Bomb-maker jailed for three years – BBC News
“A former member of a far-right group has been jailed for three years for making explosives in his home, including a pipe bomb.”
BBC News, 23rd February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Somerset man tried to smother his wife with pillow – BBC News
“A prominent Rotarian from Somerset has been sent to prison for eight years after admitting trying to smother his ex-model wife with a pillow.”
BBC News, 23rd February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Doctor Adam Osborne guilty of misconduct – BBC News
“A doctor who falsified a prescription for a cocaine-addicted escort girl has been found guilty of serious misconduct by the General Medical Council (GMC).”
BBC News, 23rd February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Richard Buxton (Solicitors) v Mills-Owens & Anor [2010] EWCA Civ 122 (23 February 2010)
High Court (Patents Court)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Moore v Hotelplan Ltd (t/a Inghams Travel) & Anor [2010] EWHC 276 (QB) (22 February 2010)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Forest Heath District Council v ISG Jackson Ltd [2010] EWHC 322 (TCC) (22 February 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
Gibson and others v Sheffield City Council – WLR daily
Gibson and others v Sheffield City Council [2010] EWCA Civ 63; [2010] WLR (D) 47
“In an equal pay claim, it was open to an employer to avoid the need for objective justification of a pay disparity if he could show that, even if the pay practice had an adverse impact on women, that practice was not tainted by sex discrimination under s 1(3) of the Equal Pay Act 1970, so that the obligation to justify the disparity objectively did not arise. However, the application of that proposition was limited and merely because there was an explanation for the difference in pay which was not directly discriminatory did not necessarily mean that the pay practice was not tainted by sex.”
WLR Daily, 23rd 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.
Ex-businessman Ian Norris to be extradited to US – BBC News
“A former industry boss has lost a Supreme Court appeal in his battle to avoid extradition from the UK to the US over obstructing justice allegations.”
BBC News, 24th February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
EU court ruling over migrant UK child benefit claims – BBC News
“The European Court of Justice has said some migrant families can stay in the UK and claim benefits – even if the main worker has left the country.”
BBC News, 23rd February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Orams and Another v Apostolides – Times Law Reports
Orams and Another v Apostolides
Court of Appeal
“There was no principle or public policy which prevented courts in the United Kingdom from recognising and enforcing judgments of the courts of Cyprus concerning land situated in North Cyprus controlled by the Turkish Cypriot administration.”
The Times, 24th February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Pitt and Another v Holt and Another – Times Law Reports
Pitt and Another v Holt and Another
Chancery Division
“A receiver appointed under the Mental Health Act 1983 by the Court of Protection was entitled to set aside a settlement made by her, as receiver for her late husband, where the inheritance tax position had not been taken into account when the settlement was established.”
The Times, 24th February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
FSA promises tougher line on change of control breaches – OUT-LAW.com
“A billion-pound property fund was fined £1,000 this week for breaching takeover rules. But a change in the law means similar offences in future could attract unlimited penalties.”
OUT-LAW.com, 18th February 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
Adult Social Care: Consultation Phase – Law Commission
“On 24 February 2010 we published a consultation paper on adult social care, which contains our detailed proposals for law reform.”
Law Commission, 24th February 2010
Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk
Social care law needs simplifying, says Law Commission – BBC News
“The law and duties covering social care provided by councils in England and Wales need simplifying, experts say. The Law Commission, which advises the government on law reform, said the current system, incorporating 39 different acts, was confusing.”
BBC News, 24th February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BA pilot holiday pay row lands in court – BBC News
“British Airways is due in court to fight a union’s attempt to change its policy on holiday pay for pilots.”
BBC News, 24th February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Clothing catalogue broke advertising rules over ‘irresponsible’ pictures of children – Daily Telegraph
“The images, from a brochure for the no added sugar Ltd winter collection, breached the advertisers’ code because children could try to copy the images, putting their safety at risk, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ruled.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th February 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Interrogation practices to be questioned – The Independent
“Ministers are to face a legal challenge over the use of secret guidance given to members of the secret services when interrogating prisoners abroad. Lawyers and human-rights groups claim the unpublished codes of practice, issued in 2002 and 2004, allowed officers working for MI5 and MI6 to collude in torture. Reprieve, which represents Binyam Mohamed and several other former Guantanamo Bay detainees, is to go to court to force the Government to disclose what it describes as Britain’s ‘torture policy’.”
The Independent, 24th February 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
News of the World phone-hacking scandal: the verdicts – The Guardian
“What the House of Commons culture, media and sport select committee report says about Andy Coulson, the information commissioner, the police and the PCC.”
The Guardian, 24th February 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Reckitt could face £775m fine over Gaviscon ‘abuse of position’ – The Times
“The maker of Gaviscon indigestion medicine is alleged to have removed one version of the drug from NHS lists to encourage doctors to prescribe a more expensive variety. The Office of Fair Trading said yesterday that Reckitt Benckiser had abused its bestselling position in the market for supplying heartburn medicines to the NHS.”
The Times, 24th February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
BT ‘breaking law on cancellation rights’ – The Times
“BT, the telecoms giant, may be breaking the law by not providing sufficient cancellation rights to existing telephone customers who sign up to renewable contracts over the phone, according to Which?, the consumer group.”
The Times, 22nd February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
