“Three detectives face disciplinary action over ‘clear failings’ to apprehend a wanted armed robber who went on to shoot a sub-postmaster’s son dead during a raid.”
The Guardian, 26th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The two most senior officers in a police force that is working to solve several high-profile murders are under investigation for alleged nepotism. Grahame Maxwell, the Chief Constable of North Yorkshire, and Adam Briggs, his deputy, are each accused of improperly helping relatives during a police recruitment drive.”
The Times, 26th March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A stockbroker has been found guilty of stalking model Sophie Anderton by bombarding her with text messages.”
BBC News, 25th March 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Lawyers have called for an inquiry into the prosecution of a man accused of violent disorder at demonstrations after claiming that the police delayed releasing vital video footage which proved his innocence.”
The Guardian, 25th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Today, the Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC, issued the first set of Core Quality Standards for the Crown Prosecution Service.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 25th March 2010
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Osborne, R v [2010] EWCA Crim 547 (24 March 2010)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Hewett v First Plus Financial Group Plc [2010] EWCA Civ 312 (24 March 2010)
High Court (Queen’s Bench)
Sabine v Ferrari [2010] EWHC 389 (QB) (11 March 2010)
Ternent v Ashford & St Peter’s Hospital NHS Trust [2010] EWHC 593 (QB) (24 March 2010)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Chasewood Park Residents Ltd v Kim & Anor [2010] EWHC 579 (Ch) (24 March 2010)
High Court (Administrative Court)
West Yorkshire Probation Board v Cruickshanks [2010] EWHC 615 (Admin) (24 March 2010)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Loyaltrend Ltd & Anor v Creechurch Dedicated Ltd & Ors [2010] EWHC 425 (Comm) (05 March 2010)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Hall & Anor v Van Der Heiden (No 2) [2010] EWHC 586 (TCC) (23 March 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Kearney [2010] EWCA Civ 288; [2010] WLR (D) 89
“To obtain an extension of time to pay Class 3 national insurance contributions a taxpayer had to show that his failure to make the payments on time was due to ignorance not caused by his own lack of care and diligence. All relevant circumstances were factors to be balanced together to assess or evaluate on a case-by-case basis whether due care and diligence had been exercised, and if not, whether that failure had been the cause of the contributor’s ignorance of his obligation to pay the contributions.”
WLR Daily, 24th March 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.
Scullion v Bank of Scotland plc [2010] EWHC 572 (Ch); [2010] WLR (D) 88
“A buy-to-let transaction was not very different from the ordinary residential house purchase when considering the duties and liabilities of valuers to purchasers of property, although each case might turn on its own facts.”
WLR Daily, 24th March 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.
MAGA v Trustees of the Birmingham Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church
Court of Appeal
“There was a sufficient connection between what a priest with special responsibility for youth work was employed to do and his sexual abuse of a non-Catholic boy whom he met during that work, for his employer, an archdiocese of the Catholic Church, to be vicariously liable for that abuse.”
The Times, 25th March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Jackson report headlines have been about banning referral fees and abolishing the recoverability of success fees and after-the-event insurance premiums.”
The Times, 25th March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Hundreds of civil servants working in the courts and justice system are to lose their jobs or face relocation after Jack Straw announced the abolition of a third of his department’s agencies.”
The Independent, 25th March 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“This week the 12th Supreme Court justice was finally announced. After many months of behind the scenes wranglings Sir John Dyson has been appointed to the UK’s highest court.”
The Times, 25th March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Chris Wait does not pull his punches. ‘It’s despicable,’ he says. ‘If its provisions are implemented, the primary result will be that ordinary people are denied justice.'”
The Times, 25th March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The master of the rolls has recommended that a single body should be responsible for hearing appeals brought by lawyers or legal businesses found to have breached licensing and ownership rules. Lord Neuberger said it is essential that common standards are applicable across the profession.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 25th March 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The government’s definition of what constitutes complicity in torture has no basis in law, parliament’s joint committee on human rights warns today in a hard-hitting attack on its attitude towards the abuse of terrorism suspects.”
The Guardian, 25th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A wife who signed a joint remortgage with her husband while he was having an affair will no longer have to meet her repayments, the Court of Appeal ruled today.”
The Independent, 24th March 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
The Saving Gateway Accounts Act 2009 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2010
The Capital Gains Tax (Annual Exempt Amount) Order 2010
The Working Tax Credit (Entitlement and Maximum Rate) (Amendment) Regulations 2010
The Value Added Tax (Consideration for Fuel Provided for Private Use) Order 2010
The Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2010
The Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (Commencement No.12) Order 2010
The Rules of the Air (Amendment) Regulations 2010
The Inspectors of Education, Children’s Services and Skills (No. 2) Order 2010
The Electricity (Standards of Performance) Regulations 2010
The Landfill Tax (Amendment) Regulations 2010
The Registered Pension Schemes (Standard Lifetime and Annual Allowances) Order 2010
The School Support Staff Negotiating Body (Excluded Persons) Regulations 2010
The Complaints against Schools (England) Regulations 2010
The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Registration of Local Authorities) Order 2010
The Renewables Obligation (Amendment) Order 2010
The Right to Manage (Prescribed Particulars and Forms) (England) Regulations 2010
The Motor Vehicles (International Circulation) (Amendment) Order 2010
The Air Navigation (Amendment) Order 2010
The International Criminal Court Act 2001 (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 2010
The Welsh Zone (Boundaries and Transfer of Functions) Order 2010
The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2010
The Protection from Tobacco (Sales from Vending Machines) (England) Regulations 2010
The Tobacco Advertising and Promotion (Display of Prices) (England) Regulations 2010
The Immigration Services Commissioner (Designated Professional Body) (Fees) Order 2010
The Police Pensions (Descriptions of Service) Order 2010
The Service Voters’ Registration Period Order 2010
The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2010
The Credit Rating Agencies Regulations 2010
The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) (Amendment) Order 2010
The European Parliamentary (United Kingdom Representatives) Pensions (Amendment) Order 2010
The Value Added Tax (Increase of Registration Limits) Order 2010
The Income Tax (Manufactured Overseas Dividends) (Amendment) Regulations 2010
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
“Read all the official documents from Alistair Darling’s 2010 Budget report in PDF form.”
BBC News, 24th March 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A loan fund akin to the student loans scheme and a ‘polluter pays’ funding mechanism are among ideas advanced today for legal aid funding by the Law Society.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 24th March 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Justice Secretary Jack Straw has announced that the Ministry of Justice will be bringing Her Majesty’s Courts Service and the Tribunals Service into a new, single organisation.”
Ministry of Justice, 24th March 2010
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
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