Fines after fairground ride smash – BBC news
“The owner of a faulty fairground ride and an inspector have each been fined £2,000 after 10 people were hurt when it collapsed at an event in Suffolk.”
BBC News, 30th November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Age of criminal responsibility ‘should be raised from 10 to 14′ – Daily Telegraph
“At present, child defendants are at increased risk of suffering miscarriages of justice because the courts service does not identify their vulnerabilities or ensure they understand their legal rights, the Prison Reform Trust claimed. Given that many child offenders are among ‘the most vulnerable children in society’, they should instead be dealt with through a welfare-based system rather than an adversarial court trial.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st December 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Vulnerable Defendants in the Criminal Courts – Prison Reform Trust
” ‘Vulnerable Defendants in the Criminal Courts’ reviews the provision of support in the court system for adults with learning disabilities or learning difficulties. The second half of the report examines the situation for children.”
Prison Reform Trust, 1st December 2009
Source: www.prisonreformtrust.org.uk
Sweeping change to social work standards – The Guardian
“Guidelines will be introduced to ensure all social workers have manageable workloads, high quality supervision and time for professional training, the children’s secretary, Ed Balls, and the health secretary, Andy Burnham, will announce today.”
The Guardian, 1st December 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Failed by police – the woman whose rape complaint was lost in pile of paperwork – The Guardian
“A police force has admitted failing a woman whose allegation of rape was not investigated because her case notes were left under piles of paperwork on a detective’s desk, the Guardian has learned. In the first known case of its kind in the UK, the woman launched legal proceedings against Cambridgeshire police, claiming its lack of action had breached her human rights, after she discovered the rape had not been recorded as a crime.”
The Guardian, 1st December 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
British Library to return Benevento Missal under Nazi loot law – The Times
“A medieval book is to become the first item from a British national museum to be returned to its rightful owners under a new law governing looted artefacts.”
The Times, 1st December 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Rapist jailed for teenager attack – BBC News
“A man who raped a drunk teenager as she walked home from a party in Manchester has been jailed indefinitely.”
BBC News, 30th November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Hospital payout for birth blunder – BBC News
“An eight-year-old boy affected by behavioural problems as a result of a hospital blunder during his birth has won £1.4m in damages.”
BBC News, 30th November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Disabled man killed by bed hoist – BBC News
“A disabled man choked to death after becoming trapped in a mechanical hoist which failed as he was using it to get into bed, an inquest has heard.”
BBC News, 30th November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Ian Tomlinson’s family claim senior officer misled G20 death inquiry – The Guardian
“The family of Ian Tomlinson, the man who died at the G20 protests, todayannounced they have uncovered evidence that a senior Scotland Yard officer tried to mislead investigators over the death.”
The Guardian, 30th November 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Doctor loses court battle over fines for parking on his own land – Daily Telegraph
“A doctor who took his local council to court after repeatedly being fined for parking on his own land has lost his legal battle at the Court of Appeal.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th November 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Scout leader jailed for boy abuse – BBC News
“A former scout leader who ‘groomed’ a teenage boy for sex while taking him away for kayaking trips has been jailed for four years at Norwich Crown Court.”
BBC News, 30th November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Woman wins £3m birth injury award – BBC News
“A woman is to receive about £3m in compensation for injuries that were caused to her when she was born 37 years ago.”
BBC News, 30th November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Footballer stab killer detained – BBC news
“A 14-year-old boy who accidentally stabbed his friend, a promising footballer, in the neck in east London has been detained for six years.”
BBC News, 30th November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Christian loses sex therapy case – BBC News
“A relationship counsellor from Bristol who refused to offer sex therapy to gay couples has lost his appeal for unfair dismissal.”
BBC News, 30th November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Martin v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2009] EWCA Civ 1289 (27 November 2009)
Z & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Dept [2009] EWCA Civ 1287 (27 November 2009)
Parker v Tui UK Ltd [2009] EWCA Civ 1261 (27 November 2009)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Campbell v R [2009] EWCA Crim 2459 (27 November 2009)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Sandi v Craiova Court, Romania [2009] EWHC 3079 (Admin) (27 November 2009)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Oxfam v Revenue and Customs [2009] EWHC 3078 (Ch) (27 November 2009)
Equilift Ltd, Re [2009] EWHC 3104 (Ch) (27 November 2009)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Novologistics Sarl v Five Ocean Corporation the “Merida” [2009] EWHC 3046 (Comm) (27 November 2009)
High Court (Patents Court)
Sun Microsystems Inc v M-Tech Data Ltd & Anor [2009] EWHC 2992 (Pat) (25 November 2009)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Fitzroy Robinson Ltd v Mentmore Towers Ltd [2009] EWHC 3070 (TCC) (26 November 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 2009
The M60 Motorway (Junction 25) (Speed Limit) Regulations 2009
The Ministry of Defence Police (Conduct) Regulations 2009
The Provision of Services (Insolvency Practitioners) Regulations 2009
The Utilities Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Procurement of criminal legal aid in England and Wales – Ministry of Justice
“The Ministry of Justice and Legal Services Commission have today responded to the National Audit Office’s report into procurement of criminal legal aid in England and Wales.”
Ministry of Justice, 27th November 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Bee and another v Thompson – WLR Daily
Bee and another v Thompson [2009] EWCA Civ 1212; [2009] WLR (D) 345
“Where a bequest of land in adjacent parcels to different beneficiaries expressly provided that the owner of one parcel should enjoy a right of way over a track running over the other, but the vesting consents which conveyed the land to the beneficiaries did not grant such an easement, the will and the assents were to be construed together as a single transaction so as to give full effect to the testatrix’s intention. However such a right of way ‘at all times and for all purposes connected with’ the dominant tenement did not entitle the owner of that land to increase the user of the right of way from that associated with the agricultural purposes for which it had been used when the right of way had been granted to that associated with three houses.”
WLR Daily, 30th November 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.
BA (Nigeria) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; PE (Cameroon) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily
“A person who had made an asylum claim or a human rights claim within the meaning of s 113(1) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 was entitled, by virtue of s 92(4)(a), to remain in the United Kingdom until his appeal against a decision that he be removed from the UK had been disposed of, unless the Secretary of State had issued certificates to contrary effect under ss 94 or 96 of the Act.”
WLR Daily, 26th November 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.
