Man steals from firm to buy toys – BBC News
“A 40-year-old Merseyside man who stole more than £780,000 from his employer and used it to buy collectable toys has been jailed for three years.”
BBC News, 12th February 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Rock investors lose court case – BBC News
“Former Northern Rock shareholders have lost their legal challenge to the government’s plan to compensate them.”
BBC News, 13th February 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Serious Fraud Office investigates AIG – The Guardian
“The Serious Fraud Office has started a ‘preliminary inquiry’ into American insurance firm AIG’s London operation, founded by Joseph Cassano who spearheaded the group’s ill-fated move into complex debt derivatives.”
The Guardian, 13th February 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Campbell & Ors, R v [2009] EWCA Crim 50 (02 February 2009)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Source: www.bailli.org
Section 57 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act – draft regulations – Ministry of Justice
“A consultation on draft regulations made under section 57 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 regarding the disclosure of information from the Department of Work and Pensions and Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs in order to facilitate the assessment of a defendant’s financial eligibility for legal aid at the magistrates’ court.”
Ministry of Justice, 12th February 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
British Broadcasting Corporation v Sugar and another – WLR Daily
British Broadcasting Corporation v Sugar and another [2009] UKHL 9; [2009] WLR (D) 51
“The BBC was a public authority for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 so that a request for information which the BBC claimed was held for the purposes of journalism, and was therefore excluded from the requirements of disclosure, was subject to the jurisdiction of the Information Commissioner and, on appeal, the Information Tribunal, even if the information requested was held for the purposes of art, journalism or literature.”
WLR Daily, 12th February 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.
Kelly and another v GE Healthcare Ltd – WLR Daily
Kelly and another v GE Healthcare Ltd [2009] EWHC 181 (Pat); [2009] WLR (D) 50
“Compensation of employees for certain inventions pursuant to s 40 of the Patents Act 1977 was not restricted to remedying some loss. Compensation for an invention of ‘outstanding benefit’ was to be determined in accordance with all available evidence, as per s 41 of the 1977 Act, so as to secure a just and fair reward to the employee, neither limiting the employee to compensation for loss or damage, nor placing the employee in as strong a position as an external patentee or licensor.”
WLR Daily, 12th February 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.
In re Overnight Ltd; Goldfarb v Higgins and others – WLR Daily
In re Overnight Ltd; Goldfarb v Higgins and others; [2009] WLR (D) 49
“The cause of action for fraudulent trading under s 213 of the Insolvency Act 1986 arose on the day the winding up order was made and not when either the petition was presented or the provisional liquidator appointed.”
WLR Daily, 12th February 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.
Regina (Liverpool City Council) v Hillingdon London Borough Council and Another – Times Law Reports
Regina (Liverpool City Council) v Hillingdon London Borough Council and Another
Court of Appeal
“A local authority had failed to carry out its duty under section 20 of the Children Act 1989 when dealing with an asylum-seeker who claimed to be a child because it did not carry out an assessment of his welfare needs, or of the kind of accommodation that would be required to meet them.”
The Times, 13th 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.
Allianz SpA and Another v West Tankers Inc – Times Law Reports
Allianz SpA and Another v West Tankers Inc
Court of Justice of the European Communities
“It was not open to a court in one European Union member state to order a party in a case before it to discontinue proceedings begun by that party in another member state on the ground that the parties had agreed to refer any disputes between them to arbitration in the first state.”
The Times, 13th 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.
LDPs to go live on March 31 – Law Society’s Gazette
“The ‘go live’ date for legal disciplinary practices (LDPs) has been put back a month, to 31 March, at the instigation of justice minister Bridget Prentice.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 12th February 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Edwina Millward: first woman president of the Association of District Judges – Law Society’s Gazette
“For District Judge Edwina Millward, justice secretary Jack Straw’s announcement that the family courts are to be opened up to the media raises considerable concerns.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 12th February 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Serious case review in to hammer attack at school – Daily Telegraph
“The Serious Case Review will examine how a gang of Asian youths were able to walk in to the tennis courts at a Wiltshire school and hit 15-year-old Henry Webster repeatedly around the head with a claw hammer.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th February 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Radiographer smuggled medical records of lover’s ex-wife from hospital – Daily Telegraph
“Barbara Ferraro took the family health records of her partner’s ex-wife and teenage daughter for him to see, which revealed both had undergone abdominal scans. The Health Professions Council hearing was told that the 44-year-old’s actions were a breach of patient confidentiality.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th February 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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Asylum detainees win record payout – The Independent
“In a landmark settlement, the Congolese family have been awarded £150,000, believed to be the biggest payout over the unlawful detention of child refugees seeking asylum in Britain.”
The Independent, 13th February 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Far-right Dutch MP refused entry to UK – The Guardian
“Geert Wilders, the rightwing Dutch politician accused of Islamophobia, was today refused entry to the UK after arriving at Heathrow airport in London.”
The Guardian, 12th February 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Caustic soda rapists’ sentences to be reviewed- The Times
“The jail sentences of three men who gang-raped a 16-year-old girl and doused her in caustic soda, leaving her disfigured, are to be reviewed to decide if they were unduly lenient.”
The Times, 13th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Musicians celebrate victory as go-ahead given for copyright to be extended to 95 years – The Times
“British musicians were celebrating a major victory last night after a powerful European Parliament committee gave the go-ahead to extend the copyright term for music recordings to 95 years.”
The Times, 13th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Roberts v Chief Constable of Kent [2008] EWCA Civ 1588 (17 December 2008)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Greene Wood & McLean Llp v Templeton Insurance Ltd [2009] EWCA Civ 65 (12 February 2009)
Bedfordshire Police Authority v Constable [2009] EWCA Civ 64 (12 February 2009)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Secretary of State for the Home Department v GG [2009] EWHC 142 (Admin) (12 February 2009)
Kagabo v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] EWHC 153 (Admin) (12 February 2009)
High Court (Patents Court)
Kelly & Anor v GE Healthcare Ltd [2009] EWHC 181 (Pat) (11 February 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org.uk
