DPP due to announce MPs’ expenses charges decision – BBC News
“Prosecutors are due to reveal whether they intend to bring criminal charges against six MPs and peers over their expenses claims.”
BBC News, 5th February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
PCC is ‘farcical’, says ex-director of public prosecutions – The Guardian
“A leading lawyer tonight called for independent regulation of the press, and for ‘all credible media organisations’ to withdraw from the ‘farcical’ Press Complaints Commission. Sir Ken Macdonald, visiting professor of law at the LSE and the former director of public prosecutions, told an audience of editors and lawyers: ‘The press may think the PCC works, but they are living in a dream world. Nobody else does.'”
The Guardian, 4th February 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Banks face scrutiny on money-laundering reports – The Times
“Bank customers who lose out when a transaction is delayed because of money-laundering suspicions have won the right to challenge banks’ decisions after a landmark $300 million court case.”
The Times, 4th February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Couple jailed for multi-million prostitution ring – The Independent
“A couple who ran a multi-million-pound prostitution ring of trafficked young women and girls were behind bars today.”
The Independent, 4th February 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Lawyers want UK public inquiry into Iraq abuse – BBC News
“A group of lawyers is attempting to secure a public inquiry into how UK forces treated detainees in Iraq.”
BBC News, 5th February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Sir Ken MacDonald: former DPP warns British libel laws suppressing free speech – Daily Telegraph
“British courts represent a serious threat to freedom of speech, suppressing the spread of information around the world, the former Director of Public Prosecutions Sir Ken MacDonald said.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th February 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Channel 4 fails to win gagging order in libel battle over Michael Jackson film – The Guardian
“Channel 4 tried and failed to win an injunction to prevent reporting of a hearing in a multimillion-pound libel battle in the high court in which the broadcaster has been accused of faking elements of a documentary purporting to show members of Michael Jackson’s family moving to Devon.”
The Guardian, 4th February 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Discrimination law change is dropped after Pope’s opposition – The Independent
“The Government will not push through proposals that churches argue would restrict their ability to deny jobs to gay people and transsexuals, Equality Minister Harriet Harman confirmed today.”
The Independent, 4th February 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Measures to freeze assets of terror suspect to be lifted immediately – The Times
“Ministers are preparing to rush through emergency legislation tomorrow to stop terror suspects salting away their funds after senior judges today lifted an order freezing their assets.”
The Times, 4th February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Overdose inquest finds German doctor Daniel Ubani incompetent – The Guardian
“A patient who was given a fatal overdose by an out-of-hours doctor was unlawfully killed and his death amounted to gross negligence and manslaughter, a coroner ruled today.”
The Guardian, 4th February 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010
The Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations 2010
The Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2010
The Renewables Obligation (Amendment) Order 2010
The Criminal Defence Service (Representation Orders: Appeals etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2010
The Royal Parks and Other Open Spaces (Amendment) etc. Regulations 2010
The Employee Study and Training (Qualifying Period of Employment) Regulations 2010
The Council Tax and Non-Domestic Rating (Demand Notices) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2010
The Additional Statutory Paternity Pay (National Health Service Employees) Regulations 2010
The Hill Farm Allowance Regulations 2010
The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2010
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Child killing rate ‘drops by 40%’ in England and Wales – BBC News
“The number of violent deaths among children in England and Wales has fallen by almost 40% since 1974, research has suggested.”
BBC News, 4th February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Tzipi Livni to test UK law with visit – The Times
“Britain is braced for a diplomatic row after a senior Israeli politician warned that she was preparing to travel to the UK, where she faces an arrest warrant for alleged war crimes.”
The Times, 4th February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Junior Criminal Bar under threat from botched Legal Aid Reforms warns Commons Committee – The Bar Council
“The influential House of Commons Public Accounts Committee has today (2 February) published a damning report on the Legal Services Commission’s handling of legal aid reform.”
The Bar Council, 2nd February 2010
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
Lord Chief Justice Publishes Administration of Justice Review – Judiciary of England & Wales
“The Lord Chief Justice’s ‘Review of the Administration of Justice in the Courts’ was published today. His report covers matters of importance to the judiciary relating to the administration of justice in England and Wales during the 2008-2009 Legal Year (1 October 2008 – 30 September 2009).”
Judiciary of England & Wales, 3rd February 2010
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
R v Hussain (Shabbir) – WLR Daily
R v Hussain (Shabbir) [2010] WLR (D) 22
“A possessor of drugs did not commit an offence contrary to ss 4(1) and 5(3) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 if he intended to supply the drugs outside the jurisdiction.”
WLR Daily, 3rd 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.
Grays Timber Products Ltd v Revenue and Customs Commissioners – WLR Daily
Grays Timber Products Ltd v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2010] UKSC 4; [ 2010] WLR (D) 21
“In assessing whether employment-related securities had been disposed of for a consideration which exceeded their ‘market value’, so as to occasion a charge to income tax, it was necessary to postulate a notional sale between a hypothetical vendor and purchaser, with the personal characteristics of the actual vendor, such as his right under a subscription agreement to a disproportionately large part of the consideration paid, being ignored.”
WLR Daily, 3rd 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.
Grays Timber Products Ltd v Revenue and Customs Commissioners – Times Law Reports
Grays Timber Products Ltd v Revenue and Customs Commissioners
Supreme Court
“In assessing whether employment-related securities had been disposed of for a price which exceeded their market value, so as to occasion a charge to income tax, it was necessary to postulate a notional sale between a hypothetical vendor and purchaser, with the personal characteristics of the actual vendor, such as his right under a subscription agreement to a disproportionately large part of the consideration paid, being ignored.”
The Times, 4th February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Lord Carlile’s ‘credibility’ as terror watchdog questioned by MP – The Guardian
“The chair of an influential committee of parliamentarians has questioned the independence of the official counter-terrorism watchdog, Lord Carlile, and suggested his term of office should come to an end.”
The Guardian, 3rd February 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Complaint after Cherie Booth spares religious man jail – BBC News
“A secularist group has lodged an official complaint against Cherie Booth QC after she spared a man from prison because he was religious.”
BBC News, 4th February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
