Ripper freedom ‘unlikely’ – PM -BBC News
“Gordon Brown has said it is ‘very unlikely’ Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe will be released from jail.”
BBC News, 18th February 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Healthy Start Scheme and Welfare Food (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (Commencement No. 1 and Saving Provision) Order 2009
The A40 Trunk Road (Gloucestershire Border to Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire) (Detrunking) Order 2009
The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Devolution Alignment) Order 2009
The Gas Importation and Storage Zone (Designation of Area) Order 2009
The Harbour Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
R (A) v Director of Establishments of the Security Service – WLR Daily
R (A) v Director of Establishments of the Security Service [2009] EWCA Civ 24; [2009] WLR (D) 63
“The Administrative Court did not have jurisdiction to entertain a claim that a public authority proposed to act in a way incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights where the matters brought up were within the purview of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal.”
WLR Daily, 19th February 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
R (Purdy) v Director of Public Prosecutions – WLR Daily
R (Purdy) v Director of Public Prosecutions [2009] EWCA Civ 92; [2009] WLR (D) 62
“The Director of Public Prosecutions did not act unlawfully in failing to publish detailed guidance as to the circumstances in which individuals would or would not be prosecuted for assisting another person to commit suicide.”
WLR Daily, 19th February 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Nationwide Building Society v Dunlop Haywards (DHL) Ltd (t/a Dunlop Heywood Lorenz) – WLR Daily
“The ‘damages’ awarded in respect of ‘the damage in question’ from which reduction was made pursuant to s 2(3)(b) of the Civil Liability (Contribution) Act 1978 in the event of contributory negligence on the part of the person who suffered the damage, had the same meaning as ‘the same damage’ and ‘damage in question’ in s 1(1) of the 1978 Act and s 2(1) of the 1978 Act. The reduction in respect of contributory negligence was therefore applied as a cap on the contributors’ liability after the court had first assessed the total loss for which both the contributors were liable.”
WLR Daily, 19th February 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
A and Others v United Kingdom (Application No 3455/05) – Times Law Reports
A and Others v United Kingdom (Application No 3455/05)
European Court of Human Rights
“The European Court of Human Rights held the United Kingdom in breach of article 5.1 of the European Convention on Human Rights in respect of nonnational terrorist suspects, since they had not been detained with a view to deportation and the derogating measures permitting their indefinite detention discriminated unjustifiably between nationals and nonnationals.”
The Times, 20th February 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.
Work-permit policy for trainees ‘discrimination’, appeal tribunal rules – Law Society’s Gazette
“Law firms that refuse to consider training contract applications from students who would need a work permit are having to review the policy following a ruling last week. The Employment Appeal Tribunal upheld a finding of indirect race discrimination on the grounds of nationality against top-30 firm Osborne Clarke.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 19th February 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Queen’s Counsel in England and Wales, 2009 – Ministry of Justice
“Her Majesty The Queen has approved the appointment of 104 new Queen’s Counsel.”
Ministry of Justice, 19th February 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Sex trafficking victims win record payout – The Independent
“Four Eastern European women kept as sex slaves have won more than £600,000 damages against a people trafficker and his wife who imprisoned and abused them in brothels across London.”
The Independent, 20th February 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Life for ‘sadistic’ 1996 killer – BBC News
“A labourer found guilty of killing a 34-year-old woman as she walked her dogs in 1996 has been jailed for life and told to serve a minimum 19 years.”
BBC News, 19th February 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Fatal ‘date’ crash driver jailed – BBC News
“A teenage motorist has been jailed for causing a crash in which a 16-year-old girl he was on a date with was flung from the car and died.”
BBC News, 19th February 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Deporting gay asylum-seeker ‘was unlawful’ – The Independent
“A gay asylum-seeker who was unlawfully deported last year and now lives in fear of persecution must be found and returned to Britain, a High Court judge has ruled.”
The Independent, 20th February 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Revealed: the full extent of Labour’s curbs on civil liberties – The Independent
“The full extent of state powers to detain people without charge, cover up Government errors, hold the DNA of the innocent and share personal data between public bodies has been revealed in a devastating analysis of the erosion of civil liberties in Britain over the past decade.”
The Independent, 20th February 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Princess Diana letters to government ministers must remain a secret – Daily Telegraph
“Private letters between Princess Diana and the British Government will remain secret after a ruling by the UK’s Information Commissioner.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th February 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Ministers told to publish ID cards review – Daily Telegraph
“A Government review in to the viability of the ID cards programme must be published after a four year battle to keep it secret.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th February 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
NHS watchdog’s restriction of osteoporosis drug ‘unlawful’ – The Guardian
“The NHS’s spending watchdog acted unlawfully when it decided to restrict access to drugs that could help thousands of older women with the bone-thinning disease osteoporosis, the high court ruled today.”
The Guardian, 19th February 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Wife with MS loses assisted suicide case but judges hint law will be lenient with husband – The Guardian
“A woman with multiple sclerosis who is fighting to clarify the law on assisted suicide lost her case in the appeal court yesterday although campaigners said the ruling gave the clearest indication yet that anyone who helps a relative take their own life will not face criminal sanctions.”
The Guardian, 20th February 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
On-the-spot points for careless driving – The Times
“Thousands more motorists will lose their licences under plans to give police the power to issue penalty points for careless driving without evidence being heard in court.”
The Times, 20th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Uncovered: police notes cast doubt over Eddie Gilfoyle murder – The Times
“Sixteen years after a man was sentenced to life in prison for murdering his heavily pregnant wife by hanging, The Times has uncovered evidence that throws his conviction into doubt.”
The Times, 20th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
