Settlement after hospital blunder – BBC News
“A woman has won a multi-million pound compensation settlement after a blunder at a Wearside hospital left her with serious brain damage.”
BBC News, 23rd March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Company fined after worker death – BBC News
“A waste company in Sunderland has been fined £15,000 after one of its workers was killed when he was hit by a 20-tonne dumper truck.”
BBC News, 23rd March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
UK ‘home to 200 rights abusers’ – BBC News
“More than 200 people responsible for war crimes and other human rights abuses overseas could be living in Britain, the BBC has learned.”
BBC News, 24th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Hindu elder in High Court bid for open-air cremation – Daily Telegraph
“In a test case on religious burials, Davender Ghai, aged 70, is challenging a refusal by Newcastle City Council to permit him to be cremated according to his Hindu faith.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Google Street View: formal privacy complaint – Daily Telegraph
“Privacy International has lodged the complaint with the Information Commissioner over claims that a number of people are identifiable through the Street View service.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
The Big Question: Are there illegal government databases and what can we do about it? – The Independent
“The Big Question: Are there illegal government databases and what can we do about it?.”
The Independent, 24th March 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
We must safeguard all children, including young offenders – The Guardian
“”Lord Laming’s review of child protection procedures ignores the needs of those in the criminal justice system.”
The Guardian, 24th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Don’t change rules on charges, warns Keir Starmer – The Times
“The Director of Public Prosecutions delivered a strong warning last night that handing back the job of charging suspects to the police would be a ‘grave mistake’.”
The Times, 24th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Two stars of BBC’s Trawlermen series jailed in illegal fishing case – The Guardian
“Two stars of the BBC’s Trawlermen series have been jailed and fined £370,000 after they landed fish illegally.”
The Guardian, 23rd March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Prince Charles’ Duchy Originals ordered to remove ‘misleading’ herbal remedy claims – Daily Telegraph
“The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has upheld a complaint over the online advertising of two remedies, Duchy Herbals Echina-Relief Tincture and Duchy Herbals Hyperi-Lift Tincture, which are sold for £10 for 50ml in selected Boots and Waitrose stores.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Government bid to extend ‘human rights’ prompts fears of nanny state – Daily Telegraph
“Entitlement to good health care, education and freedom from poverty could be enshrined in law under the green paper to be published by Justice Minister Jack Straw.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Stars call for end to archaic libel laws – The Times
“The actor and comedian Rowan Atkinson and writer Andrew O’Hagan are heading a coalition of entertainers, writers, lawyers and journalists in a move today for the scrapping of an archaic law that allows people to be jailed for speaking out.”
The Times, 23rd March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
College sued over sex abuse claim – BBC News
“A former City lawyer is claiming £5m damages against a Catholic school over sexual abuse he alleges he suffered there during the 1970s.”
BBC News, 23rd March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Divsion)
Bracknell Forest Borough Council v Green & Anor [2009] EWCA Civ 238 (20 March 2009)
Lambert v Clayton [2009] EWCA Civ 237 (20 March 2009)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Bailey & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] EWHC 562 (Admin) (20 March 2009)
Secretary of State for the Home Department v AT & Anor [2009] EWHC 512 (Admin) (20 March 2009)
High Court (Patents Court)
MMI Research Ltd v Cellxion Ltd & Ors [2009] EWHC 418 (Pat) (11 March 2009)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Toropdar v D [2009] EWHC 567 (QB) (20 March 2009)
Hutton v The Government of Australia [2009] EWHC 564 (QB) (20 March 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (Wales) Regulations 2009
The Plant Health (Import Inspection Fees) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Control of Salmonella in Broiler Flocks (Wales) Order 2009
The Charter Trustees Regulations 2009
The Public Guardian (Fees, etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Plant Health (Forestry) (Amendment) Order 2009
The Family Procedure (Adoption) (Amendment) Rules 2009
The Buying Agency Trading Fund (Amendment) Order 2009
The Health and Social Care (Financial Assistance) Regulations 2009
The Pensions Increase (Review) Order 2009
The Local Authorities’ Plans and Strategies (Disapplication) (England) (Amendment) Order 2009
The Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations 2009
The Tax Avoidance Schemes (Information) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Bovale Ltd v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and Another – Times Law Reports
Bovale Ltd v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and Another
Court of Appeal
“While a judge had no power to alter the Civil Procedure Rules or vary any practice direction, either by a judgment or purported practice direction, he did have an inherent jurisdiction to include procedural directions of a general application where there was a gap in the rules or in the practice directions.”
The Times, 23rd 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.
Regina (BA)(Nigeria) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – Times Law Reports
Regina (BA)(Nigeria) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
Court of Appeal
“The right of appeal against the refusal by the Home Office to revoke a deportation order was exercisable from within the United Kingdom.”
The Times, 23rd 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.
Legal aid reform programme – Ministry of Justice
“Legal Aid Minister Lord Bach has given a speech on the legal aid reform programme at the Advice Services Alliance conference in which he has announced that more people will be eligible for civil legal aid.”
Ministry of Justice, 20th March 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Cuts to forensic watchdog ‘will cause miscarriages of justice’ – The Independent
“Dozens of miscarriages of justice could occur in the next few months because the body that regulates expert witnesses in court is being shut down by the Government, senior scientists warned yesterday.”
The Independent, 22nd March 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
