Man convicted of harassing model Sophie Anderton – BBC News
“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
Inquiry call after video evidence clears man accused of violence at protest – The Guardian
“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
Core Quality Standards to become the focus for the CPS – Crown Prosecution Service
“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
BAILII: Recent Decisions
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 – WLR Daily
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 – WLR Daily
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 – Times Law Reports
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
Lord Justice Jackson: the weaker your case the greater the costs protection – The Times
“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
Justice and Home Office: Hundreds of staff to be relocated from capital – The Independent
“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
Sir John Dyson: a good choice for the Supreme Court, at long last – The Times
“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
Lord Justice Jackson: will his costs review fail the ‘mum and dad’ test? – The Times
“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
Lord Neuberger calls for single appeals tribunal – Law Society’s Gazette
“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
Government definition of complicity in torture ‘has no basis in law’ – The Guardian
“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
Wife wins mortgage appeal after husband’s affair – The Independent
“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
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
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
Budget 2010: Budget documents – BBC News
“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
Chancery Lane calls for ‘radical rethink’ of legal aid funding – Law Society’s Gazette
“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
Unified courts and tribunals service – Ministry of Justice
“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
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Supreme Court
British Airways plc v Williams & Ors [2010] UKSC 16 (24 March 2010)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Wade v Baylis [2010] EWCA Civ 257 (23 March 2010)
Ahmed & Ors v Khan [2010] EWCA Civ 290 (23 March 2010)
Revenue and Customs v Kearney [2010] EWCA Civ 288 (23 March 2010)
Revenue and Customs v Ruas [2010] EWCA Civ 291 (23 March 2010)
Oguz v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] EWCA Civ 311 (23 March 2010)
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v Scullion [2010] EWCA Civ 310 (23 March 2010)
Bent v Highways & Utilities Construction Ltd & Anor [2010] EWCA Civ 292 (24 March 2010)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Teasdale v HSBC Bank Plc [2010] EWHC 612 (QB) (23 March 2010)
Budu v The British Broadcasting Corporation [2010] EWHC 616 (QB) (23 March 2010)
Edwards v Martin [2010] EWHC 570 (QB) (23 March 2010)
Fonexco Group Ltd & Ors v Manches (a firm) & Anor [2010] EWHC 493 (QB) (19 March 2010)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Bayfine UK v Revenue & Customs [2010] EWHC 609 (Ch) (23 March 2010)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Local Authorities (Capital Finance and Accounting) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2010
The Non-Domestic Rating (Definition of Domestic Property) (Wales) Order 2010
The Assembly Learning Grant (Further Education) (Amendment) Regulations 2010
The Animals (Divisional Veterinary Managers) (Wales) Regulations 2010
The Animal Health (Divisional Veterinary Managers) (Wales) Order 2010
The Extradition Act 2003 (Amendment to Designations) Order 2010
The Licensing Act 2003 (Mandatory Licensing Conditions) Order 2010
The Armed Forces (Redundancy, Resettlement and Gratuity Earnings Schemes) (No. 2) Order 2010
The Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) (Amendment) Regulations 2010
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
