Your Freedom website launched – Ministry of Justice
“Nominate laws and regulations you would like to see abolished.”
Ministry of Justice, 1st July 2010
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Baby P social worker wins libel compensation – The Independent
“A Haringey social worker today accepted undisclosed compensation over the authority’s false claim that she did not raise concerns about returning Baby P to his mother.”
The Independent, 1st July 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Cuts on the agenda of family justice review – Ministry of Justice
“The Ministry of Justice has launched a ‘comprehensive review’ of the family justice system, appointing a panel of experts to hear evidence on how the system can improve. However, the panel chair has admitted a principal catalyst for the review is the government’s desire to make spending cuts.”
Ministry of Justice, 1st July 2010
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Post-It notes and the end of written history – BBC News
“The new coalition government is currently deciding when the legislation, which follows a review of secrecy rules by a committee chaired by Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre, will come into effect.”
BBC News, 1st July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
The Mayor of London v Hall & Ors [2010] EWHC 1613 (QB) (29 June 2010)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Dominion Corporate Trustees Ltd& Anor v Capmark Bank Europe Plc [2010] EWHC 1605 (Ch) (29 June 2010)
The PNPF Trust Company Ltd v Taylor & Ors [2010] EWHC 1573 (Ch) (28 June 2010)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
Regina (Noone) v Governor of HMP Drake Hall and another – WLR Daily
Regina (Noone) v Governor of HMP Drake Hall and another [2010] UKSC 30; [2010] WLR (D) 164
“The release provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 applied to sentences of under 12 months’ imprisonment, unless they were imposed concurrently or consecutively with sentences of 12 months or over, in which case the provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 applied.”
WLR Daily, 30th June 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.
Fiddes v Channel Four Television Corporation and others – WLR Daily
Fiddes v Channel Four Television Corporation and others [2010] EWCA Civ 730; [2010] WLR (D) 163
“Observations on the applicable principles as to whether there should be a trial by jury or trial by judge alone in a libel action were made by the Court of Appeal.”
WLR Daily, 30th June 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.
Was it necessary to turn an insult involving coconuts into a criminal prosecution? – Daily Telegraph
“In a heated council debate, Shirley Brown called her colleague a ‘coconut’ and has since been convicted under the Public Order Act. Elizabeth Grice reports.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th June 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Lawyers warn that court closures could threaten access to justice – Law Society’s Gazette
“Lawyers have warned that government proposals to close nearly a third of the courts in England and Wales could threaten access to justice and increase pressure on legal aid practitioners.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 1st July 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Full judgment: R (Smith) v Secretary of State for Defence – The Guardian
“Read the full judgment from the UK Supreme Court that found that British troops deployed abroad are not protected by the Human Rights Act outside of military bases.”
The Guardian, 30th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Transsexual to get legal aid to help fight NHS over breast surgery row – Daily Telegraph
“A transsexual, Miranda Lee, who was left ‘half man, half woman’ will get tax payers’ money in her legal fight for a breast enlargement.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st July 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Family justice – your views on its future – Ministry of Justice
“Views on how the family justice system can do its best to protect children and help families to work through their disagreements are being sought by a panel of experts.”
Ministry of Justice, 30th June 2010
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
More may have to pay own legal costs – Daily Telegraph
“High earners could be barred from legal aid and left to take out legal cover, Ken Clarke signalled yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st July 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Tory MP proposes law to ban wearing burkas – The Independent
“A Conservative politician is seeking to make it a criminal offence to wear a burka in public. Philip Hollobone, the MP for Kettering, was the subject of a complaint to police from the Northamptonshire Race Equality Council five months ago because of remarks he made about burkas.”
The Independent, 1st July 2010
Source:www.independent.co.uk
Chilcot inquiry: Iraq papers show Lord Goldsmith’s warning to Tony Blair – The Guardian
“Tony Blair was warned by his government’s chief law officer that an invasion of Iraq would be illegal the day before he privately assured President George Bush he would support US-led military action, documents released today by the Chilcot inquiry reveal.”
The Guardian, 30th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Jury clears activists who broke into Brighton arms factory – The Guardian
“Five activists who caused £180,000 damage to an arms factory were acquitted after they argued they were seeking to prevent Israeli war crimes.”
The Guardian, 30th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Tell us which laws to scrap, urges Clegg – The Independent
“Inviting the public to nominate unnecessary laws they would like to see repealed is a move away from ‘the old way of doing things’, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said today.”
The Independent, 1st July 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
More immigration advice providers could close – The Guardian
“More organisations providing immigration and asylum advice could face closure as only 252 out of over 400 applicants were successful in their bids for contracts from the Legal Service Commission.”
The Guardian, 30th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Supreme Court
Noone, R (on the application of) v Governor of HMP Drake Hall & Anor [2010] UKSC 30 (30 June 2010)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust v Fox & Ors [2010] EWCA Civ 729 (30 June 2010)
Forson v The Governing Body of Harwich School & Ors [2010] EWCA Civ 751 (30 June 2010)
ZK (Afghanistan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] EWCA Civ 749 (30 June 2010)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Financial Services Authority (FSA) v Anderson & Ors [2010] EWHC 1547 (Ch) (29 June 2010)
Gripple Ltd v Revenue and Customs [2010] EWHC 1609 (Ch) (30 June 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
