High Court says defendant funding scheme legally flawed – BBC News
“A government scheme that left many defendants having to pay to clear their name in court has been ruled unlawful.”
BBC News, 15th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Bloody Sunday ‘unjustified and unjustifiable’ – The Independent
“Fourteen civilians killed on Bloody Sunday died as a result of ‘unjustifiable firing’ by British soldiers, the long-awaited Saville Inquiry found today.”
The Independent, 15th June 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Related link: Report of the Bloody Sunday Inquiry
BAILII: Recent Decisions
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Jones v Kaney [2010] EWHC 61 (QB) (21 January 2010)
High Court (Administrative Court)
W & M, R (on the application of) v Oldham Youth Court [2010] EWHC 661 (Admin) (03 March 2010)
Nursing and Midwifery Council v Carthy [2010] EWHC 1194 (Admin) (18 March 2010)
Crown Prosecution Service v Patel [2010] EWHC 1221 (Admin) (13 May 2010)
Leeson, R (on the application of) v DPP [2010] EWHC 994 (Admin) (16 April 2010)
Ganic v Republic of Serbia [2010] EWHC 878 (Admin) (11 March 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
Regina v George and others – WLR Daily
Regina v George and others [2010] EWCA Crim 1148; [2010] WLR (D) 147
“Where a statute imposed criminal liability on an individual who dishonestly agreed with one or more other people to do a prohibited act, the intention and purpose was to criminalise that individual, regardless of whether those other persons were also dishonest.”
Full story
WLR Daily, 14th June 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.
Geldof Metaalconstructie NV v Simon Carves Ltd – WLR Daily
Geldof Metaalconstructie NV v Simon Carves Ltd [2010] EWCA Civ 667; [2010] WLR (D) 146
“A defendant was entitled to set off against the claimant’s claim under an installation contract a counterclaim under a separate supply contract, because the claimant had itself linked the two contracts by demanding payment of invoices under the supply contract as a condition of continuing performance of the installation contract. In addition, the supply contract contained a right to set-off clause which went further than the common law in permitting the defendant to set off “any amounts lawfully due” against the purchase price.”
WLR Daily, 14th June 2010
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Regina (Morge) v Hampshire County Council – WLR Daily
Regina (Morge) v Hampshire County Council [2010] EWCA Civ 608; [2010] WLR (D) 145
“A planning authority considering a development ostensibly affecting the species or habitat of a European Protected Species covered by the Habitats Directive was to have due regard to the requirements of the Directive, which could involve questions as to indirect, as well as direct, impact upon the species, and also deterioration or destruction of their breeding or resting place.”
WLR Daily, 11th June 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.
Ajinomoto Sweeteners Europe SAS v Asda Stores Ltd – WLR Daily
Ajinomoto Sweeteners Europe SAS v Asda Stores Ltd [2010] EWCA Civ 609; [2010] WLR (D) 144
“The single meaning rule in defamation did not apply in claims of malicious falsehood.”
WLR Daily, 11th June 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Regina (Vodafone Ltd and Others) v Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, Office of Communications and Others, interested parties – Times Law Reports
Court of Justice of the European Union
“No principles of European Union law were infringed in capping charges made by mobile telephone operators to customers for calls made outside their home state but within the Community.”
The Times, 15th June 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Freedom of Information Act gives protection to royal secrets – The Times
“The Royal Family and the Royal Household were exempted from direct requests for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. The Royal Household was not included in the Act’s definition of a public authority, so members of the public are unable to access information held in the Royal Archives. Public bodies can be asked to release information that may include details about the Royal Family, but protection also covers communications between public bodies, such as government departments, and the Royal Family or Royal Household.”
The Times, 15th June 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Lawyers for Bloody Sunday families view Saville report – BBC News
“Lawyers for the families of those killed and injured on Bloody Sunday and the soldiers involved are studying Lord Saville’s report on the events.”
BBC News, 15th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Anti-paedophile database halted weeks before launch for ‘commonsense’ reasons – Daily Telegraph
“Plans for a database of adults who want to work with children have been halted following a wave of criticism.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th June 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Lord Saville — an outstanding legal mind defined by Bloody Sunday inquiry –
“It is an irony of the Bloody Sunday inquiry that the most expensive and long judicial investigation in history was chaired by a judge chosen for his efficiency.”
The Times, 14th June 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Cab rapist John Worboys in appeal to cut sentence – BBC News
“A London taxi driver jailed indefinitely for drugging and sexually assaulting female passengers in his black cab is launching an appeal against his sentence.”
BBC News, 15th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Yarl’s Wood staff criticised for poor investigation into child sex case – The Guardian
“Social workers failed to properly investigate a case of two five-year-old boys found engaging in sexual activity at Yarl’s Wood detention centre and concerns an older child may have abused one of them, an official report found today.”
The Guardian, 14th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Witnesses ‘lied to hide Prince’s involvement,’ court told – The Times
“Witnesses in the Chelsea Barracks case ‘concocted an untrue story’ to cover up the involvement of the Prince of Wales and the Emir of Qatar in the cancellation of an £81 million modernist housing project, the High Court was told yesterday.”
The Times, 15th June 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Insurers’ new code may add insult to personal injury lawyers – The Guardian
“Personal injury lawyers and insurers are not the greatest of friends. Lawyers often see insurers as obstructive and just trying to weasel out of paying. Insurers see lawyers as equally obstructive and just trying to squeeze as much money as they can for themselves out of the compensation process.”
Full story
The Guardian, 15th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Teenager sentenced for rape of boys – The Independent
“A teenager who raped two young boys has been sentenced to a community rehabilitation order, police said today.”
The Independent, 14th June 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
GPs agree to waive privacy of mentally ill gun owners – The Guardian
“Doctors have agreed to breach their duty of medical confidentiality to patients who own guns if they fear they have become so seriously mentally ill they may use their weapons on themselves or the public, the Guardian has learned.”
The Guardian, 14th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Parliament Square eviction case a ‘collision of rights’ – BBC News
“The High Court has heard the Mayor of London’s attempt to evict Parliament Square protesters is a ‘collision of rights’.”
BBC News, 14th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
