Jack Tweed cleared of rape – The Guardian
“Jack Tweed, the widower of the reality TV star Jade Goody, was today cleared of raping a teenager he had met in a London nightclub.”
The Guardian, 26th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
The Times to challenge reporting ban on landmark expenses hearing – The Times
“Media organisations are to challenge a reporting ban on a landmark hearing at which four politicians accused of fiddling their expenses will claim they cannot be brought to trial.”
The Times, 27th April 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
High Court (Chancery Division)
Dennard & Ors v Pricewaterhousecoopers Llp [2010] EWHC 812 (Ch) (23 April 2010)
Sel-Imperial Ltd v The British Standards Institution [2010] EWHC 854 (Ch) (23 April 2010)
Digicel (St. Lucia) Ltd & Ors v Cable & Wireless Plc & Ors [2010] EWHC 888 (Ch) (23 April 2010)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Michael Phillips Architects Ltd v Riklin & Anor [2010] EWHC 834 (TCC) (23 April 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
Shops ordered to pay £20m over ‘toxic sofas’ – BBC News
“A number of High Street chains has been ordered to pay up to £20m ($31m) to 2,000 people who received chemical burns from sofas.”
BBC News, 26th April 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Khatri v Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank BA – WLR Daily
Khatri v Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank BA [2010] EWCA Civ 397; [2010] WLR (D) 100
“Where an application for summary judgment turned on the terms of a written contract, it did not follow that the factual matrix of the contractual relationship could only be determined by a full trial with discovery, evidence and cross-examination of witnesses. If there was no conflict of evidence on a relevant point of background matrix, it was only when there really were reasonable grounds for supposing that a fuller investigation of the facts as to the background might make a difference to construction that the court should decline to construe the contract on a summary judgment (including a strike out) application.”
WLR Daily, 23rd 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.
R v Modjiri – WLR Daily
R v Modjiri [2010] EWCA Crim 829; [2010] WLR (D) 99
“The concern of s 79(3) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 is limited to the valuation of property and does not extend to the realisation of property, so that it does not have to be assumed that a beneficial interest in property has to be sold separately from the property and, for the purposes of making a confiscation order, the correct basis on which to proceed is to take into account the due proportion of the proceeds which the defendant would receive on sale of the property.”
WLR Daily, 23rd 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.
FSA hits insider dealer with £956,000 bill – The Times
“A former Cazenove partner serving a 21-month jail sentence for insider dealing should forfeit £956,863 in a confiscation and costs order, his prosecutors said yesterday.”
The Times, 24th April 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Prison population hits record 85,000 after end of early releases – The Guardian
“The prison population has hit a record 85,000 after Labour’s decision to end the 18-day early release scheme just before the election campaign got under way.”
The Guardian, 23rd April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Jackson report: litigation processes and their impact on costs – Law Society’s Gazette
“Much has already been said about Lord Justice Jackson’s proposals for success fees, after-the-event insurance, costs shifting and the like, but much less, if anything, about litigation processes, and their impact on costs. Yet it is surely unarguable that a streamlining or simplification of the litigation process would result in a reduction in costs.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 26th April 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Man sentenced for lying over James Bulger killer – BBC News
“A teenager has been given a three-month suspended prison sentence for claiming a former colleague was one of James Bulger’s killers.”
BBC News, 23rd April 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Suspected counterfeits can be destroyed if not defended by importer, says HMRC – OUT-LAW.com
“Suspected counterfeit goods being brought into the UK can be destroyed without going to court if the importer fails to object, according to new rules put in place by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC).”
OUT-LAW.com, 26th April 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
Robert Verkaik: A legal battle that could run for years to come – The Independent
“This is not the last we have heard from Sharon Shoesmith and her campaign to prove she was made a scapegoat over the tragic death of Baby Peter.”
The Independent, 24th April 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Politicians’ legal fight in private to avoid trial over expenses – The Times
“Four politicians accused of fiddling their expenses are to begin in private their landmark constitutional battle against being brought to trial, The Times has learnt.”
The Times, 26th April 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Police to release secret report on the death of Blair Peach – The Guardian
“A highly critical report into the death of Blair Peach, the anti-fascist campaigner widely believed to have been killed by police in 1979, is expected to be published on Tuesday.”
The Guardian, 25th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Firefighter who slept with boss wins payout – Daily Telegraph
“A woman firefighter who resorted to sleeping with her boss in a vain attempt to end a campaign of harassment against has received a payout from her former employers.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd April 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Europe presses UK to introduce total ban on smacking children – The Guardian
“The UK will come under increasing pressure to ban all smacking and corporal punishment of children as the European human rights body steps up pressure for a change in the law.”
The Guardian, 25th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Porthcawl teacher jailed for child abuse video – BBC News
“A teacher who put a ‘shocking’ child sex abuse video on a memory stick was caught after it was found by his pupils at a £1,200-a-term private school.”
BBC News, 23rd April 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
John Lennon Airport sexual image atheist gets Asbo – BBC News
“A ‘militant atheist’ who left explicit images in a prayer room at Liverpool John Lennon Airport has been given a six-month suspended sentence.”
BBC News, 23rd April 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Compensation for man accused of training September 11 attackers – The Independent
“A man who was wrongly accused of training the September 11 attackers will be given compensation, the Ministry of Justice confirmed today.”
The Independent, 23rd April 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
