review into the police inquiry.”
BBC News, 12th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Drama teacher jailed for lesbian affair with pupil – Daily Telegraph
“A drama teacher who took advantage of a vulnerable pupil and had a lesbian affair with her has been jailed for three years.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th May 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
£3m fine for Potters Bar rail crash – The Independent
“Rail infrastructure company Network Rail (NR) was fined £3 million today for safety failings over the 2002 Potters Bar train crash which claimed seven lives.”
The Independent, 13th May 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
High Court (Chancery Division)
Humber Oil Terminals Trustee Ltd v Associated British Ports [2011] EWHC 1184 (Ch) (11 May 2011)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
MJN v News Group Newspapers Ltd [2011] EWHC 1192 (QB) (11 May 2011)
Clynes v O’ Connor [2011] EWHC 1201 (QB) (13 May 2011)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Harry Yearsley Ltd v Secretary of State for Justice [2011] EWHC 1160 (TCC) (12 May 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org
RSPCA welcomes Caerphilly dog suffering jail sentences – BBC News
“The RSPCA has welcomed prison sentences and a ban on keeping animals handed out to a couple who admitted causing unnecessary suffering to two dogs.”
BBC News, 12th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Teenager jailed for Ilfracombe holidaymaker pier attack – BBC News
“A man who threw a holidaymaker off a pier at Ilfracombe, Devon, has been given four years in a young offenders’ institution.”
BBC News, 12th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Solicitors from Hell to face legal action – Law Society’s Gazette
“The Law Society is set to launch legal proceedings against the owner of Solicitors from Hell, the website that blacklists law firms and solicitors. Chancery Lane will seek two injunctions against the site and its owner Rick Kordowski: one on behalf of solicitors and firms named on the site, and a second on behalf of the wider profession.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 12th May 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Damages for unlawful software use not high enough, says industry body – OUT-LAW.com
“Software companies should be entitled to bigger damages for the use of copied software, industry lobby group the Business Software Alliance (BSA) has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 13th May 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
UK backs EU-wide PNR plan after 15 countries back extension of proposal to internal EU flights – OUT-LAW.com
“Original pan-EU plans to collect passenger name record data (PNR) applied only to flights to and from EU countries from outside the EU. The Government has opted in to the process only after receiving the support of 15 other countries for its amendment to the plan so that it applied to some flights within the EU.”
OUT-LAW.com, 12th May 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
K v L [2011] EWCA Civ 550 (13 May 2011)
AXA Sunlife Services Plc v Campbell Martin Ltd & Ors [2011] EWCA Civ 549 (12 May 2011)
Kennedy v The Information Commissioner & Anor [2011] EWCA Civ 367 (12 May 2011)
DM v Secretary of State for Justice [2011] EWCA Civ 522 (12 May 2011)
Amos v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] EWCA Civ 552 (12 May 2011)
Fraenkl -Rietti v Cheltenham & Gloucester Plc [2011] EWCA Civ 524 (12 May 2011)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Young, R. v [2011] EWCA Crim 1176 (12 May 2011)
Twist & Ors v R. [2011] EWCA Crim 1143 (12 May 2011)
Bond, R v [2011] EWCA Crim 1197 (13 May 2011)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Evans, R (on the application of) v The Lord Chancellor & Anor [2011] EWHC 1146 (Admin) (12 May 2011)
A, R (on the application of) v Lewisham Youth Court & Anor [2011] EWHC 1193 (Admin) (12 May 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org
Lane v Cullens Solicitors and others – WLR Daily
Lane v Cullens Solicitors and others [2011] EWCA Civ 547; [2011] WLR (D) 157
“Where a personal representative had distributed sums out of the relevant estate notwithstanding a notified third party claim against the estate, and sought to sue solicitors in professional negligence, the applicable limitation period could be found to run from the time at which the legal position had altered, viz upon payment out, regardless of the question whether the third party claim was correctly to be characterised as a vested or a contingent claim.”
WLR Daily, 11th 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 (Nassery) v Brent London Borough Council – WLR Daily
Regina (Nassery) v Brent London Borough Council [2011] EWCA Civ 539; [2011] WLR (D) 156
“Where a local authority was assessing whether a person was ‘in need of care and attention’ for the purposes of section 21(1)(a) of the National Assistance Act 1948 the primary focus was on present rather than future needs, but provided there was a present need for some sort of care an authority was also empowered to intervene before it became much worse.”
WLR Daily, 11th 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 (Adams) v Secretary of State for Justice (JUSTICE and another intervening)- WLR Daily
Regina (Adams) v Secretary of State for Justice (JUSTICE and another intervening); In re MacDermott’s and McCartney’s Applications for Judicial Review (JUSTICE intervening) [2011] UKSC 18; [2011] WLR (D) 155
“A miscarriage of justice, within the meaning of section 133 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988, occurred where a new fact so undermined the evidence against the defendant that no conviction could possibly be based upon it.”
WLR Daily, 11th 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
