“A scheme whereby criminals encounter the victims of their crimes can drastically reduce the rate of reoffending, writes Alasdair Palmer.”
The Daily Telegraph, 31st October 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An Icelandic professor has emerged as the latest victim of ‘libel tourism’ in Britain after he was sued in the High Court by a wealthy compatriot for a posting on a website based in Iceland.”
The Sunday Times, 1st November 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Alan Johnson, the Home Secretary, has sacked his chief drugs adviser, Professor David Nutt, after he criticised the reclassification of cannabis and said alcohol and cigarettes were more dangerous than ecstasy.”
The Daily Telegraph, 30th October 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Court of Appeal said false allegations damage conviction rates of genuine rapes and are ‘terrifying’ for innocent victims.
The Daily Telegraph, 30th October 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Investors in the world’s largest structured investment vehicle (SIV) are set to recover their money after the UK’s highest court clarified how the remains of Sigma Finance Corporation should be divided among competing creditors.”
The Times, 28th October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The treatment notes of 214 patients who died at Stafford Hospital, where standards of care have been strongly criticised, are to be reviewed.”
BBC News, 30th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Unite the union is to take legal action to try to stop British Airways’ plans to impose new pay and conditions on 14,000 cabin crew.”
BBC News, 30th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A husband who stabbed his wife more than 30 times after she admitted having an affair was jailed for nine years today as a judge condemned him as ‘egotistical and self-absorbed’.
The Times, 30th October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Wrexham Council has said it is preparing to take legal action following an outbreak of E.coli which affected four people earlier this year.”
BBC News, 29th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man seriously injured after a fall during a night out when he was a student is suing a council for damages.”
BBC News, 29th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
SG South Ltd. v King’s Head Cirencester LLP & Anor [2009] EWHC 2645 (TCC) (29 October 2009)
ROK Building Ltd v Celtic Composting Systems Ltd [2009] EWHC 2664 (TCC) (30 October 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
Earles v Barclays Bank plc [2009] EWHC 2500 (Mercantile); [2009] WLR (D) 309
“Although there was no duty on the parties to preserve documents prior to the commencement of proceedings, after proceedings had begun, the situation was radically different. That was particularly so in relation to electronic information stored by a bank.”
WLR Daily, 29th October 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.
“In proceedings concerning the alleged invalidity of a community trade mark, departments of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) are not bound by earlier final decisions in opposition proceedings, since no force of res judicata attaches to such decisions.”
WLR Daily, 29th October 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.
Court of Appeal
“The words ‘inform’ and ‘notify’ did not necessarily mean the same thing. In section 193(5) of the Housing Act 1996, ‘inform’ applied to the content of a notice and required more from a local authority than ‘notify’; it also included ‘make sure that it was understood’.”
The Times, 30th October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Joseph and Others v Spiller and Another
Court of Appeal
“Where terms in an agency contract were unlawfully contained in a separate document to the main contract, that breach did not necessarily operate to render the entire contract, or even the terms themselves, unenforceable.”
The Times, 30th October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A benefits officer who admitted falsely claiming over £75,000 has been jailed for 14 months at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court.”
BBC News, 29th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A pensioner has been jailed indefinitely for raping and sexually assaulting three children in Nottinghamshire.”
BBC News, 29th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Lawyers received tens of millions of pounds more than they were entitled to in legal aid payments last year, the government auditor has said.”
BBC News, 29th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Tory MP has received damages from one of Gordon Brown’s former spin doctors after he targeted her as part of the ‘smear emails’ scandal.”
The Independent, 30th October 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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