Stamford restaurant faces £50,000 fine – UK Border Agency
“Five illegal workers have been caught in Stamford by our officers.”
UK Border Agency, 21st June 2010
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
Government reinstates Equality Act timetable – OUT-LAW.com
“Last week we reported that the Government Equality Office had withdrawn the published timetable for implementing the Equality Act.
Now the GEO has reinstated the original timetable, saying that ‘the Government Equalities Office continues to work on the basis of the previously announced timetable, which envisaged commencement of the Act’s core provisions in October 2010’.”
OUT-LAW.com, 23rd June 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
Workers may find discrimination claims for depression easier after EAT ruling – OUT-LAW.com
“Workers who claim disability discrimination on account of depression should have their cases assessed by the effect of their condition rather than on the basis of strict medical diagnosis, the Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 21st June 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
Consultations on local courts published – Ministry of Justice
“Ministers announced today proposals to modernise and improve the use of courts in England and Wales.”
Ministry of Justice, 23rd June 2010
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Court to rule on men’s bid to avoid extradition – The Independent
“The High Court rules today on a bid by five young men to avoid extradition to Greece where they are wanted in relation to a savage attack on a footballer outside a Crete nightclub.”
The Independent, 23rd June 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Timbrell v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2010] EWCA Civ 701 (22 June 2010)
Jivraj v Hashwani (Rev 2) [2010] EWCA Civ 712 (22 June 2010)
Occlutech GmbH v AGA Medical Corporation [2010] EWCA Civ 702 (22 June 2010)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Drake v Harvey & Ors [2010] EWHC 1446 (Ch) (16 June 2010)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Yusuf, R (on the application of) v The Parole Board [2010] EWHC 1483 (Admin) (22 June 2010)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Traditional Structures Ltd v HW Construction Ltd [2010] EWHC 1530 (TCC) (26 May 2010)
WW Gear Construction Ltd v McGee Group Ltd [2010] EWHC 1460 (TCC) (21 June 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
Man guilty of antique horticultural books theft – BBC News
“A man has been found guilty of stealing antique books worth £40,000 from a world-famous library in central London.”
BBC News, 22nd June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Football and domestic violence – BBC Law in Action
“At the half way stage of the World Cup, police forces across the UK are paying unsolicited visits to men with a record of domestic violence. It’s a strategy recommended by the Association of Chief Police Officers. According to ACPO, research shows that domestic violence peaks during big sporting events like the World Cup. Many police forces have therefore concluded that it makes sense to let potential perpetrators know they are being watched. As Joshua Rozenberg finds when he sees the policy in action in Nottinghamshire, police on the ground belive the policy is working. But a closer look at the evidence casts doubt on whether there really is such a link and traces the idea that there is back to an urban myth from the United States.”
BBC Law in Action, 22nd June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Police, prisons and probation ‘failing to tackle child gangs’ – The Guardian
“Police, prisons and probation services are failing to tackle the growing dangers of young people getting involved in gangs, according to a damning new report.”
The Guardian, 23rd June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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
