OAP’s payout after bank’s advice – BBC News
“A 91-year-old retired farmer has won nearly £200,000 compensation after he was advised by his bank to invest his savings on the stock market.”
BBC News, 23rd July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Gas fitter trial ‘stark warning’ – BBC news
“A gas fitter’s manslaughter conviction after the death of two friends from carbon monoxide poisoning is a ‘stark warning’ to unqualified workmen.”
BBC News, 24th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Woman jailed for killing husband – BBC News
“A mother-of-four from Northampton has been found guilty of killing her husband by knifing him in the heart.”
BBC News, 23rd July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Asda back-pedals after advert shows £70 bike built so badly it was dangerous – The Guardian
“Supermarket pulls TV ad for ‘flat-pack’ bike after experts say brakes and steering would not work properly.”
The Guardian, 23rd July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
CPS ‘outdated and ripe for reform’ says boss – The Guardian
“The director of public prosecutions, Keir Starmer, plans revamp of criminal justice system, with victims and witnesses to be the focus of changes.”
The Guardian, 23rd July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Tax avoidance experts may face FSA crackdown – The Guardian
“Bank bosses who allow their firms to devise schemes to help customers avoid paying tax could face sanctions from the Financial Services Authority.”
The Guardian, 23rd July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Water companies told to spend less and pass benefit to customers – The Times
“Britain’s water companies were ordered yesterday to slash 4 per cent from their bills by 2015 in a rare piece of good news for millions of hard-pressed consumers.”
The Times, 24th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Sex offender register for life ‘breaches rights’ of rapists and paedophiles – Daily Telegraph
“Placing rapists and paedophiles on the sex offenders register for life with no chance of review breaches their human rights, the Court of Appeal has ruled.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th July 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Newly wed couple faces 18-month separation under Forced Marriages Act – The Guardian
“MPs have taken up the case of two young newlyweds who are being forced apart as an unintended consequence of a new immigration law aimed at protecting Asian women from forced marriages.”
The Guardian, 24th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Richard Desmond loses libel case against Tom Bower – The Guardian
“High court jury rejects Express owner Richard Desmond’s libel case against author Tom Bower by majority verdict.”
The Guardian, 24th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Ofgem fines EDF £2m for poor customer service – The Times
“Energy regulators have fined EDF energy £2 million for failing to connect new customers quickly enough.”
The Times, 24th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Police investigated over notes that could give Gilfoyle murder alibi – The Times
“Prosecutors have been called in to consider charges of perverting justice and official misconduct after The Times found notes that indicate a convicted wife murderer is innocent.”
The Times, 24th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Lord Neuberger named Master of the Rolls – The Times
“The youngest of the law lords is to be the next head of England and Wales’ civil justice system, Downing Street announced today.”
The Times, 23rd July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Tilley, R. v [2009] EWCA Crim 1426 (20 July 2009)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
O’Donnell v Shanahan & Anor [2009] EWCA Civ 751 (22 July 2009)
High Court (Administrative Court)
McDougal, R (on the application of) v Liverpool City Council [2009] EWHC 1821 (Admin) (22 July 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
Central Bedfordshire Council v Housing Action Zone Ltd and Others – Times Law Reports
Central Bedfordshire Council v Housing Action Zone Ltd and Others
Court of Appeal
“On a judicial review of the reasonableness of a local authority’s decision to seek possession of land with unauthorised occupiers, the county court could look at a series of decisions including one made at the time of the hearing. If any one of the series could be shown to be unreasonable it could be challenged. The court should go beyond the pure rationality test.”
The Times, 23rd July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Regina (P) v Secretary of State for Justice – Times Law Reports
Regina (P) v Secretary of State for Justice
Court of Appeal
“A real and immediate risk to life was required to justify a self-harming young man’s request that the State investigate treatment he received while detained in a young offenders institution.”
The Times, 23rd July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Her Majesty’s Treasury v Information Commissioner – WLR Daily
Her Majesty’s Treasury v Information Commissioner [2009] EWHC 1811 (Admin); [2009] WLR (D) 251
“The convention that law officers’ advice to ministerial departments should not be disclosed without their consent continued to operate after the enactment of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, but was subject to the principles of that Act.”
WLR Daily, 22nd July 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.
Expanded plans to tackle serious youth violence announced – Ministry of Justice
“The government has announced details of the next phase of the Tackling Knives Action Programme, including a specialist team to take on gang-related violence.”
Ministry of Justice, 22nd July 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Poor Relief: Repeals Consultation – Law Commission
“In our consultation paper we propose the repeal of 57 obsolete Acts relating to the poor law relief arrangements that existed before the advent of the modern welfare state. Indeed most of them are relics of the parish-based system that existed before 1834. The earliest of them date back to 1697 during the reign of William III and made provision for the poor in areas such as Colchester, Exeter, Hereford and Shaftesbury.”
Law Commission, 23rd July 2009
Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Saving Gateway Accounts Regulations 2009
The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Armed Forces) Order 2009
The Value Added Tax (Buildings and Land) Order 2009
The Value Added Tax (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2009
The Gambling Act 2005 (Gaming Tables in Casinos) (Definitions) Regulations 2009
The Taxation of Pension Schemes (Transitional Provisions) (Amendment No. 2) Order 2009
The Individual Savings Account (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2009
The Meat (Official Controls Charges) (Wales) Regulations 2009
The Education (Free School Lunches) (Working Tax Credit) (Wales) Order 2009
The Local Government (Wales) Measure 2009 (Commencement No 1) Order 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
