“The widow of a British man who died after contracting Legionnaires’ disease during a Fred Olsen cruise has been awarded a £70,000 financial settlement.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th March 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The 12-year-old, who has always lived with his mother, will leave school this afternoon and be picked up by his foster parents. He will stay with them until the Easter holidays when he will be taken from the West Midlands to live with his father near London, whom he has not seen for four years. The enforced move was ordered by the High Court after a judge ruled that the boy, known only as Child C, would suffer ’emotional harm’ if kept from his father.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th March 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The former hospital executive at the centre of Britain’s worst ever superbug outbreak has launched an appeal at the High Court to claim £175,000 for the loss of her job.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th March 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A court today ordered a 60-year-old woman to leave the home of the 92-year-old mother she has not spoken to for eight years.”
The Independent, 17th March 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Fresh package of funding and reform unveiled as the government’s independent child safety adviser warns the children’s secretary of a rise in demand on frontline services.”
The Guardian, 17th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The animal rights activist Bryan Griffiths was today cleared of the manslaughter of Warwickshire hunt member Trevor Morse, who was killed when he was struck by the blade of a gyrocopter.”
The Guardian, 17th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A 12-year-old boy who committed a catalogue of crimes has become one of the country’s youngest prisoners after being given a 10-month custodial term.”
The Times, 17th March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A Catholic adoption society has won a High Court battle which could allow it to go against legislation forcing it to consider gay couples as adoptive parents.”
The Times, 17th March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Supreme Court
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Agricullo Ltd v Yorkshire Housing Ltd [2010] EWCA Civ 229 (16 March 2010)
Joseph v Nettleton Road Housing Co-Operative Ltd [2010] EWCA Civ 228 (16 March 2010)
FN (Zimbabwe) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] EWCA Civ 225 (16 March 2010)
Wiles v Social Security Commissioner & Anr [2010] EWCA Civ 258 (16 March 2010)
Cook v Thomas & Anor [2010] EWCA Civ 227 (17 March 2010)
Briggs & Ors v Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust [2010] EWCA Civ 264 (17 March 2010)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Hertfordshire Oil Storage Ltd v R. [2010] EWCA Crim 493 (16 March 2010)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Amin & Anor v Amin & Ors [2010] EWHC 528 (Ch) (16 March 2010)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Crema v Cenkos Securities Plc [2010] EWHC 461 (Comm) (16 March 2010)
High Court (Family Division)
A v L [2010] EWHC 460 (Fam) (11 March 2010)
Doctor A & Ors v Ward & Anor [2010] EWHC 538 (Fam) (15 March 2010)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Mentmore Towers Ltd & Ors v Packman Lucas Ltd. [2010] EWHC 457 (TCC) (16 March 2010)
CFH Total Document Management Ltd. v OCE (UK) Ltd & Anor [2010] EWHC 541 (TCC) (16 March 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
“The government today launched a consultation on raising the upper age limit for jury service in England and Wales.”
Ministry of Justice, 16th March 2010
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“We have published a report and draft Bill, recommending statutory reform of the illegality defence as it applies to trusts law.”
Law Commission, 17th March 2010
Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk
“The new head of the Crown Prosecution Service in London has set in place plans to improve the service CPS London provides to victims and witnesses in the capital.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 16th March 2010
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
Court of Appeal
“The fact that a defendant’s name was correctly recorded in an identity document was not a defence to a prosecution if the document was false and was used to establish the defendant’s name.”
The Times, 17th March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Attorney-General’s Reference (No 79 of 2009)
Court of Appeal
“In considering whether a sentence was unduly lenient the question for the Court of Appeal was what the sentencing judge should have done on the material presented to her.”
The Times, 17th March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Court of Appeal
“A person in possession of controlled drugs who intended to supply them outside the jurisdiction did not commit an offence.”
The Times, 17th March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A man who claimed to be financier Edmund De Rothschild’s illegitimate son has been convicted of conning a woman out of more than £300,000.”
BBC News, 16th March 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An 81-year-old man who sexually assaulted a six-year-old girl has been given an eight month prison sentence, suspended for 12 months.”
BBC News, 16th March 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A former proprietary trader at Merrill Lynch, who mispriced trades in a desperate bid to cover up some of the $456m (£300m) of losses he had racked up, was banned from working in the industry for at least five years.”
The Guardian, 16th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The government is planning to introduce controversial measures, backed by the Conservatives, that would force internet companies to block websites that host substantial amounts of pirated content as it scrambles to get its digital economy bill through parliament.”
The Guardian, 16th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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