Are government databases excessive? – The Times
“A report finds almost a quarter of major databases are illegal. Is the data storage disproportionate?”
The Times, 27th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Objection! Judges reject new robes – The Independent
“The English judiciary has long been regarded as a bastion of conservative mores and sartorial continuity. So when, 10 months ago, former designer of the year Betty Jackson ripped up 300 years of tradition by introducing a new robe for some of England’s most trenchant legal minds, her chutzpah raised eyebrows far beyond the High Court.”
The Independent, 27th March 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
BT direct debit rebel loses case – BBC News
“A Nottingham man who took BT to court after being cut off in a row over how to pay his bill has lost his case.”
BBC News, 26th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Domestic violence: 18 new special courts announced – Ministry of Justice
“Victims of Domestic Violence will receive extra help and support from 18 new Specialist Domestic Violence Courts, Justice Minister Bridget Prentice announced today.”
Ministry of Justice, 26th March 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Charon Reports: Cheating or taking professional advice? – Charon QC
“Today I talked to John Foster, spokesman for Oxbridge Training Contracts about the legality of his service, his view of the ethics and exactly what Oxbridge Training Contracts is actually offering to students who wish to use their services. We also talk about the provision of model answers, tailored to specific questions put by the student client, and the problems that could arise if a student submits these model answers as their own work for coursework assessment.”
Charon QC, 24th March 2009
Source: www.charonqc.wordpress.com
“Charon QC” is the blogging pseudonym of Mike Semple Piggot, editor of insitelaw newswire.
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
Magistrate ‘fell asleep’ during trial – Daily Telegraph
“A magistrate, John Harrison, is under investigation after reportedly falling asleep during a teenager’s trial for an alleged assault.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Gurkhas resume settlement battle – BBC News
“The government may be ‘humiliated’ into complying with a timetable to change its immigration policy on Gurkha veterans, a solicitor has said.”
BBC News, 26th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Stewart, R v [2009] EWCA Crim 593 (26 March 2009)
Farrell, R. v [2009] EWCA Crim 511 (13 March 2009)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
AF (Jamaica) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] EWCA Civ 240 (26 March 2009)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Thorpe v Revenue and Customs [2009] EWHC 611 (Ch) (26 March 2009)
JML Direct Ltd v Freesat UK Ltd [2009] EWHC 616 (Ch) (26 March 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
Kirk Reid: Children’s football coach guilty of stalking and sexually assaulting 25 women – Daily Telegraph
“Kirk Reid, a children’s football coach, has been convicted of stalking and sexually assaulting 25 women in London over 12 years.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Regulation of City law firms ‘not fit for purpose’ – The Times
“The regulation of big corporate law firms is not ‘fit for purpose’ and urgently needs reform, a report for the Law Society has concluded.”
The Times, 26th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
UK torture intelligence ‘dilemma’ – BBC News
“Intelligence which could have been derived through torture presents the UK with a ‘very real dilemma’, the UK Foreign Office has said.”
BBC News, 26th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
High Court (Chancery Division)
JSD Corporation Pte Ltd v (1) Al Waha Capital PJSC & Anor [2009] EWHC 583 (Ch) (25 March 2009)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Barclays Bank Plc v Guardian News Media Ltd [2009] EWHC 591 (QB) (19 March 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
Thorner v Major and others – WLR Daily
Thorner v Major and others [2009] UKHL 18; [2009] WLR (D) 111
“Oblique assurances by a farmer of an intention to leave a farm to a cousin, who had worked full-time without any remuneration on the farm for 29 years, could constitute a sufficiently clear and unequivocal representation to establish a proprietary estoppel when the farmer ultimately died intestate.”
WLR Daily, 25th March 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
R (Binyam Mohamed) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (No 5) – WLR Daily
“Consistent with the interests of open justice and the rule of law, an annex to an earlier judgment of the court, integral to that judgment but previously withheld so as not to prejudice confidential plea bargain negotiations in the United States involving the claimant, should be made public in accordance with the undertaking of the court at the time of that judgment.”
WLR Daily, 25th March 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
MH (Syria) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; DS (Afghanistan) v Same – WLR Daily
“A careful approach was to be applied when one was considering an asylum application and the question whether an asylum-seeker was excluded from the provisions of the Refugee Convention by reason of art 1F(c) on the ground that he had been guilty of acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.”
WLR Daily, 25th March 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
R (Mendes and another) v Southwark London Borough Council – WLR Daily
R (Mendes and another) v Southwark London Borough Council; [2009] WLR (D) 108
“A judge needed to give reasons for preferring one side’s arguments over the other on an application for costs made by written submissions following the case being settled.”
WLR Daily, 25th March 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Thorner v Major and Others – Times Law Reports
House of Lords
“Oblique assurances could in the appropriate context constitute a sufficiently clear and unequivocal representation to establish a proprietary estoppel.”
The Times, 26th 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.
John Darwin: ‘Back-from-the-dead canoeist’ appeals his sentence – Daily Telegraph
“John Darwin, the ‘back-from-the-dead canoeist’ who was jailed for carrying out a ‘sophisticated’ £250,000 fraud, is challenging his six-year prison sentence in the Court of Appeal on Thursday.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
