“A senior family judge took the extraordinary step of leaving court to calm down because he was so angered by two local authorities who ‘abandoned’ a sick boy to save money.”
The Times, 8th December 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Children will be warned not to hand over intimate details to strangers they meet online, in the country’s first ‘green cross code’ for the internet which will be launched by the Government today.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th December 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A couple have lost a High Court battle against a government immigration policy aimed at combating forced marriages.”
BBC News, 7th December 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A prison psychologist found dismembered Barbie dolls lying next to her car as part of a campaign of intimidation to drive her out of her job, a tribunal has heard.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th December 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A distant US relative of Dr Hawley Crippen, executed in London in 1910 for murdering his wife, has failed … to secure a posthumous pardon for him.”
BBC News, 7th December 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Government has published the details of the powers it will award to a consumer champion to take class action-style lawsuits against companies on behalf of large numbers of consumers.”
OUT-LAW.com, 7th December 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
” A former royal harpist was found guilty today [7th December] of handling stolen goods while battling a drug addiction.”
The Guardian, 7th December 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A drunken teenager was condemned by a district judge today for apparently urinating on a war memorial.”
The Independent, 7th December 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“With Mr Justice Eady defending the current state of libel law, its reform is likely to be complex, controversial and some way off.”
The Guardian, 7th December 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Prison Officers Association v Iqbal (Rev 1) [2009] EWCA Civ 1312 (04 December 2009)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Commercial Court)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
May (A Child) v Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust [2009] EWHC 3175 (QB) (04 December 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
Iqbal v Prison Officers Association [2009] EWCA Civ 1310; [2009] WLR (D) 355
“A claim for false imprisonment did not lie against prison officers who took unlawful strike action which resulted in a prisoner, who would otherwise have been permitted by the prison governor to leave his cell for the purpose of working, exercise and health care, being confined to his cell.”
WLR Daily, 4th December 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.
Shanks v Unilever plc and others [2009] EWHC 3164 (Ch); [2009] WLR (D) 354
“The words ‘that person’ in s 41(2) of the Patents Act 1977 referred to a notional non-connected counterparty operating in the appropriate market at the appropriate time.”
WLR Daily, 4th December 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.
Veakins v Kier Islington Ltd [2009] EWCA Civ 1288; [2009] WLR (D) 353
“In many cases the remedy for high-handed or discriminatory misconduct by or on behalf of an employer would be more fittingly in the employment tribunal rather than by recourse to a claim for damages for the statutory tort of harassment.”
WLR Daily, 4th December 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 (Adams) v Secretary of State for Justice
Court of Appeal
“A convicted person seeking compensation after the reversal of his conviction on the basis of new or newly discovered facts establishing beyond reasonable doubt that there was a miscarriage of justice had to show that the facts were unknown to him during the trial or appeal.”
The Times, 7th December 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
OQ (India) and Another v Secretary of State for the Home Department
Court of Appeal
“Where a person sought a right of entry and residence as a dependant of a European Union citizen, it was not a requirement to ask whether the claimed dependency arose from a need for the support of such a citizen.”
The Times, 7th December 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
The Private Water Supplies Regulations 2009
The Misuse of Drugs (Designation) (Amendment) (England, Wales and Scotland) Order 2009
The Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) (England, Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2009
The Child Support (Management of Payments and Arrears) Regulations 2009
The Income Support (Prescribed Categories of Person) Regulations 2009
The Customs (Contravention of a Relevant Rule) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Value Added Tax (Tour Operators) (Amendment) Order 2009
The Travellers’ Allowances (Amendment) Order 2009
The Corporation Tax (Financing Costs and Income) Regulations 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
“Committee set up to review the Court of Protection Rules 2007.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 4th December 2009
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“Couples undergoing fertility treatment are being left at risk of embryo mix-ups and blunders because the industry regulator fails to take action early enough, a review has found.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th December 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A senior judge has made comments which call into question whether the Queen and Royal family will be able to stop photographers taking pictures of them going about their private lives.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th December 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Alison Davis claims that a legal ruling that forced the change was unsound, alleging the ‘apparent bias’ of one of the judges, Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, now the Supreme Court’s president, who later expressed strong personal views on the subject in an interview with The Daily Telegraph.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th December 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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