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
Online ‘confessions’ of dishonesty reveal what sways a jury’s verdict – The Guardian
“Academics have set up an online ‘Honesty Lab’ to discover where people draw the line between bending the rules and outright dishonesty. The results will be used to help judges direct juries.”
The Guardian, 19th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Victory for lawyer in sex bias legal fight – The Independent
“A City lawyer has won the latest round in her legal battle to secure the biggest pay-out on record for sex discrimination.”
The Independent, 18th July 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Supreme Court Implementation Programme – Ministry of Justice
“Justice Secretary Jack Straw has made a statement about the Supreme Court Implementation Programme: ‘I am pleased to be able to report further significant progress… the programme remains on time and within budget.’ ”
Ministry of Justice, 15th July 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Penalty notice for disorder scheme – guidance on retail theft and criminal damage – Ministry of Justice
“Justice Secretary Jack Straw has made a statement announcing revised operational guidance for police on the issuing of penalty notices for disorder for retail crime and criminal damage.”
Ministry of Justice, 16th July 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Hutchison 3G UK Ltd v The Office of Communications [2009] EWCA Civ 683 (16 July 2009)
Slade v Slade [2009] EWCA Civ 748 (17 July 2009)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
CPS (Sussex) v Mattu [2009] EWCA Crim 1483 (17 July 2009)
High Court (Administrative Court)
TW, R (on the application of) v Kent County Council [2009] EWHC 1790 (Admin) (17 July 2009)
High Court (Chancery Division)
The National Trust v Fleming & Ors [2009] EWHC 1789 (Ch) (17 July 2009)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Excelsior Group Productions Ltd v Yorkshire Television Ltd [2009] EWHC 1751 (Comm) (16 July 2009)
High Court (Family Division)
W Primary Care Trust v TB & Ors [2009] EWHC 1737 (Fam) (17 July 2009)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
NXS v London Borough of Camden [2009] EWHC 1786 (QB) (16 July 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Council Tax Limitation (Maximum Amounts) (England) Order 2009
The Capital Allowances (Energy-saving Plant and Machinery) (Amendment) Order 2009
The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments) (Uncertificated Securities) Order 2009
The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments) (Taxes and National Insurance) Order 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
R v Stewart – WLR Daily
R v Stewart [2009] EWCA Crim 593; [ 2009] WLR (D) 244
“A jury in a murder trial considering the defence of diminished responsibility by a defendant suffering from alcohol dependency syndrome should not be directed to look at each drink consumed prior to the killing and decide whether it was taken voluntarily or involuntarily since, at some levels of severity, what might appear to be voluntary drinking might be inseparable from the defendant’s underlying syndrome.”
WLR Daily, 16th 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.
AP v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily
AP v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] EWCA Civ 731; [2009] WLR (D) 243
“The cumulative impact of other obligations imposed under a control order the core element of which was a 16-hour daily curfew could not provide a tipping point where, taking account of the conditions and circumstances, a curfew of 16 hours per day was insufficiently stringent to amount to a deprivation of liberty within art 5 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, as scheduled to the Human Rights Act 1998.”
WLR Daily, 16th 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.
Hudson v Leigh – Times Law Reports
Family Divison
“Where none of the three main participants, and, critically, the celebrating official, intended a ceremony to give rise to a lawful marriage, there was no marital status to be dealt with by a divorce decree of any kind.”
The Times, 17th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Regina v Gore; Regina v Maher – Times Law Reports
Court of Appeal
“The issue of a fixed penalty notice asserting one offence did not protect the recipient from further proceedings if and when it became apparent that a more serious offence had in fact been committed in the course of the same incident.”
The Times, 17th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Government to ensure information preserved for future – Ministry of Justice
“The government has today set out plans to make sure that more public information is made available and is preserved for future generations.”
Ministry of Justice, 16th July 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Jack Straw cracks down on trivial prisoner legal claims – Ministry of Justice
“Jack Straw has announced proposals to crack down on nuisance legal claims and new powers to seize money from prisoners.”
Ministry of Justice, 16th July 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Government Response to Law Commission’s Report on Housing – Ministry of Justice
“Justice Minister Bridget Prentice has made a statement about the government response to the Law Commission’s Report on Housing: Proportionate Dispute Resolution.”
Ministry of Justice, 16th July 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
The Law Commission welcomes the Government’s response to its report on housing disputes – Law Commission
“The Law Commission welcomes the Government’s response to its report on housing disputes.”
Law Commission, 16th July 2009
Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk
Restaurant must pay Dorset’s largest-ever fine for employing illegal workers – UK Border Agency
“Two Bournemouth businesses have been fined a total of more than £40,000 for employing illegal workers.”
UK Border Agency, 16th July 2009
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
Government’s Impact Assessment on Family Legal Aid Contains ‘Surprising and Fundamental’ Errors – The Bar Council
“The Bar Council and the Family Law Bar Association have today published a review of the Impact Assessment carried out by Ernst & Young on the impact of the Legal Service Commission’s proposed cuts to the family legal aid budget. The review, which was conducted by the independent economic consultancy Oxera, analyses the Ernst & Young report, A Market Analysis of Family Advocacy, which was published on the 29th June.”
The Bar Council, 16th July 2009
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
Bar Council Welcomes Centre for Social Justice Report on Family Law Reform – The Bar Council
“The Bar Council has today welcomed the report on family law reform, Every Family Matters, from the Centre for Social Justice, a leading think tank which is chaired by the Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP, the former Leader of the Conservative Party. The Centre for Social Justice’s latest family law report, which focuses on the breakdown of family life in modern Britain, and the way in which this is addressed by the legal system.”
The Bar Council, 16th July 2009
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
