BAILII: Recent Decisions
Supreme Court
Manchester City Council v Pinnock [2010] UKSC 45 (03 November 2010)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Malone & Ors v British Airways Plc [2010] EWCA Civ 1225 (03 November 2010)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Withers LLP v Harrison [2010] EWHC 2769 (QB) (03 November 2010)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Alstom Transport v Eurostar International Ltd & Anor [2010] EWHC 2747 (Ch) (29 October 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
Regina (Savva) v Kensington and Chelsea Royal London Borough Council – WLR Daily
“When exercising its duty under s 2 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 to make arrangements to meet an individual’s needs, a local authority was entitled to consider what that individual’s needs were in relative terms as the starting point for calculating the personal budget allocated to meet them, and had to give reasons for its decision.”
WLR Daily, 3rd 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.
Regina v Williams (Jason John) – WLR Daily
Regina v Williams (Jason John) [2010] EWCA Crim 2552; [2010] WLR (D) 274
“As a matter of statutory construction, fault or other blameworthy conduct on the part of the defendant was not required to establish that he was guilty of an offence under s 3ZB of the Road Traffic Act 1988 of causing the death of another person by driving while unlicensed, disqualified or uninsured; and it was sufficient that the driving was a cause of the death, provided that it was a more than negligible or de minimis cause.”
WLR Daily, 3rd 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.
Judge questions father’s kidnap charge – The Independent
“A judge questioned why a father who grabbed an abusive teenager and made him apologise to younger children following a squabble was charged with kidnapping the youth.”
The Independent, 3rd November 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Theresa May pledges ‘significant’ reform of counter-terrorism laws – The Guardian
“The home secretary, Theresa May, has promised there will be ‘significant changes’ in counter-terrorism laws, and detailed the changing nature of the al-Qaida threat to Britain.”
The Guardian, 3rd November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Vicar guilty of downloading child porn images – The Independent
“A married clergyman was ordered to register as a sex offender today after being convicted of repeatedly viewing pornographic images of children on the internet.”
The Independent, 3rd November 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Ministry of Sound suspends filesharing action – The Guardian
“Ministry of Sound is suspending plans to send warning notices to more than 25,000 BT broadband customers suspected of illegal downloading, claiming that the internet service provider has deleted their details.”
The Guardian, 3rd November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Senior judge to oversee G20 protests inquest – The Independent
“A senior judge will be appointed to oversee an inquest into the death of Ian Tomlinson at the ‘earliest opportunity’, it emerged today.”
The Independent, 3rd November 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Border Agency may be discriminating against Pakistanis, says inspector – The Guardian
“The UK Border Agency has been warned it may be discriminating unlawfully against Pakistanis applying for British visas and in favour of applicants from Abu Dhabi, Bahrain and Dubai.”
The Guardian, 4th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Military justice – BBC Law in Action
“Joshua Rozenberg asks whether recent reforms to the military justice system are sufficient to restore confidence in the way the armed forces deal with crimes committed by their own troops.”
BBC Law in Action, 3rd November 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Control orders are like nothing I have experienced in my career – The Guardian
“It should come as no surprise that Lord Macdonald, the eminent QC and former director of public prosecutions who is reporting on terror laws for the government, is strongly opposed to control orders. Lawyers do not like them. And if, like me, you have represented men trying to challenge their control orders, it is easy to see why: they are like nothing you have experienced in your legal career.”
The Guardian, 3rd November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Law Society criticises jury trial proposals as ‘entirely wrong’ – Law Society’s Gazette
“Proposals to scrap jury trials for lesser offences were today criticised by the Law Society as ‘entirely wrong’.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 3rd November 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
July 7 inquests will not hear intelligence material in secret – Daily Telegraph
“The coroner hearing the inquests for the 52 victims of the July 7 bombings ruled today that she cannot hear top secret intelligence material in closed sessions.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd November 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Woman jailed for life for attack on MP Stephen Timms – BBC News
“A 21-year-old student has been jailed for life at the Old Bailey for trying to murder Labour MP Stephen Timms because he voted for the war in Iraq.”
BBC News, 3rd November 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Commissioner for Victims and Witnesses publishes new report – Ministry of Justice
“Louise Casey, the independent Commissioner for Victims and Witnesses, has today published a new report on improving support for victims in the criminal justice system.”
Ministry of Justice, 3rd November 2010
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Google in breach of UK data laws – BBC News
“Google breached UK data laws in its collection of personal data via Street View cars, the UK’s Information Commissioner has said.”
BBC News, 3rd November 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Williams, R. v [2010] EWCA Crim 2552 (02 November 2010)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Chadwick v Hollingsworth [2010] EWCA Civ 1210 (02 November 2010)
Crosstown Music Company 1 LLC v Rive Droite Music Ltd & Ors [2010] EWCA Civ 1222 (02 November 2010)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
McLaughlin & Ors v London Borough of Lambeth & Anor [2010] EWHC 2726 (QB) (02 November 2010)
Chadwick v Hollingsworth (No. 2) [2010] EWHC 2718 (QB) (02 November 2010)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
Why big brand legal services are bad news for solicitors – The Guardian
“As the AA and Saga launch online portals, more than half of law firms say they expect to lose work to non-lawyer competitors.”
The Guardian, 2nd November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
