“A plan that would allow some sensitive inquests to be held in private is to be watered down after strong opposition from MPs, lawyers and civil libertarians.”
The Times, 18th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Parents of children involved in gang violence should be ‘held to account’, ministers are to argue as they warn of the growing threat of gang culture.”
BBC News, 18th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A cerebral palsy sufferer who won a scholarship to Eton and then achieved a mathematics PhD from Cambridge University has begun a legal battle to sue the NHS for millions of pounds over mistakes he claims were made by doctors at his birth.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Children as young as three are being trafficked to Wales from China, Bangladesh and Nigeria for sex, drugs and domestic servitude, a study shows.”
BBC News, 18th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Johnson (RT) v R [2009] EWCA Crim 468 (17 March 2009)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
The County of Shropshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2009
The County of West Sussex (Electoral Changes) Order 2009
The County of Wiltshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2009
The Discipline of Judges (Designation) Order 2009
The Proscribed Organisations (Name Change) Order 2009
The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2009
The Social Security (Contributions) (Re-rating) Order 2009
The Flexible Working (Eligibility, Complaints and Remedies) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2009
The Housing (Purchase of Equitable Interests) (England) Regulations 2009
The Housing (Service Charge Loans) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2009
The Employment Act 2008 (Commencement No. 2, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009
The Private Security Industry Act 2001 (Commencement No.1) (Northern Ireland) Order 2009
The Private Security Industry Act 2001 (Licences) Regulations 2007 (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Private Security Industry Act 2001 (Duration of Licence)(No.2) Order 2006 (Amendment) Order 2009
The Electricity Safety, Quality and Continuity (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Overhead Lines (Exemption) (England and Wales) Regulations 2009
The Asylum Support (Amendment) (Revocation) Regulations 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
“The Law Society has urged HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) to consider suspending the practice of taxing law firms before they have been paid for their services for the remainder of the recession.”
Legal Week, 17th March 2009
Source: www.legalweek.com
“A man convicted of an ‘audacious and well-planned’ raid to steal LS Lowry artworks valued at £1.7m has been given an indefinite jail sentence.”
BBC News, 17th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Former Gurkha soldiers who are fighting for the right to settle in the UK are seeking a High Court injunction to force the government to take action.”
BBC News, 17th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Paulin v Paulin [2009] EWCA Civ 221 (17 March 2009)
London Ambulance Service NHS Trust v Small [2009] EWCA Civ 220 (17 March 2009)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Revenue & Customs v The Boots Company Plc [2009] EWHC 487 (Ch) (16 March 2009)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Brett v Director of Public Prosecutions [2009] EWHC 440 (Admin) (16 March 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
“Media regulator Ofcom will take over the regulation of video on demand services, but will delegate it to an industry-formulated co-regulator, the Government has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 17th March 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is reportedly investigating alleged tax avoidance schemes run by Barclays.”
The Times, 17th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
AM v Local Authority & Anor [2009] EWCA Civ 205 (16 March 2009)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Harrison v Harrison [2009] EWHC 428 (QB) (06 February 2009)
Sports Network Ltd v Calzaghe [2009] EWHC 480 (QB) (16 March 2009)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
“Lawyers acting for vulnerable children and families have today joined forces with the leading children’s charity, the NSPCC, to call for a Parliamentary inquiry into the state of the family justice system.”
The Bar Council, 16th March 2009
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
Sinclair v Glatt and others [2009] EWCA Civ 176; [2009] WLR (D) 97
“A receiver appointed pursuant to s 77 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 to get in the assets of a convicted money launderer was entitled to recover his remuneration, costs and expenses from the realisable assets caught by the order. That right extended to assets to which the convicted person had legal title but which were beneficially owned by someone else.”
WLR Daily, 16th March 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in once of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“It would be unjust to activate a completed unpaid work requirement attached to a suspended order of imprisonment where an offender breached the suspended order by committing a further offence.”
The Times, 17th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“Legislation criminalising sexual activity with a child did not make any distinction according to whether the victim was a girl or a boy and, in sentencing for such an offence, the court should not do so either.”
The Times, 17th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Pensions Act 2008 (Abolition of Safeguarded Rights) (Consequential) Order 2009
The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Amendment Regulations 2009
The Health and Safety Information for Employees (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Regulations 2009
The Social Security Revaluation of Earnings Factors Order 2009
The Social Security (Transitional Payments) Regulations 2009
The Social Security Pensions (Low Earnings Threshold) Order 2009
The Housing Benefit (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Pensions Regulator (Miscellaneous Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Occupational, Personal and Stakeholder Pensions (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2009
The Local Authorities (Charges for Property Searches)(Wales) Regulations 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
“The Foreign Office has admitted failing to make complaints on behalf of British nationals who say they have been tortured after being detained overseas during counter-terrorism investigations.”
The Guardian, 17th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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