“Confidential inquiries into crimes against children such as the Edlington torture case should be published in full, according to the body representing thousands of social workers.”
The Times, 18th February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Bilkus v Stockler Brunton (a firm) [2010] EWCA Civ 101; [2010] WLR (D) 43
“When a solicitor rendering his invoice to a client charged an uplift fee he had to give careful attention to the question whether the work charged for was contentious or non-contentious work.”
WLR Daily, 17th February 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.
Court of Appeal
“Because it was not a requirement of Christianity that adherents had to wear a public display of their faith, it was not indirect discrimination for an employer’s dress code to prevent a staff member from wearing a cross as a visible neck adornment.”
The Times, 18th February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Regina (Ghai) v Newcastle upon Tyne City Council
Court of Appeal
“A generous, rather than a restricted construction should be given to the word ‘building’ in the Cremation Act 1902.”
The Times, 18th February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Human Rights Act came into force ten years ago, in 2000, yet already all three major parties propose to amend it. The Government proposes a Bill of Rights and Responsibilities, bringing together rights such as free healthcare, victims’ rights and equality, which, in Jack Straw’s words, ‘are scattered across the UK’s legal and political landscape’.”
The Times, 18th February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Press Complaints Commission has rejected a complaint from the partner of Stephen Gately, the Boyzone singer who died suddenly in October, over an article by the Daily Mail columnist Jan Moir.”
The Guardian, 18th February 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Ramblers scored a landmark victory over a multi-millionaire landowner yesterday when a top judge told him he must tear down the “impressive” iron gateway to his Somerset estate.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th February 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Is it time to revisit the Contempt of Court Act 1981? The first research findings into how much jurors are influenced by press coverage were published this week and show that jurors resort increasingly to the internet to read about their cases.”
The Times, 18th February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The government is unleashing a tough crackdown on Britain’s super-rich tax exiles in a move that will increase the pressure on dozens of the country’s wealthiest business figures and celebrities.”
The Guardian, 17th February 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The government has been overloaded with freedom of information (FoI) requests made by solicitors acting for former coal miners ahead of the first coordinated negligence action for alleged under-settlement of government compensation claims.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 18th February 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Full guidance on when prosecutions should be brought for assisting suicide will be published next week, the Crown Prosecution Service said today.”
The Independent, 17th February 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Last week Jonathan Evans, the Director-General of M15, emerged from behind his veil to comment on the case of Binyam Mohamed. His emergence was surprising: he denied that MI5 has been trying to cover up its activities and that the material was ‘not prized from us by some external process but willingly provided by us to the court in the normal way’.”
The Times, 18th February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The government and the opposition have hinted that they would implement some of Lord Justice Jackson’s recommendations on civil litigation costs, following the first parliamentary exchange on the judge’s report since its publication a month ago.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 18th February 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A prisons watchdog has criticised ‘appalling’ conditions at a young offenders’ institute (YOI), it emerged today.”
The Independent, 17th February 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“One of the country’s highest-paid civil barristers was accused today of trying to dramatically inflate his publicly funded legal aid fees by wrongly claiming for work.”
The Times, 17th February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Drew v Whitbread plc [2010] EWCA Civ 53; [2010] WLR (D) 41
“A party was not precluded from raising a matter before a costs judge on an assessment of costs which it had not raised before the trial judge when he exercised his discretion as to costs. Consequently a party could raise with the costs judge the issue that the case should have been a fast track case with costs assessed accordingly. The costs judge was not entitled simply to say that the costs would be assessed as if it were a fast track case but should proceed on the basis that the fact that the case should have been fast track was something to be taken into account when assessing costs.”
WLR Daily, 17th February 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“Three men accused of murdering a 23-year-old man during riots in Birmingham have been found not guilty.”
BBC News, 17th February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A high court judge has blocked a strike by workers at one of Britain’s busiest ports, as British Airways cabin crew brace themselves for a legal challenge to next week’s strike ballot result.”
The Guardian, 17th February 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Supreme Court
Tomlinson & Ors v Birmingham City Council [2010] UKSC 8 (17 February 2010)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Harley & Ors v Smith & Anor [2010] EWCA Civ 78 (17 February 2010)
Actavis UK Ltd v Novartis AG [2010] EWCA Civ 82 (17 February 2010)
Virdi v The Law Society of England and Wales & Anor [2010] EWCA Civ 100 (16 February 2010)
Smith v Youth Justice Board for England and Wales & Anor [2010] EWCA Civ 99 (16 February 2010)
Bilkus v Stockler Brunton (A Firm) [2010] EWCA Civ 101 (16 February 2010)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Barry, R v [2010] EWCA Crim 195 (17 February 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
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