Holiday Atol protection set to be expanded – BBC News
“More holidaymakers are set to be protected from losses when a travel company goes bust, the government has confirmed.”
BBC News, 3rd February 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Pub landlady’s EU case paves way for Premier League rights revolution – The Guardian
“The European Union’s highest court was today advised to rule that EU law does not prohibit pubs showing live Premier League matches from foreign broadcasters, potentially sparking a revolution in the way media sports rights are sold across the continent.”
The Guardian, 3rd February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Paedophile jailed for abusing six-year-old girls – The Guardian
“Somerset man dubbed Al the Paedo by work colleagues receives 10-year sentence for ‘dreadful breach of trust.’ ”
The Guardian, 3rd February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Man faces jail after ‘axe-attack’ joke – Daily Telegraph
“A man is facing jail after he tried to scare teenagers away by chasing his ketchup-smeared fiancée down a moonlit farm track whilst wielding an axe.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd February 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Damages awarded for woman scalded in bath – The Independent
“A disabled woman suffered appalling burns when careworkers lowering her into a scalding bath mistook her distress for an epileptic fit, the High Court heard today.”
The Independent, 3rd February 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Ceredigion farmer’s five-year ban from keeping animals – BBC News
“A farmer and pet shop owner has been banned from keeping animals for five years after he was convicted of 39 welfare offences.”
BBC News, 2nd February 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Olympic property fraud gang jailed for shares scam – BBC News
“Five men have been jailed for their roles in a scam which invited dozens of elderly people to invest in property near the Olympic site in east London.”
BBC News, 2nd February 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Government delays Bribery Act to write new guidance – OUT-LAW.com
“The Government has delayed the implementation of the Bribery Act. It will not now come into force in April as planned but will be put on hold while the Government rewrites guidance for businesses on how to comply with the 2010 law.”
OUT-LAW.com, 31st January 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
High Court backs OFT’s action against scratchcard promoters – OUT-Law.com
“A series of linked scratchcard promotion companies must fundamentally change the way they do business or stop operating after the High Court ruled their promotions were unlawful.”
OUT-LAW.com, 3rd February 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
Supreme Court issues guidance on courtroom twitter use – Law Society’s Gazette
“The Supreme Court has today given the ‘green light’ to allow people to ‘tweet’ from inside the courtroom. It has issued guidance on the use of live text-based communication by legal teams, journalists and members of the public of what is going on in court.”
Law Society’s Gazette. 3rd February 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Llewellyn v Lorey & Anor [2011] EWCA Civ 37 (03 February 2011)
Glaves v Crown Prosecution Service [2011] EWCA Civ 69 (03 February 2011)
Bowater v Northwest London Hospitals NHS Trust [2011] EWCA Civ 63 (03 February 2011)
Uren v Corporate Leisure (UK) Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 66 (02 February 2011)
HSBC Bank Plc v Brophy [2011] EWCA Civ 67 (02 February 2011)
Morgan v The Spirit Group Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 68 (02 February 2011)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Forrest v Lord Chancellor & Anor [2011] EWHC 142 (Admin) (03 February 2011)
Patel v The Office of the Attorney General, Frankfurt [2011] EWHC 155 (Admin) (03 February 2011)
Kasprzak v Warsaw Regional Court, Poland [2011] EWHC 100 (Admin) (02 February 2011)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Ketteringham & Anor v Hardy [2011] EWHC 162 (Ch) (03 February 2011)
Marley v Rawlings & Anor [2011] EWHC 161 (Ch) (03 February 2011)
High Court (Queen’s Bench)
Ashia Centur Ltd v Barker Gillette LLP [2011] EWHC 148 (QB) (03 February 2011)
Trigger v Northampton Magistrates’ Court & Anor [2011] EWHC 149 (QB) (02 February 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Inshore Fisheries and Conservation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2011
The Inheritance Tax Avoidance Schemes (Prescribed Descriptions of Arrangements) Regulations 2011
The South Derbyshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2011
The Northampton (Electoral Changes) Order 2011
The Mansfield (Electoral Changes) Order 2011
The Central Bedfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2011
The Bedford (Electoral Changes) Order 2011
The Education (School Day and School Year) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2011
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
ZH (Tanzania) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily
“The need to safeguard and promote the welfare of children who were in the United Kingdom was a primary consideration when immigration authorities were making a decision as to the deportation of a parent whose application for asylum in the United Kingdom had been refused. Once the children’s best interests had been identified, the authorities were then required to assess whether those interests were outweighed by any other considerations such as the need to maintain a proper and efficient system of immigration control. When the children had British citizenship that was of particular importance in assessing their best interests.”
WLR Daily, 2nd February 2011
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.
Global Process Systems Inc and another v Syarikat Takaful Malaysia Berhad – WLR Daily
“A provision in a marine cargo insurance policy excluding loss resulting from any inherent inability of the goods to withstand a voyage applied only where the goods had deteriorated, not because they had been subjected to some external fortuitous accident or casualty, but because of their natural behaviour in the ordinary course of the voyage.”
WLR Daily, 2nd February 2011
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.
Orr v Milton Keynes Council – WLR Daily
“The employer’s knowledge for the purposes of section 98(4) of the Employment Rights Act 1996 was that of the person who was deputed to carry out the employer’s functions.”
WLR Daily, 2nd February 2011
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.
Regina (Z) v Croydon London Borough Council – WLR Daily
Regina (Z) v Croydon London Borough Council [2011] EWCA Civ 59; [2011] WLR (D) 29
“Where a court was considering whether to grant permission to proceed with a claim for judicial review of a local authority’s decision in an age assessment case the court should ask whether the material before it raised a factual case which, taken at its highest, could not properly succeed in a contested factual hearing. If so, permission should be refused. If not, permission should normally be granted, subject to other discretionary factors, such as delay. It was axiomatic that an unaccompanied asylum seeker who claimed to be a child should be given, where an assessment of his age was being conducted by a local authority, a fair and proper opportunity, at a stage when a possible adverse decision was no more than provisional, to deal with important points adverse to his age case which weighed against him.”
WLR Daily, 2nd February 2011
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.
Law firm not liable to loan losses, says appeal court – Law Society’s Gazette
“A law firm that gave negligent advice to a bank before the bank lost £28m in loans advanced to two local authorities does not have to reimburse those losses, the Court of Appeal ruled last week.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 3rd February 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Supreme Court widens definition of violent abuse – Law Society’s Gazette
“Solicitors have welcomed a Supreme Court ruling that domestic violence extends beyond physical contact to include other forms of violent conduct.”
Law Society’s Gazette. 3rd February 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Report on the implementation of Law Commission proposals – Law Commission
“The first annual report to be presented to Parliament on the extent to which Law Commission proposals have been implemented by the Government.”
Law Commission, 28th January 2011
Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk
