Magistrates’ courts error warning – BBC News
“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
Vietnam vet jailed for Reservoir Dogs-style killing over unpaid wages – Daily Telegraph
“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
‘Scary’ UK climate ad faces probe – BBC News
“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 to be sued for riot damage – BBC News
“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
How I’d abolish the House of Lords, by Lord Bingham – The Guardian
“This is an edited extract from the Jan Grodecki annual lecture, delivered last night at Leicester University.”
The Guardian, 23rd October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Silent calls fine raised to maximum of £2m – The Guardian
“Ofcom to clampdown on companies using machines to bulk-call consumers but failing to connect them to an agent when they answer.”
The Guardian, 23rd October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Justice in the raw: everyday tales of human failure laid bare – The Times
“The entrance hall of the new Supreme Court is adorned with lofty declarations of the integrity of British justice. ‘To no one will we deny or delay right or justice’ reads the legend engraved on one floor-to-ceiling glass panel of the building in Parliament Square, in Central London. But just a mile or two south, where the Inner London Crown Court stands hard by the grind and grime of Elephant and Castle, such fine sentiments seem ill-fitting.”
The Times, 23rd October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
High Court (Administrative Court)
S, R (on the application of) v Hampshire County Council [2009] EWHC 2537 (Admin) (22 October 2009)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Power & Anor v HM Revenue and Customs & Anor [2009] EWHC 2580 (Ch) (23 October 2009)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Olafsson v Foreign & Commonwealth Office [2009] EWHC 2608 (QB) (22 October 2009)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Ericsson Ab v Eads Defence and Security Systems Ltd. [2009] EWHC 2598 (TCC) (22 October 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
R v Ghulam – WLR Daily
R v Ghulam; [2009] WLR (D) 303
“The word ‘determination’ in s 4(6) of the Criminal Procedure (Insanity) Act 1964 refers only to a determination that a defendant is unfit to plead so that, where that provision’s requirement for evidence from two or more registered medical practitioners to be before the court has not been met, the trial judge is not bound to adjourn the trial but may properly conclude that the defendant is fit to plead and that the trial may continue.”
WLR Daily, 22nd October 2009
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.
Flood v Times Newspapers Ltd – Times Law Reports
Queen’s Bench Division
“An article which attracted qualified privilege when printed in a newspaper could lose that privilege if its electronic form was kept on the paper’s website after circumstances had changed but the article was not modified to reflect that change in facts. Thus while an article in The Times published on June 2, 2006 was privileged, publication on its website after September 5, 2007 was not.”
The Times, 23rd October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Home Secretary’s statement on the Review of Data Quality: Most Serious Violence – Home Office
“Home Secretary Alan Johnson has released a statement on the publication of Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary data quality review on most serious violence.”
http://www.hmic.gov.uk/sitecollectiondocuments/thematics/thm_20091020.pdf
Home Office, 22nd October 2009
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
Hammer attack review is quashed – BBC News
“A review into a hammer attack on a Wiltshire schoolboy was so flawed that it must be quashed, a judge has ruled.”
BBC News, 22nd October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Acquitted man barred from suing rape accuser – The Guardian
“A former magistrate who spent two years in jail before being cleared of rape has lost his legal battle to sue his accuser for £300,000 damages.”
The Guardian, 22nd October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Meat firm fined over beck spill – BBC News
“A meat processing company in Lincolnshire has been fined £10,000 after ammonia escaped into a stream and killed 100 fish.”
BBC News, 23rd October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Criticism over meningitis death – BBC News
“A hospital has been criticised by a coroner for failing to spot that a 10-year-old boy, who later died from meningitis, was gravely ill.”
BBC News, 23rd October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Prisoner’s High Court battle for the right to vote – The Independent
“A prisoner has launched a High Court battle for the right to vote in parliamentary and EU elections.”
The Independent, 23rd October 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Equality bill takes aim at ‘institutional ageism’ in NHS – The Guardian
“Ageism within the NHS and social care is set to be made illegal after a review of the treatment of older people found discrimination was ‘rooted’ in the attitudes of staff and organisations.”
The Guardian, 23rd October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Children allegedly hurt by police CS spray during arrest – The Guardian
“A senior police officer tonight said his force was concerned by complaints that children were injured by CS spray during an arrest.”
The Guardian, 23rd October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Law of confidence can trump libel law, rules High Court – OUT-LAW.com
“The High Court has upheld a famous person’s rights under the law of confidence over someone else’s right to reveal his activity with a prostitute under defamation law. The Court has granted an interim injunction which will keep the man’s identity a secret.”
OUT-LAW.com, 22nd October 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Amendment to Schedule 6 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 Order 2009
The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Commencement No. 22) Order 2009
The Designs (Convention Countries) (Amendment) Order 2009
The European Communities (Designation) (No. 4) Order 2009
The Health Professions (Hearing Aid Dispensers) Order 2009
The Transfer of Functions of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal Order 2009
The British Nationality Act 1981 (Amendment of Schedule 6) Order 2009
The Copyright and Performances (Application to Other Countries) (Amendment) Order 2009
The Patents (Convention Countries) (Amendment) Order 2009
The Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills Order 2009
The Food Labelling (Declaration of Allergens) (England) Regulations 2009
The Manufactured Interest (Tax) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Income Tax (Manufactured Overseas Dividends) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
