“Government proposals to end the hereditary principle in the House of Lords will be debated today as the Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill has its second reading.”
Ministry of Justice, 20th October 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Once an impermissible donation had been made to a registered political party and the party had not returned it a magistrates’ court should on an application by the Electoral Commission normally exercise its discretion under section 58(2) of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 to order forfeiture of an amount equal to the value of the donation.”
WLR Daily, 19th 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.
Regina (GG) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
Court of Appeal
“There was no general requirement in a control order to submit to searches of the person.”
The Times, 21st October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Matalan Retail Ltd v Commissioners of Revenue and Customs
Chancery Division
“Where, for duty purposes, a classification was allocated to imported swimwear but that was then revised and corrected, the VAT and Duties Tribunal and Revenue and Customs Commissioners were not precluded by the doctrines of estoppel or abuse of process from retaining the monetary difference between the correct higher rates paid and the sums which would have been due under the original lower classification.”
The Times, 21st October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Regina (Child Poverty Action Group) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Court of Appeal
“Where the cause of an overpayment of social security benefits was neither misrepresentation nor non-disclosure, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions was not entitled to resort to common law to recover the money paid.”
The Times, 21st October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Birmingham City Council v Qasim & Ors [2009] EWCA Civ 1080 (20 October 2009)
Wilson v Health and Safety Executive [2009] EWCA Civ 1074 (20 October 2009)
Budejovicky Budvar Narodni Podnik v Anheuser-Busch Inc [2009] EWCA Civ 1022 (20 October 2009)
Boggis & Anor v Natural England [2009] EWCA Civ 1061 (20 October 2009)
AS (Afghanistan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] EWCA Civ 1076 (20 October 2009)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Red 12 Trading Ltd v Revenue & Customs [2009] EWHC 2563 (Ch) (20 October 2009)
Jirehouse Capital & Ors v Beller & Anor [2009] EWHC 2538 (Ch) (20 October 2009)
High Court (Queen’s Bench)
Guerrero & Ors v Monterrico Metals Plc & Anor (Rev 1) [2009] EWHC 2475 (QB) (16 October 2009)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Casson & Anor v The Law Society [2009] EWHC 1943 (Admin) (20 October 2009)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
“The Freedom of Information Act 2000 finally came into force on 1st January 2005.
Soon to celebrate its fifth birthday the Act is regarded by many as a crucial tool in bringing transparency and accountability to government.”
BBC News, 20th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Advances in technology have revealed that our brains are far more altered by experience or training than was thought possible. The memory-storing hippocampus region of the brain in London taxi drivers is bigger, and the auditory areas of musicians more developed, than average. Even learning to juggle can result in a certain amount of rewiring of the brain.”
The Times, 21st October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The jury system is threatened by the internet generation, who no longer get their information from listening to people speaking, the Lord Chief Justice warned yesterday.”
The Times, 21st October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A powerful City lawyer was facing jail yesterday after being found guilty of conning one the world’s richest banks out of millions of pounds.”
The Independent, 21st October 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Britain’s most senior judge has warned his fellow judges that he cannot envisage any circumstances in which it would be “constitutionally possible or proper” for a court to make an order that gagged debate in parliament. His warning follows the Guardian’s free speech victory last week when lawyers for the oil trading company Trafigura gave up their attempt to gag parliament over its dumping of toxic waste in Ivory Coast.”
The Guardian, 20th October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An intern at Hoare Govett accused of leaking secret information about takeovers was given menial tasks, a court heard.”
The Times, 20th October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Culture secretary Ben Bradshaw revealed today that controversial measures to tackle illegal file-sharing will be watered down following fierce opposition.”
The Guardian, 20th October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Companies that pay staff more for long service could be forced to scrap schemes after a landmark ruling that they might discriminate against women.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th October 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Lord Chief Justice has said public confidence in the justice system will be ‘undermined’ if prosecutions are abandoned because they cost too much.”
BBC News, 20th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Competition Commission must reconsider its ban on the sale of payment protection insurance (PPI) at the same time as a loan or credit, the Competition Appeal Tribunal has ruled. But the decision is not necessarily the end of the point of sale prohibition.”
OUT-LAW.com, 20th October 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“Mr Justice Eady’s rulings amplify the democratic world’s most illiberal laws – enabled by 12 years of utterly feeble leadership.”
The Guardian, 19th October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
King, R. v [2009] EWCA Crim 1990 (09 September 2009)
Boothe, R. v [2009] EWCA Crim 1938 (10 September 2009)
Blythe, R. v [2009] EWCA Crim 1982 (17 September 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
Queen’s Bench Division
“Although there was no duty on parties to preserve documents before proceedings commenced, after that the situation was radically different.”
The Times, 20th October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Regina (QY) (China) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
Court of Appeal
“Even if the assumption was made that removing a foreign national who had forfeited the right to remain could amount to an interference with private life within the meaning of article 8.1 of the European Convention on Human Rights, her removal was nevertheless lawful.”
The Times, 20th October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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