“David Cameron is tomorrow expected to announce the terms of a long-promised, judge-led inquiry into allegations of MI5’s complicity in the torture of terror suspects and into how British citizens and residents are to be compensated for being detained at Guantánamo Bay.”
The Guardian, 5th July 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man who was repeatedly raped at a Berkshire children’s home in the 1960s has been jailed after throwing petrol over a man he claimed abused him.”
BBC News, 5th July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“In order for there to be a stable employment relationship it was not necessary for there to be a succession of short term or intermittent contracts.”
WLR Daily, 2nd July 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.
“A ‘building designed or adapted for living in’ was a ‘house … reasonably so called’ within s 2(1) of the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 if it was constructed as a house for single occupation and the result of the most recent works which altered the building, assessed objectively, was that the property had been adapted for living in, the emphasis being on the physical appearance and character of the property rather than the user.”
WLR Daily, 2nd July 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.
Metropolitan Housing Trust v Hadjazi [2010] EWCA Civ 750; [2010] WLR (D) 167
“The jurisdiction of the court to grant a social landlord a possession order against an assured tenant, the husband, under ground 14A in Pt II of Sch 2 to the Housing Act 1988 on the basis of the husband’s domestic violence or threat of violence against the wife, extended to violence and threats proved to have taken place after the husband had left the dwelling house to live temporarily elsewhere.”
WLR Daily, 2nd July 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“The judiciary is failing to reflect the UK’s gay and lesbian community, experts say, as research suggests it is seriously under-represented on the bench.”
The Guardian, 4th July 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Child protection groups today welcomed the decision to disclose the contents of a secret manual governing the use of physical restraint in child prisons.”
The Independent, 5th July 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The home secretary, Theresa May, has ordered that a national police camera network that logs more than 10m movements of motorists every day be placed under statutory regulation.”
The Guardian, 4th July 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A v East Sussex County Council & Ors [2010] EWCA Civ 743 (02 July 2010)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Silkstone & Anor v Tatnall [2010] EWHC 1627 (Ch) (02 July 2010)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
North Somerset District Council v Honda Motor Europe Ltd & Ors [2010] EWHC 1505 (QB) (02 July 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
“The government is pressing ahead with Labour legislation which could require employers to disclose whether they pay women as much as men.”
BBC News, 2nd July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Victims of the 7 July attacks have received £11m in compensation so far, the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) said.”
BBC News, 2nd July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An offer to settle court proceedings that is made under Part 36 of the Civil Procedure Rules in England and Wales can still be accepted after it has been rejected, unless a formal withdrawal has been made, the Court of Appeal has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 2nd July 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
“The Parliament Square peace camp remained in possession of the bleached square of grass in front of the Houses of Parliament today (2 July) after winning a stay of execution minutes before an eviction order was due to be imposed.”
The Guardian, 2nd July 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An Oxford Brookes student who lied about being raped to get a deadline extended has been sentenced to 18 months in prison.”
BBC News, 2nd July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The ‘draconian powers’ of social workers to order a child to be taken from a mother who turns out to be innocent is a cost to be paid to protect the vulnerable, appeal judges said today.”
The Independent, 2nd July 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Relocation: The Search for Common Principles – Speech by Lord Justice Thorpe at the London Metropolitan University 30th June 2010.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 1st July 2010
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“A court is to examine claims that a Labour Party election leaflet from former minister Phil Woolas linked an opponent to Muslim ‘extremists.’ “”
BBC News, 30th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Home Office says it is reviewing counter-terrorism laws after a European court decided the government could not appeal against a ruling that said random stop and searches were illegal.”
BBC News, 1st July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A drunken youth who sexually assaulted two teenage girls after jumping on their backs for a piggy back ride has been jailed.”
BBC News, 1st July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man has been jailed for life for murdering a care assistant he met on the internet, emptying her bank account and dumping her body in a suitcase.”
BBC News, 1st July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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