Dance troupe theft woman jailed – BBC News
“An administrator who admitted taking thousands of pounds intended for a dance group’s trip to America has been jailed for 18 months.”
BBC News, 11th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Hovell v Ashford & St Peter’s Hospital NHS Trust [2009] EWCA Civ 670 (09 July 2009)
Bedfordshire County Council v Dixon-Wilkinson [2009] EWCA Civ 678 (09 July 2009)
High Court (Administrative Court)
F & Ors, R (on the application of) v Wirral Borough Council [2009] EWHC 1626 (Admin) (09 July 2009)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Stanford International Bank Ltd & Ors, Re [2009] EWHC 1661 (Ch) (09 July 2009)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The North Korea (United Nations Sanctions) Order 2009
The Turks and Caicos Islands Constitution (Interim Amendment) (Amendment) Order 2009
The Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment and Support Schemes (Horticulture) Regulations 2009
The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Home Energy Efficiency Scheme (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The North Korea (United Nations Measures) (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 2009
The Companies (Shareholders’ Rights) Regulations 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Foster Wheeler Ltd v Hanley and others – WLR Daily
Foster Wheeler Ltd v Hanley and others [2009] EWCA Civ 651; [2009] WLR (D) 235
“The court considered the principles to be applied by pension scheme trustees when deciding how UK pension schemes were to pay benefits to members following recent developments in European pensions law relating to equalisation of retirement ages.”
WLR Daily, 9th 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.
Bloom and Others v Harms Offshore AHT “Taurus” and “Magnus” GmbH and Co KG – Times Law Reports
Bloom and Others v Harms Offshore AHT “Taurus” and “Magnus” GmbH and Co KG
Court of Appeal
“Where creditors of a company in administration had attached property owned by that company in a foreign jurisdiction, the courts had power, in some circumstances, to grant injunctive relief affecting procedures in that foreign jurisdiction.”
The Times, 10th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Seaga v Harper (No 2) – Times Law Reports
Privy Council
“After-the-event insurance premiums and success fees under conditional fee agreements entered into with English counsel and solicitors were not recoverable as costs by a successful party in an appeal to the Privy Council from Jamaica whose domestic law did not permit conditional fee agreements or allow for a successful party’s expenditure on after-the-event premiums to be an allowable disbursement.”
The Times, 10th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
R v G(G) and Another – Times Law Reports
Court of Appeal
“Where the Court of Appeal was determining whether it was in the interests of justice for an acquittal to be quashed on an application by the Crown, the factors specified in section 79(2) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 were not exhaustive.”
The Times, 9th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Pay gap points to discrimination – Law Society’s Gazette
“Women solicitors earn 29% less than their male colleagues, the Gazette can reveal this week. The Law Society’s latest salary survey showed only a slight narrowing of the pay gap between the sexes compared with the previous year’s figure of 32%.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 9th July 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Straw: plans to increase transparency and confidence in family courts – Ministry of Justice
“Jack Straw has announced the next stage of reforms aimed at increasing transparency and confidence in our family justice system.”
Ministry of Justice, 9th July 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Police may have had a duty to notify phone-hacking victims, says privacy expert – OUT-LAW.com
“The Metropolitan Police knew that numerous mobile phones had been illegally hacked by private investigators but failed to alert the phones’ owners, according to The Guardian newspaper. If so, the victims should have been told, a privacy expert has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 9th July 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
Teacher admits child porn charges – BBC News
“A teacher has admitted having more than 130 indecent images of children on his computer.”
BBC News, 10th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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
