Lover jailed for Swanwick car boot murder – BBC News
“A man has been jailed for at least 15 years for killing his lover and hiding her body in the boot of her car.”
BBC News, 17th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Sentence increase for man who ‘directed’ webcam abuse – BBC News
“A former Army sergeant jailed for five years for directing child sex abuse films thousands of miles away via webcam has had his sentence increased.”
BBC News, 17th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Children’s petting farms face tough new rules – The Independent
“There should be no ban on children petting animals on farms but more must be done to protect them from infection, an inquiry has concluded.”
The Independent, 16th June 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Lesbian mother cannot be forced to pay maintenance – Daily Telegraph
“A lesbian whose former partner bore a child through artificial insemination cannot be ordered to pay any maintenance, a High Court judge ruled today.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th June 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Police apology for wrongful conviction of Warren Blackwell – The Independent
“A man who spent more than three years in jail for a crime he did not commit today described an apology from the police force that helped convict him as ‘too little, too late’.”
The Independent, 18th June 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Home secretary Theresa May bans radical preacher Zakir Naik from entering UK – Daily Telegraph
“A radical preacher who claimed that ‘every Muslim should be a terrorist’ has been banned from coming to Britain, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th June 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Top neuroscientist died as out-of-hours doctors failed to spot blood infection – Daily Telegraph
“A top neuroscientist died after a several out-of-hours doctors failed to spot a rapidly-spreading blood infection, an inquest has heard.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th June 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Parents sue Bradford hospital over daughter’s death – BBC News
“The parents of a teenager who died just over 24 hours after being admitted to hospital are suing a NHS Trust.”
BBC News, 17th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
IPCC clears G20 protest sergeant Delroy Smellie – BBC News
“A police officer accused of striking a woman with a baton at a G20 protest has been cleared by the Independent Police Complaints Commission.”
BBC News, 17th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Callum v R [2010] EWCA Crim 1325 (16 June 2010)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Thornton v Telegraph Media Group Ltd [2010] EWHC 1414 (QB) (16 June 2010)
Kotula v EDF Energy Networks (EPN) Plc & Ors [2010] EWHC B11 (QB) (15 June 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
Regina (Law Society) v Lord Chancellor – WLR Daily
Regina (Law Society) v Lord Chancellor [2010] EWHC 1406; [2010] WLR (D) 151
“When exercising the discretionary power to make provision for scales or rates of payments of any costs payable out of central funds to successful defendants in criminal trials pursuant to ss 16(6) and 20 of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985, as amended, the Lord Chancellor had to base the rules on the principle of compensation taking into account prevailing market rates.”
WLR Daily, 16th 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.
MS (Palestinian Territories) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily
“The specifying of a particular country or territory of destination in a notice of a decision to remove an illegal immigrant from the United Kingdom was not an integral part of an immigration decision within the meaning of s 82(2)(h) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002. There was no freestanding right of appeal against an immigration decision on the ground that the person to be deported was unlikely to be admitted to the destination specified.”
WLR Daily, 16th June 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case is fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Secretary of State for the Home Department v AP – WLR Daily
Secretary of State for the Home Department v AP [2010] UKSC 24; [2010] WLR (D) 149
“Conditions in a control order which were proportionate restrictions upon the right to private and family life could nevertheless be decisive in determining that the overall effect of the order amounted to a deprivation of liberty.”
WLR Daily, 16th 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.
Fresh legal aid cuts not ruled out by MoJ – Law Society’s Gazette
“The new legal aid minister refused to rule out more legal aid cuts in his first press interview last week.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 17th June 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Baby P: Government lawyer apologises for handling of Sharon Shoesmith court case – Daily Telegraph
“The head of the Government’s legal team has apologised for failings in the preparation of a high-profile court case involving Sharon Shoesmith, the council chief blamed for the Baby P scandal.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th June 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Homosexual men with convictions for consensual gay sex to have record of crime wiped – Daily Telegraph
“Men with convictions for homosexual sex with someone over the age of 16 will have any record of the crime expunged, Theresa May has said.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th June 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Terror suspect challenges control orders in BBC film – The Guardian
“The BBC, a terror suspect and two independent film-makers challenged the control order system last night in a broadcast that broke the suspect’s bail conditions.”
The Guardian, 17th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Increased legal rights for grandparents under new family reforms – Daily Telegraph
“Grandparents are to have increased legal rights to see children when couples split under proposals to be announced by Nick Clegg on Thursday.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th June 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
