“Ministers have been condemned for failing to implement a law designed to help victims of NHS negligence and improve patient safety.”
The Independent, 30th August 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Amro International SA and anr v Financial Services Authority and ors; [2009] WLR (D) 288
“Although the purpose of ss 169–172 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 was to facilitate investigation in support of overseas regulators and such co-operation was desirable in order to maintain the regulation of financial markets and banks, the nature of the claim in respect of which the Financial Services Authority’s assistance was sought was of fundamental importance and it was wrong to exercise the powers to aid an investigation into allegations that were not made in that claim. The correct approach was to apply a test of proportionality and the documents required should be properly specified.”
WLR Daily, 28th August 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.
“A government policy to fine drunken troublemakers up to £2,500 under a new system of ‘alcohol asbos’ introduced today has been rubbished by magistrates whose job it is to impose them.”
The Guardian, 31st August 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A sex abuse victim has been jailed for six years for blackmailing the man who abused him.”
BBC News, 28th August 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“New powers to impose Drinking Banning Orders – dubbed ‘booze Asbos’ – on people who behave anti-socially while drunk have come under fire.”
BBC News, 31st August 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Britain’s biggest law firms suffered a dip in profits for the first time in a decade last year but still enjoyed one of their best years, earning more than £4 billion.”
The Times, 31st August 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A police watchdog is investigating claims that officers used a Taser stun gun on a man’s head during an arrest.”
The Guardian, 31st August 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Sharon Shoesmith, the social services chief who was sacked over the Baby P scandal, compares her treatment to that of the killers of James Bulger in a legal challenge, it has been reported.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st September 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Binyam Mohamed, the former Guantanamo detainee, has reversed a decision to stay out of the public eye by signalling his determination to campaign for justice for prisoners at the American detention camp and highlight the lifelong effects of torture he suffered at the hands of his interrogators.”
The Independent, 31st August 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Women in same-sex relationships can now register both their names on the birth certificate of a child conceived as a result of fertility treatment.”
BBC News, 31st August 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Judges will go back to school to have their skills tested, under a radical training programme.”
The Times, 1st September 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A company director who killed his neighbour’s dog by hitting it with a garden hoe after a long-running feud had the case against him dismissed today.”
The Guardian, 28th August 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
McLaughlin & Ors v Newall [2009] EWHC 1925 (QB) (31 July 2009)
High Court (Family Court)
KSO v MJO & Anor [2009] EWHC 2152 (Fam) (10 August 2009)
High Court (Patents Court)
Molnlycke Health Care AB v Wake Forest University & Anor [2009] EWHC 2204 (Pat) (28 August 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
“A man who poisoned his estranged wife’s tea with mercury has been given a 350-day suspended sentence.”
BBC News, 28th August 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man who abducted and raped two teenage girls was jailed for 14 years today.”
The Independent, 28th August 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2009
The Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (Commencement No.2) (England) Order 2009
The Children Act 1989 (Higher Education Bursary)(England) Regulations 2009
The Education (Free School Lunches) (Child Tax Credit) (Wolverhampton City Council) Order 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
“A man who made a hoax 999 call claiming a nail bomb would be planted at Blackpool Pleasure Beach was jailed for two years today.”
Full story
The Independent, 27th August 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Two senior police officers are to appear before magistrates today over claims they abused their positions to avoid speeding fines.”
The Independent, 28th August 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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