Ex Labour MPs and Tory peer lose expenses ruling – BBC News
Three former MPs and a peer are set to stand trial over expenses fraud allegations after a judge ruled they could not claim parliamentary privilege to stop prosecution.”
BBC News, 11th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Ex-NHS boss jailed for £200,000 fraud – The Independent
“A former senior NHS manager who doctored invoices totalling more than £200,000 to pay for the running of her stud farm business was today [10th June] jailed for two years and nine months.”
The Independent, 10th June 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Judge admits Court of Protection has ‘more than fair share of setbacks’ – Daily Telegraph
“Denzil Lush, Senior Judge said the Government had failed to anticipate the volume of work that would ‘inundate’ the tribunal that rules on the financial affairs and medical treatment of the elderly and mentally ill, or the ‘burden’ it would place on staff.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th June 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Court of Protection publishes first report – Judiciary of England and Wales
“The Court of Protection today published its first report. It was set up in October 2007 and the report covers the 27 months to the end of 2009.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 10th June 2010
Source: www.judiciary.co.uk
Michael Jackson bodyguard in libel trial challenge – The Times
“A controversial decision that a high-profile libel trial must go ahead without a jury is to be challenged in the Court of Appeal today [10th June].”
The Times, 10th June 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Vicar ‘married hundreds in fraudulent ceremonies’ – The Independent
“An Anglican vicar deliberately breached Britain’s immigration laws by conducting hundreds of sham marriages between Africans and Europeans, a court heard yesterday.”
The Independent, 11th June 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Ken Clarke sets up secret inquiry into police killing of Azelle Rodney – The Guardian
“A ‘secret’ judicial inquiry is to be held into the death of Azelle Rodney, an unarmed 24-year-old black Londoner who was shot by a Metropolitan police marksman five years ago, the new justice secretary, Kenneth Clarke, has announced.”
The Guardian, 10th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Kingsnorth protesters compensated for unlawful police search – Daily Telegraph
“Three people, including 13-year-old twins, are to be paid compensation by police after they were stopped and searched unlawfully at a climate camp demonstration.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th June 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Saville inquiry: key evidence from Bloody Sunday – The Guardian
“The Bloody Sunday inquiry sat between April 1998 and January 2005. Much of the evidence was new, some contradictory. Here are some of the most significant disclosures.”
The Guardian, 11th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Bloody Sunday killings to be ruled unlawful – The Guardian
“The long-awaited report into the Bloody Sunday massacre will conclude that a number of the fatal shootings of civilians by British soldiers were unlawful killings.”
The Guardian, 10th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Regina v Burns – Times Law Reports
Court of Appeal
“Any right there might be to withdraw licence to a visitor to remain in one’s house and to use reasonable force to eject her therefrom could not be extended to one’s motor vehicle.”
The Times, 10th June 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Divison)
Dhorajiwala, R v [2010] EWCA Crim 1237 (09 June 2010)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Morge, R (on the application of) v Hampshire County Council [2010] EWCA Civ 608 (10 June 2010)
Beechwood Birmingham Ltd v Hoyer Group UK Ltd [2010] EWCA Civ 647 (10 June 2010)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Baxter & Ors v McCann [2010] EWHC 1330 (QB) (10 June 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
Thousands of anti-terror searches were illegal – BBC News
“Thousands of people across the UK might have been stopped and searched illegally, figures released by the Home Office suggest.”
Full story
BBC News, 10th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Professional poker player loses £156,000 at High Court – The Independent
“A young professional poker player lost £156,000 at the High Court today when a judge ruled he must pay a rabbi who placed spread bets for him on the Dow Jones index.”
The Independent, 10th June 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Fewer jail terms for knife-carriers, figures show – BBC News
“People convicted of knife-carrying offences are now less likely to go to jail, Ministry of Justice figures show.”
BBC News, 10th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Landlord regulation proposals scrapped – The Guardian
“Landlords and letting agents will not be subject to greater regulation because this would introduce too much additional red tape, the government said today.”
The Guardian, 10th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Cherie Blair cleared over court comment complaints – The Independent
“Cherie Blair will not be disciplined after she was cleared over comments she made while sparing a violent offender jail.”
The Independent, 10th June 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
