“Justice Secretary Jack Straw has issued a ‘veto’ certificate under section 53 of the Freedom of Information Act, overruling the Information Tribunal’s decision of 23 June 2009.”
Ministry of Justice, 10th December 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Glaister and others v Appleby-in-Westmorland Town Council [2009] EWCA Civ 1325; [2009] WLR (D) 359
“A local council did not owe a duty of care to claimants to arrange public liability insurance to cover the risk of injury occurring at a long-established horse fair taking place on land part of which it owned, nor to ensure safe segregation and supervision of tethered horses.”
WLR Daily, 10th 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 v Horncastle and anotherl; ReginaMarquis and another [2009] UKSC 14; [2009] WLR (D) 358
“Provided the provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 were observed, a defendant’s right to a fair trial, guaranteed art 6(3)(d) of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, as scheduled to the Human Rights Act 1998, would not be infringed where his conviction was based solely or to a decisive extent on the written statement of an absent witness.”
WLR Daily, 10th 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 v IB [2009] EWCA Crim 2575; [2009] WLR (D) 357
“A ‘cartel offence’ under s 188 of the Enterprise Act 2002 was not a ‘national competition law’ within the meaning of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003, so that a Crown Court had jurisdiction to try a prosecution for such an offence although it was not a competition authority designated under art 35 of that Regulation.”
WLR Daily, 10th 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.
“Today the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is launching an online consultation on a new draft code of practice which will provide organisations with a practical and common sense approach to protecting individuals’ privacy online. The new draft guidance explains how the law applies and calls on organisations to give people the right degree of choice and control over their personal information, for instance by giving them clear privacy choices or making it easier for people to erase their personal information at the end of a browsing session.”
Information Commissioner, 9th December 2009
Source: www.ico.gov.uk
“A kung fu teacher who sexually assaulted two girls during anti-rape classes on Merseyside has been jailed for 18 months.”
BBC News, 10th December 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Muslim tutor who indecently assaulted a girl as she read the Koran to him at her home in the 1970s and 1980s has been jailed for two-and-a-half years.”
BBC News, 10th December 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The justice secretary has blocked the release of minutes of a 1997 cabinet committee meeting on devolution.”
BBC News, 10th December 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“MPs who abuse their expenses face being fined under new proposals to beef up the role of Parliament’s standards watchdog.”
The Independent, 10th December 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A driver has landed fines of more than £2,000 after being caught 35 times illegally using a temporary bus lane in Bournemouth.”
The Independent, 10th December 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A teenager who knocked over and killed a 15-year-old boy as he sped through a city centre in a Mercedes has been jailed for almost five years.”
The Guardian, 10th December 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Lawyers say new evidence shows computer hacker Gary McKinnon could not survive US prison system.”
The Guardian, 10th December 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A Muslim man was jailed for life with a minimum of 18 years today after being convicted of conspiracy to murder by plotting with Abdulla Ahmed Ali, the convicted ringleader of the foiled plan to blow up passenger jets.”
The Times, 10th December 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Solicitors and barristers have reacted with anger to last-minute ‘cost-cutting’ proposals on pay for the most serious criminal cases, which they say ‘drive a coach and horses through two years of patient and careful negotiation’.”
Law Society’s Gazette. 10th December 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Supreme Court
Barratt Homes Ltd v Dwr Cymru Cyfyngedig (Welsh Water) [2009] UKSC 13 (09 December 2009)
Horncastle & Ors, R. v [2009] UKSC 14 (09 December 2009)
A, R (on the application of)v B [2009] UKSC 12 (09 December 2009)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Glaister & Ors v Appelby-In-Westmorland Town Council [2009] EWCA Civ 1325 (09 December 2009)
Dadourian Group International Inc & Ors v Simms & Ors [2009] EWCA Civ 1327 (09 December 2009)
Dhami & Anor v Lloyds TSB General Insurance Ltd [2009] EWCA Civ 1326 (09 December 2009)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
IB v R [2009] EWCA Crim 2575 (09 December 2009)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Kazeminy & Ors v Siddiqi & Ors [2009] EWHC 3207 (Comm) (09 December 2009)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Lord Chancellor v Purnell & Anor [2009] EWHC 3158 (QB) (07 December 2009)
Hughes v Risbridger & Anor [2009] EWHC 3244 (QB) (09 December 2009)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Anglo Swiss Holdings Ltd & Anor v Packman Lucas Ltd [2009] EWHC 3212 (TCC) (09 December 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
The Traffic Management (London Borough of Hounslow) Permit Scheme Order 2009
The Traffic Management (London Borough of Redbridge) Permit Scheme Order 2009
The Traffic Management (London Borough of Islington) Permit Scheme Order 2009
The Traffic Management (Transport for London) Permit Scheme Order 2009
The Traffic Management (City of Westminster) Permit Scheme Order 2009
The Traffic Management (London Borough of Wandsworth) Permit Scheme Order 2009
The Carbon Accounting (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Education (School Teachers’ Qualifications) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Non-Domestic Rating (Small Business Rate Relief) (England) (Amendment) (No.2) Order 2009
The Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Settlements) (England) (Amendment) Order 2009
The Non-Domestic Rating (Stud Farms) (England) Order 2009
The Value Added Tax (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
“The recent controversy over bonuses paid to civil servants employed by the Ministry of Defence highlights the public interest in salaries and bonuses of public sector officials.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 10th December 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Family lawyers have attacked government plans to extend the media’s right to report family cases, warning that they will clog the courts with preliminary hearings and lead to miscarriages of justice.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 10th December 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“MPs are lobbying prime minister Gordon Brown to exclude solicitors from any government-run scheme to compensate workers for asbestos-related pleural plaques.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 10th December 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
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