“The handing over of a set of stolen invoices from one dairy wholesaler to its most bitter rival was a breach of confidence, the High Court has ruled. The taking of the invoices by an ex-employee and their user by the rival broke the law, it said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 17th June 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“Labour has created a Government of too many ministers creating too many laws, a scathing report by MPs warns today.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th June 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Tony Blair was aware of the existence of a secret interrogation policy which effectively led to British citizens, and others, being tortured during counter-terrorism investigations, the Guardian can reveal.”
The Guardian, 18th June 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The results of a public vote to choose which community punishments offenders will face have been announced.”
BBC News, 18th June 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Gordon Brown set to make U-turn over Iraq war inquiry and hold sections in public after attack by military and intelligence chiefs.”
The Independent, 18th June 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Longer minimum terms for knife killers could be introduced after a review announced after calls by the family of Ben Kinsella for a change in the law.”
The Times, 17th June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A group of witches is claiming religious discrimination after church leaders banned them from using its social club.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th June 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The UK’s terror law watchdog says people are being stopped and searched to racially balance official figures.”
BBC News, 17th June 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two men have lost a High Court fight against extradition to Cyprus where they face three-year jail sentences for the manslaughter of a teenager.”
BBC News, 17th June 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An estimated 1,000 children are imprisoned on remand every year but later found innocent at trial, despite guidance which states that children should only be jailed in exceptional circumstances.”
The Guardian, 17th June 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“No further action will be taken against a policeman who was unmasked after targeting the force and Government ministers in an anonymous online blog, police said today.”
The Independent, 17th June 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“This is the sixth research report published by the Sentencing Advisory Panel. It contains the findings from independent research which aimed to get a better understanding of public attitudes to the overarching principles of sentencing. The research comprised a survey of a representative sample of 1,023 adults across England and Wales and 8 focus groups.”
Public Attitudes to the Principles of Sentencing (PDF)
Press Notice (PDF)
Sentencing Guidelines Council, 16th June 2009
Source: www.sentencing-guidelines.gov.uk
R v Clarke (Joseph) [2009] EWCA Crim 1074; [2009] WLR (D) 188
“The Crown Court had no power to impose a confiscation order against a defendant following conviction of an offence for which he or she had been sentenced by way of an absolute or conditional discharge.”
WLR Daily, 16th June 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.
Bocardo SA v Star Energy UK Onshore Ltd and anr [2009] EWCA Civ 579; [2009] WLR (D) 187
“A party, under licence from the Crown to search for, bore and obtain oil, which drilled and used pipelines to extract the oil from land without the grant of permission by the owner of the paper title in exclusive possession of that land, committed a trespass, although such trespass was purely technical in that no interference was effected on the landowner’s use or enjoyment of his land, nor did the latter have any rights to the oil which belonged exclusively to the Crown and its licensee.”
WLR Daily, 16th June 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.
Alexis v Newham London Borough Council [2009] EWHC 1323 (QB); [2009] WLR (D) 186
“A local authority owed a duty of care to its teachers to take such precautions as were reasonable in all the circumstances to prevent or minimise the risk of injury that might occur as a result of mischievous or malicious behaviour on the part of pupils.”
WLR Daily, 16th June 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 (Abdullah) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] WLR (D) 185
“Directions for the removal of a person who had no right to remain in the United Kingdom following the dismissal of his claim for asylum were not suspended by virtue of s 78 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 and reg 29 of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006 by reason of there being pending an appeal against the refusal of his application for a residence card under reg 17 of those regulations.”
WLR Daily, 16th June 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.
Szuluk v United Kingdom (Application No 36936/05)
European Court of Human Rights
“In a unanimous judgment, the European Court of Human Rights held that monitoring, by the prison authorities of medical correspondence between a convicted prisoner and his external specialist doctor, violated the prisoner’s right for respect for his correspondence, as guaranteed by article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.”
The Times, 17th June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Baker and Others v Quantum Clothing and Others
Court of Appeal
Whether a work place was in fact made and kept safe was to be judged objectively without reference to what might have earlier been thought to be good practice.
The Times, 17th June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The foreign secretary, David Miliband, told MPs today that he will not allow the public to see the secret interrogation policy that is at the heart of allegations that MI5 has been colluding in the torture of British citizens.”
The Guardian, 16th June 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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