‘Court of Protection cost me £50,000’ – BBC News
“Neil Barker has no memories of the 35 days following a horrific motor bike crash which left him with brain injuries and needing his eye socket rebuilt.”
BBC News, 27th July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
An MP’s posturing talk of a burqa ban – The Guardian
“Philip Hollobone, the Tory MP for Kettering, has told the media that he won’t meet with constituents who wear a burqa or niqab. Last week Liberty wrote to him pointing out that, as the burqa and niqab are a form of dress exclusively associated with Muslim women, this will amount to direct religious discrimination. By treating Muslim women less favourably than he would treat people of other religions he is disregarding the Equality Act 2006.”
The Guardian, 26th July 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Election watchdog urges proof of ID for voters – The Independent
“Ministers should consider requiring voters to produce proof of identity when they go to the polls, the official elections watchdog said today.”
The Independent, 27th July 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Guru’ jailed for attacking women – BBC News
“A man described as a ‘sexual predator masquerading as a guru and healer’ has been jailed for 10 years for attacking two women.”
BBC News, 27th July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Libel law must be changed to protect free speech, Supreme Court hears – Daily Telegraph
“People should be free to criticise each other on the internet without fear of being sued, the Supreme Court heard yesterday in a test libel case which could could make it easier to rely on the fair comment defence.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th July 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
MPs pass law paving way for school shake-up in England – BBC News
“MPs have approved legislation which paves the way for a radical overhaul of the school system in England.”
BBC News, 26th July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
UK court action over Congolese ‘illegal minerals’ – BBC News
“Legal action has been launched against the UK for allegedly failing to refer firms trading in ‘conflict minerals’ from DR Congo for UN sanctions.”
BBC News, 26th July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Poachers given open season after fishing law is accidentally abolished – Daily Telegraph
“For centuries the ungentlemanly act of poaching has been punishable under British law.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th July 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Khyra Ishaq serious case review to be released – BBC News
“A report into how social workers, police and other professionals handled the case of a girl who died after being starved at home will be released later.”
BBC News, 27th July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Ian Tomlinson death: attorney general backs CPS inaction – The Guardian
“The attorney general, Dominic Grieve, today supported the Crown Prosecution Service’s decision against charging the police officer caught on video during last year’s G20 protests striking Ian Tomlinson, who later died.”
The Guardian, 26th July 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Gnango, R v [2010] EWCA Crim 1691 (26 July 2010)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
LK v Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust [2010] EWHC 1928 (QB) (15 July 2010)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Wood v Director of Public Prosecutions [2010] EWHC 1769 (Admin) (30 June 2010)
Nursing and Midwifery Council v Okon- Burgess [2010] EWHC 1816 (Admin) (05 July 2010)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Berezovsky & Anor v Edmiston & Company Ltd & Anor [2010] EWHC 1883 (Comm) (26 July 2010)
High Court (Patents Court)
Abbott Laboratories Ltd v Medinol Ltd [2010] EWHC 1731 (Pat) (01 July 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org<
Government to target no win, no fee legal deals – The Guardian
“High costs of conditional fee arrangements have become a ‘serious concern’ particularly in NHS clinical negligence cases.”
The Guardian, 26th July 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Footballer Gavin Grant jailed for life for gun murder – The Guardian
“A footballer began life imprisonment today for his part in a wave of ‘tit-for-tat’ shootings on the Stonebridge Park estate in north-west London, where ‘the law of the jungle’ had held sway, a court heard.”
The Guardian, 26th July 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Government announces consultation on Jackson’s CFA reforms – Law Society’s Gazette
“No-win no-fee agreements will be the focus of a government consultation on Lord Justice Jackson’s proposals for reforming civil litigation costs, the government announced today.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 26th July 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Happy slapping’ youths detained for grandfather death – BBC News
“Two teenage members of a ‘happy slapping’ gang who fatally beat a retired care worker in front of his young granddaughter in south London have been detained.”
BBC News, 26th July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The School Information (England) (Amendment) (Revocation) Regulations 2010
The Medical Profession (Responsible Officers) Regulations 2010
The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Miscellaneous Consequential Amendments) Order 2010
The Child Trust Funds (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2010
The Qualifying Oil Fields Order 2010
The Poultry Compartments (Wales) Order 2010
The Poultry Compartments (Fees) (Wales) Order 2010
The Assembly Learning Grants (European University Institute) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2010
The Plant Health (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2010
The Seed Potatoes (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2010
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Deportation fast-track system for asylum seekers is illegal, court rules – The Guardian
“A fast-track process for deporting failed asylum-seekers, which gives them little or no notice of their immediate removal, is unlawful, the high court ruled today.”
The Guardian, 26th July 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
J, S, M v R. [2010] EWCA Crim 1755 (23 July 2010)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Luxe Holding Ltd v Midland Resources Holding Ltd [2010] EWHC 1908 (Ch) (23 July 2010)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Kaschke v Gray & Anor [2010] EWHC 1907 (QB) (23 July 2010)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Shaw & Anor v MFP Foundations and Pilings Ltd [2010] EWHC 1839 (TCC) (23 July 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
Rymer v Director of Public Prosecutions – WLR Daily
Rymer v Director of Public Prosecutions [2010] EWHC 1848 (Admin); [2010] WLR (D) 197
“A defendant who had pleaded guilty by post in response to a written charge in respect of summary offences and who had been convicted by the justices in his absence pursuant to s 12(4) of the Magistrates’ Court Act 1980 did not have an automatic right to change his plea at a resumed hearing after the case had been adjourned for sentencing pursuant to s 12(5) of the 1980 Act.”
WLR Daily, 22nd July 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.
In re Perrins, deceased; Perrins v Holland and others – WLR Daily
In re Perrins, deceased; Perrins v Holland and others [2010] EWCA Civ 840; [2010] WLR (D) 196
“In a case where a testator had testamentary capacity when he gave instructions for his will, the will as drafted embodied those instructions and when the testator executed his will a year later his testamentary wishes remained unchanged although he was no longer of full testamentary capacity, the principle in Parker v Felgate (1883) LR 8 PD 171, namely that it was not necessary to prove knowledge and approval of a will provided that (a) the testator believed that it gave effect to his instructions and (b) that it did in fact do so, applied.”
WLR Daily, 22nd July 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 summay is removed.
