Millionaire wins battle to build eco home on own island – The Independent
“A millionaire has won a fight with planners to build a luxury eco-home on his own south coast island.”
The Independent, 29th April 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Garry Mann wins injunction against extradition – The Guardian
“Football fan Garry Mann has won permission to continue his legal battle against extradition to Portugal, where he was sentenced to two years in prison for his role in a riot at the Euro 2004 tournament.”
The Guardian, 29th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
Religion row as appeal judge dismisses Christian’s sacking appeal – The Guardian
“A marriage guidance counsellor’s bid to challenge his sacking for refusing to give sex therapy to homosexuals has led to a serious clash between the Christian lobby and the judiciary.”
The Guardian, 29th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Richards, R. v [2010] EWCA Crim 835 (09 March 2010)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Aviva Life & Pensions UK Ltd v Strand Street Properties Ltd [2010] EWCA Civ 444 (29 April 2010)
Geofizika DD v MMB International Ltd & Anor [2010] EWCA Civ 459 (28 April 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
Hughes v Borodex Ltd – WLR Daily
Hughes v Borodex Ltd [2010] EWCA Civ 425; [2010] WLR (D) 106
“A tenant who had made extensive improvements at her own expense to the flat which she held on a long residential tenancy was not entitled to have those improvements disregarded by a Rent Assessment Committee fixing the rent of the new assured periodic tenancy of the same premises. On the proper interpretation of Sch 10 to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989, the improvements fell to be taken into account even though the effect was that the new rent as assessed exceeded the statutory maximum for protection as an assured tenant, the tenant lost her protection and the landlord became entitled to serve a notice to quit.”
WLR Daily, 28th April 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.
Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police and another v Homer – WLR Daily
“The requirement of a law degree for eligibility for the highest pay grade as a police legal adviser did not amount to discrimination against those aged over 60.”
WLR Daily, 28th April 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.
Employment Appeal Tribunal issues TUPE judgment on contract wins – Law Society’s Gazette
“The first case to reach the Employment Appeal Tribunal concerning a dispute between two law firms over the employment law implications of winning a client contract from another firm has provided ‘much-needed clarification’ on the issue, experts have said.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 29th April 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“World’s worst tennis pro” loses Telegraph libel case – The Lawyer
“The High Court has thrown out a defamation claim brought against the Daily Telegraph by tennis player Robert Dee, who claimed the paper had defamed him by dubbing him the ‘world’s worst tennis pro’.”
The Lawyer, 28th April 2010
Source: www.thelawyer.com
After the Icelandic volcano: what the lawyers expect next – The Times
“The stragglers among the stranded volcano victims may be arriving home but we are not out of the ash cloud yet. Indeed — from a legal perspective — the crisis has barely started. Only now, as people dust themselves down and turn to the paperwork, can we start to get a glimmer of what lies ahead. And like the volcanic ash itself, the issues arising will drift across the legal landscape from airlines to regulators, insurance companies to ordinary employers who have only a remote interest in the airline business.”
The Times, 29th April 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
MI5 files must be kept from 7/7 victims’ families, coroner told – The Guardian
“Disclosing MI5 files about the July 7 suicide bombers to the families of those killed in the London attacks would be ‘impossible’, counsel for the Security Service and the home secretary said today.”
The Guardian, 28th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
In a hung Parliament, the Queen’s task is to endorse choices made by politicians – The Times
“The British constitution, Lord Bryce once said, ‘works by a body of understandings which no writer can formulate’. But these ‘understandings’, insofar as they relate to a hung Parliament, have now been formulated in a Cabinet Office manual produced under the aegis of the Cabinet Secretary, Sir Gus O’Donnell. I was involved in helping to draw it up.”
The Times, 29th April 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
‘Practical joke’ victim to receive payout – Daily Telegraph
“A man who was left brain damaged after an alleged pratical joke between middle-aged neighbours went wrong is set to receive a seven figure payout.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th April 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Law and order policies: what do Britain’s judges think? – The Times
“It’s election time — so judges must watch out. Even more than usual, they cannot be political. ‘I certainly don’t want to be seen as attacking the Government or any party,’ Judge Charles Harris, QC, insists. That said, he is in a position to voice judicial concerns across a broad apolitical front.”
The Times, 29th April 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Lady Greenfield and Royal Institution settle sex discrimination case – The Guardian
“Lady Greenfield has dropped a sex discrimination case against the Royal Institution in an undisclosed out-of-court settlement.”
The Guardian, 28th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Floyd & Anor v Legal Services Commission [2010] EWHC 906 (QB) (28 April 2010)
Dee v Telegraph Media Group Ltd. [2010] EWHC 924 (QB) (28 April 2010)
Campbell v PCHA [2010] EWHC 859 (QB) (15 April 2010)
Eastlands Homes Partnership Ltd v Whyte [2010] EWHC 695 (QB) (31 March 2010)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Singla v Hedman & Ors [2010] EWHC 902 (Ch) (28 April 2010)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Zodiac Maritime Agencies Ltd v Fortescue Metals Group Ltd [2010] EWHC 903 (Comm) (28 April 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
