Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“Evidence from two or more doctors was required only before plea for a determination that a defendant was unfit to plead.”
The Times, 26th October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Chancery Division
“For an extended civil restraint order to be issued, making someone a vexatious litigant, three unmeritorious claims or applications were the bare minimum to satisfy the requirement of persistence.”
The Times, 26th October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Wilson v Health and Safety Executive, Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening
Court of Appeal
“An employer could be required, in proceedings in which an equal pay claim was brought, to provide objective justification for his use of a length of service criterion as well as its adoption in the first place.”
The Times, 26th October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The House of Lords is expected to vote later on proposed new laws for England and Wales to deal with what campaigners are calling modern-day slavery.”
BBC News, 26th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Ministers are pressing ahead with huge cuts in legal aid fees for lawyers who handle cases involving vulnerable children and families, despite warnings from the most senior family judge.”
The Times, 26th October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Freedom of speech campaigners are claiming victory as the House of Lords is expected to back changes removing ‘anachronistic’ laws which have criminalised libel for more than 700 years.”
The Guardian, 25th October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Children are waiting for more than a year for crucial decisions on where they are to live because of a crisis in the family courts service.”
The Times, 26th October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A court set up to look after the financial interests of people suffering from mental incapacity through illness, accident or dementia has sparked more than 2,000 complaints a year since it was set up.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th October 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A woman who spent her life savings fighting her alleged rapist after he tried to sue her tells of her 14-year ordeal.”
The Sunday Times, 25th October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
The Identity Cards Act 2006 (Prescribed Information) Regulations 2009
The Identity Cards Act 2006 (Provision of Information without Consent) Regulations 2009
The Artist’s Resale Right (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2009
The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2009
The Identity Cards Act 2006 (Fees) Regulations 2009
The Council Tax and Non-Domestic Rating (Electronic Communications) (Wales) Order 2009
The Staffing of Maintained Schools (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Conwy (Llandudno and Conwy) Order 2009
The Wrexham (Communities) Order 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Hunt v AB [2009] EWCA Civ 1092 (22 October 2009)
Generics UK Ltd v Synaptech Inc [2009] EWCA Civ 1119 (16 October 2009)
Wilkinson v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2009] EWCA Civ 1111 (23 October 2009)
Joseph & Ors v Spiller & Anor [2009] EWCA Civ 1075 (22 October 2009)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Pocket Kings Ltd v Safenames Ltd & Anor [2009] EWHC 2529 (Ch) (16 October 2009)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Bank of New York Mellon v GV Films [2009] EWHC 2338 (Comm) (15 September 2009)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Estor Ltd v Multifit (UK) Ltd [2009] EWHC 2565 (TCC) (23 October 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
“Old fashioned chivalry or just old fashioned? A judge has taken the extraordinary step of disrupting a court case to express his exasperation at the modern use of the word partner in place of wife.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd October 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Hundreds of Afghans living in Britain face being deported after immigration judges ruled that their home country’s bloody conflict did not make the region an unsafe place to return failed asylum-seekers.”
The Independent, 23rd October 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A black detective who was racially abused by two of the former Stephen Lawrence murder suspects is claiming that Metropolitan Police discriminated against him at work.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd October 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A former police officer who had sex with a pole dancer while on duty was jailed today for four years.”
The Independent, 23rd October 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A judge allowed a man convicted of assault to walk free from court as he questioned whether offenders sentenced to six months or less serve more than a few days in prison.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th October 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Criminals, including drug dealers and paedophiles, could be evading justice because of errors in magistrates’ courts records, a report has warned.”
BBC News, 23rd October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Russell Carter, a Vietnam war veteran who murdered his boss and tried to kill three other people ‘in acts of callous wickedness, cruelty and inhumanity’, has been sentenced to life in prison.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th October 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A £6m government ad warning about climate change is to be investigated by watchdogs over claims it is misleading and too ‘scary’ for children.”
BBC News, 23rd October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Police can be sued for the estimated £42m damage caused during a riot at a Bedfordshire immigration detention centre, the Court of Appeal has ruled.”
BBC News, 23rd October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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