Stamp assault footballer jailed – BBC News
“A Sunday league footballer who stamped on an opponent’s leg as he lay injured has been jailed.”
BBC News, 19th May 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Lawyers face calls to give business free service – The Times
“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.”
The Times, 20th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Legal party drug that killed student set to be banned – Daily Telegraph
“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.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th May 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Football teams club together to win groundbreaking WIPO domain name case – OUT-LAW.com
“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.”
OUT-LAW.com, 19th May 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
Hit-and-run driver who sold car on eBay sentenced to jail – The Guardian
“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.”
The Guardian, 19th May 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Man accused of double murder admits tying up French student – The Guardian
“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.”
The Guardian, 19th May 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Life term for Chinese pair murder – BBC News
“An illegal immigrant who murdered a Chinese couple in Newcastle has been jailed for life.”
BBC News, 18th May 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Bolsover District Council v Dennis Rye Ltd – Times Law Reports
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
“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
“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.”
BBC News, 19th May 2009
Source: www.bb.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
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)
Source: www.bailii.org
‘Discipline’ father’s crop attack – BBC News
“A father who horsewhipped his three children for discipline and to stop them ‘going off the rails’ has been jailed at Cardiff Crown Court.”
BBC News, 18th May 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Sex offender complaint is upheld – BBC News
“The police watchdog has upheld a complaint about a police force’s management of a sex offender.”
BBC News, 18th May 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
QC appointment review rejects proposals for radical change – Law Society Gazette
“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.”
Law Society Gazette, 14th May 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Bar considers action on ‘threat’ posed by solicitor-advocates – Law Society Gazette
“The Bar Council has set up a working group to tackle what it calls unfair competition from solicitor-advocates for Crown Court work.”
Law Society Gazette, 14th May 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Police boss might defy High Court – BBC News
“The Chief Constable of Avon and Somerset Police Colin Port says he is prepared to go to jail rather than return suspected child pornography.”
BBC News, 18th May 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
InsuranceWide.com Services Ltd v Revenue and Customs Comrs; Revenue and Customs Comrs v Trader Media Group Ltd – WLR Daily
“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
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
Vigilante sentenced over sex video campaign – The Independent
“A vigilante who filmed men meeting up for sex in a bid to clean up a woodland was today spared jail.”
The Independent, 18th May 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
MoD facing compensation claims after legal ruling – Daily Telegraph
“The Ministry of Defence is facing a flood of compensation claims from families of servicemen who have been killed in Iraq and Afghanistan after a landmark legal ruling that they are covered by human rights laws.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th May 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
