Widow to lose home over legal battle with neighbour – Daily Telegraph
“An 79-year-old widow is losing her home after a bitter 11 year legal wrangle over a 3 inch strip of land.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th May 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Unite to appeal against air strike injunction – The Times
“The British Airways cabin crew union plans to go to the Court of Appeal today asking for the right to go ahead with 20 days of strike action that had been due to start today.”
The Times, 18th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Pakistani students arrested in terror raids win deportation battle – Daily Telegraph
“Two men who were arrested in major counter-terrorism raids but never charged today won their appeals against deportation.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th May 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
New coalition government must address human rights – The Guardian
“Those hoping for a major change of direction on human rights by the new government will have answers soon. As we discovered with Labour, the strongest measures a government takes on the protection of human rights are likely to be those it takes in its first few weeks, so what is in the first Queen’s Speech is very important. Five areas may be critical.”
The Guardian, 18th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Claims against the police still difficult, and no help from human rights law – The Guardian
“Analysis of the court of appeal judgment on malicious prosecution and the right to liberty.”
The Guardian, 17th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Manchester and Liverpool ‘terror’ students decision day – BBC News
“Five Pakistani students who were accused of planning a bomb attack will hear if they have won appeals against deportation from the UK.”
BBC News, 18th May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Hospital fined £100,000 after wrong drug killed new mother – The Guardian
“A hospital trust has been ordered to pay £100,000 after a new mother ‘needlessly’ died when an epidural anaesthetic was mistakenly fed into her veins.”
The Guardian, 17th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Libel court ‘is not the right place for faith disputes’ – The Independent
“One of Britain’s most senior judges said yesterday that libel courts must not become places where religious and doctrinal differences are hammered out.”
The Independent, 18th May 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Magistrate defends ‘scum’ description of teenage vandals – The Guardian
“A magistrate who is facing disciplinary action after describing two teenage vandals as ‘absolute scum’ insisted today he had used ‘appropriate’ language.”
The Guardian, 18th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
British Airways strikes banned by High Court – Daily Telegraph
“Air passengers have received a double dose of good news as the British Airways strike was averted and regulators changed the rules on flying through volcanic ash.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th May 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Charge against ‘gay sin’ preacher dropped – BBC News
“Charges have been dropped against a Christian preacher who told a police officer homosexuality was ‘a sin’.”
BBC News, 17th May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Man jailed for life killing Asperger’s suffering neighbour – The Independent
“A man was jailed for life today for stabbing to death his vulnerable neighbour, who suffered from Asperger’s syndrome, after making fun of him.”
The Independent, 17th May 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (Commencement No. 4) (Wales) Order 2010
The Meat (Official Controls Charges) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2010
The Gower College Swansea (Incorporation) Order 2010
The Policing and Crime Act 2009 (Commencement No. 1) (Wales) Order 2010
The Food (Jelly Mini-Cups) (Emergency Control) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2010
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Adris & Ors v The Royal Bank of Scotland Plc [2010] EWHC 941 (QB) (29 April 2010)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Source: www.bailii.org
ZN and Others (Afghanistan) v Entry Clearance Officer – Times Law Reports
ZN and Others (Afghanistan) v Entry Clearance Officer
Supreme Court
“Family members who applied to enter the United Kingdom to join a sponsor who had been granted asylum did not have to meet the maintenance and accommodation requirements imposed by the ordinary rules relating to applications by family members, even if the sponsor had, by then, obtained British citizenship.”
The Times, 17th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Mobilx Ltd ( in administration) v Revenue and Customs Commissioners; Blue Sphere Global Ltd v Same; Calltel Telecom Ltd and another v Same – WLR Daily
“Where a trader had means of knowing that by his purchase he was participating in a transaction connected with fraudulent evasion of VAT he lost his right to deduct input tax but only when he knew or should have known that the transaction was connected to fraud. To lose his entitlement it was not sufficient that the taxpayer knew or should have known that it was more likely than not that his purchase was connected to fraud.”
WLR Daily, 14th 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.
Mother who beat toddler son to death is jailed for a minimum of 16 years – The Independent
“A mother has been jailed for a minimum of 16 years after being convicted yesterday of murdering her young son.”
The Independent, 15th May 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Work starts to reverse ban on using intercept evidence in criminal trials – The Guardian
“The government will attempt to make intercept evidence admissible in court, the Guardian has learned, in a move likely to bring ministers into conflict with the intelligence services.”
The Guardian, 16th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
