Met commander Ali Dizaei to launch appeal – The Guardian
“Disgraced officer, jailed for four years, is to appeal against conviction for corruption, says legal team.”
The Guardian, 15th February 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
News of the World may offer Max Clifford cash to settle illegal phone hacking case – The Guardian
“The News of the World is believed to be planning to settle a court case which threatens to disclose further evidence of the involvement of its journalists in illegal information-gathering by private investigators. According to one source at the paper, executives have devised a plan to block the case by offering money to the celebrity PR agent Max Clifford to persuade him to settle his legal action over the illegal interception of his voicemail messages.”
The Guardian, 15th February 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Media asks court to reinstate criticism of MI5 in Binyam Mohamed case – The Times
“Britain’s senior judges will rethink this week their controversial decision to excise damning criticism of MI5 from a ruling published last week. Lawyers for leading British and American media organisations have written to the Court of Appeal asking the judges to reinstate a paragraph — which disclosed how much M15 had been told about the torture of the Guantánamo Bay detainee, Binyam Mohamed — that they removed from their draft judgment after representations from the Foreign Secretary.”
The Times, 16th February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Widow wins damages from negligent Essex hospital – BBC News
“The widow of a solicitor who died while being treated for respiratory failure in hospital has been awarded an undisclosed six-figure sum in damages.”
BBC News, 15th February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
O’Leary faces lawsuit over attack on easyJet founder – The Times
“The two barons of the European budget airline industry are to see each other in court after Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, the founder of easyJet, yesterday instructed Schillings, the libel lawyers, to serve a writ on Michael O’Leary, the chief executive of Ryanair. In a statement released last night, Sir Stelios, the largest shareholder in easyJet, said: ‘My lawyers have today commenced High Court proceedings against Michael O’Leary and Ryanair for libelling me. Full details of my claim against them will be published later this month. It was about time someone was willing to spend the money to take this arrogant man to court for his despicable behaviour.’ ”
The Times, 13th February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Are laws against treason still relevant or useful? – BBC News
“There have been calls for the UK’s treason laws to be used against radical Muslim groups such as Islam4UK in response to their protests about the British army’s campaign in Afghanistan. But how relevant is legislation which dates back to the 14th century?”
BBC News, 15th February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Supreme Court
McInnes v Her Majesty’s Advocate (Rev 1) (Scotland) [2010] UKSC 7 (10 February 2010)
Allison v Her Majesty’s Advocate (Rev 1) (Scotland) [2010] UKSC 6 (10 February 2010)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Asztaslos v Szekszard City Court, Hungary [2010] EWHC 237 (Admin) (12 February 2010)
High Court (Chancery Division)
High Court (Commercial court)
Kommune & Anor v Depfa ACS Bank & Anor [2010] EWHC 227 (Comm) (12 February 2010)
Yechiel v Kerry London Ltd [2010] EWHC 215 (Comm) (12 February 2010)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Carter v Ministry of Justice [2010] EWHC 60 (QB) (12 February 2010)
Guerrero & Ors v Monterrico Metals Plc & Anor [2010] EWHC 160 (QB) (12 February 2010)
Source: www.bailii.org
Terrorist Asset-Freezing (Temporary Provisions) Act 2010
Terrorist Asset-Freezing (Temporary Provisions) Act 2010 published
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2010
The Communications Act 2003 (Disclosure of Information) Order 2010
The Asian Development Bank (Further Payments to Capital Stock) Order 2010
The Pharmacy Order 2010 (Commencement No. 1) Order of Council 2010
The General Pharmaceutical Council (Constitution) Order 2010
Source: www.opsi.co.uk
R (Ghai) v Newcastle upon Tyne City Council (Ramgharia Gurdwara, Hitchin and others intervening) – WLR Daily
“The aims of the provisions of the Cremation Act 1902 were to ensure that cremations were subject to uniform rules throughout the country, to enable the Secretary of State to regulate the manner and places in which cremations were carried out, to require a crematorium to be a building which was appropriately equipped and to ensure that a crematorium was not located near homes or roads. Further, the Act envisaged that crematoria would be constructed, so that, provided a structure was relatively permanent and substantial so that it could properly be said to have been constructed and provided it could normally be so described, the structure would be a ‘building’ within s 2 giving that word its natural and wide meaning.”
WLR Daily, 12th February 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Byers and Others v Yacht Bull Corporation and Another – Times Law Reports
Byers and Others v Yacht Bull Corporation and Another
Chancery Division
“The court had no jurisdiction to hear a claim by English liquidators to beneficial ownership of a yacht acquired by money from Madoff Securities International Ltd.”
The Times, 15th February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Bar Council Chairman Calls for Protection for Legal Aid at Vienna Conference – The Bar Council
“Speaking in Vienna today at the 38th Annual Conference of European Bar Leaders, the Chairman of the Bar, Nicholas Green QC said the latest round of proposed cuts in criminal legal aid in England and Wales, coupled with the absence of a clear strategic vision for the future of legal aid were placing the country’s justice system at risk.”
The Bar Council, 12th February 2010
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
Number of court cases involving Human Rights Act rises by a third – The Times
“Terrorism and deportation cases have fuelled the first rise for seven years in court cases using the Human Rights Act, figures published today show.”
The Times, 15th February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
BNP votes to scrap whites-only policy – The Guardian
“The British National party today voted to scrap its whites-only membership policy in a move dismissed by anti-racist campaigners as ‘cosmetic’. At an extraordinary general meeting held in Essex, members of the far-right party voted in favour of changes to its constitution that would theoretically allow black and Asian people to join.”
The Guardian, 14th February 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Serious and Organised Crime Agency turns spotlight on police corruption – The Guardian
“The Serious and Organised Crime Agency is assessing the scale of corruption within the British police after concerns were raised by senior internal investigators, the Guardian can reveal.”
The Guardian, 14th February 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Men jailed over Blackpool flat stab murder – BBC News
“Two men have been jailed after being found guilty of murdering a man in his Lancashire home.”
BBC News, 12th February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Ruthless ‘inseparable trio’ jailed for life – The Independent
“An ‘inseparable trio of hardcore criminal gang members’ who stole more than £1 million from a Securitas van and conspired to murder a 40-year-old man were jailed for life today.”
The Independent, 12th February 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
County Durham torture murderer jailed for life – BBC News
“A man convicted of helping torture to death his ex-lover’s partner in County Durham has been sentenced to life in prison, with a minimum of 20 years.”
BBC News, 12th February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Ex Cookham Wood inmate wins cancer damages case – BBC News
“A woman who developed breast cancer while in prison has won a High Court negligence claim after medical staff failed to diagnose the disease.”
BBC News, 12th February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
