High Court move by Tube Lines to stop workers’ strike – BBC News
“The firm responsible for repairs to the Tube network is to seek a High Court injunction to stop a strike by maintenance workers.”
BBC News, 23rd June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Woman who had sex change wins legal right to pension at 60 – The Guardian
“A woman who had a sex-change operation 10 years ago has won her battle to receive a pension from the age of 60. Christine Timbrell was born Christopher Timbrell in 1941, but had surgery to change her gender in 2000.”
The Guardian, 22nd June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Bullied’ lawyer launches £800,000 lawsuit against employers – Daily Telegraph
“A former top City lawyer who says she was driven to a mental breakdown by a ‘psycho’ colleague has launched an £800,000 lawsuit over claims that her employers failed to support her.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd June 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Rapists going free through errors by inexperienced doctors, says BMA – The Guardian
“Rapists are not being convicted because doctors are making errors when examining victims, according to medical experts specialising in sexual assaults.”
The Guardian, 22nd June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Teenager jailed for murder over Facebook insult – The Guardian
“A 16-year-old boy who fatally stabbed a former friend over a ‘loss of face’ after they traded insults on Facebook was jailed for at least 14 years today.”
The Guardian, 22nd June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
2010 Budget – HM Treasury
“The Chancellor, George Osborne, today presented the first Budget of the Coalition Government.”
HM Treasury, 22nd June 2010
Source: www.hm-treasury.gov.uk
FA (Iraq) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily
FA (Iraq) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] EWCA Civ 696; [2010] WLR (D) 152
“Where a person who had been granted leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom for a year or more appealed against the refusal of his claim for asylum under s 83 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 he was entitled, by virtue of the principle of equivalence under Community law, to include the refusal of his claim for humanitarian protection in the appeal.”
WLR Daily, 21st 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.
Rabone and another v Pennine Care NHS Trust – WLR Daily
Rabone and another v Pennine Care NHS Trust [2010] EWCA Civ 698; [2010] WLR (D) 152
“Health trusts did not have an obligation to take special preventive measures to protect voluntary mental patients from the risk of suicide, even where that risk was ‘real and immediate’. The obligation existed in the case of persons for whom the state had assumed responsibility by their detention under the Mental Health Act 1983.”
WLR Daily, 21st June 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Bulger killer child pornography case: Judge lifts ban – The Guardian
“A judge today ruled that the public can be told that Jon Venables, one of the killers of two-year-old James Bulger, has been charged with downloading and distributing child pornography.”
The Guardian, 21st June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Macquarie Internationale Investments Ltd v Glencore UK Ltd [2010] EWCA Civ 697 (21 June 2010)
Rabone & Anor v Pennine Care NHS Trust [2010] EWCA Civ 698 (21 June 2010)
FA (Iraq) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] EWCA Civ 696 (18 June 2010)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Lexi Holdings (In Administration) v Pannone & Partners [2010] EWHC 1416 (Ch) (18 June 2010)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Al Rawi & Ors v the Security Service & Ors [2010] EWHC 1496 (QB) (21 June 2010)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Chunilal v Merrill Lynch International Incorporated [2010] EWHC 1467 (Comm) (18 June 2010)
High Court (Patents Court)
Nampak Cartons Ltd v Rapid Action Packaging Ltd [2010] EWHC 1458 (Pat) (18 June 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
High Court blocks Exeter and Norwich super-council move – BBC News
“A Labour government decision to give Exeter and Norwich wider powers has been blocked by the High Court.”
BBC News, 21st June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Government shuns call to change strike laws – BBC News
“The government has slapped down calls by business leaders for changes to rules regarding strike ballots.”
BBC News, 21st June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Libel case over ‘faked’ Channel 4 Jackson family documentary dropped – The Guardian
“Channel 4 has spent £1.7m defending a ‘vainglorious’ libel action over allegations it faked a documentary about Michael Jackson’s family moving to Devon.”
The Guardian, 21st June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Firearms policewoman wins record damages in sexism case – The Guardian
“A police force ordered to pay record damages for sexually discriminating against a woman firearms officer acted in a ‘high-handed, insulting and malicious way’, according to an employment tribunal judgment obtained by the Guardian.”
The Guardian, 21st June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Neuberger report: more solicitor judges wanted – The Lawyer
“The Law Society has long stated its belief that the judiciary should better reflect the diversity of the society it serves rather than being the preserve of the white, heterosexual, Oxbridge-educated, male barrister.”
The Lawyer, 21st June 2010
Source: www.thelawyer.com
Results of Cherie Blair inquiry ‘were covered up’ – The Independent
“The body which investigates complaints against judges has been accused of covering up the full extent of an investigation into Cherie Blair over her decision to hand down a lenient sentence to a convicted man because he was ‘a religious person’.”
The Independent, 21st June 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Police press home secretary to call time on late-night drinking laws – The Guardian
“There was a high-pitched shriek; then the fight started. For several moments, the group of girls tore into each other before bouncers pulled them apart. Outside the 24-hour off-licence across the road, a crowd of lads cheered above a sound track of breaking bottles, swearing and heavy bass lines.”
The Guardian, 20th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Prison governors: short sentences do not work – The Independent
“The backlash against short-term prison sentences intensified today after the representative bodies of both prison governors and probation officers condemned them as expensive and ineffective.”
The Independent, 21st June 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Teenager-repellent ‘mosquito’ must be banned, says Europe – The Guardian
“A device that uses high-frequency sound to disperse teenage gangs is illegal under human rights law and is ‘degrading and discriminatory’ to youngsters, a report this week claims.”
The Guardian, 20th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
