Practice directions – Amendment No. 22 to the Consolidated Criminal Practice Direction – Judiciary of England and Wales

Posted May 20th, 2009 in criminal procedure, guilty pleas, practice directions by sally

“The Lord Chief Justice has handed down Amendment No. 22 to the Consolidated Criminal Practice Direction.  It has three main parts.  Primarily, the amendments set out the different bases on which a defendant may plead guilty.  Secondly, minor changes are made to paragraph III.28 of the Consolidated Criminal Practice Direction regarding the Victim Personal Statement scheme.  Thirdly, it contains various forms for use with the Criminal Procedure Rules and when appealing to and from the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division).”

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Judiciary of England and Wales, 20th May 2009

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R (Smith) v Oxfordshire Assistant Deputy Coroner (Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening) – WLR Daily

Posted May 20th, 2009 in armed forces, human rights, inquests, law reports by sally

R (Smith) v Oxfordshire Assistant Deputy Coroner (Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening) [2009] EWCA Civ 441

“A British soldier on military service in Iraq was subject to the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom within the meaning of art 1 of the Human Rights Convention and as such benefited from the rights guaranteed by the Human Rights Act 1998. An inquest held into the soldier’s death was to be an enhanced inquest conforming to the procedural requirements of the right to life in art 2 of the Convention.”

WLR Daily, 19th May 2009

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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Rolls Royce plc v Unite the Union – WLR Daily

Posted May 20th, 2009 in age discrimination, EC law, law reports, redundancy by sally

Rolls Royce plc v Unite the Union [2009] EWCA Civ 387

“A length of service criterion within the selection matrix for redundancy selection, contained in collective agreements between a company and a workers’ union, was not in breach of the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006, in that the inclusion of the criterion was a ‘proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim’ within reg 3(1)(b).”

WLR Daily, 19th May 2009

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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Stamp assault footballer jailed – BBC News

Posted May 20th, 2009 in assault, news, sentencing, sport by sally

“A Sunday league footballer who stamped on an opponent’s leg as he lay injured has been jailed.”

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BBC News, 19th May 2009

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Lawyers face calls to give business free service – The Times

Posted May 20th, 2009 in law firms, news by sally

“Banks and other cash-strapped businesses are putting pressure on law firms by calling for the services of junior lawyers free of charge during the downturn.”

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The Times, 20th May 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Legal party drug that killed student set to be banned – Daily Telegraph

Posted May 20th, 2009 in drug offences, news by sally

“Jacqui Smith, The Home Secretary, is to finally move to ban the legal party drug GBL that killed Hester Stewart, a promising medical student, almost a year after her chief drugs advisor told her to.”

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Daily Telegraph, 19th May 2009

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Football teams club together to win groundbreaking WIPO domain name case – OUT-LAW.com

Posted May 20th, 2009 in arbitration, domain names by sally

“Some of England’s biggest football clubs have become the first companies to band together to win case under the best-known arbitration system for domain name disputes.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 19th May 2009

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Hit-and-run driver who sold car on eBay sentenced to jail – The Guardian

Posted May 20th, 2009 in dangerous driving, news, perverting the course of justice, sentencing by sally

“A former embassy official who fatally injured a cyclist in a hit-and-run crash and then attempted to cover her tracks by selling her car in parts on eBay was today sentenced to 10 years in jail.”

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The Guardian, 19th May 2009

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Man accused of double murder admits tying up French student – The Guardian

Posted May 20th, 2009 in murder, news by sally

“A man on trial for the murder of two French students in south London today admitted tying one of them up before they were repeatedly stabbed.”

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The Guardian, 19th May 2009

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Life term for Chinese pair murder – BBC News

Posted May 19th, 2009 in murder, news, sentencing by sally

“An illegal immigrant who murdered a Chinese couple in Newcastle has been jailed for life.”

