Regina v Penner – Times Law Reports
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“Defence counsel must avoid ambushing the prosecution with a new issue.”
The Times, 3rd June 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Boris Johnson brings legal action to remove Parliament Square peace protesters – The Guardian
“Boris Johnson, the mayor of London, is today bringing legal action to remove peace protesters camping in Parliament Square.”
The Guardian, 3rd June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
MoJ admits drafting error in fee-capping regulations – Law Society’s Gazette
“Acquitted defendants can claim the full cost of private legal fees, after the Ministry of Justice admitted there is a drafting error in the regulations intended to implement its controversial policy to cap awards.”
Full story
Law Society’s Gazette, 3rd June 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Is ‘Tesco law’ heading for the long grass? – The Times
“It was years in the making and the centrepiece of Labour’s radical shake-up of legal services but the highly touted ‘Tesco law’ phenomenon could be heading for the long grass, kicked there by less enthusiastic ministers in the new coalition Government.”
The Times, 3rd June 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
‘Hospital hopper’ given criminal asbo – The Guardian
“A 41-year-old man has cost the NHS tens of thousands of pounds in hospital treatment for a range of fake illnesses over a three-year period.”
The Guardian, 2nd June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Guardian says dating site rivals violated database rights – OUT-LAW.com
“The Guardian newspaper has sued two online dating sites in the High Court claiming that the companies have violated its database rights by using profiles taken from its own dating service.”
OUT-LAW.com, 2nd June 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
Lord Lester’s bill a ‘catalyst’ for libel reform – Law Society’s Gazette
“Liberal Democrat peer and barrister Lord Lester of Herne Hill QC has introduced a private member’s bill to reform the country’s ‘archaic’ libel laws.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 3rd June 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
UK’s gun laws are among the toughest in the world – The Independent
“Britain is one of the most regulated countries in the world when it comes to owning guns.”
The Independent, 3rd June 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Lord Saville’s Bloody Sunday report is a failure of the judicial process – The Guardian
“The Bloody Sunday report, to be published by the Northern Ireland secretary on 15 June, will no doubt be welcomed by the families of those killed when British troops opened fire in Derry more than 38 years ago. But it will not be welcomed by the legal establishment, which regards Lord Saville’s inquiry into the events of 30 January 1972 as an embarrassing failure of the judicial process and the waste of a promising career.”
The Guardian, 3rd June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Revenue and Customs to challenge football creditors rule in high court – The Times
“The controversial ‘football creditors’ rule, which permits millionaire players to take huge sums out of insolvent clubs while smaller creditors such as St John Ambulance and local businesses are denied most of their dues, is being challenged in the high court.”
The Guardian, 3rd June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Sentencing Council: judges told that justice is safe from ‘tramline’ sentencing – The Times
“It must be the toughest judicial brief going: tasked with overseeing sentencing in England and Wales, when prisons are full to bursting and there is no money to build any more. But Lord Justice Leveson is firm about one thing: ‘I have not considered this as a brief to produce guidelines that are going to reduce the prison population.'”
The Times, 3rd June 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
IPCC to publish report on Rachel Nickell’s death – BBC News
“The police watchdog is publishing a report into claims officers failed to detain a rapist who went on to kill Rachel Nickell.”
BBC News, 3rd May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Plan to protect anonymity of rape accused watered down – The Independent
“A surprise plan to grant anonymity to rape defendants will be significantly redrawn by the coalition Government after intense criticism of the proposals.”
The Independent, 3rd June 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Equalities watchdog rebukes police over disproportionate use of stop and search – The Guardian
“Five police forces could face legal action after the equalities watchdog issued a final warning over their disproportionate use of stop-and-search powers against people from ethnic minorities.”
The Guardian, 2nd June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Pleading guilty to police should mean lighter sentence, judge says – The Times
“Suspects who plead guilty in the police station should benefit from a hefty cut in their sentences, the judge in charge of sentencing has told The Times.”
The Times, 3rd June 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Craftrule Ltd v 41-60 Albert Palace Mansions (Freehold) Ltd – WLR Daily
“The phrase ‘a self-contained part of a building’ in ss 3 and 4 of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 did not, either expressly or by implication, require that a self-contained part of a building should be indivisible into smaller such parts.”
WLR Daily, 27th May 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.
O’Byrne v Aventis Pasteur MSD Ltd – WLR Daily
O’Byrne v Aventis Pasteur MSD Ltd [2010] UKSC 23; [2010] WLR (D) 137
“In a claim under the Consumer Protection Act 1987 based on the rights conferred under Council Directive 85/374/EEC concerning liability for defective products, which by art 11 required proceedings to be brought against the producer within ten years of the product being put into circulation, domestic law could not allow the producer to be substituted as the defendant outside that period in place of a wholly-owned subsidiary (who was the supplier but had been erroneously thought to be the producer) unless the parent company had actually determined when the supplier put the product in circulation.”
WLR Daily, 27th 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.
Jones v Kernott – WLR Daily
Jones v Kernott [2010] EWCA Civ 578; [2010] WLR (D) 13
“Where the parties had agreed when they separated that they had equal interests in a residential property conveyed into their joint names there had to be something to displace those interests before the court could impute from the parties’ conduct an intention to vary that equality. The passage of time was insufficient to do so even if in the meantime the defendant had acquired alternative accommodation and the claimant had paid all the outgoings.”
WLR Daily, 27th 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.
Edwards v Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust – WLR Daily
Edwards v Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust [2010] EWCA Civ 571; [2010] WLR (D) 135
“An employee who suffered damage as a result of findings of personal or professional misconduct leading to dismissal and loss of professional status that were made against him in disciplinary proceedings conducted in breach of contract, and which would not otherwise have been made, could recover damages at large.”
WLR Daily, 27th 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.
Mobilix Ltd (in Administration) v HM Revenue and Customs; Blue Sphere Global Ltd v Same Calltel Telecom Ltd and; Another v Same – Times Law Reports
Court of Appeal
“Where a trader knew or should have known that by his purchase he was participating in a transaction connected with fraudulent evasion of value-added tax he lost his right to deduct input tax.”
The Times, 2nd June 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
