Three former MPs take expenses appeals to Supreme Court – BBC News
“Three former Labour MPs facing criminal trials over their expenses claims have taken their case to the Supreme Court.”
BBC News, 18th October 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Legal privilege should not extend to accountants, rules Court of Appeal – OUT-LAW.com
“The right to keep correspondence and documents relating to legal advice secret does not exist when the person giving the advice is an accountant, the Court of Appeal has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 18th October 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Serious Organised Crime Agency v Szepietowski & Ors [2010] EWHC 2570 (Ch) (15 October 2010)
High Court (Family Division)
A County Council v SB & Ors [2010] EWHC 2528 (Fam) (15 October 2010)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Commercial Court)
REC Wafer Norway AS v Moser Baer Photo Voltaic Ltd [2010] EWHC 2581 (Comm) (15 October 2010)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Cooperative Group Ltd v John Allen Associates Ltd [2010] EWHC 2300 (TCC) (14 September 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Scottish Parliament (Disqualification) Order 2010
The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2010
The Income Tax (Construction Industry Scheme) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2010
The Statutory Payment Schemes (Electronic Communications) (Amendment) Regulations 2010
The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment No. 5) Regulations 2010
The Statutory Payment Schemes (Electronic Communications) (Amendment) Regulations 2010
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Ending the ‘compensation culture’ is not as simple as it seems – The Guardian
“Lord Young’s health and safety report shows that balancing the rights of defendants and claimants is a delicate business.”
The Guardian, 15th October 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Government launches shakeup of health and safety law – The Guardian
“The government pledged today to tackle the UK’s ‘damaging’ compensation culture with a shakeup of health and safety measures, including an end to ‘senseless’ rules and regulations.”
The Guardian, 15th October 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Clark and another v Finnerty and another; In re St George’s Property Services (London) Ltd – WLR Daily
“Considerations that the institution of proceedings for relief under s 244 of the Insolvency Act 1986 in respect of a transaction to which the company was a party was extortionate when the issue was only triable and the consequences of thereby rescuing the company less than reasonably practicable were relevant to the existence or otherwise of good reason to remove the administrators under para 88 of Sch B1 to the Act but were not themselves sufficient to preclude good or sufficient reason.”
WLR Daily, 14th 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.
Laws v Metropolitan Police Authority and another – WLR Daily
Laws v Metropolitan Police Authority and another [2010] EWCA Civ 1099; [2010] WLR (D) 254
“By reg 37(1) of the Police (Injury Benefit) Regulations 2006, on a review of an injury pension payable under those regulations, the only duty of the police authority was to consider whether, since any previous review, the degree of pension disablement had substantially altered, and it was not open to the authority to reduce or increase a pension on such a review by virtue of a conclusion that the clinical basis of an earlier assessment had been wrong.”
WLR Daily, 14th 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.
Dorset County Council v House – WLR Daily
Dorset County Council v House [2010] EWCA Crim 2270; [2010] WLR (D) 253
“Criminal liability under the Cattle Identification Regulations 1998 and the Cattle Database Regulations 1998 was expressly and exclusively defined in terms of a failure to carry out an obligation under Council Regulation (EC) No 820/97, so there was no criminal offence in respect of conduct after 20 July 2000 when Regulation 820/97 was repealed and replaced.”
WLR Daily, 14th 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.
Jimmy Mubenga: Questions raised over flight guidelines for deportations – The Guardian
“The use of commercial aircraft to transport deportees has been called into question by a British Airways pilot following the death of Jimmy Mubenga.”
The Guardian, 15th October 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Children to be protected from risks of reality shows with new laws – Daily Telegraph
“Reality television shows face curbs on their use of children amid concerns that young participants are being exploited by programme-makers.”
Full story
Daily Telegraph, 17th October 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Black people are 26 times more likely than whites to face stop and search – The Guardian
“Black people are 26 times more likely than white people to be stopped and searched by police in England and Wales, the most glaring example of ‘racial profiling’ researchers have seen, according to an international report.”
The Guardian, 17th October 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Lawyers to be kept out of divorce battles – Daily Telegraph
“Lawyers will be kept out of thousands of family dispute cases every year in a shake-up of divorce laws.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th October 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Landmark ruling for prenups in battle of multimillionaire heiress and her ex – The Guardian
“Prenuptial agreements could finally become legally binding in England and Wales if the supreme court rules against the disgruntled ex-husband of a German heiress on Wednesday.”
The Guardian, 17th October 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Disgraced Dizaei paid just £750 court costs – Daily Telegraph
“Disgraced former police officer Ali Dizaei paid just £750 towards the five-figure cost of putting him on trial, it can be disclosed today.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th October 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Thinktank warns against legalising assisted suicide – The Guardian
“The old, ill, mute and frail will be deemed expendable if assisted suicide is legalised, a thinktank says today. Society’s most vulnerable risk being bullied into an early death by greedy or uncaring relatives or bureaucrats, according to a study published by the Centre for Policy Studies.”
The Guardian, 18th October 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Man jailed for sex attacks on girls in Bracknell – BBC News
“A man who kidnapped girls, driving two of them to a hideaway and sexually attacking them, has been jailed.”
BBC News, 15th October 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Oboist loses Welsh National Opera dismissal claim – BBC News
“An oboist who played with Welsh National Opera (WNO) for 34 years has lost his claim of wrongful dismissal.”
BBC News, 15th October 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Drug dealer stripped of £550,000 assets – The Independent
“A jailed drug dealer was stripped of more than half a million pounds of assets today – including his house, yacht and three flats.”
The Independent, 15th October 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
