Anti-paedophile vetting scheme to be ripped up – Daily Telegraph

Posted October 22nd, 2010 in child abuse, criminal records, news, vetting by sally

“An anti-paedophile vetting scheme that would have forced nine million people to undergo checks is to be ripped up under a review to be announced today, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.”

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Daily Telegraph, 22nd October 2010

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Speed camera jammer banned – Daily Telegraph

Posted October 22nd, 2010 in news, road traffic offences, sentencing, speed cameras by sally

“A Porsche driver caught using a laser jammer to disable police speed guns has been banned in a landmark court ruling.”

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Daily Telegraph, 21st October 2010

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Huddersfield men guilty of Gurmail Singh murder – BBC News

Posted October 22nd, 2010 in murder, news by sally

“Two men have been convicted of murdering a shopkeeper during a robbery at his village store in West Yorkshire.”

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BBC News, 21st October 2010

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Top judge Lord Justice Goldring wants to save 34 courts – BBC News

Posted October 22nd, 2010 in budgets, county courts, magistrates, news by sally

“The senior presiding judge for England and Wales has said he cannot back the closure of 18 of the 103 magistrates’ courts earmarked for closure.”

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BBC News, 21st October 2010

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Post-CSR Legal Aid Notice from the Bar Council – The Bar Council

Posted October 21st, 2010 in barristers, budgets, legal aid, news by sally

“Following today’s (20 October) statement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the Comprehensive Spending Review, we have spoken with Jonathan Djanogly, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice, about the Ministry’s contribution to reducing the deficit.”

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The Bar Council, 20th October 2010

Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk

Public sector lawyers split on Government spending cuts – The Lawyer

Posted October 21st, 2010 in budgets, legal services, local government, news by sally

“The implications of the Government’s Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) for local government legal services will be immense.”

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The Lawyer, 20th October 2010

Source: www.thelawyer.com

Banker fails in challenge to prenuptial agreement with heiress – The Guardian

Posted October 21st, 2010 in divorce, news, prenuptial agreements by sally

“Court rules for first time that prenups should have ‘decisive weight’ in English divorce courts after Nicolas Granatino challenged agreement with Katrin Radmacher.”

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The Guardian, 20th October 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Lawyers issue warning over Lord Young’s compensation proposals – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted October 21st, 2010 in compensation, costs, legal aid, news, personal injuries by sally

“The government must not hinder access to justice for personal injury victims as it takes forward Lord Young’s report on the ‘compensation culture’, lawyers’ groups have warned.”

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Law Society’s Gazette, 21st October 2010

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Kenneth Clarke pledges to cut daily prison population – The Guardian

Posted October 21st, 2010 in budgets, news, prisons by sally

“The justice secretary, Kenneth Clarke, today made an unexpected pledge to cut the record 85,000 daily prison population in England and Wales by 3,000 within four years.”

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The Guardian, 20th October 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Rape victim not allowed to know truth about adopted child – Daily Telegraph

Posted October 21st, 2010 in adoption, confidentiality, DNA, medical records, news, rape, victims by sally

“A rape victim who gave her baby away 20 years ago because she could not be sure if the child was her husband’s cannot now find out the truth because of adoption rules, a court has heard.”

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Daily Telegraph, 20th October 2010

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted October 20th, 2010 in law reports by sally

Supreme Court

Radmacher (formerly Granatino) v Granatino (Rev 1) [2010] UKSC 42 (20 October 2010)

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

London Borough of Haringey v Hines [2010] EWCA Civ 1111 (20 October 2010)

Threlfall v Hull City Council [2010] EWCA Civ 1147 (20 October 2010)

High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)

Dowson & Ors v Chief Constable of Northumbria Police [2010] EWHC 2612 (QB) (20 October 2010)

High Court (Chancery Division)

Och-Ziff Management Europe Ltd & Anor v Och Capital LLP & Anor [2010] EWHC 2599 (Ch) (20 October 2010)

High Court (Technology and Construction Court)

Straw Realisations (No 1) Ltd v Shaftsbury House (Developments) Ltd [2010] EWHC 2597 (TCC) (20 October 2010)

Source: www.bailii.org

Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk

Posted October 20th, 2010 in legislation by sally

The Education (Inspectors of Education and Training in Wales) Order 2010

The Lords Office-holders Allowance Order 2010

The Reserve Forces Act 1996 (Isle of Man) Order 2010

The European Communities (Designation) (No. 4) Order 2010

The Montserrat Constitution Order 2010

The Armed Forces Act (Continuation) Order 2010

Source: www.legislation.gov.uk

Teenagers found guilty of stabbing to death alleged paedophile – The Guardian

Posted October 20th, 2010 in murder, news, young offenders by sally

“Two 15-year-olds were found guilty today of killing suspected paedophile Robert Daley.”

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The Guardian, 20th October 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Mother challenges conviction for murdering son – The Independent

Posted October 20th, 2010 in appeals, attempted murder, attempts, euthanasia, murder, news by sally

“A mother who gave her brain-damaged son a lethal heroin injection to end his ‘living hell’ challenges her conviction today.”

