New rules for MPs to be outlined – BBC News
“Details of how MPs’ expenses will be overhauled are to be outlined as part of a public consultation on changes to the now discredited former system.”
BBC News, 7th January 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Advice for 2010? Love your clients and taking nothing for granted – The Times
“Last year was traumatic for many law firms. Few avoided staff cutbacks or shorter time working. In many cases partners took home significantly less than they had earned in recent years and managing partners have had to take tough decisions to deal with the downturn.”
The Times, 7th January 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Extradition of Gary McKinnon ‘breaches Bill of Rights’ – Daily Telegraph
“Extraditing the alleged British computer hacker Gary Mckinnon to America will breach Britain’s 300-year-old Bill of Rights, a top human rights barrister has said.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th January 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
High Court (Chancery Division)
Far Out Productions Inc v Unilever UK & CN Holdings Ltd [2009] EWHC B42 (Ch) (16 December 2009)
High Court (Administrative Division)
Oakes v Secretary of State for Justice & Ors [2009] EWHC B27 (Admin) (17 December 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
DNA matches solve only a fraction of crimes, police admit – The Guardian
“Only 33,000 of the 4.9m crimes the police recorded last year were solved as a result of a match on the national DNA database, police admitted today.”
The Guardian, 5th January 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Ordering police trainee to cut his hair was not sex discrimination, tribunal rules – OUT-LAW.com
“A trainee police officer who was forced to cut his shoulder-length hair has failed in his claim that the order constituted sex discrimination. An Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) said that the police force’s dress code was fair.”
OUT-LAW.com, 5th January 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
Judges examine rise in complaints against MI5 – The Independent
“A record rise in the number of complaints against MI5 and other bodies authorised to spy on the public is being investigated by judges appointed to oversee the use of surveillance powers in Britain.”
The Independent, 6th January 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Quirk of law leaves larger issues at play – The Times
“The power for a private individual to seek an arrest warrant from a British court for a foreign national they wish to prosecute is an unusual but not unique quirk of English law. The ability, which derives from the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980, is also available in varying forms in the Netherlands, Spain, the Czech Republic and New Zealand.”
The Times, 6th January 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
British government will fight legal attempts to indict Israeli leaders in UK – The Guardian
“Baroness Scotland announces plans to alter laws after attempts to obtain warrants against Israeli generals for war crimes.”
The Guardian, 5th January 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Teenager gets life for burning girlfriend to death – The Independent
“A teenager who poured a can of petrol over his girlfriend and set her on fire was locked up for life today for her murder.”
The Independent, 5th January 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Pedro v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions – Times Law Reports
Pedro v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Court of Appeal
“In order to maintain the freedom of movement or EC workers, the Department of Work and Pensions was obliged to treat a dependent family member of an EU national, who retained his UK worker status, as living in Great Britain for the dependant’s eligibility for a United Kingdom pension credit.”
The Times, 5th January 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Regina (Birmingham City Council) v Birmingham Crown Court, RR, interested party; Regina (South Gloucestershire District Council) v Bristol Crown Court, AW and NW, interested parties – Times Law Reports
Regina (Birmingham City Council) v Birmingham Crown Court, RR, interested party; Regina (South Gloucestershire District Council) v Bristol Crown Court, AW and NW, interested parties
Queen’s Bench Divisional Court
“When considering the grant of an application without notice to extend the time for appealing against an anti-social behaviour order under section 4(1) of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 and rule 7(5) of the Crown Court Rules (SI 1982 No 1109) the judge could take into account the age of the applicant.”
The Times, 5th January 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Regina (Morris) v Newport City Council – Times Law Reports
Regina (Morris) v Newport City Council
Queen’s Bench Division
“The introduction by the local authority of an age limit on taxi cabs in Newport, so as to prohibit cabs more than 12 years old, was flawed. The authority had failed to take account of representations made by the Hackney Drivers’ Association.”
The Times, 5th January 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Law firm probe clients contacted – BBC News
“Letters are being sent to clients of a firm of solicitors which was shut down in an investigation into claims of dishonesty and account irregularities.”
BBC News, 4th January 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Government proposes exemption of small venues from live music licence – The Guardian
“New consultation announced into removing the licensing requirements for concerts with less than 100 attendees.”
The Guardian, 4th January 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Ascot racehorse kill threat man sentenced – BBC News
“A man who threatened to kill a top racehorse in a bid to avoid gambling debts of £55,000 has been given a 34-week suspended jail term.”
BBC News, 4th January 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
New scanners break child porn laws – The Guardian
“The rapid introduction of full body scanners at British airports threatens to breach child protection laws which ban the creation of indecent images of children, the Guardian has learned.”
The Guardian, 4th January 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Number of crimes caught on CCTV falls by 70 per cent, Metropolitan Police admits – Daily Telegraph
“Prosecutions linked to CCTV have fallen in parts of Britain, raising questions about the true impact of the security cameras.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th January 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Deaths in prison custody 2009 – Ministry of Justice
“The Ministry of Justice has announced today that there were 60 apparently self-inflicted deaths among prisoners in England and Wales in 2009.”
Ministry of Justice, 1st January 2010
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Hammonds LLP (a Firm) v Jones – Times Law Reports
Court of Appeal
“‘All partners’ in the context of a clause in a partnership deed dealing with accounts, meant partners at any time during the accounting year to which the particular accounts related, whether or not, by the relevant time, they were still partners in the firm.”
The Times, 4th January 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
