“The Bar Council has set up a working group to tackle what it calls unfair competition from solicitor-advocates for Crown Court work.”
Law Society Gazette, 14th May 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The Chief Constable of Avon and Somerset Police Colin Port says he is prepared to go to jail rather than return suspected child pornography.”
BBC News, 18th May 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Companies which offered introductory services, in order to channel would-be customers to insurers by electronic means, and which received a commission in the event of a contract of insurance being concluded were insurance brokers or insurance agents falling within the exemption from VAT provided for by Group 2 in Sch 9 to the Value Added Tax Act 1994, which implemented art 13B(a) of Council Directive 77/388/EEC on the harmonization of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover taxes.”
WLR Daily, 18th May 2009
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.
“A vigilante who filmed men meeting up for sex in a bid to clean up a woodland was today spared jail.”
The Independent, 18th May 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Ministry of Defence is facing a flood of compensation claims from families of servicemen who have been killed in Iraq and Afghanistan after a landmark legal ruling that they are covered by human rights laws.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th May 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Metropolitan Police have stopped and searched 24,000 young people every month over the past year in an operation that is cutting teenage knife crime and violence.”
The Times, 19th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Regina (Ghai) v Newcastle upon Tyne City Council
Queen’s bench Division
“The orthodox Hindu belief in the necessity of open-air cremation as a manifestation of belief within the meaning of article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights was limited by statutory provisions which were justified under article 9.2 of the Convention.”
The Times, 18th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
FH (Bangladesh) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
Court of Appeal
“A delay of two years and nine months in dealing with an application for indefinite leave to remain constituted culpable and undue delay on the part of the Secretary of State for the Home Department and was productive of conspicuous unfairness in the case of man who had evaded deportation in 1986 and lived under an assumed name for 23 years.”
The Times, 18th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Businesses as well as consumers have backed the UK Government’s attempts to retain shoppers’ right to return faulty goods for an immediate refund. A consultation has found that retailers as well as shoppers back the stance.”
OUT-LAW.com, 15th May 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“A Lincolnshire man who admitted keeping five dogs for fighting has been sentenced to 22 weeks in prison.”
BBC News, 18th May 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man has been jailed for life for murdering a promising teenage footballer in a row over a girl.”
BBC News, 18th May 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Paul Stephenson says police will investigate MPs where warranted, while union calls on Labour’s NEC to outline deselection process for MPs found guilty of claims misuse.”
The Guardian, 18th May 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Lord Judge CJ, sitting in the Supreme Court, handed down an amendment to Practice Direction (Criminal Proceedings: Consolidation) [2002] 1 WLR 2870, relating to victim personal statements, pleas of guilty in the Crown Court and forms.”
WLR Daily, 15th May 2009
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.
“Price aggregating websites that want to claim that they compare more suppliers than anyone else must conduct research to make sure it is true and must update that research frequently, the advertising regulator has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 14th May 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“A building firm which forgot to attach files to its electronic tender for work has failed in its attempt to force a local authority to consider its bid. The High Court has said that the local authority did not have to accept the mistaken tender.”
OUT-LAW.com, 14th May 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“A controversial competition to win a house that was halted by the Gambling Commission has been allowed to proceed.”
OUT-LAW.com, 14th May 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“Solicitors representing G20 protesters are warning the Metropolitan Police they may seek a judicial review of the tactics used at the summit.”
BBC News, 18th May 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
OT (A Child), Re [2009] EWCA Civ 409 (14 May 2009)
Secretary of State for Defence v Smith, R (on the application of) [2009] EWCA Civ 441 (18 May 2009)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Divison)
Girma & Ors, R. v (Rev 1) [2009] EWCA Crim 912 (15 May 2009)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Taylor v HMP Wandsworth & Ors [2009] EWHC 1020 (Admin) (15 May 2009)
Spanovic v Government of Croatia & Anor [2009] EWHC 723 (Admin) (15 May 2009)
Shylolibavan v SSHD [2009] EWHC 1067 (Admin) (15 May 2009)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Hayim & Ors v Couch [2009] EWHC 1040 (Ch) (15 May 2009)
Insurancewide.Com Services Ltd v HM Revenue & Customs [2009] EWHC 999 (Ch) (15 May 2009)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Petroplus Marketing AG v Shell Trading International Ltd [2009] EWHC 1024 (Comm) (14 May 2009)
High Court (Patents Court)
Leo Pharma (a/s Leo Laboratories Ltd) v Sandoz Ltd [2009] EWHC 996 (Pat) (15 May 2009)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Barr & Ors v Biffa Waste Services Ltd [2009] EWHC 1033 (TCC) (15 May 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
The Companies Act 2006 (Amendment of Schedule 2) (No. 2) Order 2009
The Building and Approved Inspectors (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Housing Renewal Grants (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2009
The Products of Animal Origin (Third Country Imports) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2009
The Traffic Management Act 2004 (Commencement No. 3) (Wales) Order 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
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