Speech by Sir Anthony May, President of the Queen’s Bench Division
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Costs Conference, 19th June 2009
Judiciary of England and Wales, 25th June 2009
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Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Progress Property Company Ltd v Moorgarth Group Ltd [2009] EWCA Civ 629 (26 June 2009)
Beer & Anor v Bexbes LLP [2009] EWCA Civ 628 (26 June 2009)
EN (Serbia) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] EWCA Civ 630 (26 June 2009)
Armsden v Kent Police [2009] EWCA Civ 631 (26 June 2009)
Harms Offshore Aht “Taurus” GmbH & Co Kg v Bloom & Ors [2009] EWCA Civ 632 (26 June 2009)
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce v Beck [2009] EWCA Civ 619 (26 June 2009)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Vestergaard Frandsen A/S & Ors v Bestnet Europe Ltd & Ors [2009] EWHC 1456 (Ch) (26 June 2009)
Digicel (St. Lucia) Ltd & Ors v Cable & Wireless Plc & Ors [2009] EWHC 1437 (Ch) (17 June 2009)
High Court (Family Division)
Leicestershire County Council v K C & Ors [2009] EWHC 1383 (Fam) (29 January 2009)
High Court (Admiralty Division)
Source: www.bailii.org
“Fresh allegations that Afghans captured by British soldiers have been mistreated by security forces are so serious they should be the subject of a full high court hearing, government lawyers have admitted.”
The Guardian, 29th June 2009
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“Inexperienced and inadequately trained police officers were pitched into the middle of the ‘highly combustible’ G20 protests in London, according to a highly critical report published today.”
The Times, 29th June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A decision whether to pardon the jailed Liverpool football fan Michael Shields is days away, the Ministry of Justice has confirmed. The decision could set a precedent for cases of Britons convicted abroad on contested evidence.”
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The Guardian, 26th June 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The number of women deliberately harming themselves in prison has almost doubled in five years – despite repeated government promises to improve conditions in women’s jails.”
The Independent, 27th June 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Gordon Brown’s plans to set up an independent body to take charge of parliamentary expenses could have a ‘chilling effect’ on MPs’ freedom of speech, the most senior official in the House of Commons warned today.”
The Guardian, 26th June 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Branchflower, R v [2009] EWCA Crim 1239 (20 May 2009)
Clarke, R v [2009] EWCA Crim 1228 (21 May 2009)
Seager, R v [2009] EWCA Crim 1303 (26 June 2009)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Swift Technical Group Holdings Ltd & Ors v Mulcahy [2009] EWHC 1485 (QB) (08 June 2009)
Lockheed Martin Group v Willis Group Ltd [2009] EWHC 1436 (QB) (09 June 2009)
B v Reading Borough Council & Ors [2009] EWHC 998 (QB) (24 June 2009)
Rig Holdings LP v Aeroflex Test Solutions Ltd [2009] EWHC 1440 (QB) (25 June 2009)
Peters & Anor v Andrew [2009] EWHC 1511 (QB) (26 June 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
“Dozens of sharia courts in the UK are regularly giving illegal advice on issues including marriage and divorce, a report published today claims.”
The Guardian, 29th June 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Britain’s private prisons are performing worse than those run by the state, according to data obtained under the Freedom of Information Act.”
The Independent, 29th June 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Defence, security and intelligence grandees will next week launch a critique of the government’s strategy for dealing with terror, including a demand that ministers should show that Britain has ‘unambiguously’ renounced the use of torture.”
The Guardian, 27th June 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A 15-year-old boy has been convicted of murdering a two-year-old girl who was left in his care for 90 minutes.”
BBC News, 26th June 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Debbie Purdy and Michael Wenham, both living with terminal illnesses, put their opposing views ahead of this week’s Lords debate.”
The Independent, 28th June 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The sentence of a serial sex attacker who preyed on women in south-west London for more than two decades is to be reviewed by the Attorney General.”
BBC News, 28th June 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Senior prosecutors are calling for the laws on race hate crimes to be strengthened to counter the threat posed by the British National party.”
The Guardian, 28th June 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
James, R v [2009] EWCA Crim 1261 (25 June 2009)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Walbrook Trustees (Jersey) Ltd & Ors v Fattal & Ors [2009] EWHC 1446 (Ch) (25 June 2009)
High Court (Admiralty Division)
Source: www.bailii.org
“The report on the controversial death of the anti-racist campaigner Blair Peach should finally be published more than 30 years after he died in a demonstration in west London. The commissioner of the Metropolitan police, Sir Paul Stephenson, agreed today that it should be made public after an unanimous call to do so by the Metropolitan Police Authority.”
The Guardian, 25th June 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A parliamentary inquiry into allegations of British collusion in torture is set to investigate whether counter-terrorism chiefs ordered the repeated torture and rendition of a former British resident.”
The Guardian, 25th June 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Vodafone2 v Commissioners for Revenue and Customs
Court of Appeal
“In order to interpret United Kingdom legislation concerning the profits of controlled foreign companies in a way which avoided any unlawful restriction of a taxpayer company’s right to freedom of establishment, conferred by article 43 of the European Treaty, the court was entitled to introduce an additional exception to those contained in section 748(1)(a) to (e) and (3) of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988.”
The Times, 26th June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“A defendant who allowed another person, B, to lodge, receive, retain or withdraw money which amounted to criminal property from the defendant’s bank account, was to be regarded as having criminally converted that property.”
The Times, 26th June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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