Taser arrest man plans legal move – BBC News
“A man who claims he was repeatedly shot with a Taser during his arrest in Nottingham intends to sue the police, the BBC understands.”
BBC News, 24th November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Watchdog Lord Carlile attacks Gordon Brown comment on April 2009 raid – The Times
“The Prime Minister has been criticised by his independent reviewer of terrorism legislation for comments he made about an anti-terrorist raid.”
The Times, 25th November 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Constitutional change and the future of parliamentary democracy – Ministry of Justice
“An abridged version of a lecture given by Jack Straw at Brunel University’s Magna Carta Institute on Monday 23 November 2009.”
Ministry of Justice, 24th November 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Pacan & Ors, R. v [2009] EWCA Crim 2436 (16 October 2009)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Transview Properties Ltd v City Site Properties Ltd [2009] EWCA Civ 1255 (24 November 2009)
Widlake v BAA Ltd [2009] EWCA Civ 1256 (23 November 2009)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
The Lord Chancellor v Michael J Reed Ltd [2009] EWHC 2981 (QB) (23 November 2009)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Stratford On Avon District Council v Dyde [2009] EWHC 3011 (Admin) (04 November 2009)
Goldsmith v Director of Public Prosecutions [2009] EWHC 3010 (Admin) (04 November 2009)
Bhatti & Ors v Croydon Magistrates Court & Ors [2009] EWHC 3004 (Admin) (06 November 2009)
High Court (Commercial Court)
SK Shipping (S) Pte Ltd v Petroexport Ltd [2009] EWHC 2974 (Comm) (24 November 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
Rights and Responsibilities: civic duty and the rule of law – Speech by Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, Master of the Rolls
Rights and Responsibilities: civic duty and the rule of law (PDF)
Speech by Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, Master of the Rolls
Denning Lecture, 23 November 2009
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Brittain v N (Aliane and Sear, Third Parties) – WLR Daily
B v N (A and S, Third Parties) [2009] EWHC 2884 (Admin); [2009] WLR (D) 340
“The court’s power under s 80(4) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (now repealed) to order ‘any person having possession of realisable property’ to give possession to a receiver did not empower the court to make such an order against tenants protected by contract and/or statute whose interests had not been determine by a court order.”
WLR Daily, 23rd November 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.
Patel and another v Keles and another – WLR Daily
Patel and another v Keles and another [2009] EWCA Civ 1187; [2009] WLR (D) 339
“Where a landlord opposed an application for renewal of a business tenancy by asserting an intention to occupy the premises for the proposes of his own business, but it was shown that he was highly likely to sell, the landlord did not have the requisite intention to defeat the application for renewal.”
WLR Daily, 23rd November 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.
Al Rawi and Others v Security Service and Others – Times Law Reports
Al Rawi and Others v Security Service and Others
Queen’s Bench Division
“Closed material procedure, as was used in criminal proceedings, sitting in camera and using special advocates who were not allowed to disclose secret evidence to their clients, could be used in a civil claim for damages.”
The Times, 24th November 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Louca v Public Prosecutor, Bielefeld, Germany – Times Law Reports
Louca v Public Prosecutor, Bielefeld, Germany
Supreme Court
“For a European arrest warrant to be valid it needed to make reference only to the domestic warrant, issued in the requesting state, on which it was based. It was not required to make reference to any previous European arrest warrant, based on the same domestic warrant, which might have been issued and subsequently withdrawn.”
The Times, 24th November 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Counter-terror police ‘failed to seek legal advice before arrests’ – The Guardian
“Counter-terrorism police were criticised by the independent reviewer of terrorism today for a total failure to take legal advice in advance of their operation to arrest 12 suspects in Liverpool and Manchester.”
The Guardian, 24th November 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
NSPCC urges more support for child court witnesses – BBC News
“More than 1,000 children under the age of 10 were listed as witnesses in courts in England and Wales last year, BBC News has learned.”
BBC News, 24th November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
CPS asked to consider charging four parliamentarians over expenses – The Guardian
“Prosecutors have been asked to consider charging four parliamentarians in relation to expenses abuses, Scotland Yard said today.”
The Guardian, 23rd November 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Iraq inquiry: witnesses could be given immunity from prosecution – Daily Telegraph
“Witnesses at the inquiry into the Iraq war could be offered immunity from prosecution in exchange for their testimony.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th November 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Simpler, cheaper compensation procedure proposed in new Bill – Ministry of Justice
“Making it easier and less expensive to claim compensation from insolvent defendants is the aim of a new Bill put before Parliament today.”
Ministry of Justice, 23rd November 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Chilcot inquiry into the Iraq war incapable of deciding on legality – judges – The Guardian
“The Chilcot inquiry is incapable of addressing the key issue of whether the invasion of Iraq was legal, senior judicial figures have said, adding to the controversy surrounding the inquiry’s legitimacy.”
The Guardian, 23rd November 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
