Bury Council’s equal pay claim appeal rejected – BBC News
“Hundreds of women working at a Greater Manchester council are in line for compensation after an equal pay case.”
BBC News, 28th January 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Oil millionaire’s ex-wife wins £3m more in divorce settlement – The Independent
“An oil technology millionaire was ordered to increase his former wife’s divorce settlement from £5 million to £8 million today.”
The Independent, 28th January 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Killer mobility scooter driver escapes prosecution – Daily Telegraph
“The driver of a mobility scooter who killed a 90-year old pedestrian escaped prosecution because no law existed to enable police to take action, an inquest heard.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th January 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Network Rail: inquiry launched into ‘misuse of public funds and illicit payments’ – Daily Telegraph
“An inquiry has been launched into allegations that Network Rail, which runs the country’s track infrastructure, has been misusing public funds and claims senior officials received illicit payments.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th January 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Discrimination ruling against voluntary workers ‘unfair’ says human rights body – The Guardian
“An appeal court ruling which denies volunteer workers the anti-discrimination employment protection enjoyed by staff has been described as unfair by the Equality and Human Rights Commission.”
The Guardian, 28th January 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
The Highest Court in the Land: Justice Makers – BBC Four
“They are the UK’s most powerful arbiters of justice and now, for the first time, four of the Justices of the Supreme Court talk frankly and openly about the nature of justice and how they make their decisions. The film offers a revealing glimpse of the human characters behind the judgments and explores why the Supreme Court and its members are fundamental to our democracy.”
BBC Four, 28th January 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Jones v Jones [2011] EWCA Civ 41 (28 January 2011)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Shah v General Pharmaceutical Council [2011] EWHC 73 (Admin) (28 January 2011)
Jones v Director of Public Prosecutions [2011] EWHC 50 (Admin) (27 January 2011)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Carpenter & Ors v Calico Quays Ltd & Anor [2011] EWHC 96 (Ch) (27 January 2011)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
McCain Foods Gb Ltd v Eco-Tec (Europe) Ltd [2011] EWHC 66 (TCC) (27 January 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org
Speeding policeman Sgt Craig Jones loses appeal – BBC News
“A North Wales Police officer has failed to overturn a conviction for driving at almost 100mph in a 50mph zone.”
BBC News, 27th January 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Masefield AG v Amlin Corporate Member Ltd (The Bunga Melati Dua) – WLR Daily
“A cargo seized by pirates and subsequently recovered after being ransomed by the shipowner was not ‘irretrievably lost’ within the terms of section 57(1) of the Marine Insurance Act 1906, even though some might regard the payment of a ransom as morally objectionable and it was something the owner was not required to do.”
WLR Daily, 27th January 2011
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Regina v Hoath; Regina v Standage – WLR Daily
Regina v Hoath; Regina v Standage [2011] WLR (D) 22
“Where a defendant had been given a statutory right of appeal against a refusal to vary a sexual offences prevention order the Court of Appeal, Criminal Division was not precluded from exercising its normal powers on an appeal where there was no express statutory power to make an order on the appeal.”
WLR Daily, 27th January 2011
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Sibthorpe and another v Southwark London Borough Council (Law Society intervening) – WLR Daily
“A conditional fee agreement which provided for the claimant’s solicitors to indemnify her against payment of the defendant’s costs if the claim was dismissed was not champertous or otherwise contrary to public policy. As a result its inclusion in a conditional fee agreement which in all other respects complied with the requirements of section 58 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 did not invalidate the agreement.”
WLR Daily, 26th January 2011
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Regina (Hope and Glory Public House Ltd) v City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court (Westminster City Council intervening) – WLR Daily
“Although an appeal to a magistrates’ court from the decision of a local authority’s licensing committee was a full rehearing on all the evidence the committee’s decision was a relevant matter to be taken into consideration and should only be reversed if the judge was satisfied that the original decision was wrong.”
WLR Daily, 27th January 2011
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police v Information Commissioner – WLR Daily
“In estimating whether the cost of complying with a request for information would exceed the appropriate limit for the purposes of claiming exemption from the obligation to comply in reliance on section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, a public authority was not permitted by regulation 4 of the Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004 to take account of time which it expected to spend in redacting exempt information from relevant documents before disclosing them to the applicant.”
WLR Daily, 27th January 2011
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Yemshaw v Hounslow London Borough Council – WLR Daily
Yemshaw v Hounslow London Borough Council [2011] UKSC 3; [2011] WLR (D) 18
” ‘Domestic violence’ in section 177(1) of the Housing Act 1996 included physical violence, threatening or intimidating behaviour and any other form of abuse which, directly or indirectly, might give rise to the risk of harm.”
WLR Daily, 26th January 2011
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Ex parte MGN Ltd and others – WLR Daily
Ex parte MGN Ltd and others [2011] WLR (D) 17
“It was rarely appropriate to impose blanket reporting restrictions under section 4(2) of the Contempt of Court Act 1981 for the purpose of ameliorating the disadvantages of giving evidence and minimising the burdens faced by witnesses in criminal trials. The protection of witnesses was more appropriately provided for by the provisions of section 39 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 and sections 22–30 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999.”
WLR Daily, 26th January 2011
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Ashford Borough Council v Barratt and another – WLR Daily
“Although the common way of identifying a building was by its name and address, nothing in the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 precluded the list of listed buildings from using other sorts of identifying detail, such as verbal descriptions, map references, post-codes, explanatory notes, or photographs.”
WLR Daily, 26th January 2011
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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X v Mid Sussex Citizens Advice Bureau and another (Equality and Human Rights Commission and others intervening) – WLR Daily
“A disabled volunteer worker at an advice bureau was not protected from acts of discrimination on grounds of disability under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, nor could she rely on the direct effect of Council Directive 2000/78/EEC (‘the Framework Directive’) to sustain an action for discrimination. Although voluntary posts like that held by the claimant might assist the holder to gain a permanent paid post, that was not the purpose of having volunteer workers, most of whom had no wish to join the permanent staff. The volunteer post was not to be treated as a form of vocational training subject to article 3(1)(c) of the Framework Directive.”
WLR Daily, 26th January 2011
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Campbell libel ruling exposes ‘deeply flawed’ CFA system – Law Society’s Gazette
“Bumper success fees for lawyers in libel cases will soon be a thing of the past following last week’s ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in the Naomi Campbell case, solicitors predicted this week.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 27th January 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Crispin Blunt outlines justice reforms – Ministry of Justice
“Crispin Blunt said criminal justice reforms such as payment by results for offender management, are vital to breaking the destructive cycle of crime and better protecting the public.”
Ministry of Justice, 25th January. 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
