“Is it time to revisit the Contempt of Court Act 1981? The first research findings into how much jurors are influenced by press coverage were published this week and show that jurors resort increasingly to the internet to read about their cases.”
The Times, 18th February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The government is unleashing a tough crackdown on Britain’s super-rich tax exiles in a move that will increase the pressure on dozens of the country’s wealthiest business figures and celebrities.”
The Guardian, 17th February 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The government has been overloaded with freedom of information (FoI) requests made by solicitors acting for former coal miners ahead of the first coordinated negligence action for alleged under-settlement of government compensation claims.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 18th February 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Full guidance on when prosecutions should be brought for assisting suicide will be published next week, the Crown Prosecution Service said today.”
The Independent, 17th February 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Last week Jonathan Evans, the Director-General of M15, emerged from behind his veil to comment on the case of Binyam Mohamed. His emergence was surprising: he denied that MI5 has been trying to cover up its activities and that the material was ‘not prized from us by some external process but willingly provided by us to the court in the normal way’.”
The Times, 18th February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The government and the opposition have hinted that they would implement some of Lord Justice Jackson’s recommendations on civil litigation costs, following the first parliamentary exchange on the judge’s report since its publication a month ago.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 18th February 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A prisons watchdog has criticised ‘appalling’ conditions at a young offenders’ institute (YOI), it emerged today.”
The Independent, 17th February 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“One of the country’s highest-paid civil barristers was accused today of trying to dramatically inflate his publicly funded legal aid fees by wrongly claiming for work.”
The Times, 17th February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Drew v Whitbread plc [2010] EWCA Civ 53; [2010] WLR (D) 41
“A party was not precluded from raising a matter before a costs judge on an assessment of costs which it had not raised before the trial judge when he exercised his discretion as to costs. Consequently a party could raise with the costs judge the issue that the case should have been a fast track case with costs assessed accordingly. The costs judge was not entitled simply to say that the costs would be assessed as if it were a fast track case but should proceed on the basis that the fact that the case should have been fast track was something to be taken into account when assessing costs.”
WLR Daily, 17th February 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“Three men accused of murdering a 23-year-old man during riots in Birmingham have been found not guilty.”
BBC News, 17th February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A high court judge has blocked a strike by workers at one of Britain’s busiest ports, as British Airways cabin crew brace themselves for a legal challenge to next week’s strike ballot result.”
The Guardian, 17th February 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Supreme Court
Tomlinson & Ors v Birmingham City Council [2010] UKSC 8 (17 February 2010)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Harley & Ors v Smith & Anor [2010] EWCA Civ 78 (17 February 2010)
Actavis UK Ltd v Novartis AG [2010] EWCA Civ 82 (17 February 2010)
Virdi v The Law Society of England and Wales & Anor [2010] EWCA Civ 100 (16 February 2010)
Smith v Youth Justice Board for England and Wales & Anor [2010] EWCA Civ 99 (16 February 2010)
Bilkus v Stockler Brunton (A Firm) [2010] EWCA Civ 101 (16 February 2010)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Barry, R v [2010] EWCA Crim 195 (17 February 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
The Goods Infringing Intellectual Property Rights (Customs) (Amendment) Regulations 2010
The NHS Foundation Trusts (Trust Funds: Appointment of Trustees) Amendment Order 2010
The Deposits in the Sea (Exemptions) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2010
The School Admissions Code (Appointed Day) (England) Order 2010
The Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (Commencement No.2 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2010
The Education (Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales) Order 2010
The British Nationality (Rwanda) Order 2010
The Pitcairn Constitution Order 2010
The Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Libya) Order 2010
The National Insurance Contribution Credits (Transfer of Functions) (Northern Ireland) Order 2010
The Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Qatar) Order 2010
The Parliamentary Commissioner Order 2010
The Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Luxembourg) Order 2010
The Inspectors of Education, Children’s Services and Skills Order 2010
The General and Specialist Medical Practice (Education, Training and Qualifications) Order 2010
The Health Professions (Hearing Aid Dispensers) Order 2010
The Travel Concessions (Eligible Services) (Amendment) Order 2010
The Bus Service Operators Grant (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2010
The Learner Travel Information (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2010
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
“The Court of Appeal ruled that Robert Gaines-Cooper was liable to pay UK tax despite spending less than 91 days a year in the country because England had remained ‘the centre of gravity of his life and interests’.”
The Times, 17th February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Supreme Court
“In criminal proceedings in Scotland, the Crown was under the same obligation to disclose to the defence any outstanding charges against a prosecution witness as it was to disclose a witness’s previous convictions.”
The Times, 17th February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Regina (Binyam Mohamed) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Court of Appeal
“It was for the court to determine whether a government claim of serious damage to national security required parts of the reasons in its judgment should be left out.”
The Times, 16th February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Alemo-Herron and Others v Parkwood Leisure Ltd
Court of Appeal
“After a competitive transfer to the private sector of local authority services, and thence to further private-sector employment, the second private employers were not bound by a collective pay settlement agreed between the local authority and trade unions.”
The Times, 15th February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
JO (Uganda) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; JT (Ivory Coast) v Same
Court of Appeal
“The Home Secretary would have to show very serious reasons to justify the removal, on the basis of a criminal conviction, of a settled migrant who had spent the major part of his/her childhood in the United Kingdom, if it would interfere with the Convention right to respect for his/her private and family life.”
The Times, 8th February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Oceanbulk Shipping and Trading SA v TMT Asia Ltd and others [2010] EWCA Civ 79; [2010] WLR (D) 40
“There was not, and need not be, an exception to the ‘without prejudice’ rule such as to permit evidence of ‘without prejudice’ communications and discussions to be given if there was a dispute about the interpretation of a written settlement agreement.”
WLR Daily, 16th February 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“A Government minister will have to publish guidance for companies on a new bribery offence that had been criticised for not being clear enough. The Bribery Bill would make it an offence for a company to fail to prevent bribery.”
OUT-LAW.com, 16th February 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
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