Father jailed for taking on drug dealer – Daily Telegraph
“A father was jailed for storming into a drug dealer’s home and flushing his heroin stash down the toilet.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th February 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Anti-terror code ‘would alienate most Muslims’ – The Guardian
“The government is considering plans that would lead to thousands more British Muslims being branded as extremists, the Guardian has learned. The proposals are in a counterterrorism strategy which ministers and security officials are drawing up that is due to be unveiled next month.”
The Guardian, 17th February 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
New war of words over family legal aid cuts – The Times
“With widespread job cuts and a recession in full swing, the news is hardly front page — but fresh hostilities have broken out over cuts to legal aid.”
The Times, 16th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Whitehall devised torture policy for terror detainees – The Guardian
“A policy governing the interrogation of terrorism suspects in Pakistan that led to British citizens and residents being tortured was devised by MI5 lawyers and figures in government, according to evidence heard in court.”
The Guardian, 16th February 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Inquiry into tabloid payments to family of schoolboy father Alfie Patten – Daily Telegraph
“The media bidding war over the 13-year-old boy who fathered a child is to be investigated by the newspaper watchdog.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th February 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
High Court (Chancery Division)
Managa Properties Ltd v Brittain [2009] EWHC 157 (Ch) (06 February 2009)
Hammonds (A Firm) v Danilunas & Ors [2009] EWHC 216 (Ch) (13 February 2009)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Hampshire Police Authority v Smith [2009] EWHC 174 (Admin) (12 February 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2009
The Enactment of Extra-Statutory Concessions Order 2009
The Companies (Disclosure of Address) Regulations 2009
The General Osteopathic Council (Constitution) Order 2009
The Armed Forces (Pensions)(Prescribed Modification) Order 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Companies told to review rules to avoid ‘indirect’ religious discrimination – Daily Telegraph
“Companies have been urged to review their workplace rules to ensure they are not discriminating against religious employees, after a sharp rise in the number of faith-related employment tribunals.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th February 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Anti-terror tactics ‘weaken law’ – BBC News
“Anti-terror measures worldwide have seriously undermined international human rights law, a report by legal experts says.”
BBC News, 16th February 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Employment Tribunals should ignore previous harassment rulings, says EAT – OUT-LAW.com
“Employment Tribunals should ignore precedents set in harassment cases that predate the introduction in 2003 of new definitions from an EU Directive, the Employment Appeals Tribunal has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 16th February 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
Corby council accused in first birth defects case since thalidomide – The Times
“A council was today accused of causing birth defects to 18 babies after its redevelopment of a gigantic former steelworks was allegedly marred by negligence, greed and nepotism. ”
The Times, 16th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Lager court cost for wife attack – BBC News
“A ‘drunken bully’ who broke his wife’s wrist has been spared jail, but ordered to pay £1 a day – ‘the cost of a can of Special Brew’ – in court costs.”
BBC News, 16th February 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Three years’ jail for killing family of six – The Independent
“A Portuguese lorry driver was today jailed for three years for causing the deaths of a family of six.”
The Independent, 16th February 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
The ethics of keeping a child from its parents – BBC News
“A child is removed after its parents are accused of abuse. The child is adopted and settles with a new family. If the parents are then cleared, should the child be returned, ask ethicists Rebecca Roache and Barbro Bjorkman.”
BBC News, 16th February 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Is it a crime to take pictures? – BBC News
“From today, anyone taking a photograph of a police officer could be deemed to have committed a criminal offence.”
BBC News, 16th February 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Wallentin-Hermann v Alitalia – Linee Aeree Italiane SpA – Times Law Reports
Wallentin-Hermann v Alitalia – Linee Aeree Italiane SpA Case C-549/07
Court of Justice of the European Communities
“A technical problem in an aircraft which led to the cancellation of a flight did not constitute a sufficiently extraordinary circumstance to justify the carrier refusing to pay compensation to passengers unless the problem stemmed from events which, by their nature or origin, were not inherent in the normal exercise of the carrier’s activity and were beyond its actual control.”
The Times, 16th 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.
Former Belgo executive faces insider-dealing trial as wave of prosecutions reaches court – The Times
“A former senior executive of Belgo Group, the restaurant operator, is to go on trial for insider dealing today in the first of an unprecedented series of criminal prosecutions.”
The Times, 16th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Recession-hit firms ‘use dodges to shed staff without redundancy pay’ – The Guardian
“Struggling companies seeking to cut staff are avoiding the cost of redundancy payments by sacking workers for spurious reasons or falsely claiming they face only a temporary layoff, figures from advice groups and tribunals show.”
The Guardian, 16th February 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
