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R v G; R v J – WLR Daily

Posted March 5th, 2009 in law reports, mental health, terrorism by sally

R v G; R v J [2009] UKHL 13; [2009] WLR (D) 80

“To rely on the defence in s 58(3) of the Terrorism Act 2000 a defendant had to show an objectively ‘reasonable excuse’ for his action or possession and a ruling that neither a desire to ‘wind up’ prison officers nor mental illness could amount to a reasonable excuse had been correct.”

WLR Daily, 4th March 2009

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.

Peters v East Midlands Strategic Health Authority and another (Nottingham City Council, Part 20 defendant) – WLR Daily

Posted March 5th, 2009 in damages, disabled persons, law reports, personal injuries by sally

Peters v East Midlands Strategic Health Authority and another (Nottingham City Council, Part 20 defendant) [2009] EWCA Civ 145; [2009] WLR (D) 79

“A severely disabled claimant was entitled as of right to damages from the tortfeasor in preference to dependence on the statutory obligations of the local authority to provide accommodation and care for her. For the purposes of disregarding damages for personal injuries from charging provisions in respect of accommodation and care provided by local authorities, all the heads of damage were to be disregarded, not only those for pain, suffering and loss of amenity.”

WLR Daily, 4th March 2009

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.

R (Ahmad) v Newham London Borough Council – WLR Daily

Posted March 5th, 2009 in housing, judicial review, law reports by sally

R (Ahmad) v Newham London Borough Council [2009] UKHL 14; [2009] WLR (D) 78

“A local authority scheme for the allocation of social housing which accorded priority amongst applicants with ‘reasonable preference’ under s 167 of the Housing Act 1996, as amended, according to length of time on the waiting list, rather than relative need, was neither unlawful nor irrational.”

WLR Daily, 4th March 2009

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.

Regina v G (Terrorism: Information); Regina v J (terrorism: Information) – Times Law Reports

Posted March 5th, 2009 in law reports, mental health, terrorism by sally

Regina v G (Terrorism: Information); Regina v J (terrorism: Information)

House of Lords

“To secure a conviction, the prosecution was not required to show that a defendant had had a terrorist purpose for collecting or recording information of a kind likely to be useful to a terrorist or possessing a document or record containing information of that kind.”

The Times, 5th March 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 from the date of publication.

Honorary Queen’s Counsel 2009 – Ministry of Justice

Posted March 5th, 2009 in press releases by sally

“Her Majesty The Queen has approved the appointment of six Queen’s Counsel honoris causa.”

Full press release

Ministry of Justice, 5th March 2009

Source: www.justice.gov.uk

Woman gets life for feud killing – BBC News

Posted March 5th, 2009 in news by sally

“A Merseyside woman who fatally stabbed a mother-of-two after years of falling out has been jailed for life for murder at Liverpool Crown Court.”