Human Rights Act defended by DPP – BBC News
“The Human Rights Act is not a ‘criminals’ charter’, the Director of Public Prosecutions has said.”
BBC News, 21st October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Forcelux Ltd v Binnie [2009] EWCA Civ 1077 (21 October 2009)
Forcelux Ltd v Binnie [2009] EWCA Civ 854 (21 October 2009)
Muscat v Health Professions Council [2009] EWCA Civ 1090 (21 October 2009)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Perrins v Holland & Ors [2009] EWHC 2558 (Ch) (21 October 2009)
Lomas & Ors v RAB Market Cycles (Master) Fund Ltd & Ors [2009] EWHC 2545 (Ch) (21 October 2009)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Secretary of State for the Home Department v AS [2009] EWHC 2564 (Admin) (21 October 2009)
Hussein v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] EWHC 2492 (Admin) (21 October 2009)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
Family legal aid reforms put vulnerable families and children first – Ministry of Justice
“The Ministry of Justice and the Legal Services Commission have today published new fee structures for family legal aid.”
Ministry of Justice, 21st October 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Murderer’s appeal ‘unarguable from the start’ – The Independent
“A teenager who violently beat a hairdresser to death with a heavy duty barbell lost an appeal against his murder conviction today.”
The Independent, 21st October 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Outrage as ‘secret inquests’ plan revived – The Times
“Civil liberties campaigners today accused the Government of quietly reviving plans to hold investigations into controversial deaths in secret.”
The Times, 21st October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Lord Chief Justice’s statement on “Super-Injunctions” – Judiciary of England and Wales
“In response to a question from a reporter at his media briefing this morning the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge, outlined his view on ‘super-injunctions’.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 20th October 2009
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Charges for Residues Surveillance (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Criminal Defence Service (General) (No.2) (Amendment No.3) Regulations 2009
The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Conditional Cautions: Financial Penalties) Order 2009
The Veterinary Surgery (Artificial Insemination) (Amendment) Order 2009
The Inspectors of Education, Children’s Services and Skills (No. 3) Order 2009
The Copyright (Bermuda) Revocation Order 2009
The Tax Credits (Excluded Companies) Regulations 2009
The Police and Justice Act 2006 (Commencement No. 12) Order 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill second reading – Ministry of Justice
“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
Regina (Electoral Commission) v City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court (United Kingdom Independence Party intervening) – WLR Daily
“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 – Times Law Reports
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 – Times Law Reports
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 – Times Law Reports
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
BAILII: Recent Decisions
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
Freedom of Information – BBC News
“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
The jury’s still out on whether internet use affects the brain – The Times
“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
Lord Judge calls for jury system that caters for computer generation – The Times
“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
Lawyer guilty of conning bank out of millions – The Independent
“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
Free speech in parliament is precious, says lord chief justice – The Guardian
“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
