“High court judges have backed demands by the home secretary and the US authorities to extradite a seriously ill woman to stand trial in America on charges of abducting her daughter 12 years ago.”
The Guardian, 21st April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
NT, R v [2010] EWCA Crim 711 (31 March 2010)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Walbrook Trustees (Jersey) Ltd. & Ors v Fattal & Ors [2010] EWCA Civ 408 (20 April 2010)
Milner & Anor v Carnival Plc (t/a Cunard) [2010] EWCA Civ 389 (20 April 2010)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Aspect Capital Ltd v Christensen [2010] EWHC 744 (Ch) (29 March 2010)
Amin & Anor v Amin & Ors [2010] EWHC 827 (Ch) (20 April 2010)
High Court (Commercial Court)
High Court (Patents Court)
HTC Corporation v Yozmot 33 Ltd. [2010] EWHC 786 (Pat) (20 April 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
“Lawyers for a soldier who was jailed for going absent without leave after refusing to fight in Afghanistan will appeal against his sentence today.”
The Independent, 21st April 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A man who stabbed a stranger to ‘release his rage’ at not being able to get through to his girlfriend’s phone has been found guilty of murder.”
BBC News, 20th April 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Nine men, including one from Dorset, are due to go on trial accused of taking part in Britain’s biggest jewellery robbery in central London.”
The Independent, 21st April 2010
Source:www.independent.co.uk
“A worker has won almost £100,000 because his firm discriminated against his environmental views after a landmark legal ruling placed them on a par with religious beliefs.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th April 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Paediatrician David Southall has won an appeal over a long-running dispute with the General Medical Council.”
BBC News, 20th April 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two lawyers made nearly £80,000 in unlawful profits after using insider information to buy shares in a small biotech firm on the brink of a large corporate buy out, a court heard today.”
The Independent, 20th April 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A Pakistani man who sexually abused two girls has won the right to stay in Britain, claiming his human rights would be breached if he was deported.”
BBC News, 20th April 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“One of the three people jailed for the death of Baby Peter has lost a bid to take his appeal against a rape conviction to the Supreme Court.”
BBC News, 20th April 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“In calculating the liability to corporation tax of an insurer in respect of its basic life and general annuity business, the taxpayer was entitled to relief in respect of losses incurred in past years, including years prior to 2003, when the law had been amended to make specific reference to the right to carry losses forward in respect of that type of business.”
WLR Daily, 16th April 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
European Court of Human Rights
“The taking of blood samples and of intimate photographs of a girl aged nine, without her parents’ consent, violated article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, guaranteeing the right to respect for private and family life. The absence of a common law duty of care owed to parents, violated article 13, providing for the right to an effective remedy.”
The Times, 19th April 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
CJ v Flintshire Borough Council [2010] EWCA Civ 393 (15 April 2010)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Yuanda (UK) Co Ltd v WW Gear Construction Ltd [2010] EWHC 720 (TCC) (13 April 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
“The House of Lords should become a second chamber where just two-thirds of members are elected until fresh primary legislation in 10 years’ time decides whether all peers should be elected, according to a document drawn up by the government.”
The Guardian, 19th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Police have paid compensation and apologised to the comedian and activist Mark Thomas after they admitted unlawfully searching him for looking ‘over-confident’ at a demonstration.”
The Guardian, 19th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A 51-year-old man has been found guilty of smothering his six-week-old baby to death in 1985.”
BBC News, 19th April 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Strip clubs could use the Human Rights Act to oppose legislation allowing councils greater freedom to turn down lap-dancing licence applications, venue owners say.”
The Guardian, 19th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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