Jail term for man who burned Koran – The Independent
“A man who burned a Koran in front of city centre shoppers has been jailed for 70 days.”
The Independent, 18th April 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Allan & Ors, R. v [2011] EWCA Crim 1022 (18 April 2011)
Beesley & Anor, R. v [2011] EWCA Crim 1021 (18 April 2011)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
S (Children) , RE [2011] EWCA Civ 454 (18 April 2011)
RS (Pakistan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] EWCA Civ 434 (18 April 2011)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Apsion v Dilnot [2011] EWHC 869 (QB) (18 April 2011)
Police of the Metropolis & Anoir v Times Newspapers Ltd & Anor [2011] EWHC 776 (QB) (18 April 2011)
Harty v Sabre International Security Ltd & Anor [2011] EWHC 852 (QB) (05 April 2011)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
Legal aid cuts will harm children, says champion of justice for the poor – The Guardian
“Tireless Pauline McIntyre, who works in one of the UK’s most deprived areas, says family law is unfairly seen as a soft target.”
The Guardian, 18th April 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
DPP asks power station protesters to appeal against trespass convictions – The Guardian
“The 20 protesters convicted of conspiracy to commit aggravated trespass after a demonstration at the Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station have been invited to appeal against their convictions by the director of public prosecutions.”
The Guardian, 18th April 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Baxendale- Walker v Middleton & Ors [2011] EWHC 998 (QB) (18 April 2011)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
Football Dataco Ltd v Smoot Enterprises Ltd – WLR Daily
Football Dataco Ltd v Smoot Enterprises Ltd [2011] EWHC 973 (Ch); [2011] WLR (D) 136
“The court’s power to grant judgment in default under CPR Pt 12 could be exercised notwithstanding the fact that part of the relief sought by the claimant turned on a question of European law which was the subject both of an unresolved appeal to the Court of Appeal and of a reference by that court to the Court of Justice of the European Union.”
WLR Daily, 14th April 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.
Royal succession reform is being discussed, Clegg says – BBC News
“The government is consulting Commonwealth countries about changing the laws on royal succession, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has said.”
BBC News, 16th April 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Public sector workers launch legal challenge to pension reforms – Daily Telegraph
“Public sector workers have launched a legal challenge in the High Count to prevent changes to their gold-plated pensions.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th April 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Beware of cut-price offers when you come to making your will – The Guardian
“We are told that writing a will is vital to secure the future of our loved ones. But many who set out with all the best of intentions, find that what should be a simple act is frustrated by ‘glaring errors’, pressure-selling, and over-inflated fees, according to the Law Society.”
The Guardian, 17th April 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Lawyers claim £645 million family breakdown legal aid bill – Daily Telegraph
“Legal aid lawyers are making £645 million from taxpayers over family breakdowns each year – £28 for every household in England and Wales.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th April 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Environmental campaigners angry as green laws labelled as red tape – The Guardian
“Environmental campaigners have condemned the coalition’s inclusion of all of Britain’s 278 environmental laws in a list of ‘red tape’ regulations considered by the public for the axe.”
The Guardian, 17th April 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Ruling on late abortion figures challenged in court – Daily Telegraph
“The Department of Health is making a High Court challenge today to stop figures being published on the number of late abortions on ‘less than perfect’ foetuses with physical abnormalities, including cleft palate and club foot.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th April 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
NHS bill to change ‘substantively’, says Oliver Letwin – BBC News
“‘Substantive’ changes are to be made to the controversial NHS bill which is going through parliament, Cabinet Office minister Oliver Letwin says.”
BBC News, 16th April 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Kenneth Clarke: prison is a waste of money – The Guardian
“The rate of jail sentencing is ‘financially unsustainable’, the justice secretary, Kenneth Clarke, has said, delivering a defiant riposte to critics within his own party and the tabloid press who have suggested that his plans to overhaul the penal system are soft on crime.”
The Guardian, 16th April 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Couple told to cool off in £400m divorce battle – The Independent
“In what has become one of Britain’s most acrimonious and high-profile divorce battles, including walk-on roles for Simon Cowell and Sir Philip Green, a couple at war over a £400m ‘missing fortune’ has been given six months to ‘cool off’ after a week of bitter exchanges in the High Court.”
The Independent, 16th April 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
New breed of gagging order could send journalists to jail, MP claims – The Guardian
“An MP who is launching an inquiry into excessive and possibly unlawful court secrecy says a new type of gagging order is hampering the work of investigative journalists.”
The Guardian, 17th April 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
H and L v A City Council [2011] EWCA Civ 403 (14 April 2011)
Marcroft v Heartland (Midlands) Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 438 (14 April 2011)
Desai v National Car Parks Services (NCP) [2011] EWCA Civ 402 (14 April 2011)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Deeney, R. v [2011] EWCA Crim 893 (14 April 2011)
R & Anor, R. v [2011] EWCA Crim 944 (13 April 2011)
Letchford & Ors, R. v [2011] EWCA Crim 943 (13 April 2011)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Inzunza & Ors v United States of America & Ors (Rev 1) [2011] EWHC 920 (Admin) (14 April 2011)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Europeans Ltd v Revenue and Customs [2011] EWHC 948 (Ch) (13 April 2011)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Dhanani v Crasnianski [2011] EWHC 926 (Comm) (15 April 2011)
Al- Sadi v Al- Sadi [2011] EWHC 976 (Comm) (14 April 2011)
High Court (Patents Court)
H Lundbeck AS v Norpharma SPA & Ors [2011] EWHC 907 (Pat) (14 April 2011)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Double G Communications Ltd v News Group International Ltd [2011] EWHC 961 (QB) (14 April 2011)
Goodwill SIP Ltd & Ors v London Borough of Newham [2011] EWHC 980 (QB) (14 April 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org
Regina (Maftah and another) v Secretary of State for the Foreign Office and Commonwealth Affairs – WLR Daily
“The determination of a claim for judicial review challenging decisions whereby the claimants were placed, as persons believed to be associated with terrorism, on a list the effect of which was that their assets were frozen and release of any funds was placed in the discretion of the state, would not involve the determination of the claimants’ ‘civil rights’ for the purposes of article 6 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, as scheduled to the Human Rights Act 1998.”
WLR Daily, 13th April 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.
