“One of the three people jailed for the death of Baby Peter has lost a bid to take his appeal against a rape conviction to the Supreme Court.”
BBC News, 20th April 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“In calculating the liability to corporation tax of an insurer in respect of its basic life and general annuity business, the taxpayer was entitled to relief in respect of losses incurred in past years, including years prior to 2003, when the law had been amended to make specific reference to the right to carry losses forward in respect of that type of business.”
WLR Daily, 16th 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.
European Court of Human Rights
“The taking of blood samples and of intimate photographs of a girl aged nine, without her parents’ consent, violated article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, guaranteeing the right to respect for private and family life. The absence of a common law duty of care owed to parents, violated article 13, providing for the right to an effective remedy.”
The Times, 19th April 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
CJ v Flintshire Borough Council [2010] EWCA Civ 393 (15 April 2010)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Yuanda (UK) Co Ltd v WW Gear Construction Ltd [2010] EWHC 720 (TCC) (13 April 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
“The House of Lords should become a second chamber where just two-thirds of members are elected until fresh primary legislation in 10 years’ time decides whether all peers should be elected, according to a document drawn up by the government.”
The Guardian, 19th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Police have paid compensation and apologised to the comedian and activist Mark Thomas after they admitted unlawfully searching him for looking ‘over-confident’ at a demonstration.”
The Guardian, 19th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A 51-year-old man has been found guilty of smothering his six-week-old baby to death in 1985.”
BBC News, 19th April 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Strip clubs could use the Human Rights Act to oppose legislation allowing councils greater freedom to turn down lap-dancing licence applications, venue owners say.”
The Guardian, 19th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Financial Services Authority finished a frenetic week of punishing wrongdoing yesterday when it fined two former analysts a combined £276,000 and banned them for market abuse.”
The Times, 17th April 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The law should be strengthened to protect homeowners who confront burglars, the mother of a trainee builder cleared of murdering a teenage intruder said today.”
The Independent, 19th April 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A man who brutally murdered a nurse during a ‘frenzied attack’ was sentenced to life in prison today.”
The Independent, 19th April 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A man who was caught drink-driving in a toy car with a top speed of 4mph has been banned from driving.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th April 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“With the rushed passage into law of the Digital Economy Act this month, the fight over copyright enters a new phase. Previous to this, most copyfighters operated under the rubric that a negotiated peace was possible between the thrashing entertainment giants and civil society.”
The Guardian, 16th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The decision to prosecute a trainee builder for murder after he stabbed a teenage burglar to death was ‘erroneous’, a court heard today.”
The Guardian, 19th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Abbs v Somerfield Plc [2010] EWHC 735 (QB) (13 April 2010)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Yukos Capital S.a.r.l v OJSC Rosneft Oil Company & Ors [2010] EWHC 784 (Comm) (16 April 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
“A man has been jailed for a minimum of 10 years for trying to kill his weeks-old baby son by smothering him and poisoning him with painkillers.”
BBC News, 16th April 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A university lecturer who rigged up a covert camera to spy on a woman using a shower was today ordered to register as a sex offender.”
The Independent, 16th May 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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