Joe Calzaghe to sue promoter Frank Warren for £1.8m – BBC News
“Former world champion Joe Calzaghe is suing his ex-manager and promoter Frank Warren for £1.8m.”
BBC News, 10th February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Teenage killer’s custody doubled over Gloucester attack – BBC News
“A teenager who killed a man with one punch has had his sentence more than doubled to three-and-a-half years.”
BBC News, 10th February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Facebook takes down 30 prisoners’ pages after victim taunts – The Guardian
“Jack Straw, the justice secretary, says the 30 offending pages brought to the attention of Facebook had been removed within 48 hours.”
The Guardian, 11th February 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Ex-Cazenove trader set to stand trial for insider deals – The Times
“A former partner at Cazenove, the Queen’s stockbroker, who is due to stand trial on insider-dealing charges next week appeared in court for a pre-trial hearing yesterday.”
The Times, 11th February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Man who attacked intruder with samurai sword walks free – The Independent
“A householder who faced a possible eight-year jail sentence for attacking an intruder with a samurai sword said today he just wanted to stop him getting into his house. David Fullard, 46, from Brough, East Yorkshire, was charged with unlawful wounding but walked free when a jury found him not guilty, according to the Sun.”
The Independent, 11th February 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Woman jailed for killing lover with poison curry – The Independent
“A jealous woman who killed her former lover by lacing his curry with an ancient poison has been convicted of murder.”
The Independent, 11th February 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Paying more to gardeners than cleaners is ‘sexist’, Appeal court rules – Daily Telegraph
“The Appeal Court decided that inequality between the pay of mainly female carers working for Sheffield City Council and their predominantly male colleagues doing equivalent jobs, like gardening and rubbish collection, was ‘tainted by sex’.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th February 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Brown wins big Commons victory for vote reform – The Independent
“Gordon Brown’s plan to hold a referendum next year on scrapping the first-past-the-post system for elections for Westminster won a convincing majority last night in the Commons.”
The Independent, 10th February 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Paedophile church worker who ‘boasted about his abuse online’ jailed – Daily Telegraph
“A paedophile, Owen Baxter, who volunteered as a church youth worker so he could sexually abuse young boys before boasting about it on the internet, has been jailed.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th February 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Advert for pills that guaranteed ‘sex life of you dreams’ is banned – Daily Telegraph
“An advertisement for tablets that guaranteed ‘the sex life of your dreams’ has been banned after a man complained that it didn’t work and demanded his money back.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th February 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Trevor Phillips accused of trying to influence equalities watchdog inquiry – The Guardian
“Trevor Phillips, the head of the equalities watchdog, was today accused of attempting to influence an official inquiry into his work and may face a high-level investigation into allegations that his actions amount to contempt of both houses of parliament.”
The Guardian, 10th February 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Top judge: Binyam Mohamed case shows MI5 to be devious, dishonest and complicit in torture – The Guardian
“Legal defeat plunges Security Service into crisis over torture evidence, and it is revealed that judge removed damning verdict after Foreign Office QC’s plea.”
The Guardian, 1oth February 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
MPs and expenses: no hiding behind the Bill of Rights – The Times
“It is the ultimate twist in the expenses scandal that the three MPs who, with one peer, face charges under the Theft Act 1968 are now invoking parliamentary privilege as their defence. It is also a lawyers’ field day: even before any trial starts, a court will have to rule on whether the Bill of Rights 1689 means that they cannot be questioned about the expenses rule book — and so be unable properly to defend themselves.”
The Times, 11th February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
I can die in peace, says Hindu, after judges back fight for open-air pyre – The Times
“Hindus and Sikhs in Britain won a landmark court victory yesterday that will allow mourners to cremate their dead on funeral pyres.The Court of Appeal ruling follows a lengthy battle waged by a devout 71-year-old Hindu for the right to be cremated by ‘sacred fire’ according to the ancient diktats of his religion.”
The Times, 11th February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Building Societies (Insolvency and Special Administration) (Amendment) Order 2010
The Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions Designation Order 2010
The Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Prescribed Police Stations) Regulations 2010
The Warehousekeepers and Owners of Warehoused Goods (Amendment) Regulations 2010
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Hussain & Anor, R. v [2010] EWCA Crim 94 (20 January 2010)
High Court (Chancery Division)
High Court (Family Division)
Doctor A & Ors v Ward & Anor [2010] EWHC 205 (Fam) (09 February 2010)
High Court (Administrative Court)
W, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Brent [2010] EWHC 175 (Admin) (09 February 2010)
Hoole, R (on the application of) v The Parole Board [2010] EWHC 186 (Admin) (09 February 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
Definitive Sentencing Guideline on corporate manslaughter and health and safety offences causing death – Sentencing Guidelines Council
“On 9 February 2010 the Sentencing Guidelines Council published its definitive guideline ‘Corporate manslaughter and health and safety offences causing death’.”
Guideline on Corporate Manslaughter (PDF)
Sentencing Guidelines Council, 9th February 2010
Source: www.sentencing-guidelines.gov.uk
Regina v Irving; Regina v Squires – Times Law Reports
Regina v Irving; Regina v Squires
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“Greater efforts were needed to ensure that correct information was available to sentencing judges so that proper effect could be given to the requirement to give credit for half of the number of any days spent by an offender on bail subject to a qualifying curfew condition and an electronic monitoring condition.”
The Times, 10th February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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
