Speed camera jammer banned – Daily Telegraph
“A Porsche driver caught using a laser jammer to disable police speed guns has been banned in a landmark court ruling.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st October 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Huddersfield men guilty of Gurmail Singh murder – BBC News
“Two men have been convicted of murdering a shopkeeper during a robbery at his village store in West Yorkshire.”
BBC News, 21st October 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Top judge Lord Justice Goldring wants to save 34 courts – BBC News
“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.”
BBC News, 21st October 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Public sector lawyers split on Government spending cuts – The Lawyer
“The implications of the Government’s Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) for local government legal services will be immense.”
The Lawyer, 20th October 2010
Source: www.thelawyer.com
Banker fails in challenge to prenuptial agreement with heiress – The Guardian
“Court rules for first time that prenups should have ‘decisive weight’ in English divorce courts after Nicolas Granatino challenged agreement with Katrin Radmacher.”
The Guardian, 20th October 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Lawyers issue warning over Lord Young’s compensation proposals – Law Society’s Gazette
“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.”
Full story
Law Society’s Gazette, 21st October 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Kenneth Clarke pledges to cut daily prison population – The Guardian
“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.”
The Guardian, 20th October 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Rape victim not allowed to know truth about adopted child – Daily Telegraph
“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.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th October 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
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)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
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
“Two 15-year-olds were found guilty today of killing suspected paedophile Robert Daley.”
Full story
The Guardian, 20th October 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Mother challenges conviction for murdering son – The Independent
“A mother who gave her brain-damaged son a lethal heroin injection to end his ‘living hell’ challenges her conviction today.”
The Independent, 20th October 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Anam v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] EWCA Civ 1140 (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)
JSC BTA Bank v Granton Trade Ltd & Ors [2010] EWHC 2577 (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
“Prenuptial agreements have been recognised as enforceable under British divorce law for the first time, in a supreme court ruling today.”
The Guardian, 20th October 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Justification Decision (Generation of Electricity by the EPR Nuclear Reactor) 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 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
“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
“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.”
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
“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.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th October 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Justice Secretary Ken Clarke backs short prison terms – BBC News
“The justice secretary has insisted he will not abolish short prison terms.”
BBC News, 19th October 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
