Government loses Binyam Mohamed torture appeal – BBC News
“The foreign secretary has lost a bid to prevent the disclosure of secret information relating to the alleged torture of a UK resident.”
BBC News, 10th February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Labour broke privacy rules with elections phone campaign – Daily Telegraph
“Labour breached privacy rules by making unsolicited automated phone calls to almost half a million people without their consent, the Information Commissioner’s Office has ruled.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th February 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Lords watchdog to investigate peer’s expenses – The Guardian
“A House of Lords standards watchdog is to look into a complaint over the expenses of former Labour chairman Lord Clarke of Hampstead, it was announced today.”
The Guardian, 9th February 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Man who tried to ‘sell’ sister to Chinese man jailed – BBC News
“A man who admitted trying to ‘sell’ his vulnerable sister into a sham marriage as part of a Chinese immigration scam has been jailed.”
BBC News, 9th February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
High numbers of women and solicitors appointed to judicial posts – Law Society’s Gazette
“More than half the candidates selected in the last recruitment round for fee-paid employment tribunal judge positions were women, statistics have shown, while three-quarters of selected candidates were solicitors.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 9th February 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Binyam Mohamed torture case ruling at Court of Appeal – BBC News
“The Court of Appeal is to decide whether to release documents detailing the alleged torture of a UK resident.”
BBC News, 10th February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
A fifth of female lawyers choose kids over careers – The Lawyer
“The pressure of motherhood is the reason that 20 per cent of all female departees decide to leave some of the UK’s top 50 firms.”
The Lawyer, 8th February 2010
Source: www.thelawyer.com
Iraq war was illegal, says former lord chief justice – The Guardian
“The Guardian once described Lord ‘call me Tom’ Bingham as ‘the radical who is leading a new English revolution’. That would not necessarily be your impression on meeting the gentlemanly, old-school 76-year-old who, when I arrive at his tall-ceilinged, book-lined, art-filled mansion flat in Notting Hill, west London, immediately makes me coffee, served in a silver pot. If this is revolution, it will not be instant.”
The Guardian, 8th February 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Curtis v R [2010] EWCA Crim 123 (09 February 2010)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
O’Beirne v Hudson [2010] EWCA Civ 52 (09 February 2010)
Drew v Whitbread [2010] EWCA Civ 53 (09 February 2010)
B, R (on the application of) v Cornwall Council & Anor [2010] EWCA Civ 55 (09 February 2010)
W (Children), Re [2010] EWCA Civ 57 (09 February 2010)
Eli Lilly & Co v Human Genome Sciences Inc [2010] EWCA Civ 33 (09 February 2010)
D (Children), Re [2010] EWCA Civ 50 (09 February 2010)
Huntley v Simmons [2010] EWCA Civ 54 (09 February 2010)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Baldauf v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] EWHC 151 (Admin) (19 January 2010)
High Court (Commercial Court)
SOS Corporación Alimentaria, S.A. & Anor v Inerco Trade SA [2010] EWHC 162 (Comm) (08 February 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
Radical cleric’s home seized to pay legal bills – The Independent
“Legal aid bosses have seized the house belonging to radical cleric Abu Hamza to pay off his legal bills, it was revealed today.”
The Independent, 9th February 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Webcam user jailed for inciting US woman to abuse child – BBC News
“A 19-year-old man from the West Midlands has been jailed for four years and eight months for inciting a mother in the US to abuse her own child.”
BBC News, 8th February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Representation of the People (Timing of the Canvass) (Northern Ireland) Order 2010
The Financial Assistance Scheme (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2010
The School Budget Shares (Prescribed Purposes) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2010
The Business Rate Supplements (Collection and Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2010
The Legal Services Act 2007 (Levy) Rules 2010
The Local Authorities (Alteration of Requisite Calculations) (England) Regulations 2010
The Council Tax Limitation (Maximum Amounts) (England) Order 2010
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Fidler v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and Another – Times Law Reports
Fidler v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and Another
Queen’s Bench Division
“The erection and removal of straw bales, which concealed a new dwelling constructed without planning permission, formed part of the totality of building operations originally contemplated and intended to be carried out by the claimant.”
The Times, 9th February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Welwyn Hatfield Council v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and Another – Times Law Reports
Welwyn Hatfield Council v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and Another
Court of Appeal
“A local planning authority could not bring enforcement proceedings against the unlawful construction of a dwelling house on a farm in breach of planning permission which was granted for the purpose of erecting a barn.”
The Times, 9th February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Asset-freezing terror Bill rushed through Commons – BBC News
“Emergency legislation has been rushed through the House of Commons that will allow the assets of suspected terrorists to be frozen.”
BBC News, 9th February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Better worker rights laws urged to tackle poverty – BBC News
“Laws protecting workers’ rights must be improved to tackle poverty, according to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.”
BBC News, 9th February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Man ‘breached Asbo by dressing as a schoolgirl’ – Daily Telegraph
“A man is to stand trial charged with breaching an Asbo which bans him from dressing up as a schoolgirl.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th February 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Wealthy landowner jailed for life for murdering estranged wife – The Guardian
“A judge today criticised a wealthy landowner for not revealing where he had hidden the body of his estranged wife after he murdered her.”
The Guardian, 8th February 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Pitt and Jolie to sue News of the World over ‘split’ story – The Guardian
“Claim of separation ‘false as well as intrusive’, say lawyers, as Pitt and Jolie begin action in London high court.”
The Guardian, 9th February 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
