TV boss jailed for killing wife – BBC News
“A television location manager who killed his wife with a single blow during an argument after a dinner party has been jailed for 18 months.”
BBC News, 3rd August 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Antiques dealer given eight years over stolen Shakespeare – The Independent
“An unemployed antiques dealer with a taste for the high life was jailed today [2nd August] for eight years after he was convicted of handling a stolen copy of a rare first collection of Shakespeare’s plays.”
The Independent, 2nd August 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Court of Protection Rules Committee publishes review – Judiciary of England and Wales
“The President of the Court of Protection, Sir Nicholas Wall, today [29th July] published the Court of Protection Rules Committee’s Review.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 29th July 2010
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Pleural plaques former claimants payment scheme – Ministry of Justice
“The Government’s Pleural Plaques Former Claimants Payment Scheme opens for applications today [2nd August].”
Ministry of Justice, 2nd August 2010
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Battle of the forms ends without terms and conditions victor – OUT-LAW.com
“The failure of two companies to agree whose terms and conditions governed the sale of a consignment of goods means that neither company’s terms can be enforced, the High Court has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 2nd August 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
Sheffield City Council v Wall and others – WLR Daily
Sheffield City Council v Wall and others; [2010] EWCA Civ 922; [2010] WLR (D) 221
“The foster son of a late council tenant was not entitled to succeed to the tenancy under the Housing Act 1985.”
WLR Daily, 2nd August 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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R v Rochford – WLR Daily
R v Rochford; [2010] WLR (D) 220
“A failure by a defendant to comply with the requirements of ss 5(5) and 6A of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 to provide a defence statement containing the general nature of his defence, did not constitute a contempt of court and was only punishable with sanctions specified in s 11 of the 1996 Act, of a court or other party being permitted to make comment on that failure, or the court or jury being permitted to drawing inferences as to guilt. A defendant was not required by s 6A of the 1996 Act to disclose confidential discussions with his lawyer or to incriminate himself.”
WLR Daily, 2nd August 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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R v Ahmed – WLR Daily
“The act of procuring the miscarriage of a woman’s child did not, by itself, amount to an offence known to English law. Where a defendant was charged with an offence of supplying or procuring any instrument or thing, knowing that it was intended to be unlawfully used or employed with intent to procure the miscarriage of a woman, the ‘thing’ supplied or procured had to be some sort of article or object and could not include a medical procedure. ‘Procure’ of the instrument or thing did not include the taking of possession of or use of an instrument or thing by a third person.”
WLR Daily, 2nd August 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Regina v Chaytor and others – WLR Daily
Regina v Chaytor and others; 2010] EWCA Crim 1910; [2010] WLR (D) 218
“Parliamentary privilege or immunity from criminal prosecution did not attach, and never had attached, to ordinary criminal activities by members of Parliament.”
WLR Daily, 2nd August 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Hoist UK Ltd v Reid Lifting Ltd – WLR Daily
Hoist UK Ltd v Reid Lifting Ltd; [2010] EWHC 1922 (Ch); [2010] WLR (D) 215
“CPR r 38.5(3) should be construed as meaning that discontinuance did not affect any proceedings to deal with any question of costs, whether or not such proceedings had already been commenced at the date of discontinuance.”
WLR Daily, 30th July 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Leo Pharma A/S and another v Sandoz Ltd – WLR Daily
Leo Pharma A/S and another v Sandoz Ltd; [2010] EWHC 1911 (Pat); [2010] WLR (D) 214
“A sealed court order which had been drawn up and agreed by the parties at the request of the court could not be corrected under the slip rule contained in CPR 40.12(1) unless it had an unintended effect which was inconsistent with the intention of the court.”
WLR Daily, 30th July 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Stockton on Tees Borough Council v Aylott – WLR Daily
Stockton on Tees Borough Council v Aylott [2010] EWCA Civ 910; [2010] WLR (D) 216
“In determining pursuant to section 3A(1) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 whether, for a reason which related to the claimant’s disability, he had been treated less favourably than a person to whom that reason did not apply, the appropriate comparator was someone who had acted in the same way as the claimant but did not suffer from his disability, and not someone to whom the reason for the treatment complained of did not apply.”
WLR Daily, 30th July 2010
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Imerman v Tchenguiz and others; Same v Imerman – WLR Daily
“There was no legal justification for permitting a spouse to retain copies of documents unlawfully obtained in breach of confidence in order to prevent the other spouse from concealing assets in ancillary relief proceedings. A spouse could apply for search and seizure, freezing, preservation and similar orders to ensure that assets were not wrongly concealed or dissipated.”
WLR Daily, 30th July 2010
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MPs ‘denied enough time to study electoral reform bill’ – The Guardian
“MPs have been denied an ‘adequate opportunity’ to scrutinise legislation paving the way for a referendum on reform of the voting system, it was claimed today.”
The Guardian, 2nd August 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Family win school catchment spying case – The Guardian
“A family won a landmark ruling today when a council was found to have acted illegally in spying on them for nearly three weeks to discover whether they had lied about living in the catchment area of a top primary school.”
The Guardian, 2nd August 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
A power supreme? – BBC News
“The United Kingdom Supreme Court has just completed its first year in business.”
BBC News, 2nd August 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
17,000 immigration appeals unopposed – The Independent
“Thousands of appeals against immigration decisions succeeded last year without the Home Office even attending a hearing to defend its original rejections, figures showed today.”
The Independent, 2nd August 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
High Court (Chancery Division)
Daventry District Council v Daventry & District Housing Ltd [2010] EWHC 1935 (Ch) (30 July 2010)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
XA v YA [2010] EWHC 1983 (QB) (30 July 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
Regina v B (F); Same v P (A); Same v C (J) – WLR Daily
Regina v B (F); Same v P (A); Same v C (J) [2010] EWCA Crim 1857; [2010] WLR (D) 21
“A judge sitting in the Crown Court had no power to quash an indictment simply because he did not believe that the proceedings were appropriately brought or were not in the public interest when compared with his assessment of the needs of other cases and that had not changed as a result of the introduction of the Criminal Procedure Rules 2010.”
WLR Daily, 30th July 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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