Woman jailed for Muslim blackmail – BBC News
“A blackmailer who threatened to expose her Muslim friend as a terrorist sympathiser has been jailed.”
BBC News, 15th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Ex-Met boss cleared over conduct – BBC News
“Former Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Sir Ian Blair has been cleared of misconduct over the award of police contracts valued at £3m to a friend.”
BBC News, 15th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Family of disabled sue NHS for ‘wrongful birth’ – Daily Telegraph
“Rupert Parsons’ mother is claiming £1.5 million in interim compensation for ‘wrongful birth’ on the grounds that the hospital should have picked up on his ‘severe, profound and multiple disabilities’ before the 20th week of her pregnancy.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th July 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Police watchdog to investigate organised crime agency – The Guardian
“Britain’s organised crime agency is being investigated by the police watchdog over concerns that it could have done more to prevent the gangland killing of a shopkeeper in an organised crime hotspot.”
The Guardian, 16th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Modernity v Prudence, 2009: Jury’s out on UK’s £56m supreme court – The Guardian
“Thanks to a £56m renovation of Middlesex Guildhall, a dilapidated crown court in Parliament Square, the longstanding and peculiarly British tradition that has seen the country’s most senior court sitting in the same building as the legislature will come to an end.”
The Guardian, 16th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Sir Mark Potter rules on media and celebrity cases in family courts – The Times
“Cases in the family courts involving celebrities’ children should be treated in the same way as those involving anyone else’s children, the senior family courts judge said yesterday.”
The Times, 16th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Legal aid for prisoners to be capped as Jack Straw criticises lawyers – The Times
“Prisoners are to be blocked from seeking legal aid to bring ‘trivial’ cases against the Prison Service under plans to be announced by the Government today.”
The Times, 16th July 2o09
Source; www.timesonline.co.uk
Man appeals to sue rape accuser – BBC News
“A man cleared of rape after serving two years in jail has renewed a bid for £300,000 in damages from his accuser.”
BBC News, 15th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Gas inhaling doctor can practise – BBC News
“A doctor who inhaled ‘laughing gas’ while on duty at a children’s ward can continue to practise, the General Medical Council (GMC) has ruled.”
BBC News, 15th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Judge makes plea for fewer laws – BBC News
“The most senior judge in England and Wales has criticised the government for passing too many crime laws.”
BBC News, 15th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Pensioner fined for rebellion over TV licence – Daily Telegraph
“A pensioner who refused to pay his television licence fee for six years in protest over his claim that the BBC is ‘biased’ in its reporting has been fined £240.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th July 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Police watchdog begins inquiry into intelligence agency over murder – The Guardian
“Britain’s national intelligence and law-enforcement agency is being investigated by the police watchdog over concerns that it could have done more to prevent the gangland killing of a shopkeeper in an organised crime hotspot.”
The Guardian, 15th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
White supremacist Neil Lewington guilty of ‘non-British’ bomb plot – The Times
“A white supremacist who plotted to ignite racial violence by bombing people he regarded as ‘non-British’ has been found guilty of terrorism and explosives offences.”
The Times, 15th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
EA Gutridge & Ors v Sodexo & Anor [2009] EWCA Civ 729 (14 July 2009)
Secretary of State for the Home Department v HH (Iraq) [2009] EWCA Civ 727 (14 July 2009)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Erskine, R v [2009] EWCA Crim 1425 (14 July 2009)
Coe, R. v [2009] EWCA Crim 1452 (14 July 2009)
Gore, R v [2009] EWCA Crim 1424 (14 July 2009)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Source: www.bailii.org
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Service Departments Registers (Amendment) Order 2009
The Inspectors of Education, Children’s Services and Skills (No. 2) Order 2009
The Armed Forces, Army, Air Force and Naval Discipline Acts (Continuation) Order 2009
The Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 (Commencement No. 7) Order 2009
The Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (Commencement No. 10) Order 2009
The Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2009
The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2009
The Housing Renewal Grants (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2009
The Assured and Protected Tenancies (Lettings to Students) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2009
The Limited Liability Partnerships (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Criminal Defence Service (Funding) (Amendment) Order 2009
The Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Control Measures) (Amendment) Order 2009
The Financial Assistance Scheme (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Regina v Knaggs – WLR Daily
Regina v Knaggs [2009] EWCA Crim 1363; [2009] WLR (D) 239
“A defendant who had pleaded guilty to an offence without any challenge to the facts by way of a Newton hearing was not thereby debarred, as a matter of law, from challenging the prosecution evidence for the purposes of a confiscation hearing.”
WLR Daily, 14th 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.
R (Al-Sweady and others) v Secretary of State for Defence – WLR Daily
“The complete integrity of public interest immunity certificates and the schedules attached to them, signed by ministers of the Crown, was absolutely essential in all cases in which they were put forward. The courts had to be able to have complete confidence in the credibility and reliability of such certificates and schedules. Nothing less was acceptable.”
WLR Daily, 14th 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.
Alexis v Newham London Borough Council – Times Law Reports
Alexis v Newham London Borough Council
Queen’s Bench Division
“A local authority owed a duty of care to its teachers to take such precautions as were reasonable to prevent or minimise the risk of injury that might occur as a result of mischievous or malicious behaviour on the part of pupils.”
The Times, 15th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Lewis and Another v Metropolitan Property Realisations Ltd – Times Law Reports
Lewis and Another v Metropolitan Property Realisations Ltd
Court of Appeal
“A trustee in bankruptcy had three years from the date of the bankruptcy to get in the full cash consideration for the assignment of the bankrupt’s interest in his former matrimonial home, or else the property would re-vest in the bankrupt.”
The Times, 15th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Copley v Lawn; Maden v Haller – Times Law Reports
Court of Appeal
“An offer by a negligent driver’s insurers to a claimant of a free replacement car while repairs were being done had to make clear to the claimant the cost to the defendant of hiring the car. A claimant who unreasonably rejected the offer did not forfeit his damages claim altogether.”
The Times, 15th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
