Podcast Inside Track: Nicholas Green QC – Chairman of the Bar on the future of the legal profession – Charon QC

Posted May 17th, 2010 in barristers, legal profession, legal services, podcasts by sally

“Nicholas Green QC outlines his vision for the future of the Bar, his optimism that it will continue to develop and grow and his belief in the need for it to become more commercial, while holding on to the highest professional standards. He discusses the impact of the Legal Services Act, including the ability of barristers to go into partnership with solicitors, the issue of direct access to the Bar plus the increasing flexibility of career routes into the profession.”

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Charon QC, 17th May 2010

Source: www.charonqc.wordpress.com

“Charon QC” is the blogging pseudonym of Mike Semple Piggot, editor of insitelaw newswire.

Guidance to Advocates – Advocates Graduated Fees Reduction of 4.5% – The Bar Council

Posted May 17th, 2010 in barristers, fees, news by sally

“The first tranche of 4.5% cuts to the Criminal legal aid took effect from the 27th April 2010. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) have today informed the Bar Council that the Courts computer software will not be updated and accordingly, there will be a different claims process.”

Guidance to Advocates – Advocates Graduated Fees Reduction of 4.5% (Word)

The Bar Council, 14th May 2010

Source: www.barcouncil.org.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

Posted May 17th, 2010 in appeals, fraud, law reports, tax evasion, VAT by sally

Mobilx Ltd ( in administration) v Revenue and Customs Commissioners; Blue Sphere Global Ltd v Same; Calltel Telecom Ltd and another v Same [2010] EWCA Civ 517; [2010] WLR (D) 124

“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

Posted May 17th, 2010 in child abuse, murder, news, sentencing by sally

“A mother has been jailed for a minimum of 16 years after being convicted yesterday of murdering her young son.”

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The Independent, 15th May 2010

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Work starts to reverse ban on using intercept evidence in criminal trials – The Guardian

Posted May 17th, 2010 in evidence, intelligence services, interception, news by sally

“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.”

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The Guardian, 16th May 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

White supremacist jailed over chemical weapon – The Independent

Posted May 17th, 2010 in news, racism, sentencing, terrorism, weapons by sally

“A white supremacist who became the first person to be sentenced for producing a chemical weapon was jailed for 10 years today.”

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The Independent, 14th May 2010

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Judge replaced in Chelsea barracks case – Daily Telegraph

Posted May 17th, 2010 in contracts, judges, news by sally

“The case has caused a stir because correspondence from the Prince of Wales will be used as evidence, in what has become a row over the most expensive piece of land in Britain and an argument between modernist and traditional architects.”

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Daily Telegraph, 17th May 2010

Sourc: www.telegraph.co.uk

Gary McKinnon: a test case for principles – The Guardian

Posted May 17th, 2010 in autism, computer crime, extradition, news by sally

“The first acid test for Britain’s new government is not the economy, but whether it is capable of an act of simple humanity. Can Theresa May deliver on the repeated promise of Tory and Lib Dem leaders to end the torment inflicted by the state on Gary McKinnon, the hacker with Asperger’s syndrome, whom the Home Office wants to send to lengthy imprisonment and likely suicide in a US jail? His courtroom cruelty is scheduled to begin again on 24 May: the time has come to end it, once and for all.”

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The Guardian, 16th May 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Gary McKinnon: Theresa May urged to block extradition order – The Guardian

Posted May 17th, 2010 in computer crime, extradition, mental health, news by sally

“Campaigners for the computer hacker Gary McKinnon have called for support from the new coalition government in their latest bid to overturn a decision to allow him to be extradited to the US.”

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The Guardian, 15th May 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Barry George wins damages over claim he was obsessed with Cheryl Cole – Daily Telegraph

Posted May 14th, 2010 in damages, defamation, harassment, media, news by sally

“Barry George, who was cleared of murdering Jill Dando, accepted substantial undisclosed libel damages over claims that he was obsessed with Cheryl Cole and Kay Burley.”

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Daily Telegraph, 14th May 2010

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Competition Commission confirms ban on point-of-sale PPI – The Guardian

Posted May 14th, 2010 in banking, competition, consumer protection, insurance, news by sally

“Watchdog rejects appeal, saying ruling will bring more choice and cheaper rates to payment protection insurance market.”

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The Guardian, 14th May 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Camden Ripper must never be released, judge rules – The Guardian

Posted May 14th, 2010 in murder, news, sentencing by sally

“High court judge issues ‘whole life’ order to Anthony Hardy, who was given three life sentences for murder of women.”

