MoD press officer sues government – BBC News
“A Ministry of Defence press officer is to sue the government, claiming his health was affected by having to deal with the families of dead soldiers.”
BBC News, 5th August 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
School protection register is flawed – The Independent
“The man whose inquiry led to new vetting procedures for adults working with children today calls on the Government to rethink parts of its controversial anti-paedophile register.”
The Independent, 6th August 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Corby ‘toxic soup’ case: why it’s a long way from being over – The Times
“The satisfaction of the Corby families last week about the High Court ruling over the link between the reclamation work of a former British Steel plant between 1985 and 1999 and the disabilities suffered by their children might have suggested that the compensation cheques had already being written.”
The Times, 6th August 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Men jailed over drugs and torture – BBC News
“Two men described as being ‘at the top of an evil pyramid’ of drug dealers who tortured their runners to make sure they obeyed, have been jailed.”
BBC News, 5th August 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
More than 100 children a day convicted of criminal offences – Daily Telegraph
“More than 360,000 children have been convicted of crimes since Labour came to power.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th August 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Met amends police photo guidance to warn off interfering with media – OUT-LAW.com
“Police officers should ‘exercise caution’ when asking to view images captured by members of the media according to amended advice to officers published by London’s police force, the Metropolitan Police Service.”
OUT-LAW.com, 5th August 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
British man arrested for role in running FileSoup file sharing website – The Guardian
“A British man has been arrested for his role in running one of the internet’s oldest file sharing websites.”
The Guardian, 4th August 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
NR(Jamaica) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] EWCA Civ 856 (05 August 2009)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Rabone & Anor v Pennine Care NHS Trust [2009] EWHC 1827 (QB) (23 July 2009)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Vision Homes Ltd v Lancsville Construction Ltd [2009] EWHC 2042 (TCC) (04 August 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
Tenants to gain safeguards from landlords – The Times
“Tenants in properties let by financially unstable landlords could be given greater protection if their homes are repossessed under proposals published today.”
The Times, 5th August 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Public Health Wales National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 2009
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No.2) Order 2009
The Motor Vehicles (Type Approval for Goods Vehicles) (Great Britain) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Trade Marks and Trade Marks and Patents (Fees) (Amendment) Rules 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
R (Binyam Mohamed) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs – WLR Daily
“The principles set out by the House of Lords in Norwich Pharmacal Co v Customs and Excise Comrs [1974] AC 133 could be applied in novel circumstances to require the Foreign Secretary to disclose information, specific to the claimant and essential to his defence to serious charges which might carry the death penalty, in confidence to lawyers representing him in proceedings at Guantanamo Bay, given that the conduct of the security service of the United Kingdom had amounted to being involved in arguable wrongdoing by facilitating interviews of the claimant by or on behalf of the United States of America while the claimant had been held unlawfully in incommunicado detention and on his case had been subject to alleged torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment at the hands of the detaining authorities.”
WLR Daily, 3rd 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.
Manchester City Council v Pinnock (Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government intervening) – WLR Daily
“In a claim by a public landlord for a possession order against its demoted tenant, the jurisdiction of the county court was limited to considering whether the procedure for bringing the possession claim had been complied with and to making or declining to make the possession order; it had no power to review the decision of the review panel of the public landlord as to whether the decision was proportionate or compatible with the tenant’s human rights.”
WLR Daily, 3rd 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.
Metrobus Ltd v Unite the Union – WLR Daily
Metrobus Ltd v Unite the Union [2009] EWCA Civ 829; [2009] WLR (D) 279
“Where an employer sought an injunction to restrain a strike, a union’s failure to comply with its obligation under s 231A of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 to inform the employer as soon as reasonably practicable of the result of the ballot could justify the grant of an injunction restraining the strike. S 231A, and also ss 226 and 234A, were not disproportionate restrictions on the rights of association conferred by art 11 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. The obligations under those sections could not be regarded as onerous so that they could be said to constitute a serious impediment on a union’s ability to call a strike.”
WLR Daily, 3rd 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.
R (Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd) v Wolverhampton City Council – WLR Daily
“S 226(1A) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 did not prevent a planning authority, when considering the exercise of its compulsory purchase powers, from having regard to wider benefits resulting from the development, redevelopment or improvement of or in relation to the land, which might include benefits deriving from the associated redevelopment of another site not within the proposed development itself.”
WLR Daily, 3rd 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.
Regina v Tilley – Times Law Reports
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“If a third party knew of a change that affected the benefit of a person claiming income support, he would be guilty of an offence only if he dishonestly allowed the beneficiary to fail to report the change provided that he had been active in some way in the failure.”
The Times, 5th August 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Pressure mounts over allegations of British complicity in torture – The Guardian
“Ministers came under fresh pressure today over detailed allegations of complicity in torture, with Gordon Brown being asked whether the attorney general would investigate them and human rights groups joining MPs and peers demanding an independent inquiry.”
The Guardian, 4th August 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Whitehall row derails rape law reform – The Independent
“Harriet Harman was at the centre of a government row last night over moves to increase the conviction rate for rape.”
The Independent, 5th August 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Curbs on freed violent offenders – BBC News
“Asbo-style Violent Offender Orders (VOOs) that can restrict criminals’ movements after they are released from prison are coming into force.”
BBC News, 4th August 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
G20 death: police officer could face manslaughter charge – The Guardian
“Prosecutors have been asked to consider whether the Metropolitan police officer who attacked Ian Tomlinson at the G20 demonstration should be charged with manslaughter.”
The Guardian, 4th August 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Commission defies supermarkets over ombudsman – The Independent
“Britain’s competition watchdog insisted that supermarkets should be independently regulated after finding evidence they abused their dominance by acting aggressively towards suppliers.”
The Independent, 4th August 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
