Servicemen at ‘UK’s Abu Ghraib’ may be guilty of war crimes, court hears – The Guardian
“British servicemen who filmed hundreds of interrogation sessions at a secret prison near Basra which has been described as ‘the UK’s Abu Ghraib’ may be guilty of war crimes, the high court heard today.”
The Guardian, 8th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Address to the Bar Council conference: Control orders – Speech by Mr Justice Silber
Control Orders (PDF)
Speech by Mr Justice Silber
25th Annual Bar Conference, 6th November 2010
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Sharon Shoesmith Baby P legal bid costs nearly £500,000 – BBC News
“A legal battle by the council director sacked over the death of Baby P has cost taxpayers nearly £500,000.”
BBC News, 8th November 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Oldham East byelection delayed as Phil Woolas seeks judicial review – The Guardian
“A byelection to select a new MP for Oldham East and Saddleworth has been put on hold pending the outcome of an attempt by Phil Woolas, who won the seat for Labour in May, to overturn a court decision ruling his election void.”
The Guardian, 8th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Bar Conference lecture: The tyranny of the consumer or the rule of law – Speech by Lord Neuberger
The tyranny of the consumer or the rule of law (PDF)
Speech by Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, Master of the Rolls
25th Annual Bar Conference, 6th November 2010
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Disabled prisoner to be paid £20,000 for discrimination at Belmarsh – The Guardian
“The prison service is to pay out £20,000 in damages to a prisoner who uses a wheelchair in compensation for the ‘degrading’ treatment he received while in Belmarsh jail in London.”
The Guardian, 8th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Gay man and woman in court battle over children – The Independent
“A gay man and woman are fighting a bitter court battle over their two children born by artificial insemination.”
The Independent, 8th November 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
High Court strips injunction celebrity of anonymity – OUT-LAW.com
“The High Court has ordered the identity of a celebrity to be revealed, though it has ordered that information about his private life must remain secret. The celebrity, known in the case as JIH, will be named if an appeal fails.”
OUT-LAW.com, 8th November 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
Rape case woman to appeal against jailing for withdrawing allegations – The Guardian
“A woman jailed for ‘falsely retracting’ allegations that she had been raped six times by her husband will today lodge an appeal against her eight-month prison sentence.”
The Guardian, 8th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Foreign prisoners face transfer under new plans – The Independent
“Thousands of foreign prisoners will be sent back to serve their sentences in their own countries under Government plans, it emerged today.”
The Independent, 8th November 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
New legal aid court challenge set to proceed – Law Society’s Gazette
“A High Court judge has refused an injunction that could have further delayed the start of the new mental health and public law legal aid contracts – but awarded a protective costs order to enable a legal challenge to the two Legal Services Commission tender processes.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 8th November 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
BNP in high court showdown over ‘racist’ party constitution – The Guardian
“The British National party faces having some or all of its assets seized in the high court today as part of a showdown with the equality and human rights watchdog.”
The Guardian, 8th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Judge who bailed rape accused ‘blamed’ for nurse murder – BBC News
“The parents of a nurse killed by her ex-boyfriend while he was on bail for alleged rape have called for the judge who freed him to be investigated.”
BBC News, 8th November 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
C, R v [2010] EWCA Crim 2578 (04 November 2010)
Qazi & Anor, R v [2010] EWCA Crim 2579 (04 November 2010)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
HHY Luxembourg Sarl & Anr v Barclays Bank Plc & Ors [2010] EWCA Civ 1248 (22 October 2010)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Eurocall Ltd v Energis Communications Ltd & Anor [2010] EWHC 2790 (QB) (04 November 2010)
Jaison Property Development Co Ltd v Swinhoe [2010] EWHC 2467 (QB) (15 October 2010)
Thornley v Ministry Of Defence [2010] EWHC 2584 (QB) (14 October 2010)
JXF v York Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2010] EWHC 2800 (QB) (04 November 2010)
JIH v News Group Newspapers Ltd [2010] EWHC 2818 (QB) (05 November 2010)
Watkins v Woolas [2010] EWHC 2702 (QB) (05 November 2010)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Bank of Scotland v Hussain & Anor [2010] EWHC 2812 (Ch) (05 November 2010)
White v Davenham Trust Ltd [2010] EWHC 2748 (Ch) (01 November 2010)
Fattal & Ors v Walbrook Trustees (Jersey) Ltd & Ors [2010] EWHC 2767 (Ch) (03 November 2010)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Omar v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] EWHC 2792 (Admin) (05 November 2010)
Naik v Secretary of State for the Home Department & Anor [2010] EWHC 2825 (Admin) (05 November 2010)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Guangzhou Dockyards Co Ltd v ENE Aegiali I [2010] EWHC 2826 (Comm) (05 November 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
Eastenders Cash and Carry plc and another v Revenue and Customs Commissioners – WLR Daily
“The power of detention contained in s 139(1) of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 was not limited to cases in which the goods in question were goods on which duty had not in fact been paid, but also covered cases in which there were reasonable grounds for suspecting that duty might not have been paid on the goods.”
WLR Daily, 5th November 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.
Debt Collect London Ltd and another v SK Slavia Praha-fotbal AS – WLR Daily
“The proviso in art 30.1 of Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 on jurisdiction and the recognition of judgments in civil and commercial matters (the Judgments Regulation) disapplied the general rule that the court was deemed to be seised of proceedings when they were lodged. Its effect, in a case where there had been a continuing failure by the claimant, having lodged proceedings in the court of one member state, to take the further step of paying the court fee which was required before service could be effected, was to enable the court of another member state in which proceedings had later been issued nevertheless to be deemed to have been first seised of proceedings between the same parties.”
WLR Daily, 5th November 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.
Ken Clarke to close six jails as he insists inmate numbers will fall – The Guardian
“Around 5,000 prison cells will be lost and 10,000 jobs across the Prison Service will be axed under a government plan to shut six jails in England and Wales.”
The Guardian, 6th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Woman jailed for false claim of rape in Farnham park – BBC News
“A 27-year-old woman has been jailed for 16 months after falsely claiming she was raped in a park in Surrey.”
BBC News, 5th November 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
