Debt Relief (Developing Countries) Act 2010
Debt Relief (Developing Countries) Act 2010 published
Full text of Act (PDF)
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
High Court ruling serves as a warning against any moderation of user comments – OUT-LAW.com
“A blog owner can avoid liability for user-generated content that appears on his site without being checked or moderated, the High Court has ruled. But fixing the spelling or grammar in users’ posts could lose him that protection, it said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 8th April 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
Attorney general’s illegal cleaner ‘was paid £95,000 for her story’ – The Guardian
“An illegal immigrant accused of tricking the attorney general into employing her as a housekeeper was paid £95,000 for her story by a newspaper, a court heard yesterday.”
The Guardian, 8th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Legal aid cuts will happen ‘under any government’, parties warn – Law Society’s Gazette
“The legal aid budget will face further cuts whoever wins the election, politicians from the three main parties warned last week.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 9th April 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
What is happening to our magistrates? We must sound the alarm – The Times
“More than 55 per cent of criminal offences are dealt with outside our courts — on-the-spot fines exceed 200,000 a year and more than a fifth of offenders who breach conditional cautions are not pursued by the Crown Prosecution Service. A Commons select committee described this as representing ‘a fundamental change to our concept of a criminal justice system’.”
The Times, 8th April 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Lords back mephedrone ban – The Independent
“A ban on mephedrone and other so-called ‘legal highs’ was backed by the Lords today amid accusations ministers were guilty of a ‘knee-jerk’ response.”
The Independent, 8th April 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Teenager convicted over false claims over new home of Bulger killer – The Guardian
“A teenager has admitted spreading false rumours about the supposed location of one of James Bulger’s killers, police confirmed today.”
The Guardian, 8th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Under-18s to be banned from using sunbeds – The Independent
“Under-18s are to be banned from using sunbeds under new legislation passed by Parliament. Tanning salons will also have to be manned, meaning that coin-operated booths will be outlawed after several children suffered serious burns after using them without supervision.”
The Independent, 9th April 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
A ban on referral fees may be too late for lawyers – The Times
“What price access to justice for injured people? Right now it’s somewhere between £600 and £800.”
The Times, 8th April 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Man sentenced after wife told police of child images – BBC News
“A woman called police after finding indecent images of children on her husband’s laptop, a court has heard.”
BBC News, 8th April 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Hello! pays Jude Law privacy damages – The Guardian
“Jude Law has settled a breach of privacy action with Hello! magazine, with the magazine agreeing to pay £9,500 in damages and undertaking not to publish any pictures of the Alfie star with his children until they are 18.”
The Guardian, 8th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Policemen jailed for inflicting ‘deliberate cruelty’ – The Guardian
“PC and sergeant sentenced to 18 months’ jail after a judge said their treatment of suspect was ‘little short of torture.’ ”
The Guardian, 8th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Care home boss Rachel Baker cleared of murdering residents – The Independent
“Former care home manager Rachel Baker was today found not guilty of murdering two of her elderly residents. Baker, 44, was accused of murdering Frances Hay and Lucy Cox at Parkfields Residential Care Home in Butleigh, Somerset. She was cleared of the murder charges and an attempted murder charge involving Mrs Hay by a jury at Bristol Crown Court today.”
The Independent, 8th April 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Federation of Maintained Schools and Miscellaneous Amendments (Wales) Regulations 2010
The Independent Review of Determinations (Adoption and Fostering) (Wales) Regulations 2010
The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Amendment of Schedule 3) Order 2010
The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records and Registration) (Jersey) Regulations 2010
The Transnational Information and Consultation of Employees (Amendment) Regulations 2010
The Vehicles Regulations (Amendment) Order 2010
The Motor Cycles Etc. and Tractors Etc. (EC Type Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2010
The Isles of Scilly (Children Act 1989) Order 2010
The Isles of Scilly (Functions) (Adoption and Children Act 2002) Order 2010
The Misuse of Drugs (Designation) (Amendment) (England, Wales and Scotland) Order 2010
The Financial Assistance Scheme (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2010
The Cosmetic Products (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 2010
The Representation of the People (Timing of the Canvass) (Northern Ireland) Order 2010
The Education (Educational Provision for Improving Behaviour) Regulations 2010
The Environmental Civil Sanctions (England) Order 2010
The Environmental Civil Sanctions (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2010
The Social Security (Loss of Benefit) Amendment Regulations 2010
The European Parliamentary Elections (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2010
The Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962 (Amendment) Order 2010
The Value Added Tax (Small Non-Commercial Consignments) Relief (Amendment) Order 2010
The Financial Assistance Scheme (Tax) Regulations 2010
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Regina v T (N) – WLR Daily
Regina v T (N) [2010] EWCA Crim 711; [2010] WLR (D) 93
“The prosecution were not entitled to apply for leave to appeal against a terminating ruling made by a judge in a Crown Court on a trial on indictment, unless it had complied with the mandatory requirements of s 58(4) and (8) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003, following the making of the ruling, of informing the court that it intended to appeal or requesting an adjournment to consider such an appeal and, before or at that time, informing the court that it agreed that the defendant should be acquitted if leave to appeal was not obtained or the appeal was abandoned before being determined.”
WLR Daily, 7th 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.
Regina (Valentines Homes & Construction Ltd) v Revenue and Customs Commissioners – WLR Daily
“There was a public interest in issues such as the status, relevance and application of policy documents of general application emerging from the Revenue and Customs Commissioners, or any government department, being resolved in the Administrative Court, since it was the court with expertise in that area.”
WLR Daily, 7th 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.
Salford City Council v Mullen; Hounslow London Borough Council v Hall; Leeds City Council v Hall: Birmingham City Council v Frisby: Manchester City Council v Mushin (Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government intervening) – WLR Daily
“Guidance for county courts hearing applications for possession orders by local authority landlords of non-secure tenancies where the occupier, being an introductory tenant or a homeless person housed by the local authority, sought to challenge the local authority’s decision to recover possession as an improper exercise of its powers at common law on the ground that it was a decision that no reasonable person would consider justifiable.”
WLR Daily, 7th 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.
