Alexis v Newham London Borough Council
Queen’s Bench Division
“A local authority owed a duty of care to its teachers to take such precautions as were reasonable to prevent or minimise the risk of injury that might occur as a result of mischievous or malicious behaviour on the part of pupils.”
The Times, 15th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Lewis and Another v Metropolitan Property Realisations Ltd
Court of Appeal
“A trustee in bankruptcy had three years from the date of the bankruptcy to get in the full cash consideration for the assignment of the bankrupt’s interest in his former matrimonial home, or else the property would re-vest in the bankrupt.”
The Times, 15th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Court of Appeal
“An offer by a negligent driver’s insurers to a claimant of a free replacement car while repairs were being done had to make clear to the claimant the cost to the defendant of hiring the car. A claimant who unreasonably rejected the offer did not forfeit his damages claim altogether.”
The Times, 15th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“This consultation paper sets out the details of the draft regulations for the introduction of means testing for criminal legal aid in the Crown Court.”
Ministry of Justice, 14th July 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“This speech is a good opportunity to take stock – four years after the Constitutional Reform Act fundamentally changed the relationship between the judiciary and the Executive, and a matter of months before the UK Supreme Court opens, heralding a new era in the separation of powers.”
Ministry of Justice, 14th July 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Andrew Walker of Maitland Chambers, solicitors from housing charity Shelter, and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, together acted pro bono to save a family from eviction of their home of 20 years. In the process they obtained the first large Section 194 ‘pro bono costs order’, requiring the losing party to pay £20,000 to the Access to Justice Foundation to support yet more pro bono.”
The Bar Council, 14th July 2009
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
“The government has suffered a defeat in the Lords where peers have backed plans for an independent commissioner for terrorist suspects.”
BBC News, 13th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man jailed for life 11 years ago after admitting repeatedly stabbing his wife to death when she left him, is appealing against his conviction.”
BBC News, 14th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A surgeon who cut into a patient’s brain during a sinus operation has been cleared by the General Medical Council.”
BBC News, 14th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A tourism campaign depicting the areas of the West Bank, Gaza Strip and Golan Heights as part of Israel has been banned by the advertising watchdog following hundreds of complaints.”
The Guardian, 15th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man who posed as a businessman to trick two couples into renting out their homes where he and his wife squatted has been jailed for 15 months.”
BBC News, 14th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
” ‘Humanitarian considerations’ that have arisen in the case of Asperger’s syndrome sufferer Gary McKinnon mean he should not face trial in the US for hacking into American military computers, the high court heard today.”
The Guardian, 14th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A golfer who beat a fellow player around the head with an eight iron after an outbreak of ‘golf rage’ was today jailed for nine months.”
The Guardian, 14th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Kenneth Erskine, known as the Stockwell Strangler after he killed seven London pensioners in a three-month period in 1986, has today had his murder convictions reduced to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.”
The Times, 14th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Speculation is mounting at the bar that Lord David Neuberger [sic] will become the 95th Master of the Rolls (MR) when the incumbent MR Anthony Clarke joins the Supreme Court in October.”
The Lawyer, 12th July 2009
Source: www.thelawyer.com
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
DA (Colombia) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] EWCA Civ 682 (13 July 2009)
Bourne Leisure Ltd (t/a British Holidays) v Marsden [2009] EWCA Civ 671 (13 July 2009)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Knaggs v R. [2009] EWCA Crim 1363 (13 July 2009)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
S & D Property Investments Ltd v Nisbet [2009] EWHC 1726 (Ch) (13 July 2009)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Geofizika DD v MMB International Ltd [2009] EWHC 1675 (Comm) (10 July 2009)
Midgulf International Ltd v Groupe Chimiche Tunisien [2009] EWHC 1684 (Comm) (13 July 2009)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Stokes v London Borough of Brent [2009] EWHC 1426 (QB) (10 July 2009)
Green v Sunset & Vine Productions Ltd & Ors [2009] EWHC 1610 (QB) (13 July 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
Court of Appeal
“Chapter 2 of Part 11 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 provided a comprehensive code on the admissibility of hearsay in criminal proceedings.”
The Times, 14th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Everitt v Budhram (a Bankrupt) and Another
Chancery Division
“The needs of a bankrupt could include his financial, medical, emotional and mental needs.”
The Times, 14th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Court of Appeal
“It was not possible to strike out a genuine claim on the ground that the claimant had been involved in a fraud upon the court in respect of an associated claim.”
The Times, 14th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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