Heroin death jail appeal rejected – BBC News
“The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by a woman who failed to call for medical help while her half-sister was dying of a heroin overdose.”
BBC News, 2nd April 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
MEPs urge governments to produce surveillance register – OUT-LAW.com
“Governments should create a list of all organisations that track internet use and produce an annual report on internet surveillance, the European Parliament has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 2nd April 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
Hundreds cautioned over child sex – BBC News
“A total of 229 adults were handed a police caution for subjecting children aged under 13 to sex offences, figures for 2004 to 2007 have shown.”
BBC News, 2nd April 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Law Commission welcomes reform of outdated trusts law – Law Commission
“The Law Commission welcomes the introduction of the Perpetuities and Accumulations Bill in the House of Lords today.”
Full story (PDF)
Law Commission, 1st April 2009
Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk
EDO Corpn v Ultra Electronics Ltd – WLR Daily
EDO Corpn v Ultra Electronics Ltd [2009] EWHC 682 (Ch); [2009] WLR (D) 114
“The procedure for pre-action disclosure provided by s 33(2) of the Supreme Act 1981 was not available to a party where the underlying dispute he might have with the proposed defendant arose out of a contract which required any dispute to be determined by arbitration.”
WLR Daily, 1st April 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 (A) v Secretary of State for Health – WLR Daily
R (A) v Secretary of State for Health [2009] EWCA Civ 225; [2009] WLR (D) 113
“A failed asylum seeker was not ‘ordinarily resident’ within the United Kingdom for the purposes of entitlement to treatment as of right by the National Health Service free of charge. The Guidance as to how a health body should exercise such discretion as it had to grant or withhold treatment in such a case was unlawful for lack of clarity.”
WLR Daily, 1st April 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 Another – Times Law Reports
In re Overnight Ltd Goldfarb v Higgins and Another
Chancery Division
“The cause of action for fraudulent trading under section 213 of the Insolvency Act 1986 accrued on the making of the winding-up order.”
The Times, 2nd April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Regina (A) v Secretary of State for Health – Times Law Reports
Regina (A) v Secretary of State for Health
Court of Appeal
“A failed asylum seeker was not ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom so as to be entitled to free treatment by the National Health Service.”
The Times, 2nd April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Napp Pharmaceutical Holdings Ltd v Ratiopharm GmbH [2009] EWCA Civ 252 (01 April 2009)
Myerson v Myerson [2009] EWCA Civ 282 (01 April 2009)
Shaw v Doleman [2009] EWCA Civ 283 (01 April 2009)
McGlynn v Welwyn Hatfield District Council [2009] EWCA Civ 285 (01 April 2009)
Alexander-David v London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham [2009] EWCA Civ 259 (01 April 2009)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Country Estates Construction Ltd v Oxfordshire County Council [2009] EWHC 642 (Ch) (27 March 2009)
High Court (Commercial Court)
National Navigation Co v Endesa Generacion Sa [2009] EWHC 196 (Comm) (01 April 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Road Vehicles (Approval) Regulations 2009
The Road Vehicles (Individual Approval) (Fees) Regulations 2009
The Motor Vehicles (Type Approval and Approval Marks) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Renewables Obligation Order 2009
The Financial Assistance Scheme and Incapacity Benefit (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2009
The Occupational Pension Schemes (Levy Ceiling) Order 2009
The Pension Protection Fund (Pension Compensation Cap) Order 2009
The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Commencement No. 4 and Transitory Provisions) Order 2009
The Pensions Act 2008 (Commencement No. 3 and Consequential Provisions) Order 2009
The Capital Gains Tax (Annual Exempt Amount) Order 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Enough of shabby journalism – the media’s job is too important – The Times
“Do we really need yet another poorly drafted statute from a government obsessed with passing new laws?”
The Times, 2nd April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Privacy: the new law will freeze the lifeblood of the media – The Times
“There is a danger that the media will abandon expensive investigations and litigation and move on to other, easier stories.”
The Times, 2nd April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Mother of Rhys’s killer is jailed – The Independent
“The mother of the gunman who murdered Rhys Jones was jailed for three years yesterday for lying to detectives who were investigating the schoolboy’s murder.”
The Independent, 2nd April 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Redundancy in the City: painful lessons for the big beasts – The Times
“Simon Davies, Linklaters’ managing partner, says that the good times will return to big City firms – but in a different guise.”
The Times, 2nd April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Tribunal awards: defaulters’ names to be put on public debt register – Ministry of Justice
“People who fail to pay awards made by employment tribunals will be publicly named and shamed from today, as the government clamps down hard on employers who disregard tribunal rulings.”
Ministry of Justice, 1st April 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Can Google Street View stay ahead of the privacy lawyers? – The Times
“The voyeur in me has been fascinated with Google’s controversial mapping service Street View. Now we are able to peer over people’s front gardens from the comfort of our computers but the lawyer in me wonders whether the many complaints of breach of privacy that have already been made will lead to legal action against it.”
The Times, 2nd April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Hundreds of paedophiles escape with a caution – Daily Telegraph
“One in three paedophiles who prey on children under 13 are let off with a caution, figures show.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st April 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Man sentenced for killing game-obsessed partner – The Independent
“A man who fatally stabbed his partner after an argument about her heavy use of a Playstation was sentenced today to at least 14 years in prison. ”
The Independent, 1st April 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Powers of Attorney cost reduction takes effect – Ministry of Justice
“The cost of registering Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPAs) forms will be cheaper from today following recent public consultation.”
Ministry of Justice, 1st April 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Campaigner accepts libel damages – BBC News
“Campaigner Erin Pizzey has accepted undisclosed libel damages over claims that she supported British terror group the Angry Brigade in the early 1970s.”
BBC News, 1st April 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
