Tan salon owner sentenced after girl burned on sunbed – BBC News
“The owner of a tanning salon where a schoolgirl was badly burned on a sunbed has been told to pay £6,000 costs.”
BBC News, 8th December 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Arsonist who killed three-year-old girl jailed for life – The Guardian
“A man who killed a three-year-old girl in a house fire during a revenge attack at the home of his former girlfriend’s family was today jailed for life for murder.”
The Guardian, 8th December 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Nitrate Pollution Prevention (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Accreditation Regulations 2009
The Thurrock and Basildon College (Dissolution) Order 2009
The Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council (School Meals) Order 2009
The Traffic Management (London Borough of Brent) Permit Scheme Order 2009
The Traffic Management (London Borough of Barnet) Permit Scheme Order 2009
The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data and National Implementation Measures Regulations 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Patel and Another v Keles and Another – Times Law Reports
Patel and Another v Keles and Another
Court of Appeal
“Where a landlord opposed an application for renewal of a business tenancy but it was shown that were he to regain the lease he was highly likely to sell, he did not have the requisite intention to occupy the premises for the purpose of carrying on his business.”
The Times, 8th December 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Regina (Boggis and Another) v Natural England – Times Law Reports
Regina (Boggis and Another) v Natural England
Court of Appeal
“The notification of a site of special scientific interest by English Nature was not a plan or project requiring an assessment of its conservation implications on any special protection area which it might affect.”
The Times, 8th December 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Candy brothers lose latest stage in court battle over Chelsea Barracks – Daily Telegraph
“Christian and Nick Candy, property developers … claim Qatari Diar Real Estate Investments broke a £119 million contract after an alleged intervention by the Prince of Wales.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th December 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Judge leaves court to calm down during case of ‘abandoned’ sick child – The Times
“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
Green Cross Code for internet to be launched – Daily Telegraph
“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
Migrant marriage teenagers lose High Court battle – BBC News
“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
Prison psychologist ‘found dismembered Barbie dolls by her car’ – Daily Telegraph
“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
Dr Crippen’s relative fails in bid to secure pardon – BBC News
“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
Consumer Advocate will get class action-style powers, says Government – OUT-LAW.com
“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
Prince Charles’s wedding harpist guilty of handling stolen goods – The Guardian
” 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
Teenager condemned over war memorial outrage – The Independent
“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
Libel law analysis – The Guardian
“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
BAILII: Recent Decisions
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 – WLR Daily
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 – WLR Daily
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 – WLR Daily
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.
