Widow sues over Iraq ambush death – BBC News
“A widow whose security consultant husband died during an ambush in Iraq has begun a High Court claim for about £300,000 compensation over his death.”
BBC News, 20th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Oligarch challenges court ruling – The Independent
“Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska today challenged a court ruling that a £2 billion-plus lawsuit launched against him by a former friend should be tried in England rather than Russia.”
The Independent, 20th July 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Police pay £3,000 to sex offender – BBC News
“A convicted paedophile has won more than £3,000 in damages from North Yorkshire Police for wrongful arrest.”
BBC News, 20th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Lawyers will launch £50m ‘litigation fund’ – The Times
“Three lawyers are planning the flotation of a £50m fund that will make money by financing legal disputes and sharing in any damages awarded.”
The Times, 19th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Criminal justice system ‘broken’, says thinktank – The Guardian
“The criminal justice system is ‘broken’ and ‘failing’ because decision-making is excessively centralised, according to a thinktank report published today.”
The Guardian, 20th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Access to justice: hope springs eternal – Speech by Lord Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony
Access to justice: hope springs eternal (PDF)
Speech by Lord Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony, Master of the Rolls
The Mary Ward Legal Advice Centre Annual Lecture, 15th July 2009
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Management of Broadmoor high security hospital criticised after deaths – The Times
“Deaths at Broadmoor high security hospital and other institutions will be linked to management failures in a highly critical report this week.”
The Times, 20th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Gutridge and others v Sodexo Ltd and another – WLR Daily
Gutridge and others v Sodexo Ltd and another [2009] EWCA Civ 729; [2009] WLR (D) 246
WLR Daily, 17th July 2009
“An employee whose employment contract had been transferred under contracting-out arrangements to another employer could not have any greater rights against the transferee than she had against the transferor by virtue of reg 5 of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 1981. Although the right to bring proceedings under the Equal Pay Act 1970 was against the transferee, the right was, pursuant to ss 2(4) and 2ZA, time limited to six months after the termination of the employee’s employment with the transferor, which was six months after the date of the transfer.”
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.
Hutchison 3G UK Ltd v Office of Communications (British Telecommunications plc and another intervening) – WLR Daily
“Where the relevant regulator was considering whether a mobile telecommunications company had ‘significant market power’ under the governing statutory regime the dispute resolution powers of the regulator were properly to be disregarded.”
WLR Daily, 17th 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.
Regina v Stewart (James) – Times Law Reports
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“Further guidance should be given to juries in murder trials as to the defence of diminished responsibility where the only basis for the alleged abnormality of mind arose from alcohol dependency syndrome without discernible brain damage.”
The Times, 20th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
MoJ launches schools legal education project – The Lawyer
“School pupils are to be taught how the justice system works as part of a national curriculum change unveiled by justice minister Bridget Prentice and Attorney General Baroness Scotland QC.”
The Lawyer, 20th July 2009
Source: www.thelawyer.com
Metropolitan police’s ‘kettling’ tactic challenged in European court – The Guardian
“The Metropolitan police’s controversial tactic of containing large numbers of protesters against their will, known as ‘kettling’, will be challenged in a case lodged tomorrow with the European Court of Human Rights that claims the practice is a fundamental breach of liberty.”
The Guardian, 19th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Peers line up to block House of Lords reforms – The Independent
“Plans to turn the House of Lords into an elected chamber could be blocked by overwhelming opposition among peers, research for The Independent has revealed.”
The Independent, 20th July 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Attorney general survives shake-up unscathed – The Guardian
“Plans to make the role of attorney general independent of government have been ditched by ministers, despite a two-year battle by constitutional reformers. They had wanted the role to be depoliticised, a move aimed at preventing criticism over a number of highly sensitive cases, including the advice given to government over the war in Iraq, and the decision to abandon the inquiry into BAE Systems.”
The Guardian, 17th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Falsely jailed man gets £60,000 – The Indepedent
“A High Court judge has condemned the Home Office’s ‘unforgivable’ treatment of a Dutch national falsely imprisoned for 128 days, supposedly in a case of mistaken identity.”
The Independent, 18th July 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Pakistani students launch legal action over arrests – The Independent
“Janas Khan, one of two Pakistani students released from prison yesterday months after terrorism charges against them were dropped, has told The Independent on Sunday he was ‘shocked and angry’ at his treatment by the UK Government. Lawyers acting for the remaining seven Pakistani students still held in prison have also announced they will launch a legal challenge against the Government this week.”
The Independent, 19th July 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
* News * Politics * DNA database DNA database plans based on ‘flawed science’, warn experts – The Guardian
“‘Flawed scientific thinking’ in the government’s proposed changes to the DNA database will leave it open to further challenges by the courts, experts have said, in a stark attack on Home Office plans to overhaul the current system.”
The Guardian, 19th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Abestos-diseased plumber gets £175,000 compensation – Daily Telegraph
“A former hospital plumber who developed an asbestos-related disease has received £175,000 in compensation.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th July 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Child database: danger of malicious reporting – The Independent
“Members of the public are to be given the power to report anyone they suspect of posing a danger to children, under a new Government scheme.”
The Independent, 18th July 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Complex cases surge – The Times
“A surge in the complexity and the number of investment scams pushed the value of UK fraud prosecutions to a record level in the first half of 2009. Seventeen fraudulent investment schemes, amounting to £321 million in all, were prosecuted in UK courts between January and June.”
The Times, 20th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
