“A cage fighter who was extradited from Morocco to face trial over his part in the £53m Securitas robbery in Tonbridge, Kent, was jailed for 18 years today.”
The Guardian, 5th October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“In any judicial review proceedings relating to a case which involved crucial, ‘hard-edged’ questions of fact in light of which it was necessary for the court to allow cross-examination of makers of witness statements on those ‘hard-edged’ questions of fact, it was vital for full disclosure to occur to enable effective and proper cross-examination to take place. That constituted an important exception to the conventional approach in respect of disclosure in judicial review cases and the approach should be similar to that involved in an ordinary Queen’s Bench action.”
WLR Daily, 5th October 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Employment Appeal Tribunal
“A North Sudanese claimant who was refused promotion to the role of Sudanese researcher for Amnesty International because it believed that the appointment of a person of her ethnic origin would compromise its perceived impartiality and would expose her to a safety risk when visiting Sudan and Eastern Chad, was discriminated against on the ground of her race and ethnic origin.”
The Times, 6th October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Gutridge and Others v Sodexo Ltd and Another
Court of Appeal
“An employee whose employment contract had been transferred under contracting-out arrangements to another employer could not have any greater rights against the transferee than she had against the transferor and although the right to bring proceedings was against the transferee, the right was timelimited to six months after the termination of the the employment with the transferor, which was six months after the date of the transfer.”
The Times, 6th October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
MA (Pakistan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
Court of Appeal
“It was not only cases involving children where it should be rare to dismiss an immigration appeal founded on article 8 of the European Convention of Human Rights, protecting the right to family life, on the ground that the claimant should apply for leave from abroad.”
The Times, 5th October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Closed court hearings involving some of the most difficult and sensitive cases in England and Wales could soon be opened to the public following a legal challenge brought by The Independent.”
The Independent, 6th October 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Major law firms should take a major step towards regulating themselves, according to Lord Hunt of Wirral’s report on the regulation of the profession.”
Legal Week, 5th October 2009
Source: www.legalweek.com
“Prison sentences of less than a year should be abolished because they do not work, prison governors will hear at their annual conference later.”
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BBC News, 6th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The prison population is now so large that there is the potential for a ‘catastrophe of widespread disorder’ by inmates as jails struggle to make savings demanded by ministers, the president of the Prison Governors’ Association warns tomorrow.”
The Guardian, 5th October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Citizen spies will be given the chance to win up to £1,000 by watching CCTV cameras on the internet and reporting people they suspect of committing crimes.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th October 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A terrorist suspect accused of being a key al-Qaeda financier was named yesterday as Mohammed al-Ghabra by the Supreme Court in London. In its first ruling, the new court agreed that the media should be able to identify one of four men appealing against orders freezing their assets.”
The Times, 6th October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
High Court (Chancery Division)
Mexfield Housing Co-Operative Ltd v Berrisford [2009] EWHC 2392 (Ch) (05 October 2009)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
“Changes to the Criminal Procedure Rules, affecting procedures used in magistrates’ courts, the Crown Court and the Criminal Division of the Court of Appeal, come into effect today.”
Ministry of Justice, 5th October 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“BAE Systems is prepared to settle the Serious Fraud Office’s (SFO) six-year investigation into allegations of bribery in Africa and Eastern Europe, but will not do so ‘at any cost’.”
The Times, 5th October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Foreign-owned City banks are considering a legal challenge to government plans to curb City bonuses, strictures to which their British counterparts have agreed.”
The Times, 5th October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Senior prosecution officials have received personal bonuses for seizing defendants’ assets under an incentive scheme which, it is feared, could create miscarriages of justice.”
The Times, 5th October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Mitchell, R. v [2009] EWCA Crim 1899 (08 September 2009)
Burns, R. v [2009] EWCA Crim 1907 (03 September 2009)
Truong, R. v [2009] EWCA Crim 1910 (01 September 2009)
Atkins & Anor v R [2009] EWCA Crim 1876 (02 October 2009)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Phillips & Anor v McGregor-Paterson [2009] EWHC 2385 (Ch) (02 October 2009)
Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander Ltd [2009] EWHC 2308 (Ch) (02 October 2009)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Serious Organised Crime Agency v Pelekanos [2009] EWHC 2307 (QB) (02 October 2009)
Thomson v Berkhamsted Collegiate School [2009] EWHC 2374 (QB) (02 October 2009)
High Court (Administrative Court)
British Broadcasting Corporation v Sugar & Anor [2009] EWHC 2349 (Admin) (02 October 2009)
Ozdowski v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] EWHC 2371 (Admin) (17 August 2009)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
K/S Lincoln & Ors v CB Richard Ellis Hotels Ltd [2009] EWHC 2344 (TCC) (02 October 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
“A Judge is being investigated after he freed a child rapist who kidnapped and assaulted a five-year-old just eight days later.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th October 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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