Binyam claims ‘risk to UK lives’ – BBC News
“British lives could be endangered if allegations of torture of a former Guantanamo Bay inmate are published, the High Court has been told.”
BBC News, 29th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Decision day for assisted suicide law – The Guardian
“A groundbreaking change in the law on assisted suicides could become inevitable tomorrow when the UK’s highest court delivers its judgment in the case of Debbie Purdy, whose long legal fight has put her at the centre of the controversy.”
The Guardian, 29th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Asian man who called policemen ‘white redneck hooligans’ is guilty of racism – Daily Telegraph
“An Asian man who called police officers ‘white redneck hooligans’ has been found guilty of making racist remarks.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th July 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
How virtual lawyers are weathering the recession – The Times
“Some do it for childcare. Others do it to pursue non-legal interests such as oil painting. One even combines it with presenting the weather on Sky News. But all represent a growing trend of solicitors embracing the freelance life.”
The Times, 30th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Iraq war inquiry to be launched – BBC News
“Opposition parties are set to press for the Iraq war inquiry to be held largely in public when the long-awaited probe is officially launched later.”
BBC News, 30th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Son convicted of plot to kill over-protective parents – Daily Telegraph
“Christopher Monks has been convicted of plotting to kill his adoptive parents with a friend he met on the internet, because he thought they were over-protective and treated him like a child.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th July 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Farewell to the law lords – The Times
“Today the law lords sit to give judgment for the last time in the House of Lords and, as Lord Hope of Craighead said there last week, the upper chamber will be ‘losing part of itself’. From October the law lords will become Justices of the Supreme Court, created under the Constitutional Reform Act 2005. As the law lords give judgments for the last time, we should celebrate the institution whose life is coming to an end.”
The Times, 30th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk</a'
Paedophile who worked for Save the Children jailed – The Guardian
“Save the Children is carrying out an inquiry into the safeguards in place on hiring its staff after an employee who led a double life as a ‘predatory and devious’ paedophile was jailed for four years.”
The Guardian, 29th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Toxic soup’ children win case – The Independent
“A group who blame their disabilities on their mothers’ exposure to toxic materials before their birth won a legal action today against a council it blames for their condition.”
The Independent, 29th July 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Regina (G) v Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust; Regina (N) v Secretary of State for Health – WLR Daily
“A policy of banning smoking in the premises of an NHS trust, which had the effect of prohibiting smoking for those detained in a high security psychiatric hospital, did not contravene the patients’ human rights and was lawful.”
WLR Daily, 28th 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.
Secretary of State for the Home Department v GG – WLR Daily
Secretary of State for the Home Department v GG [2009] EWCA Civ 786; [2009] WLR (D) 25
“There was no power to include in a control order a general requirement to submit to searches of the person.”
WLR Daily, 28th 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.
Desmond v Bower – WLR Daily
Desmond v Bower [2009] EWCA Civ 667; [2009] WLR (D) 258
“The reasoning of the judge refusing the defendant in a libel trial permission to call evidence of discreditable behaviour by the claimant subsequent to the alleged libel was a matter of law in which the appellate court was entitled to intervene. Evidence of discreditable behaviour similar to that described in the alleged libel could be admitted even though the evidence concerned behaviour subsequent to the libel.”
WLR Daily, 28th 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.
Office of Fair Trading vs Foxtons Ltd – Times Law Reports
Office of Fair Trading vs Foxtons Ltd
Chancery Division
“Provisions in an estate agent’s standard terms and conditions of its letting contracts with landlords relating to renewal commission, third party renewal commission and sales commission were unfair.”
The Times, 29th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Ryan v Islington London Borough Council – Times Law Reports
Ryan v Islington London Borough Council
Court of Appeal
“A tenant who wished to acquire her local authority flat under the right to buy scheme could not require the local authority to carry out remedial works to the property as a precondition to complying with a notice to complete.”
The Times, 29th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Boyfriend sentenced to life in jail for murder of Amy Leigh Barnes – The Times
“A football coach was told that he would spend at least 24 years in prison after he was found guilty yesterday of murdering his girlfriend, a model, who named her killer with her dying words.”
The Times, 29th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Categories of Gaming Machine (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009
The School Teachers’ Incentive Payments (England) Order 2009
The Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (London Stansted Airport) (No. 2) Regulations 2009
The Merchant Shipping (Marine Equipment) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Further Education (Principals’ Qualifications) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2009
The Plant Health (Import Inspection Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Armed Forces Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2009
The Armed Forces (Part 5 of the Armed Forces Act 2006) Regulations 2009
The Armed Forces (Enlistment) Regulations 2009
The Police Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Food Irradiation (Wales) Regulations 2009
The School Admission Appeals Code (Appointed Day) (Wales) Order 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Hacker’s ‘moral crusade’ over UFO – BBC News
“A Briton fighting extradition to the US for hacking into top-secret computers claims he was morally justified in breaking the law.”
BBC News, 28th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Bannister, R. v [2009] EWCA Crim 1571 (28 July 2009)
CPS (Durham) v N [2009] EWCA Crim 1573 (28 July 2009)
Charles, R v [2009] EWCA Crim 1570 (28 July 2009)
K, R. v [2009] EWCA Crim 1640 (28 July 2009)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Somerset County Council & Anor v Pike [2009] EWCA Civ 808 (28 July 2009)
George v Allied Healthcare (UK) [2009] EWCA Civ 756 (28 July 2009)
SRM Global Master Fund Lp & Ors v Her Majesty’s Treasury [2009] EWCA Civ 788 (28 July 2009)
High Court (Chancery Division)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Revenue & Customs Prosecutions Office v May & Anor [2009] EWHC 1826 (QB) (22 July 2009)
Willmore v Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council [2009] EWHC 1831 (QB) (24 July 2009)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Yeong v General Medical Council [2009] EWHC 1923 (Admin) (28 July 2009)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Compania Sud-Americana De Vapores S.A. v Nippon Yusen Kaisha [2009] EWHC 1606 (Comm) (09 July 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
Court of Appeal ruling highlights value of website disclaimers – OUT-LAW.com
“Websites can owe a duty of care to people who visit them and rely on the information they provide, England’s Court of Appeal has said. But while misstatements may provoke lawsuits, website warnings will mitigate liability, according to the ruling.”
OUT-LAW.com, 29th July 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
