“People will be given the legal right to buy threatened community assets like post offices or village shops, Communities secretary Eric Pickles will announce next week.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th December 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An attempt to open up controversial extradition hearings to greater public scrutiny was launched in the high court today (10 December).”
The Guardian, 10th December 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Model and reality TV star accuses controversial comic of being a ‘bully’ towards her disabled son on Channel 4 show.”
The Guardian, 10th December 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A prison officer has been jailed for two years after admitting having a sexual relationship with an inmate.”
BBC News, 10thDecember 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man has been jailed for a minimum of seven-and-a-half years for killing two promising young jockeys in an arson attack in North Yorkshire.”
BBC News, 9th December 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A 34-year-old woman from Suffolk found guilty of injuring a baby in her care has won the first stage of an Appeal Court bid to clear her name.”
BBC News, 9th December 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Dewan & Ors v Lewis [2010] EWCA Civ 1382 (09 December 2010)
Shah v Shah [2010] EWCA Civ 1408 (09 December 2010)
Football Dataco Ltd & Ors v Yahoo! UK Ltd & Ors [2010] EWCA Civ 1380 (09 December 2010)
MGN Ltd & Ors v Grisbrook [2010] EWCA Civ 1399 (09 December 2010)
Ministry of Defence v AB & Ors [2010] EWCA Civ 1405 (09 December 2010)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Khan, R. v [2010] EWCA Crim 2880 (09 December 2010)
Jumah, R v [2010] EWCA Crim 2900 (09 December 2010)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Bloom & Ors v The Pensions Regulator (Nortel, Re) [2010] EWHC 3010 (Ch) (10 December 2010)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Fiona Trust & Holding Corporation Ors v Privalov Ors [2010] EWHC 3199 (Comm) (10 December 2010)
High Court Family Division)
L (A Minor), Re [2010] EWHC 3146 (Fam) (08 December 2010)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Lait v Evening Standard Ltd [2010] EWHC 3239 (QB) (09 December 2010)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Gunn & Anor v Taygroup Ltd [2010] EWHC 3201 (TCC) (09 December 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
“The defence of ‘fair comment’ in libel actions will become a slightly-amended defence of ‘honest comment’, the Supreme Court has ruled, as Government minister Lord McNally said that current libel law is ‘not fit for purpose.’ ”
OUT-LAW.com, 7th December 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
“A radical reform of the criminal justice system to punish criminals more effectively and reduce reoffending was announced today by Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke.”
Ministry of Justice, 7th December 2010
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Tougher entrance criteria, limits on work and an end to students staying in the UK to look for a job are just some of the changes proposed by Immigration Minister Damian Green today as part of a shake-up of the student visa system.”
UK Border Agency,7th December 2010
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
“The only right to recover overpaid social security benefits paid according to an award was that conferred by s 71 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 which provided an exhaustive scheme for dealing with all overpayments made pursuant to benefit awards and applied only where there had been misrepresentation or non-disclosure. The Secretary of State was not therefore entitled to seek recovery of such overpayments paid in error by way of a restitutionary claim at common law.”
WLR Daily, 9th December 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.
Barclays Bank plc v Guy [2010] EWCA Civ 1396; [2010] WLR (D) 321
“Where an application was made to reopen a refusal of permission to appeal by the Court of Appeal, the criteria to be applied should be the same as where application was made, pursuant to CPR r 52.17(1), to reopen a final judgment reached after a full trial.”
WLR Daily, 9th December 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 (Tilianu) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2010] EWCA Civ 1397; [2010] WLR (D) 320
” ‘Employment’ within the meaning of art 7(3)(b) and (c) of Directive 2004/38/EC did not include self-employment, with the result that an EU citizen who was no longer self-employed did not retain the status of worker and had no right to reside.”
WLR Daily, 9th December 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.
“A footballer jailed for sexually assaulting a woman and punching her in the face, breaking her nose, has lost his appeal against the conviction.”
BBC News, 9th December 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man given a suspended sentence for repeatedly kicking his pregnant ex-girlfriend in the head has been jailed for four years after an appeal.”
BBC News, 9th December 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Scientists split over fibres that prosecution says links jailed office worker to home of widow killed during break-in.”
The Guardian, 9th December 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Chelsea FC owner takes legal action over ‘inflammatory’ story that manager Carlo Ancelotti had three weeks to save his job.”
The Guardian, 10th December 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Ex-boxer Ricky Hatton has settled a £1.4 million claim for unpaid wages from his former trainer. Hatton today reached an undisclosed but ‘mutually acceptable’ deal with Billy Graham on the third day of a hearing at Manchester’s Civil Justice Centre.”
The Independent, 8th December 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“One of Britain’s most secretive courts opened itself to public scrutiny yesterday after a High Court judge lifted reporting restrictions on work done by a hitherto-closed corner of the British justice system. The Court of Protection oversees cases involving vulnerable people who lack the mental capacity to make key decisions about their life, such as brain-damaged soldiers or people with Alzheimer’s. But its workings were conducted entirely behind closed doors until a successful legal challenge by The Independent earlier this year.”
The Independent, 9th December 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Daily Telegraph can disclose that detectives are to be formally advised by the Crown Prosecution Service that Mr Coulson and other former and current employees of the tabloid newspaper have no criminal case to answer.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th December 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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