Men jailed for heroin conspiracy – BBC News
“Eight men have been sentenced for a drugs conspiracy that saw millions of pounds of heroin imported into the UK.”
BBC News, 16th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Government response to damages consultation dubbed ‘anti-climax’ by lawyers – Law Society’s Gazette
“Solicitors dubbed the government’s response to the Law on Damages consultation an anti-climax this week, two years after its original deadline.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 16th July 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Justice Committee criticises plans for £12m cuts in family legal aid – The Times
“Proposals to cut £12 million in legal aid spent on families and children have been castigated by MPs, days after a senior family judge warned of their ‘chilling effect’.”
the Times, 17th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Watchdog defends plan to combat ‘Tesco towns’ – The Guardian
“The competition watchdog is standing firm on its plans to introduce a new test into the planning system in a bid to combat the dominance of big supermarket chains.”
The Guardian, 16th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Burglar cleared of woman’s murder – BBC News
“A burglar who attacked a 94-year-old woman has been cleared of her murder.”
BBC News, 16th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Woman wins care negligence case – BBC News
“A woman has been awarded £60,000 in damages for the abuse she suffered at the hands of her mother after a London council failed to take her into care.”
BBC News, 16th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Man jailed for killing friend in get-away – The Independent
“A man who ran over his own friend and left him dying in the road was jailed for more than five years today.”
The Independent, 16th July 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Victim of gazumping given suspended jail sentence – The Guardian
“If revenge is a dish best served cold, the portion served up by Martin Frostick was positively icy. Eleven years after he was gazumped on a house purchase, he launched a smear campaign to ruin the estate agents he blamed for the collapse of the deal.”
The Guardian, 16th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Don’t deny justice to prisoners – The Guardian
“Jack Straw plans to cut ‘nuisance’ legal claims by prisoners. But doing so risks a return to the bad old days of rooftop protest.”
The Guardian, 17th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Warning for firms that set up trade union blacklist – The Guardian
“Major companies which set up and funded a secret blacklist to deny work to thousands of trade unionists will escape prosecution, it emerged today. A judge fined a private investigator who operated the covert blacklist but said he was not the only person responsible but was financed by big ‘high street’ companies. Major firms in the construction industry will be officially warned that they will be prosecuted if they set up a new blacklist.”
The Guardian, 17th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Man sues NHS after having terminal cancer wrongly diagnosed – The Times
“When Philip Collins was told that he had cancer and had just six months to live, he quit his job, cashed in his pension and bought himself a powerful motorcycle. He was determined to enjoy the time left to him. When he was still alive a year later his doctors conducted a re-examination and admitted that there had been a mistake. The inoperable ‘tumour’ on his gall bladder was a relatively harmless abscess. Far from being delighted at his unexpected reprieve Mr Collins, 59, was devastated. He had spent his life savings and the powerful drugs that the doctors prescribed to keep him alive as long as possible had destroyed his health.”
The Times, 17th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Legal aid cuts: How you could be acquitted and still face huge bill for costs – The Times
“Plans to reform the legal aid system and cut almost £200 million from its budget have brought warnings of a two-tier justice system: one for the rich and another for the poor.”
The Times, 17th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Network Rail fined for derailment – BBC News
“Network Rail has been fined £70,000 after a train travelling at 90mph derailed in Norfolk because of a poorly maintained level crossing.”
BBC News, 16th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Met ‘missed opportunities’ over Baby P – BBC News
“Police missed opportunities to gather evidence about the ill-treatment of Baby Peter in the months before his death, according to an unpublished report.”
BBC News, 16th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BBC pays damages to Muslim leader – BBC News
“The BBC has agreed to pay £45,000 in damages to the head of the Muslim Council of Britain over a libellous claim in the Question Time programme.”
BBC News, 16th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Extradition without justice – The Guardian
Gary McKinnon’s fight to be prosecuted in the UK casts a stark light on our extradition arrangements with America. US prosecutors are threatening him with up to 70 years in a ‘supermax’ prison – and this a man with Asperger’s syndrome who could hardly be less suited to such punishment.”
The Guardian, 16th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
AP v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] EWCA Civ 731 (15 July 2009)
Patchett & Amor v Swimming Pool & Allied Trades Association Ltd [2009] EWCA Civ 717 (15 July 2009)
High Court (Administrative Court)
AR v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] EWHC 1736 (Admin) (15 July 2009)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Investec Bank (UK) Ltd v Zulman & Anor [2009] EWHC 1590 (Comm) (15 July 2009)
High Court (Family Division)
Child X (Residence & Contact- Rights of Media Attendance) [2009] EWHC 1728 (Fam) (14 July 2009)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Ajinomoto Sweeteners Europe SAS v ASDA Stores Ltd [2009] EWHC 1717 (QB) (15 July 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
Recent Statutory Instruments
The Air Navigation (Single European Sky) (Penalties) Order 2009
The Falkland Islands Courts (Overseas Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Order 2009
The International Criminal Court Act (Overseas Territories) Order 2009
The Criminal Jurisdiction (Application to Offshore Renewable Energy Installations etc.) Order 2009
The Commonwealth Countries and Ireland (Immunities and Privileges) (Amendment) Order 2009
The Air Navigation (Amendment) Order 2009
The Civil Jurisdiction (Application to Offshore Renewable Energy Installations etc.) Order 2009
The Public Records (Designation of Bodies) Order 2009
The Consular Fees (Amendment) Order 2009
The Terrorism (United Nations Measures) Order 2009
The St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Constitution Order 2009
The Parliamentary Commissioner Order 2009
The European Communities (Definition of Treaties) (Maritime Labour Convention) Order 2009
The Child Support Collection and Enforcement (Deduction Orders) Amendment Regulations 2009
The Sea Fishing (Landing and Weighing of Herring, Mackerel and Horse Mackerel) Order 2009
The Export Control (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2009
The Criminal Defence Service (General) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Community Legal Service (Funding) (Counsel in Family Proceedings) (Amendment) Order 2009
The Capital Allowances (Environmentally Beneficial Plant and Machinery) (Amendment) Order 2009
The Swine Vesicular Disease (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Transfer of Functions of the Charity Tribunal Order 2009
The Transfer of Functions of the Consumer Credit Appeals Tribunal Order 2009
The Transfer of Functions (Estate Agents Appeals and Additional Scheduled Tribunal) Order 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
