UK ‘using obscure legal principle’ to dismiss torture claims in colonial Kenya – The Guardian

Posted January 25th, 2010 in Kenya, news, rape, state immunity, state succession, torture by sally

“The government is invoking an obscure legal principle to dismiss claims of torture and rape by the British colonial administration in Kenya, campaigners claimed.”

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The Guardian, 25th January 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Attorney General urged to increase sentence in Edlington torture case – Daily Telegraph

Posted January 25th, 2010 in news, sentencing, young offenders by sally

“Child welfare campaigners have called for a longer sentence to be given to the two brothers who tortured and sexually humiliated two young boys.”

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Daily Telegraph, 23rd January 2010

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Tories back plan to extend ‘Sarah’s law’ sex offender checks – The Guardian

Posted January 25th, 2010 in children, news, sexual offences by sally

“The Conservatives today backed plans by the home secretary, Alan Johnson, for a national roll-out of powers allowing parents to check whether those who regularly care for their children are convicted sex offenders.”

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The Guardian, 24th January 2010

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Fears of ‘licence to kill’ as Tories bid to change self-defence law – The Times

Posted January 25th, 2010 in news by sally

“A new law to give greater protection to householders is unnecessary and could be a licence to kill, a leading criminal barrister has warned.”

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The Times, 25th January 2010

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Mum jailed over ‘most ill child’ pretence – The Independent

Posted January 25th, 2010 in child cruelty, news, perverting the course of justice, sentencing by sally

“A mother who pretended that her son was terminally ill for six years in order to gain access to celebrities, a prime minister, the royal family and charitable donations has been jailed for three years.”

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The Independent, 22nd January 2010

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Parents of Edlington torture brothers could be charged – BBC News

Posted January 25th, 2010 in children, news, parental responsibility by sally

“The parents of two brothers detained indefinitely after they tortured two young boys in a ‘sadistic’ attack could face prosecution, police have revealed.”

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BBC News, 23rd January 2010

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Police stop and search ‘not cutting knife crime’, new figures suggest – The Guardian

Posted January 25th, 2010 in crime prevention, news, offensive weapons, police, stop and search by sally

“There is little connection between the use of stop and search powers by the ­Metropolitan police and reductions in knife crime, according to new figures ­analysed by a leading criminologist.”

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The Guardian, 24th January 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

‘Noisy sex’ woman spared prison – BBC News

Posted January 22nd, 2010 in ASBOs, news, noise, sentencing by sally

“A woman who breached an Asbo banning her from having noisy sex has been given a suspended prison sentence.”

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BBC News, 22nd January 2010

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Is divorce law fair? – Daily Telegraph

Posted January 22nd, 2010 in divorce, evidence, news by sally

“A multimillionaire faces Britain’s biggest divorce payout. Is Lisa Tchenguiz right to demand £100m of her husband’s wealth?”

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Daily Telegraph, 22nd January 2010

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Edlington brothers jailed for torture of two boys – The Guardian

Posted January 22nd, 2010 in grievous bodily harm, news, sentencing, torture, young offenders by sally

“Two young brothers who subjected a pair of children to a 90-minute ordeal of beating, torture and sexual humiliation were today sentenced to an indeterminate detention term of at least five years.”

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The Guardian, 22nd January 2010

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How Edlington case follows course paved by Bulger trial – BBC News

Posted January 22nd, 2010 in children, criminal responsibility, news, young offenders by sally

“Two brothers are among Britain’s youngest convicted criminals to be placed in custody after being detained for a horrific attack on another two boys in Edlington, South Yorkshire, carried out when they were aged just 10 and 11.”