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The Guardian, 14th May 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted May 14th, 2010 in law reports by sally

Supreme Court

Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd, R (on the application of)v Wolverhampton City Council & Anor [2010] UKSC 20 (12 May 2010)

ZN (Afghanistan) & Ors v Entry Clearance Officer (Karachi) [2010] UKSC 21 (12 May 2010)

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust v Roldan [2010] EWCA Civ 522 (13 May 2010)

Moulton v Chief Constable of the West Midlands [2010] EWCA Civ 524 (13 May 2010)

De Bruyne v De Bruyne & Ors [2010] EWCA Civ 519 (13 May 2010)

Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)

Dougall, R v [2010] EWCA Crim 1048 (13 May 2010)

High Court (Administrative Court)

Kotarski & Anor v Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [2010] EWHC 1036 (Admin) (13 May 2010)

Chetwynd v South Norfolk District Council & Ors [2010] EWHC 1070 (Admin) (13 May 2010)

High Court (Chancery Division)

Mills & Ors, (Administrators of Kaupthing Singer and Friedlander Ltd) v Sportsdirect.Com Retail Ltd [2010] EWHC 1072 (Ch) (13 May 2010)

Youlton v Charles Russell (a firm) [2010] EWHC 1032 (Ch) (13 May 2010)

High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)

Kaschke v Osler [2010] EWHC 1075 (QB) (13 May 2010)

High Court (Technology and Construction Court)

Cleveland Bridge (UK) Ltd v Whessoe-Volker Stevin Joint Venture [2010] EWHC 1076 (TCC) (13 May 2010)

Packman Lucas Ltd.v Mentmore Towers Ltd & Anor [2010] EWHC 1037 (TCC) (13 May 2010)

Source: www.bailii.org

R (Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd) v Wolverhampton City Council – WLR Daily

Posted May 14th, 2010 in compulsory purchase, law reports, local government, planning, Supreme Court by sally

R (Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd) v Wolverhampton City Council [2010] UKSC 20; [2010] WLR (D) 123

“A planning authority, in considering the exercise of its compulsory purchase powers in relation to one site, was not entitled to take into account a commitment by a developer to secure the redevelopment of another unconnected site.”

WLR Daily, 13th May 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.

Cooper v Attorney General – WLR Daily

Posted May 14th, 2010 in appeals, attorney general, damages, judicial review, law reports by sally

Cooper v Attorney General  [2010] EWCA Civ 464; [2010] WLR (D) 122

“The obligation of a member states to make good damage caused to individuals by infringements of Community law for which they were responsible also applied where the alleged infringement stemmed from a decision of a court adjudicating at last instance where the rule of Community law infringed was intended to confer rights on individuals, the breach was sufficiently serious and there was a direct causal link between that breach and the loss or damage sustained by the injured parties. In assessing whether there had been a sufficiently serious breach, domestic case law in particular carried weight where it purported to interpret and apply the relevant Community law.”

WLR Daily, 13th 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

Government outlines plans on privacy and surveillance – OUT-LAW.com

Posted May 14th, 2010 in closed circuit television, defamation, DNA, freedom of expression, freedom of information, news, privacy by sally

“The new Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition Government said that it will beef up freedom of information law and reduce the number of people whose details are held on the Government’s DNA database.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 13th May 2010

Source: www.out-law.com

Council breached information law – BBC News

Posted May 14th, 2010 in freedom of information, local government, news by sally

“A council has been told it breached the Freedom of Information Act by failing to provide an AM details about the cost of employing education consultants.”

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BBC News, 14th May 2010

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Reading transsexual to wait for NHS breast op ruling – BBC News

Posted May 14th, 2010 in medical treatment, news, sex discrimination by sally

“A transsexual who started a High Court battle for the legal right to NHS funding for breast augmentation surgery will have to wait for a judgement.”

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BBC News, 13th May 2010

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Teesside hammer killer refused Guardian interview – BBC News

Posted May 14th, 2010 in appeals, media, murder, news by sally

“A psychopath who bludgeoned a Teesside doctor to death with a hammer has been refused the right to a face-to-face interview with a newspaper journalist.”

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BBC News, 14th May 2010

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Girl, 8, admits she lied about sexual assault – The Independent

Posted May 14th, 2010 in children, evidence, news, rape, sexual offences by sally

“An eight-year-old girl who told her mother that two 10-year-old boys had sexually assaulted her, yesterday said in court that she had lied about the incident because she had been ‘naughty’ and was worried she would not get any sweets.”

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The Independent, 14th May 2010

Source: www.independent.co.uk