Minimum wage up to £5.80 an hour – BBC News
“The UK minimum wage will rise by 7p to £5.80 an hour from October, the government has announced.”
BBC News, 12th May 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
High Court (Chancery Division)
Port of London Authority v Ashmore [2009] EWHC 954 (Ch) (08 May 2009)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Midgulf International Ltd v Groupe Chimiche Tunisien [2009] EWHC 963 (Comm) (11 May 2009)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Amaryllis Ltd v HM Treasury [2009] EWHC 962 (TCC) (08 May 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Taxation of Pension Schemes (Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) Order 2009
The Medicines for Human Use (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2009
The Medicines for Human Use (Prescribing)(Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2009
The National Health Service (Charges) (Amendments Relating to Pandemic Influenza) Regulations 2009
The Export Control (Uzbekistan) (Amendment) Order 2009
The Value Added Tax (Refund of Tax to Charter Trustees and Conservators) Order 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Regina (M) v East Sussex County Council – Times Law Reports
Regina (M) v East Sussex County Council
Queen’s Bench Division
“The failure by a local authority to amend a child’s statement of special educational needs during the year of his transfer between phases of schooling, and to name and specify the type of school was a breach of its statutory obligation.”
The Times, 12th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Regina v Curtis (Attorney General’s Reference No 17 of 2009) – Times Law Reports
Regina v Curtis (Attorney General’s Reference No 17 of 2009)
Court of Appeal
“It was always dangerous to use a mobile phone while driving and there was never any excuse for doing so.”
The Times, 12th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Muslim catering manager claims discrimination in row over handling pork – Daily Telegraph
“Muslim catering manager Hasanali Khoja refused to cook sausages and bacon because it was against his religion, a tribunal has heard.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th May 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Children in jail: lottery of justice is revealed – The Independent
“The jailing of children in England and Wales has become a postcode lottery where child custody rates in some parts of the country are five times higher than in others, according to league tables seen by The Independent.”
The Independent, 12th May 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Lawyers’ baked-bean protest over government plans for ‘Tesco Law’ – The Times
“The first signs of a fight-back against reforms that will enable supermarkets and other stores to offer customers legal services came yesterday with a ‘baked beans’ protest by solicitors.”
The Times, 12th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Double murderer jailed for life – BBC News
“A 57-year-old Blackpool man has been jailed for life for murdering his estranged wife and her boyfriend.”
BBC News, 11th May 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Ex-teacher jailed for boys abuse – BBC News
“A former teacher has been jailed for four-and-a-half years for a series of sexual assaults on young boys.”
BBC News, 11th May 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Data Protection Act should not be defamation substitute, says High Court judge – OUT-LAW.com
“The Data Protection Act should not be a backup plan in failed defamation cases, a High Court judge has said. Mr Justice Eady has rejected a claim that an allegedly libellous statement was also a breach of the privacy law.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th May 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
Ecstasy dealers jailed over death – BBC news
“Two men from Crawley have been jailed for supplying ecstasy at a party in West Sussex which killed a teenager.”
BBC News, 11th May 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Ofcom upholds ‘Nazi’ complaints – BBC News
“Talksport has been found in breach of broadcasting rules over an incident last November which saw presenter Jon Gaunt call a local councillor a ‘Nazi’.”
BBC News, 11th May 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Gordon Ramsay attacked by Ofcom after swearing marathon – The Times
“Gordon Ramsay was given a dressing down by the broadcasting regulator today for an extraordinary outburst of swearing in which his show featured the f-word almost every 20 seconds over a 40 minute period.”
The Times, 11th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Obsessed cyber-war fan stabbed Nottingham student 86 times – The Times
“A German cyber-war fan was jailed for life today for flying to Britain to stab a student 86 times after he became obsessed with his girlfriend.”
The Times, 11th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Injustice Unremedied: The Government’s response on Equitable Life – Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
“Ann Abraham, the Parliamentary Ombudsman, has today laid before both Houses of Parliament a further report concerning Equitable Life.”
Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, 6th May
Source: www.ombudsman.org.uk
UK ‘failing’ on causes of crime – BBC News
“The government has failed to carry out its election pledge to tackle the causes of crime, says a world expert on crime reduction.”
BBC News, 11th May 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil division)
P (A Child), Re [2009] EWCA Civ 376 (08 May 2009)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Ghai v Newcastle City Council [2009] EWHC 978 (Admin) (08 May 2009)
A v London Borough of Croydon [2009] EWHC 939 (Admin) (08 May 2009)
High Court (Chancery Division)
FJ Chalke Ltd & Anor v Revenue & Customs [2009] EWHC 952 (Ch) (08 May 2009)
Court Court (Family Division)
Leake v Goldsmith [2009] EWHC 988 (Fam) (08 May 2009)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Scopelight Ltd & Ors v Chief of Police for Northumbria & Ors [2009] EWHC 958 (QB) (07 May 2009)
Monks v Warwick District Council [2009] EWHC 959 (QB) (07 May 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The European Parliamentary Elections (Local Returning Officers’ Charges) (Scotland) Order 2009
The Armed Forces Act 2006 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2009
The Railways Infrastructure (Access and Management) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Armed Forces (Review of Court Martial Sentence) Order 2009
The Armed Forces (Review of Court Martial Sentence) (Supplementary Provision) Regulations 2009
The Registered Pension Schemes (Authorised Payments) Regulations 2009
The Taxation of Pension Schemes (Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) Order 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Regina (JS) (Sri Lanka) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – Times Law Reports
Regina (JS) (Sri Lanka) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
Court of Appeal
“In order to establish that an asylum seeker was liable for a joint criminal enterprise such as to exclude him from the protection of the Geneva Convention as complicit in war crimes or crimes against humanity, there had to have been a common design which amounted to or involved the commission of a crime provided for by statute.”
The Times, 11th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
