Internet racism pair lose appeal – BBC News
“Two men have lost their appeals against the UK’s first conviction for inciting racial hatred via a foreign website.”
BBC News, 29th January 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Children Act 2004 Information Database (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2010
The Weights and Measures (Specified Quantities) (Unwrapped Bread and Intoxicating Liquor) Order 2010
The Service Voters’ Registration Period Order 2010
The Damages-Based Agreements Regulations 2010
The East Harling Internal Drainage District (Alteration of Boundaries) Order 2009
The Policing and Crime Act 2009 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2010
The Identity Cards Act 2006 (Commencement No. 7) Order 2010
The Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (Commencement No. 13) Order 2010
The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (Youth Conditional Cautions: Code of Practice) Order 2010
The Export Control (North Korea) (Amendment) Order 2010
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Law firm’s piracy hunt condemned – BBC News
“Music industry representative the BPI has criticised the approach used by a UK law firm in chasing file-sharers.”
BBC News, 29th January 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
High Court gives green light for offshore tax clawback – The Times
“The taxman was given the green light to claw back millions from UK residents who put their money in tax-haven offshore trusts today, after the High Court rejected a challenge that claimed the measures would lead to destitution and marital breakdown.”
The Times, 28th January 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Sex assault head teacher David Thorley loses appeal – BBC News
“A Pembrokeshire head teacher convicted of nine counts of sexually assaulting girls in his care has lost an appeal against his conviction.”
BBC News, 28th January 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Record numbers of women held for violent crimes – The Independent
“Record numbers of women are being arrested for violent crimes, it was revealed today (28 January).”
The Independent, 28th January 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Stalkers are criminals – not ‘incompetent suitors’ – The Guardian
“A man who harassed a woman for seven years has been jailed for just 16 weeks. Why is the law so slow to realise that stalking is a serious – and often violent – crime?”
The Guardian, 29th January 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Victims of rogue car clampers to get compensation – Daily Telegraph
“Motorists who fall victim to rogue clampers will be entitled to claim compensation, under new powers brought in by the Government.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th January 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
BNP given last chance to make equality change to constitution – The Guardian
“The British National party was warned tonight (28 January) that it had one last chance to scrap its constitution or face legal action under equality laws.”
The Guardian, 28th January 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Police given more powers on under-age drinking – The Independent
“New powers aimed at making it easier for police to crack down on under-age drinkers came into force today.”
The Independent, 29th January 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Bhamra v Dubb – WLR Daily
Bhamra v Dubb [2010] EWCA Civ 13; [2010] WLR (D) 10
“A caterer, who had supplied a dish for guests at a Sikh wedding knowing that the recipe could sometimes contain egg, a food prohibited by the Sikh religion, owed a duty of care to a guest who was allergic to eggs and subsequently died after eating the dish served. Such a conclusion was justified on the basis of well established principles of proximity, and after invoking CPR r 52.11(4) to enable the Court of Appeal to draw such inferences as were justified on the evidence where the judge below had not made a critical finding of fact.”
WLR Daily, 28th January 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Same v al-Ghabra; Regina (Youssef) v HM Treasury – Times Law Reports
Same v al-Ghabra; Regina (Youssef) v HM Treasury
Supreme Court
“The Treasury exceeded its powers by authorising, in on the test of reasonable suspicion alone, a major inroad into the rights of individuals to dispose of their assets as they chose and to live free of executive interference. The Terrorism (United Nations Measures) Order (SI 2006 No 2657) was accordingly to be quashed.”
The Times, 29th January 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
In re Guardian and Media News Ltd and Others – Times Law Reports
In re Guardian and Media News Ltd and Others
Supreme Court
“Where individuals challenged anti-terrorism asset-freezing orders, the general public interest in publishing a report of the proceedings in which they were named justified curtailing their rights to private life.”
The Times, 28th January 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Guardian Daily: Assisted suicide and the law – The Guardian
“Earlier this month, Frances Inglis was jailed for nine years for murder after injecting her brain-damaged son Thomas, 22, with a lethal dose of heroin. Just days later, Kay Gilderdale pleaded guilty to assisting suicide but was acquitted of murdering her daughter Lynn, 31, an ME sufferer whom she’d given morphine. Legal affairs correspondent Afua Hirsch explains the difference between these two cases.”
The Guardian, 29th January 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
New pilot to increase sustainability and efficiency of law centres – Ministry of Justice
“Legal Aid Minister, Willy Bach has strengthened the government’s commitment to ensuring a sustainable future for social welfare law.”
Ministry of Justice, 28th January 2010
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Information Commissioner has the power, but not the resources – The Times
“There are few organisations beyond the reach of the Information Commissioner, and Christopher Graham, the fourth holder of the role, faces a daunting set of responsibilities.”
The Times, 28th January 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
BSkyB ruling will not transform IT procurement, says expert – OUT-LAW.com
“IT companies will not have to conduct a total overhaul of their sales processes in the aftermath of a long-awaited court ruling this week, a technology law expert has said. The ruling focused on the dishonesty of one employee, not a whole company.”
OUT-LAW.com, 28th January 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
MMR doctor ‘failed to act in interests of children’ – The Guardian
“Dr Andrew Wakefield, the expert at the centre of the MMR controversy, ‘failed in his duties as a responsible consultant’ and showed a ‘callous disregard’ for the suffering of children involved in his research, the General Medical Council (GMC) has ruled.”
The Guardian, 28th January 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Britain ‘complicit in mistreatment and possible torture’ says UN – The Guardian
“United Nations human rights investigators have concluded that the British government has been complicit in the mistreatment and possible torture of several of its own citizens during the ‘war on terror’.”
The Guardian, 27th January 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Trial of teenager accused of hate campaign ends as witness collapses – The Times
“A teenager who branded Francecca Hardwick, the disabled girl found dead with her mother in a burnt-out car, a ‘freak’ who ‘deserved what she got’, walked free from court yesterday.”
The Times, 28th January 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
