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
“One of the worst disasters in recent British military history was the result of ‘incompetence, complacency and cynicism’ by senior military figures which broke the covenant the country has with its soldiers, a devastating official report has concluded.”
The Independent, 29th October 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Lawyers for the families of the 14 servicemen killed in an RAF Nimrod that exploded over Afghanistan are considering manslaughter charges against two British defence companies.”
The Times, 30th October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A Premier League footballer with a history of violence against women was jailed for 18 months yesterday for punching a student in the face after she rejected his aggressive sexual advances in a nightclub.”
The Times, 30th October 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Justice Secretary Jack Straw has given the ‘Issues in Criminal Justice Lecture’ at the University of Birmingham.”
Ministry of Justice, 29th October 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“A father and his 14-year-old son face life sentences after being convicted of stabbing a man to death in a pub.”
Full story
BBC News, 29th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The County Council of Somerset (River Tone Bridge) Scheme 2008 Confirmation Instrument 2009
The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2009
The Defamation Act 1996 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2009
The Lloyd’s Underwriters (Tax) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
“Solicitors have been overpaid nearly £25m for legal aid work, public spending watchdog the National Audit Office (NAO) reported today.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 29th October 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A man has been convicted of killing his Vodafone executive wife after she admitted to having an affair.”
BBC News, 29th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Supreme Court
High Court (Chancery Division)
Bishops Wholesale Newsagency Ltd & Ors v Surridge Dawson Ltd [2009] EWHC 2578 (Ch) (28 October 2009)
Gaetano Ltd v Obertor Ltd [2009] EWHC 2653 (Ch) (29 October 2009)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Amsprop Ltd v ITW Ltd (t/a Hobart UK) [2009] EWHC 2689 (TCC) (29 October 2009)
High Court (Commercial Court)
High Court (Patents Court)
Boegli-Gravures SA v Darsail-Asp Ltd & Anor [2009] EWHC 2690 (Pat) (29 October 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
“A man who raped a tourist in his home after offering her a place to stay through a travellers’ website has been jailed for 10 years, police said today.”
The Independent, 29th October 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Ministry of Justice today publishes a consultation on the regulations which will control the new Legal Services Board’s power to enter and search the premises of legal profession regulators under warrant.”
Ministry of Justice, 29th October 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“A woman who made a video on her mobile phone of a young girl having simulated sex with a toy walked free from court today.”
The Independent, 29th October 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“New vetting checks designed to protect children and vulnerable people carry a “real risk” of undermining public confidence, the Supreme Court has said.”
BBC News, 29th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The House of Lords is set to get its own standards watchdog in the wake of cash for influence allegations, Lords leader Baroness Royall has said.”
BBC News, 29th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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