Calls for change to leasehold law – BBC News
“Lawyers want the rules surrounding leasehold homes to be clarified amid claims some freeholders are charging too much for extensions.”
BBC News, 5th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Supreme court prepares to rule on heiress’s prenuptial agreement battle – The Guardian
“A supreme court ruling expected this week is being seen as setting a precedent for divorcing couples who have signed prenuptial agreements.”
The Guardian, 6th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
22 years for man who murdered sex worker – The Independent
“A satellite TV installer was jailed for at least 22 years today (4 June) after being found guilty of murdering a prostitute when visiting her for sex.”
Full story
The Independent, 4th June 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Academies bill is anti-democratic, lawyers warn – The Guardian
“Teachers, lawyers and parents warn today that Michael Gove’s first bill – to create thousands more academies – is ‘anti-democratic’ and concentrates the fate of the country’s schools into too few hands.”
The Guardian, 6th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Nanny loses discrimination case against Heather Mills – BBC News
“Heather Mills’ ex-nanny has lost her unfair dismissal and sex discrimination case against her former boss.”
BBC News, 4th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Ajinomoto Sweeteners Europe SAS v ASDA Stores Ltd [2010] EWCA Civ 609 (02 June 2010)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Parties Named In Schedule A v Dresdner Kleinwort Ltd & Anor [2010] EWHC 1249 (QB) (28 May 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
Regina (Boahen) v Secretary of State for the Home Office – WLR Daily
Regina (Boahen) v Secretary of State for the Home Office [2010] EWCA Civ 585; [2010] WLR (D) 143
“An immigration officer at the port of entry had discretionary power to cancel a visa granted overseas on the ground that the purpose of the visit was not same as stated in the visa granted and to refuse leave to enter the UK.”
WLR Daily, 3rd 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.
Regina v Miller – WLR Daily
Regina v Miller [2010] EWCA Crim 1153; [2010] WLR (D) 142
“In criminal proceedings, the circumstances in which one party would be permitted pursuant to s 100(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 to ask a witness a question in cross-examination with a view to eliciting an answer implicating that witness in bad behaviour, which behaviour that party would be otherwise unable to prove, were infrequent and limited in scope.”
WLR Daily, 3rd 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.
Regina v Braithwaite – WLR Daily
Regina v Braithwaite [2010] EWCA Crim 1082; [2010] WLR (D) 141
“Material contained in police crime reports that unproven allegations had been made against a person who was someone other than a defendant, or that that person had been investigated in respect of an offence, would rarely be of substantial probative value to an issue at trial sufficient to render it admissible as evidence of bad character against that person pursuant to s 100(1)(b) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003.”
WLR Daily, 3rd 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.
Richard Buxton (a Firm) v Mills-Owens – Times Law Reports
Richard Buxton (a Firm) v Mills-Owens
Court of Appeal
“Since solicitors were under a professional duty not to advance arguments which they did not consider to be properly arguable, where a client insisted on such argument being advanced, a solicitor was lawfully entitled to terminate his retainer.”
The Times, 4th June 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
The loopholes in Britain’s gun laws – The Guardian
“The home secretary’s disclosure that the two weapons Derrick Bird used in the shootings were covered by a shotgun certificate he had since 1995 and a firearms licence he obtained in 2007 raises questions about the effectiveness of UK gun laws.”
The Guardian, 3rd June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Tweeter appeals against conviction over explosive airport message – The Guardian
“Paul Chambers, a former trainee accountant who was fined £1,000 after posting a message to the social network Twitter joking about blowing up an airport, is to appeal against his conviction.”
The Guardian, 3rd June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Libel Bill gives ISPs definite 14 day window to act – OUT-LAW.com
“A new libel law proposed by a Liberal Democrat peer would clarify how quickly ISPs and publishers have to act when told of a defamatory post or article. Defamatory material would not have to be taken down for 14 days, under the proposal.”
OUT-LAW.com, 3rd June 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
FSA loses first insider dealing case – The Times
“An accountant and two lawyers accused of insider dealing walked free from court today, marking the first time the Financial Services Authority (FSA) has lost such a prosecution.”
The Times, 3rd June 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
British Airways Plc v Unite the Union [2010] EWHC 1210 (QB) (17 May 2010)
High Court (Family Division)
B v B [2010] EWHC 193 (Fam) (15 January 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
Police officer jailed for ‘cavalier’ attitude to law – The Independent
“A police officer who showed a ‘cavalier disregard for the law’ when he repeatedly lied about a motoring offence was jailed today.”
The Independent, 3rd June 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
Podcast: Chris Kenny, Chief Executive of the Legal Services Board – Charon QC
“Today (2 June) I talk to Chris Kenny, CEO of the Legal Services Board. Chris Kenny discusses the role and the function of the Legal Services Board and whether there is a need for it. He talks about the opportunities and threats to lawyers and legal services over the next five years. He looks at the impact on the Rule of Law given the proposed cuts to civil and criminal legal aid. He discusses the globalisation of legal services and international regulatory standards. Lastly, a bit of futurology, Chris discusses the likely legal landscape in the next five years.”
Charon QC, 2nd June 2010
Source: www.charonqc.wordpress.com
“Charon QC” is the blogging pseudonym of Mike Semple Piggot, editor of insitelaw newswire.
Brazzill and others v Willoughby and others – WLR Daily
Brazzill and others v Willoughby and others [2010] EWCA Civ 561; [2010] WLR (D) 140
“A segregated trust account was held on trust for all account holders of a bank in respect of whose deposits should have been made into the account in accordance with a notice served by the Financial Services Authority (‘FSA’) and was not limited to those account holders in respect of whose accounts payments were in fact made into the account. ‘Deposits’ had its regulatory meaning which meant it was limited to regulated depositors only.”
WLR Daily, 28th May 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.
In re A (Children) (Abduction: Interim Powers) – WLR Daily
In re A (Children) (Abduction: Interim Powers) [2010] EWCA Civ 586; [2010] WLR (D) 139
“S 5 of the Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985 permitted a court to give directions to a local authority to provide accommodation for the abductor and abducted children.”
WLR Daily, 28th May 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.
