GP locum victim’s family get payout – BBC News
“The family of a pensioner who died after he was given an overdose of painkillers by a German locum doctor has accepted £40,000 compensation.”
BBC News, 24th May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Questioning children is not easy, but it is crucial to the truth – The Times
“Child witnesses frequently give evidence in criminal trials, particularly as complainants in sexual allegations, and I have been required to question many in my 16 years as a defence barrister.”
The Times, 25th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Child rape case sparks anger – The Times
“Demands were made last night for sweeping reform of the way that young children are dealt with in the criminal courts after two boys aged 10 and 11 were found guilty of attempting to rape a girl of 8.”
The Times, 25th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
MMR row doctor Andrew Wakefield struck off register – The Guardian
“Andrew Wakefield, the doctor at the centre of the MMR scare, has been struck off the medical register after being found guilty of serious professional misconduct.”
The Guardian, 24th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Teacher escapes prison over dumbbell attack – Daily Telegraph
“A teacher who snapped and attacked a pupil who had been goading him was spared a prison sentence today when he was handed a two-year community order.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th May 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Court victory for cigarette butt man – The Independent
“A man fined £50 for dropping a cigarette butt down a drain celebrated a victory when the case was thrown out of court.”
The Independent, 24th May 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Two boys guilty of attempted rape charges in London – BBC News
“Two boys aged 10 and 11 have been found guilty at the Old Bailey of attempted rape of an eight-year-old girl in London.”
BBC News, 24th May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
HXA v The Home Office [2010] EWHC 1177 (QB) (21 May 2010)
High Court (Commercial Court)
FKI Engineering Ltd & Anor v Stribog Ltd [2010] EWHC 1160 (Comm) (21 May 2010)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
Equity, ADR, Arbitration and the Law: Different Dimensions of Justice – Speech by Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury
Equity, ADR, Arbitration and the Law: Different Dimensions of Justice (PDF)
Speech by Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, Master of the Rolls
The Fourth Keating Lecture, Lincoln’s Inn, 19 May 2010
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Regina (MJ (Angola)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily
“The Secretary of State’s apparently untrammelled discretion contained in s 42(2) of the Mental Health Act 1983 to discharge a patient detained in hospital under ss 37 and 41 of the Act in order to facilitate his or her deportation on the grounds that he had committed criminal offences was to be exercised rationally and in such a way as would not breach the patient’s Convention rights. In considering whether deportation would interfere with a patient’s Convention right to respect for his private and family life, very serious reasons were required to justify expulsion where the patient had lawfully spent a major part of his childhood or youth in the host country and had committed the relevant offences as a juvenile.”
WLR Daily, 21st 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.
British Airways plc v Unite the Union – WLR Daily
British Airways plc v Unite the Union [2010] WLR (D) 131
“When, following a ballot the result of which supported strike action, one was asking whether a union and its members were protected from a claim in tort under certain provisions within Part V of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992, the conditions contained in s 231 of the Act as to the provision by the union of information to its members concerning the results of the ballot were critical. However, s 231 was poorly drafted and it was not appropriate to adopt an over-literal interpretation of its wording.”
WLR Daily, 21st 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.
Roberts v Gill & Co – WLR Daily
Roberts v Gill & Co [2010] UKSC 22; [2010] WLR (D) 130
“A beneficiary under a will who had commenced proceedings against solicitors he alleged had acted negligently in connection with the estate could not, after the relevant limitation period had expired, amend his claim so as to also claim on behalf of the estate by way of a derivative action.”
WLR Daily, 21st 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.
Bank Mellat v HM Treasury – Times Law Reports
Court of Appeal
“Where, in civil proceedings in which a litigant’s rights to a fair trial under article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights applied, irreducible minimum rights were required to be accorded the litigant to be given sufficient information of the evidential case against him, to enable him to give effective instructions concerning the essential allegations against him.”
The Times, 18th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Vaughan v Vaughan – Times Law Reports
Court of Appeal
“A subsequent spouse had to take the other subject to all existing encumbrances, whether known or not.”
The Times, 18th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Unite and Others v Nortel Networks UK Ltd (in Administration) – Times Law Reports
Unite and Others v Nortel Networks UK Ltd (in Administration)
Chancery Division
“A claim by an employee against an employer in administration did not require a judgment to render it provable for two reasons: the nature of the claim and the nature of the decision on which any award depended.”
The Times, 18th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Councils using anti-terror laws to spy on dog walkers – Daily Telegraph
“Councils spied on dog walkers suspected of not clearing up after their pets in a string of abuses of their covert surveillance rights, a report published today said.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th May 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Control orders: A battleground between liberty and security in the spotlight – The Guardian
“The Lib Dems abhor them but the coalition has already used the controversial anti-terror measures.”
The Guardian, 23rd May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
ASBO bans woman from lap dancing, pole dancing and prostitution – Daily Telegraph
“A woman alleged to have driven neighbours out of their homes by her sexual activities has been banned from inviting any men around for the night except for her brothers and the emergency services.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd May 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Injunction over Meriden travellers’ site – BBC News
“A High Court injunction has been won by a council to stop travellers building on land they own in a village.”
BBC News, 21st May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
