“The family of a man who died in agony after doctors repeatedly mistook a fatal bowel infection for a groin strain are to sue the NHS.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th May 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The pushchair manufacturer Maclaren has agreed to pay compensation to more than 40 British children who suffered injuries in their buggies.”
The Times, 6th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Crown Prosecution Service v Neish [2010] EWCA Crim 1011 (06 May 2010)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Trademark Licensing Company Ltd & Anor v Leofelis SA [2010] EWHC 969 (Ch) (06 May 2010)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Family Division)
N v N [2010] EWHC 717 (Fam) (28 April 2010)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Kingsway Hall Hotel Ltd. v Red Sky IT (Hounslow) Ltd. [2010] EWHC 965 (TCC) (06 May 2010)
High Court (Patents Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
“Librarians, digital activists, ISPs, music managers and other associations and trade bodies have called for the relaxing of copyright law in the EU to allow more people to access and re-use copyrighted material.”
OUT-LAW.com, 6th May 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
“The Law Society has been granted permission to intervene in a Court of Appeal case that could see legal professional privilege (LPP) extended to non-lawyers.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 6th May 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A man who killed his newborn daughter the first time he was left alone with her has been jailed for five years.”
The Guardian, 6th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Supreme Court
Inveresk plc v Papermakers Ltd [2010] UKSC 19 (05 May 2010)
Farstad Supply AS v Enviroco Ltd [2010] UKSC 18 (05 May 2010)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
White & Ors v The Crown [2010] EWCA Crim 978 (05 May 2010)
Cooper, R v [2010] EWCA Crim 979 (05 May 2010)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Brookes v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions & Anor [2010] EWCA Civ 420 (29 April 2010)
Durham Tees Valley Airport Ltd v Bmibaby Ltd & Anor [2010] EWCA Civ 485 (05 May 2010)
Parabola Investments Ltd & Ors v Browallia Cal Ltd & Ors [2010] EWCA Civ 486 (05 May 2010)
High Court (Chancery Division)
White & Ors v Williams & Ors [2010] EWHC 940 (Ch) (05 April 2010)
Azam & Co v Legal Services Commission [2010] EWHC 960 (Ch) (05 May 2010)
HM Revenue and Customs v The Atrium Club Ltd [2010] EWHC 970 (Ch) (05 May 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
“This week judges struck a blow for openness. They rejected attempts by government and security service lawyers to hold a secret trial to defend a claim for damages being mounted by former Guantánamo detainees. They ruled that such a move would undermine the right of a party to know the case against him, one of the ‘most fundamental principles of the common law’.”
The Times, 5th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Two more crown court trials without a jury may be held, just over a month after the first juryless trial for centuries, the BBC has learned.”
BBC News, 5th May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“It was championed as a great victory — opening up the closed, secretive world of the family courts. A year ago, thousands of hearings held behind closed doors on removing children into care or on contact with parents were opened to the media after a sustained campaign by fathers’ groups, politicians and the media, led by The Times.”
The Times, 6th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Control orders involving a curfew lasting 16 hours a day violate fundamental rights, the supreme court was told today as it heard a case attempting to change the use of the controversial measures.”
The Guardian, 5th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An airline battle sparked by Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait in 1990 returned to the High Court in London today – six years after the emirate won a judgment against Iraqi Airways which now stands at 1.2 billion dollars.”
The Independent, 5th May 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Two young brothers who beat, tortured and abused a pair of younger children on waste ground near Edlington, South Yorkshire, have been refused permission to appeal against their indeterminate sentences.”
The Guardian, 5th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A judge has called for a review of the 24 hour licensing laws after becoming exasperated at dealing with cases of drunken violence ‘on an almost daily basis’.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th May 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
BX v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] EWCA Civ 481 (04 May 2010)
Mellat v Her Majesty’s Treasury (Rev 1) [2010] EWCA Civ 483 (04 May 2010)
Al Rawi & Ors v Security Service & Ors [2010] EWCA Civ 482 (04 May 2010)
Home Office v Tariq [2010] EWCA Civ 462 (04 May 2010)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
“With time running out before the general election, there is much more than party manifestos for the legally interested who want topical reading.”
The Times, 5th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Regina v Hancox; Regina v Duffy
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“The imposition of a serious crime prevention order had to be justified by the public benefit in preventing, restricting or disrupting involvement by the defendant in serious crime; it was not enough that the order might have some benefit.”
The Times, 5th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“British residents held at Guantánamo Bay could be offered millions of pounds in compensation for wrongful imprisonment and abuse after the court of appeal today dismissed an attempt by MI5 and MI6 to suppress evidence of alleged complicity in torture.”
The Guardian, 4th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Secrecy is the watchword of our intelligence and security services — an essential component of their work, which arouses intense suspicion and spawns countless conspiracy theories.”
The Times, 5th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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