BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Health & Safety Executive v Wolverhampton County Council [2010] EWCA Civ 1025 (30 July 2010)
Gourisaria v Gourisaria [2010] EWCA Civ 1019 (13 August 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
Town halls could be used for court cases – The Independent
“Town Halls could be hired out as courts to raise money for councils and increase the speed of justice, local authorities have suggested.”
The Independent, 18th September 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Quality of legal aid is as important as access to a lawyer – The Guardian
“Justice for vulnerable clients can be frustrated when lawyers are not up to the job.”
The Guardian, 17th September 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Former soldiers could make community service tougher for offenders – The Guardian
“A ‘dads’ army’ of former soldiers would run community service programmes for offenders under a radical cost-cutting privatisation plan that has shocked unions.”
The Guardian, 19th September 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Two men convicted over illegal sperm donor firm – The Independent
“Two men are facing jail after they were convicted yesterday of running an illegal fertility company that gave women access to sperm donors. Nigel Woodforth, 43, ran the operation from the basement of his home in Reading, Berkshire, with 49-year-old Ricky Gage. A jury at Southwark Crown Court, in south London, convicted both men of three counts each of providing sperm without a licence or third-party agreement.”
The Independent, 18th September 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
CPS pays compensation over sex assault case – The Independent
“The Crown Prosecution Service has agreed to pay £16,000 compensation to a woman over the handling of a serious sexual assault allegation, it was reported today.”
The Independent, 20th September 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Ex-altar boy cleared of murdering vicar, 81 – The Independent
“A former altar boy was found not guilty at his re-trial today of murdering an elderly vicar he accused of sexually abusing him.”
The Independent, 17th September 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Driver jailed after Oxfordshire man dies in crash – BBC News
“A man who caused a crash that killed an Oxfordshire man, then drove from the scene and later lied to police, has begun a five-year jail term.”
BBC News, 17th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Essex Police ‘dismissed sex attack victim’ – BBC News
“Essex Police failed to investigate sexual assaults because the victim was not believed due to her history of mental illness, a watchdog has said.”
BBC News, 17th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Flesh-eating Hastings killer jailed for 21 years – BBC news
“A Broadmoor patient who confessed to killing two women in East Sussex in 1998 and eating flesh from one of them has been jailed for at least 21 years.”
BBC News, 17th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Man jailed for raping sleeping woman – The Independent
“A man was jailed today for raping a legal worker after they had been drinking and she fell asleep.”
The Independent, 17th September 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Man jailed for 20 years for blaze murders – The Independent
“A violent thug who murdered a woman and her teenage daughter after starting a devastating fire at their seaside home was jailed for life today.”
The Independent, 17th September 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Man who filmed colleagues on toilet in Yeovil sentenced – BBC News
“A trainee quantity surveyor who used a hidden camera phone to film female colleagues using the toilet where he worked has been spared a jail sentence.”
BBC News, 16th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Dyer, R. v [2010] EWCA Crim 2096 (20 August 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
Kenneth Clarke announces plans for unified judiciary – Ministry of Justice
“The Lord Chancellor Kenneth Clarke has outlined plans to create a unified judiciary in England and Wales under the overall leadership of the Lord Chief Justice. Work is already well under way to create a new single unified organisation bringing together Her Majesty’s Court Service and the Tribunals Service, after the plan was announced in March.”
Minsitry of Justice, 16th September 2010
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Former Essex cricketer charged with fraud – Crown Prosecution Service
“The Crown Prosecution Service Central Fraud Group has authorised a charge of conspiracy to defraud against former Essex County cricketer Mervyn Westfield.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 16th September 2010
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
Government outlines plans to comply with new EU telecoms rules – OUT-LAW.com
“The Government has outlined the changes that will need to be made to laws and regulations so that the UK complies with the new EU telecoms rules passed last year.”
OUT-LAW.com, 16th September 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
Baroness Brenda Hale: “I often ask myself ‘why am I here?’ – The Guardian
“Supreme court judge, Baroness Brenda Hale, on the highlight of the court’s first year, selling bottled water and becoming known as ‘Ms Diversity.’ ”
The Guardian, 16th September 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Man, 76, avoids jail over Castlemorton Asbo breaches – BBC News
“An elderly man who tormented his neighbours by singing loudly outside their homes and insulting them has been given a 16-week suspended jail term.”
BBC News, 16th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
