Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Guyett & Anor v R [2009] EWCA Crim 1943 (08 October 2009)
Electric Gate Services Ltd, R v [2009] EWCA Crim 1942 (08 October 2009)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Courtman v Ludlam & Anor [2009] EWHC 2067 (Ch) (06 August 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“Deterrent and punitive sentences should be imposed on those involved in the large scale importation and/or manufacture, sale and distribution of guns and, as well as very lengthy determinate sentences, indeterminate sentences should also be considered.”
The Times, 9th October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Police Community Support Officers are disciplined at twice the rate of rank-and-file police, new figures show.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th October 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Sharon Shoesmith, the former head of children’s services at the centre of the Baby Peter case, was made aware of ‘very significant professional failings’ in her department at Haringey before she was sacked, the high court heard today.”
The Guardian, 8th October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Britain’s most revered newspaper editor returned to the scene of his greatest triumph yesterday, joining thalidomide survivors to demand that the Government acknowledge its role in the world’s worst drug disaster.”
The Independent, 9th October 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Investors hit by the downturn and who choose not to complete property deals can still be forced to buy after a court injunction, lawyers have warned.”
BBC News, 8th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The mother of a schoolgirl who disappeared 10 years ago is to give evidence against her husband at his trial for the alleged murder of their daughter in a so-called ‘honour killing’. Tulay Goren, 15, was murdered by her father and his brothers because she fell in love with the wrong man, an Old Bailey jury heard today.”
The Guardian, 8th October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Immigration rules have been quietly relaxed to allow tens of thousands of asylum seekers to stay – so a deadline to clear a massive backlog can be met, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.”
Daily Telegraph,
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Couples are increasingly settling divorce disputes outside court through a new American-style method which could be extended to other litigation, one of Britain’s top judges said last night.”
The Times, 8th October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Pomfrett, R v [2009] EWCA Crim 1939 (08 October 2009)
Mejia & Anor, R v [2009] EWCA Crim 1940 (08 October 2009)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Al Tamimi v Khodari [2009] EWCA Civ 1042 (08 October 2009)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Brentwood Borough Council v Ball & Ors [2009] EWHC 2433 (QB) (08 October 2009)
High Court (Chancery Division)
North Eastern Properties Ltd v Coleman & Anor [2009] EWHC 2174 (Ch) (20 August 2009)
Rawnsley & Anor v Weatherall Green & Smith North Ltd [2009] EWHC 2393 (Ch) (06 October 2009)
Mayes v HM Revenue & Customs [2009] EWHC 2443 (Ch) (08 October 2009)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Commercial Court)
AET Inc Ltd v Arcadia Petroleum Ltd [2009] EWHC 2337 (Comm) (08 October 2009)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Barr & Ors v Biffa Waste Services Ltd (No.2) [2009] EWHC 2444 (TCC) (2 October 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
“A transsexual refused breast enlargement surgery on the NHS is to take her case to the High Court, at a cost of tens of thousands of pounds to the hospital’s budget.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th October 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Britain’s would-be computer hackers are to be targeted in a campaign to persuade them to turn their back on illegal activities and become cyber security ‘top guns’.”
The Times, 8th October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
CR v Local Authority and the Guardian [2009] EWCA Civ 1008 (07 October 2009)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Sumbulu v Sarker & Ors [2009] EWHC 2424 (QB) (02 October 2009)
Edwards v Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust [2009] EWHC 2011 (QB) (31 July 2009)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Costain Ltd v Charles Haswell & Partners Ltd [2009] EWHC B25 (TCC) (24 September 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
Vicente Pereda v Madrid Movilidad SA; Case C-277/08
Court of Justice of the European Communities
“National provisions or collective agreements which provided that a worker who was sick during a period of scheduled annual leave did not have the right, after his recovery, to take his annual leave at another time were unlawful.”
The Times, 8th October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Queen’s Bench Division
“Provisions permitting an employer to require retirement at the age of 65 were justified where he could show that the treatment was a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim since the government had a legitimate social policy aim: protecting the integrity and confidence in the United Kingdom labour market.”
The Times, 8th October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Practice Direction (Criminal Proceedings: Additional Forms); [2009] WLR (D) 293
“The forms for use in connection with the following Parts of the Criminal Procedure Rules 2005, as amended, were set out. The amendments were to take effect on 5 October 2009.”
WLR Daily, 7th 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.
“Leading family lawyer Christina Blacklaws has hit out at the ‘dangerous’ workload of employed guardians at the Children and Family Court Advisory Service (Cafcass).”
Law Society’s Gazette, 8th October 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“This week the Lord Chief Justice issued new guidelines on gun crime. Nothing unusual in that, but Lord Judge also made a point of drawing the media’s attention to key points in his judgment. A small move, but indicative of a big change in approach.”
The Times, 8th October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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