“The Bar Council and the Law Society have today published the report of Sir Duncan Nichol CBE’s review of Queen’s Counsel Appointments.”
The Bar Council, 8th May 2009
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
“The Privy Council is one of the most obscure and murky corners of the British constitution — yet its powers are far from antiquated or redundant.”
The Times, 8th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A prestigious Mayfair nightclub lost a court battle with the taxman yesterday over a tips system that benefited customers and staff.”
The Times, 8th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A black Royal Navy officer has lost his claim for racial discrimination
BBC News, 7th May 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two men who terrorised part of Greater Manchester during a 17-day crime spree have been jailed for life.”
BBC News, 7th May 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“About 500,000 agency workers will receive the same pay and conditions as permanent staff under proposals to be published by ministers today in an effort to redeem a pledge made by government to union.”
The Guardian, 8th May 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The government’s plans to reform the national DNA database were condemned yesterday by lawyers for the two innocent men whose European court victory forced ministers to change the rules.”
The Guardian, 8th May 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Britain’s biggest police force has agreed to limit its use of controversial stop-and-search powers after critics claimed it was discriminating against minority groups.”
The Times, 8th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“An honour established by the Queen has been declared unlawful after Muslims and Hindus complained that its Christian name and cross insignia were offensive.”
The Times, 8th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A huntsman has been given a police caution for illegally hunting a hare – the first case of its kind dealt with under the controversial Hunting Act.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th May 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Gurkha rights campaigners today accused Gordon Brown of betrayal after learning that all five test cases of applications to stay in Britain have been rejected by the Home Office.”
The Guardian, 7th May 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A teacher has won a High Court battle to have his DNA destroyed after he was unlawfully arrested by police when accused of assault by a pupil.”
The Times, 7th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“An inquest ruling that a man unlawfully killed his six-year-old son by throwing him off a hotel balcony when a holiday trip to Crete to salvage his marriage went disastrously wrong was quashed by the High Court today.”
The Independent, 7th May 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
B, R v [2009] EWCA Crim 906 (07 May 2009)
Athwal & Ors, R v [2009] EWCA Crim 789 (07 May 2009)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Baynes v Hedger & Anor [2009] EWCA Civ 374 (07 May 2009)
Annabel’s (Berkeley Square) Ltd & Ors v Revenue and Customs [2009] EWCA Civ 361 (07 May 2009)
Cavendish Corporate Finance Llp v GIL Investments Ltd [2009] EWCA Civ 368 (07 May 2009)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Colorcon Ltd v Huckell & Ors [2009] EWHC 979 (Ch) (07 May 2009)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Commercial Court)
CNH Global NV v PGN Logistics Ltd & Ors [2009] EWHC B8 (Comm) (26 February 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
“One of Britain’s most successful City traders, who was fooled into thinking he was making millions when he was really suffering huge losses, has been awarded £20 million after a judge ruled that his broker defrauded him.”
The Times, 7th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Regina (Nasseri) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
House of Lords
“As there was no evidence that Greece was a place from which a foreign asylum seeker would be deported to his own country to face inhuman and degrading treatment, there was nothing incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights in a statutory provision which deemed that Greece was a safe country to which he could be returned from the United Kingdom.”
The Times, 7th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“All we know for sure is that it is a mammoth 1,000 pages long. But the contents of Lord Justice Jackson’s initial report on reforming civil litigation costs have been a well-guarded secret before publication tomorrow.”
The Times, 7th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A Romany gipsy has won a High Court battle allowing him to stay on an illegal travellers’ site, after a judge ruled it would help him beat his heroin addiction.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th May 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Hundreds of trials are being cancelled or adjourned because witnesses fail to attend court to give evidence, despite reforms to improve their treatment.”
The Times, 7th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Lawyers acting for young twins ‘stopped and searched’ at an environmental protest were granted permission to challenge police powers in the high court today after judges ruled the proper policing of large demonstrations was in the public interest.”
The Guardian, 6th May 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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