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BBC News, 22nd January 2010

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Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI

Posted January 22nd, 2010 in legislation by sally

The Employment Relations Act 1999 (Blacklists) Regulations 2010

The Sheep and Goats (Records, Identification and Movement) (Wales) Order 2009

Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

Video Recordings Act 2010

Posted January 22nd, 2010 in legislation, video recordings by sally

Video Recordings Act 2010 published

Full text of Act

Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

British Sky Broadcasting Group plc and another v Competition Commission and another – WLR Daily

Posted January 22nd, 2010 in appeals, competition, law reports, media, mergers by sally

British Sky Broadcasting Group plc and another v Competition Commission and another [2010] EWCA Civ 2; [2010] WLR (D) 5

“In deciding whether or not the recommendation of the Competition Commission that a proposed merger should be prevented as contrary to the public interest, the Competition Appeal Tribunal was not required to exercise a greater intensity of judicial review than would be applied on a normal judicial review application. S 120(4) of the Competition Act 1998 required the appeal tribunal to apply the same principles as would be applied by a court on an application for judicial review. It would fly in the face of the section’s words if the tribunal, as a hyper-competent specialised tribunal, were required to undertake a more intensive review.”

WLR Daily, 21st January 2010

Source: www.lawreports.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.

R (G) v Governors of X School (Secretary of State for Children and Schools and Families intervening) – WLR Daily

Posted January 22nd, 2010 in disciplinary procedures, law reports, teachers by sally

R (G) v Governors of X School (Secretary of State for Children and Schools and Families intervening) [2010] EWCA Civ 1; [2010] WLR (D) 4

“Where an individual was subject to two or more sets of proceedings, or phases of a single proceeding, and a civil right or obligation enjoyed or owed by him would be determined in one of them, he could (but not necessarily would), by force of art 6 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, enjoy appropriate procedural rights in relation to another of them if its outcome would have a substantial influence or effect on the determination of the civil right or obligation. Accordingly, disciplinary proceedings which could lead to a teacher being statutorily barred from working with children were determinant of an individual’s right to practice his profession and art 6 was engaged by those proceedings.”

WLR Daily, 21st January 2010

Source: www.lawreports.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.

Regina (Boyejo and Others) v Barnet London Borough Council; Regina (Smith) v Portsmouth City Council – Times Law Reports

Posted January 22nd, 2010 in law reports by sally

Regina (Boyejo and Others) v Barnet London Borough Council; Regina (Smith) v Portsmouth City Council

Queen’s Bench Division

“References in documentation before decision-makers to disabilities or to rights of equality, was not sufficient to fulfil the statutory requirement of such recognition.”

The Times, 22nd January 2010

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted January 22nd, 2010 in law reports by sally

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

M-W (A Child), Re [2010] EWCA Civ 12 (21 January 2010)

McHale v Cadogan [2010] EWCA Civ 14 (21 January 2010)

British Sky Broadcasting Group Plc v The Competition Commission [2010] EWCA Civ 2 (21 January 2010)

High Court (Chancery Division)

Biddle & Company (a firm) v Tetra Pak Ltd & Ors [2010] EWHC 54 (Ch) (21 January 2010)

High Court (Administrative Court)

Butler, R (on the application of) v HM Coroner for the Black Country District [2010] EWHC 43 (Admin) (21 January 2010)

High Court (Technology and Construction Court)

Supablast (Nationwide) Ltd. v Story Rail Ltd. [2010] EWHC 56 (TCC) (21 January 2010)

High Court (Commercial Court)

ING Bank N.V. v Ros Roca S.A. [2010] EWHC 50 (Comm) (21 January 2010)

Source: www.bailii.org

Judge is refused care authorities’ report in Edlington torture case – The Times

Posted January 22nd, 2010 in news by sally

“Care authorities have refused to allow a High Court judge to read a confidential report into their handling of two young brothers who sadistically tortured two children and left them for dead.”

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The Times, 22nd January 2010

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Juicy twist in Vivian Imerman’s divorce – The Times

Posted January 22nd, 2010 in news by sally

“A business tycoon’s estranged wife has won the right to use 20,000 documents stolen from his computer in her battle for a slice of his £300 million fortune.”

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The Times, 22nd January 2010

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Attorney General supports fresh inquest for student – BBC News

Posted January 22nd, 2010 in inquests, news, suicide by sally

“The Attorney General has said there is an ‘unanswered question’ over the death of a north London student allegedly involved with a right-wing group.”

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BBC News, 21st January 2010

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