Court of Appeal
“When a court was reviewing an international arbitration award careful attention was to be accorded to the type of hearing and the standard of proof required to establish whether that award was valid.”
The Times, 24th August 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A school receptionist is suing her employers amid claims that they were ‘anti-Christian’ by suspending her following a dispute over her faith, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd August 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Secret plans to reintroduce hunting foxes, stags and other animals have been drawn up with the backing of senior Conservatives. Details of the controversial scheme emerged this weekend, including the creation of a Hunt Regulatory Authority (HRA) to police the behaviour of hunts.”
The Independent, 23rd August 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The head of a Metropolitan police station where a man died has been recorded on tape promising that CCTV cameras were working and tape from them had been seized – weeks before investigators told the man’s family that the footage was missing.”
The Guardian, 21st August 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Two people have been charged with breaching the Data Protection Act after a British National Party membership list was leaked on the internet.”
BBC News, 21st August 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Creditors of Lehman Brothers, the investment bank that collapsed almost a year ago, are facing further delays in recovering their assets after the High Court today refused to sign off administrators’ plans for the bank’s European arm.”
The Times, 21st August 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Abusive partners could face restraining orders, even if they are acquitted of assault under new powers to be introduced next month.”
The Guardian, 21st August 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Yemoh & Ors v Regina [2009] EWCA Crim 1775 (20 August 2009)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Heald & Ors v London Borough of Brent [2009] EWCA Civ 930 (20 August 2009)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Nude Brands Ltd.v Stella MccArtney Ltd & Ors [2009] EWHC 2154 (Ch) (20 August 2009)
Butters & Ors v BBC Worldwide Ltd & Ors [2009] EWHC 1954 (Ch) (20 August 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
“When the Cabinet Office issued its call for evidence for an investigation into social mobility and the professions, it was very clear on one point: it did not want any backchat on the impact of an unequal society on social mobility.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 20th August 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The Ministry of Justice today set out proposals to rebalance the legal aid budget to ensure that the £2 billion currently spent every year goes as far as possible in favour of civil help for those who need it most.”
Ministry of Justice, 20th August 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“There are several remarkable features about the case of Debbie Purdy. For one, the case started with judicial review proceedings in April 2008, concluding with the House of Lords judgment on 30 July 2009 – less than 15 months later.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 20th August 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Regina (Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd) v Wolverhampton City Council
Court of Appeal
“A planning authority considering exercising its compulsory purchase powers could have regard to wider benefits, which might include benefits deriving from the redevelopment of a site not within the proposed development itself.”
The Times, 21st August 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
O’Donnell v Shanahan and Another
Court of Appeal
“A director had a duty to inform his company of a relevant business opportunity and it was not for the director to make his own decision that the company would not be interested and appropriate the opportunity to himself.”
The Times, 21st August 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Thousands of tobacco smugglers could be due compensation because their assets were wrongly confiscated, customs officials have admitted.”
BBC News, 20th August 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“For 36 years Tony Wade has been a sole practitioner. Will the Legal Services Act turn him into a legal dinosaur?”
The Times, 20th August 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The three people responsible for the death of baby Peter Connelly have appealed against their sentences.”
BBC News, 20th August 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Domestic violence victims will be able to get greater protection from courts in England and Wales from next month.”
BBC News, 21st August 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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