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The Independent, 20th October 2010

Source: www.independent.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted October 20th, 2010 in law reports by sally

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

Anam v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] EWCA Civ 1140 (19 October 2010)

KG Bominflot Bunkergesellschaft Für Mineraloele mBH & Co v Petroplus Marketing AG ( the Mercini Lady) [2010] EWCA Civ 1145 (19 October 2010)

Bolsover District Council & Anor v Ashfield Nominees Ltd & Ors [2010] EWCA Civ 1129 (19 October 2010)

High Court (Chancery Division)

Lloyds TSB Bank Plc v Markandan & Uddin (a firm) [2010] EWHC 2517 (Ch) (14 October 2010)

High Court (Family Division)

HM (An Adult), Re [2010] EWHC 2107 (Fam) (09 August 2010)

High Court (Administrative Court)

Jooste v General Medical Council [2010] EWHC 2558 (Admin) (19 October 2010)

High Court (Commercial Court)

JSC BTA Bank v Mukhtar Ablyazov & Ors (Rev 1) [2010] EWHC 2352 (Comm) (24 August 2010)

Garnat Trading & Shipping (Singapore) Pte Ltd & Anor v Baominh Insurance Corporation [2010] EWHC 2578 (Comm) (19 October 2010)

JSC BTA Bank v Granton Trade Ltd & Ors [2010] EWHC 2577 (Comm) (19 October 2010)

Synergy Health (UK) Ltd v CGU Insurance Plc (t/a Norwich Union) & Ors [2010] EWHC 2583 (Comm) (19 October 2010)

High Court (Technology and Construction Court)

Gibraltar Residential Properties Ltd v Gibralcon 2004 SA [2010] EWHC 2595 (TCC) (19 October 2010)

Source: www.bailii.org

Prenuptial agreement enforced under UK law – The Guardian

Posted October 20th, 2010 in divorce, news, prenuptial agreements by sally

“Prenuptial agreements have been recognised as enforceable under British divorce law for the first time, in a supreme court ruling today.”

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The Guardian, 20th October 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk

Posted October 20th, 2010 in legislation by sally

The Justification Decision (Generation of Electricity by the AP1000 Nuclear Reactor) Regulations 2010

The Justification Decision (Generation of Electricity by the EPR Nuclear Reactor) Regulations 2010

The Offshore Petroleum Activities (Oil Pollution Prevention and Control) (Amendment) Regulations 2010

The Offshore Chemicals (Amendment) Regulations 2010

The Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2010

The Animal Feed (England) Regulations 2010

The Agricultural Holdings (Units of Production) (England) Order 2010

The Contaminants in Food (Wales) Regulations 2010

The Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provisions) (Wales) Order 2010

The Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 (Commencement No. 1) (Wales) Order 2010

Source: www.legislation.gov.uk

In re Employers’ Liability “Trigger” Litigation; Durham v BAI (Run-off) Ltd; Freming & Eddlestone v Independent Insurance Co Ltd; Edwards v Excess Insurance Co Ltd; Thomas Bates & Son Ltd v BAI (Run-off) Ltd; Akzo; Nobel UK Ltd and another v Excess Insurance Co Ltd; Municipal Mutual Insurance Ltd v Zurich Insurance Co and others – WLR Daily

Posted October 20th, 2010 in asbestos, indemnities, industrial injuries, insurance, law reports by sally

In re Employers’ Liability “Trigger” Litigation; Durham v BAI (Run-off) Ltd; Freming & Eddlestone v Independent Insurance Co Ltd; Edwards v Excess Insurance Co Ltd; Thomas Bates & Son Ltd v BAI (Run-off) Ltd; Akzo; Nobel UK Ltd and another v Excess Insurance Co Ltd; Municipal Mutual Insurance Ltd v Zurich Insurance Co and others [2010] EWCA Civ 1096; [2010] WLR (D) 256

“In any year in which an employee underwent substantial exposure to asbestos and subsequently developed mesothelioma, the mesothelioma was ’caused’ by the exposure during that year. An insurance policy which was worded to indemnify the employer against disease ’caused’ during employment thus responded to the mesothelioma. However, employers’ liability policies framed in terms of the employee suffering or sustaining an injury did not have the same effect. Employees did not suffer or sustain an injury within the meaning of the policies when they were exposed to asbestos. Injury was not suffered until the onset of malignancy, and policies with that type of wording did not indemnify the employer. Mesothelioma might also be ‘contracted’ when exposure occurred.”

WLR Daily, 19th October 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.

Victim payouts to be reviewed after 7/7 London bombs – BBC News

Posted October 20th, 2010 in criminal injuries compensation, news, terrorism, victims by sally

“The government’s scheme compensating victims of crime is to be changed as a result of the 7 July London bombs, Justice Secretary Ken Clarke has said.”

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BBC News, 19th October 2010

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Middle-aged women magistrates don’t want cases in town halls, says Jonathan Djanogly – Daily Telegraph

Posted October 20th, 2010 in magistrates, news by sally

“A justice minister has played down plans to use town halls as courtrooms because many magistrates are ‘middle aged women’ who were worried about their security.”

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Daily Telegraph, 19th October 2010

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk