Ex-coach jailed for drug rape attempt on girl, 12 – BBC News
“A former girls’ football team coach has been jailed for six years for spiking a girl’s drink with a drug during a day trip to a theme park.”
BBC News, 10th May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Risk of lawyer uninsurability ahead of SRA reform – The Lawyer
“Lawyers could become an uninsurable risk if the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) fails to reform the professional indemnity (PI) insurance regulations.”
The Lawyer, 10th May 2010
Source: www.thelawyer.com
BAILII: Recent Decisions
High Court (Administrative Court)
BX v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] EWHC 990 (Admin) (10 May 2010)
S v Northampton Crown Court & Anor [2010] EWHC 723 (Admin) (07 May 2010)
High Court (Commercial Court)
IRB Brasil Resseguros SA v CX Reinsurance Company Ltd [2010] EWHC 974 (Comm) (07 May 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
KFC fined after cockroach seen eating chip – The Guardian
“Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) has been ordered to pay out almost £19,000 after a cockroach was found eating a chip in one of the busiest branches in Britain.”
The Guardian, 10th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
BNP faces legal threat amid new racism claims over redrafted constitution – The Guardian
“The British National party faces the prospect of renewed legal action from the government’s equalities watchdog over allegations that it has failed to remove potentially racist clauses from its constitution. The court case could potentially see the BNP’s leader, Nick Griffin, jailed or fined for contempt of court, or see party assets seized, lawyers believe.”
The Guardian, 9th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Civil servants win redundancy pay court challenge – The Guardian
“A union today won its court case to block cost-cutting measures that threaten the level of redundancy pay for civil servants. Lawyers for the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) successfully argued that changes made to the Civil Service Compensation Scheme without agreement were unlawful.”
The Guardian, 10th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Cardiff man jailed for stealing car with baby inside – BBC News
“A man who stole a car without realising a one-year-old girl was asleep in the back has been jailed for 34 months.”
BBC News, 7th May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Victims of sex abuse in Catholic children’s homes set to win damages – The Observer
“One of the longest-running legal cases in UK history, centred on systemic sexual abuse at children’s homes in the north-west of England, is poised to end after a judge found in favour of two men who claimed they had been sexually assaulted while in care.”
The Observer, 9th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Draft law opens way for first women bishops by 2014 – The Sunday Times
“The Church of England has paved the way for ordination of its first women bishops with new legislation that it hopes will prevent Anglicans splitting over the issue.”
The Sunday Times, 9th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
BA price-fixing trial collapses – The Guardian
“Serious and significant failings by the Office of Fair Trading led to the collapse of the trial of senior British Airways executives over allegations of price-fixing with Virgin Atlantic.”
The Guardian, 10th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Tycoon’s wife gives taxman secret files – The Sunday Times
“Michelle Young, 45, who is divorcing her husband Scot, is to give HM Revenue & Customs a computer disk containing hundreds of pages of emails and other documents outlining his dealings in property, shares and film companies over the past five years.”
The Sunday Times, 9th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Jailed Cazenove partner ordered to pay over £500,000 – The Times
“A former partner at the Queen’s stockbroker Cazenove, who was jailed for insider trading, has been ordered to pay over half a million pounds in confiscation and costs or spend more time behind bars.”
The Times, 7th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Lord Carey intervenes in council prayers battle – The Guardian
“The former archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Carey, today [7th May] backed the saying of prayers before council meetings as a pressure group prepared to launch a legal battle on the issue.”
The Guardian, 7th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
UK policy on gay and lesbian asylum seekers challenged in Supreme Court – The Guardian
“Laws which mean gay and lesbian asylum seekers can be returned to countries where they face persecution will be challenged tomorrow [10th May] in the UK’s highest court.”
The Guardian, 9th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Algerian terror suspect allowed to stay for children – Daily Telegraph
“An Algerian terror suspect has been allowed to stay in Britain because attempts to remove him have taken so long his children are now settled here.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th May 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Competition Commission clears music biz merger – OUT-LAW.com
“The Competition Commission has given the all clear to a merger between two live music companies for the second time. Its first decision in the case was quashed by the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT).”
OUT-LAW.com, 7th May 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
Prisoners may be unpopular but they should still vote – The Times
“In October 2005, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights decided that it is a breach of the European Convention on Human Rights for this country to disenfranchise all prisoners from voting in parliamentary and local elections. At today’s general election, four and a half years later, that absolute ban persists.”
The Times, 6th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Regina v Neish – WLR Daily
“The process whereby a judge gave instructions to the court listing office to relist the hearing of confiscation proceedings amounted to a postponement of the proceedings by the court of its own motion and was a valid postponement for the purposes of s 14 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.”
WLR Daily, 7th 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.
Regina v Cooper (John) – WLR Daily
“Where a defendant was charged with perjury, he could not be convicted solely on the evidence of a witness who relied on business records which he had prepared himself and which did not therefore represent independent evidence.”
WLR Daily, 7th 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.
