“English law favours ‘idle sexual partners over deserving relatives’, Baroness Deech, one of Britain’s most senior family lawyers, has said.”
BBC News, 2nd February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Why are we asking this now?
The Pope has made an extraordinary intervention into British politics by urging Catholics to oppose the Equality Bill going through Parliament. The Bill has finished its passage through the House of Commons, and was being fiercely debated in the House of Lords last week, with religious groups lined up on both sides of the argument, and may become the cause of a stand-off between MPs and peers.”
The Independent, 3rd February 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A poster on animal cruelty showing the killer of Baby Peter has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority.”
BBC News, 3rd February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A senior consultant at a London hospital who was suspended after repeatedly raising concerns about the health and safety of patients has a won a landmark claim.”
The Independent, 3rd February 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Environment and human rights campaigners are suing the Treasury over its injection of capital into the Royal Bank of Scotland last year.”
BBC News, 3rd February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Claims that asylum seekers are mistreated, tricked and humiliated by staff working for the UK Border Agency are to be investigated in parliament.”
The Guardian, 2nd February 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Criminal Procedure Rule Committee has made the first consolidating edition of the Criminal Procedure Rules.”
Ministry of Justice, 2nd February 2010
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“The father of an autistic daughter lost a High Court battle today against a mobile phone mast being sited outside his home.”
The Independent, 2nd February 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“No prosecutions will take place in Britain in connection with the multibillion-dollar fraud carried out by Bernard Madoff.”
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BBC News, 2nd February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A teenage gang member who knifed a 16-year-old army cadet through the heart was sentenced to a minimum of 17 years behind bars today.”
The Independent, 2nd February 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A woman jailed for killing her three-year-old son by smothering him with a pillow has had her murder conviction changed to manslaughter.”
BBC News, 2nd February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The High Court’s refusal to issue an injunction preventing the media from reporting an alleged affair footballer John Terry had with a team mate’s girlfriend is unlikely to change the course of privacy law, an expert said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 2nd February 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
High Court (Chancery Division)
American Express Services Europe Ltd v HM Revenue & Customs [2010] EWHC 120 (Ch) (29 January 2010)
High Court (Family Division)
S (A Child), Re [2010] EWHC B1 (Fam) (04 January 2010)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Hines v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] EWHC 69 (Admin) (26 January 2010)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Kolmar Group AG v Traxpo Enterprises PVT Ltd [2010] EWHC 113 (Comm) (01 February 2010)
Blue Sky One Ltd & Ors v Blue Airways Llc & Ors [2010] EWHC 128 (Comm) (01 February 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
The Enactment of Extra-Statutory Concessions Order 2010
The Criminal Defence Service (Contribution Orders) (Amendment) Regulations 2010
The Infrastructure Planning (Fees) Regulations 2010
The Infrastructure Planning (Miscellaneous Prescribed Provisions) Regulations 2010
The Infrastructure Planning (Compulsory Acquisition) Regulations 2010
The Infrastructure Planning (Examination Procedure) Rules 2010
The Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2010
The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment) Regulations 2010
The Pollution Prevention and Control (Designation of Directives)(England and Wales) Order 2010
The Planning Act 2008 (Commencement No.4 and Saving) Order 2010
The Mental Health Act 2007 (Commencement No.11) Order 2010
The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provision) Order 2010
The Infrastructure Planning (Interested Parties) Regulations 2010
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Thornton and another v Director of Public Prosecutions [2010] WLR (D) 17
“When assessing whether an indication by convicting justices as to the type of sentence which a defendant was likely to receive from a different sentencing judge gave rise to a legitimate expectation on the part of the defendant that the sentencing judge would in fact pass sentence in accordance with such an indication, the sentencing judge needed to consider whether the justices had complied with their duty pursuant to s 172 (1)(b) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 to have regard to sentencing guidelines when carrying out a function relating to the sentencing of offenders.”
WLR Daily, 1st February 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.
Alemo-Herron and others v Parkwood Leisure Ltd [2010] EWCA Civ 24; [2010] WLR (D) 16
“In the case of a competitive transfer to the private sector of local authority services, and thence to further private sector employment, the employers, in not having abided by the terms relating to pay in a collective bargaining pay settlement agreed between the local authority and trade unions, had not made an unlawful deduction from wages; and an entitlement within the agreement to pay increases was not enforceable against the employers under reg 5(1) of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 1981.”
WLR Daily, 1st February 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.
R (Savage) v Hillingdon London Borough Council [2009] EWHC 88 (Admin); [2010] WLR (D) 15
“In the discharge of its duty to provide advice and assistance to an intentionally homeless claimant, the local authority had to apply its policy flexibly and take into account the claimant’s own particular circumstances.”
WLR Daily, 1st February 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.
R v Sheppard; R v Whittle [2010] EWCA Crim 65; [2010] WLR (D) 1
“Where a substantial measure of the alleged activities involved had taken place in England, the English court had jurisdiction to try charges of publishing of racially inflammatory material contrary to s 19(1) of the Public Order Act 1986 even though publication had taken place through a website hosted outside the jurisdiction.”
WLR Daily, 1st February 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.
JA (Ivory Coast) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
Court of Appeal
“It was necessary to weigh in the balance how far the proportionality of removal of an individual from the jurisdiction was affected by the history of any compassionate grant and renewal for medical treatment of leave to remain.”
The Times, 2nd February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Regina (Ethos Recycling Ltd) v Barking and Dagenham Magistrates Court
Queen’s Bench Divisional Court
“Service by a local authority of a notice to abate an alleged statutory nuisance did not comprise the institution of summary proceedings.”
The Times, 2nd February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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