Firm fined £150k over pool injury – BBC News
“A caravan park company has been fined £150,000 after a seven-year-old boy suffered brain injuries in a swimming pool not properly manned by lifeguards.”
BBC News, 9th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Magistrates angry over cuts as on-the-spot fines replace court hearings – The Times
“Magistrates are angry that they are being made to carry the brunt of cuts because their workload is being diverted away from the courts.”
The Times, 10th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Soldier’s mother launches legal challenge – Daily Telegraph
“The mother of a soldier killed in a Snatch Land Rover in Iraq will launch a legal challenge on Friday over the Government’s refusal to hold a public inquiry into the continued use of the lightly-armoured vehicles.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th July 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Three inquiries launched into News of the World hacking claims – The Guardian
“News International was facing three fresh inquiries into the conduct of its journalists and executives following the Guardian’s disclosures that Rupert Murdoch’s newspaper empire paid £1m to keep secret the use of criminal methods to get stories.”
The Guardian, 10th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Police accused over death of drug dealer who swallowed cocaine – The Times
“Police officers are under investigation after a suspected drug dealer died minutes after being gripped by the throat as he was being searched. The Times has learnt that only weeks earlier the same man twice told hospital staff that he had been assaulted by police.”
The Times, 10th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Judges to work overtime as cuts and delays put justice at risk – The Times
“Courts face having to sit for an extra two hours a day as they struggle with rising workloads coupled with an unprecedented drive to cut costs.”
The Times, 10th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Tenant sues council over asbestos – BBC News
“A council tenant is planning to sue her local authority following the discovery of asbestos in her south London home.”
BBC News, 9th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Labour defeat on incitement laws – BBC News
“Labour has been defeated in the Lords over the issue of free speech and laws against inciting homophobic hatred.”
BBC News, 9th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Extradition battle over ‘onion risk’ – The Independent
“A man attempted to avoid extradition today because his human rights could be breached by being fed ‘potentially life threatening’ red onions in an Irish jail.”
The Independent, 9th July 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
British teenager Thomas Hutchinson faces jail over drunken White House bomb hoax call – Daily Telegraph
“A British teenager, Thomas Hutchinson, has been warned that he could face jail for telephoning the White House with a hoax bomb warning in a ‘breathtakingly stupid’ drunken prank.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th July 2009
Soure: www.telegraph.co.uk
Gang jailed for murder of innocent teenager Shaquille Smith – The Times
“Six members of a notorious teenage knife gang were told they were arrogant cowards as they were jailed for life today for murdering an innocent schoolboy yards from his home.”
The Times, 9th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Abuse at school ‘went undetected’ – BBC News
“A paedophile housemaster recruited by another child molester abused pupils undetected for years, an inquiry found.”
BBC News, 9th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Beckinsale awarded libel damages – BBC News
“Actress Kate Beckinsale has been awarded £20,000 libel damages over a newspaper claim that she had been dropped from a remake of Barbarella.”
BBC News, 9th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
PCC statement on phone message tapping claims – Press Complaints Commission
“PCC statement on phone message tapping claims.”
Press Complaints Commission, 9th July 2009
Source: www.pcc.org.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Syska (Elektrim SA) v Vivendi Universal SA & Ors [2009] EWCA Civ 677 (09 July 2009)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
RF, R. v [2009] EWCA Crim 678 (08 July 2009)
High Court (Family Division)
A Local Authority v A Mother & Ors [2009] EWHC 1574 (Fam) (03 July 2009)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
D Pride & Partners v Institute for Animal Health & Ors [2009] EWHC 1617 (QB) (08 July 2009)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Aceramais Holdings Ltd v Hadleigh Partnerships Ltd [2009] EWHC 1664 (TCC) (8 July 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org.
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Civil Aviation (Customs and Excise Airports) Order 2009
The Reconstitution of the Lindsey Marsh Drainage Board Order 2009
The Social Security (Deemed Income from Capital) Regulations 2009
The Scottish Parliamentary Pensions Act 2009 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2009
The Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Enforcement) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Amendments to Law (Resolution of Dunfermline Building Society) (No. 2) Order 2009
The Dunfermline Building Society Independent Valuer Order 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
BCL Old Co Ltd and Others v BASF SE and Others – Times Law Reports
BCL Old Co Ltd and Others v BASF SE and Others
Court of Appeal
“The two-year time limit for bringing a claim for loss resulting from an infringement of EC or UK competition rules could be postponed where there was an appeal against the infringement itself. The time limit continued to run, however, where there was an appeal against the penalty imposed.”
The Times, 9th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Hartlepool Borough Council v Llewellyn and Others – Times Law Reports
Hartlepool Borough Council v Llewellyn and Others
Employment Appeal Tribunal
“Male colleagues of female equal pay claimants were entitled to bring ‘piggyback’ claims using the female claimants as comparators and were able to recover sums equivalent to those awarded to successful comparators by way of arrears.”
The Times, 9th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
R v Leeks – WLR Daily
“The failure to endorse an order amending an indictment would amount to a fundamental error if the court had failed positively to exercise its discretion to make such an order.”
WLR Daily, 8th 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.
Youth conditional caution code of practice – consultation response – Ministry of Justice
“A consultation paper inviting views on the draft code of practice for Youth Conditional Cautions for 16 and 17 year olds that is planned to be piloted during 2009.”
Ministry of Justice, 8th July 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