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BBC News, 18th May 2009

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Bolsover District Council v Dennis Rye Ltd – Times Law Reports

Posted May 19th, 2009 in cross-claims, insolvency, law reports, winding up by sally

Bolsover District Council v Dennis Rye Ltd

Court of Appeal

“A judge hearing a winding-up petition against a company, when faced with a cross-claim by the company against the petitioner, had to consider only whether the evidence before him was sufficient to satisfy him that the company’s cross-claim was not merely arguable but was genuine and serious, and not whether the company should have previously taken action on the cross-claim unless it had a good reason for not doing so.”

The Times, 19th May 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Practice Direction (Criminal Proceedings: Victim Personal Statements; Pleas of Guilty in the Crown Court; Forms) – Times Law Reports

Posted May 19th, 2009 in criminal procedure, Crown Court, practice directions, victims by sally

Practice Direction (Criminal proceedings: Victim personal statements; Pleas of guilty in the crown court; forms)

“Amended provisions concerning the practice in criminal proceedings in relation to victim personal statements, pleas of guilty in the crown court and forms would come into force with immediate effect.”

The Times, May 19th 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Cab driver’s sex victims to sue – BBC News

Posted May 19th, 2009 in damages, news, sexual offences, victims by sally

“Victims of a taxi driver who sexually assaulted five female passengers in London and raped one are preparing a legal claim for damages against him.”

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BBC News, 19th May 2009

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BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted May 19th, 2009 in law reports by sally

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

Berghoff Trading Ltd & Ors v Swinbrook Developments Ltd & Ors [2009] EWCA Civ 413 (19 May 2009)

Napier & Anor v Pressdram Ltd [2009] EWCA Civ 443 (19 May 2009)

High Court (Administrative Court)

Eagles & Anor v Minister for the Environment Sustainability and Housing, Welsh Assembly Government & Anor [2009] EWHC 1028 (Admin) (18 May 2009)

Source: www.bailii.org

‘Discipline’ father’s crop attack – BBC News

Posted May 19th, 2009 in child cruelty, corporal punishment, sentencing by sally

“A father who horsewhipped his three children for discipline and to stop them ‘going off the rails’ has been jailed at Cardiff Crown Court.”

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BBC News, 18th May 2009

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Sex offender complaint is upheld – BBC News

Posted May 19th, 2009 in complaints, police, sexual offences by sally

“The police watchdog has upheld a complaint about a police force’s management of a sex offender.”

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BBC News, 18th May 2009

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QC appointment review rejects proposals for radical change – Law Society Gazette

Posted May 19th, 2009 in queen's counsel, solicitors by sally

“The former head of the Queen’s Counsel selection panel has rejected Law Society proposals that would have increased the number of solicitors eligible to apply.”

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Law Society Gazette, 14th May 2009

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Bar considers action on ‘threat’ posed by solicitor-advocates – Law Society Gazette

Posted May 19th, 2009 in advocacy, solicitors by sally

“The Bar Council has set up a working group to tackle what it calls unfair competition from solicitor-advocates for Crown Court work.”

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Law Society Gazette, 14th May 2009

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Police boss might defy High Court – BBC News

Posted May 19th, 2009 in police, pornography by sally

“The Chief Constable of Avon and Somerset Police Colin Port says he is prepared to go to jail rather than return suspected child pornography.”

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BBC News, 18th May 2009

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InsuranceWide.com Services Ltd v Revenue and Customs Comrs; Revenue and Customs Comrs v Trader Media Group Ltd – WLR Daily

Posted May 19th, 2009 in EC law, insurance, law reports, VAT by sally

InsuranceWide.com Services Ltd v Revenue and Customs Comrs; Revenue and Customs Comrs v Trader Media Group Ltd [2009] EWHC 999 (Ch); [2009] WLR (D) 156

“Companies which offered introductory services, in order to channel would-be customers to insurers by electronic means, and which received a commission in the event of a contract of insurance being concluded were insurance brokers or insurance agents falling within the exemption from VAT provided for by Group 2 in Sch 9 to the Value Added Tax Act 1994, which implemented art 13B(a) of Council Directive 77/388/EEC on the harmonization of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover taxes.”

WLR Daily, 18th May 2009

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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