“Doctors will be told to place a greater weight on the wishes of dying patients when making decisions about their care under new guidelines from their professional regulator.”
The Guardian, 6th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The artist who created an inflatable artwork which blew away in a high wind, killing two people, will not face a retrial on manslaughter charges, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) announced this morning.”
The Guardian, 6th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A former police chief who was jailed for 10 years after being found guilty of raping his daughter has lost an appeal against his conviction.”
BBC News, 5th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A 50-year-old man from Staffordshire has been jailed for six months for a drunken air rage attack on a plane.”
BBC News, 5th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is to apologise to the family of a woman who was murdered by her unfaithful husband after she had warned police that he had threatened her.”
The Times, 6th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Mother Michelle Brown who left her 22-month-old daughter home alone to die in a fire while she attended a court hearing has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A Worcestershire woman whose twin girls were stillborn after ‘warning signs’ of medical problems were missed has won compensation from an NHS trust.”
BBC News, 5th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A mother-of-three, whose business made more than £20m from selling high speed boats to drugs cartels, has been given a two-year suspended prison sentence.”
BBC News, 5th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court of Appeal (Civil Divsion)
Lediaev v Vallen [2009] EWCA Civ 156 (05 March 2009)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Von Der Pahlen v Leoben High Court, Austria [2009] EWHC 383 (Admin) (04 March 2009)
Capel Parish Council v Surrey County Council [2009] EWHC 350 (Admin) (05 March 2009)
High Court (Patents Court)
AT&T Knowledge Ventures LP, Re [2009] EWHC 343 (Pat) (03 March 2009)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Stanton v Collinson [2009] EWHC 342 (QB) (02 March 2009)
Prince Radu of Hohenzollern v Houston & Anor [2009] EWHC 398 (QB) (04 March 2009)
Flood v Times Newspapers Ltd & Ors [2009] EWHC 411 (QB) (05 March 2009)
Porter v Zurich Insurance Company [2009] EWHC 376 (QB) (05 March 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
The Education and Skills Act 2008 (Commencement No. 2 and Savings) Order 2009
The Finance Act 2008, Schedule 37 (Appointed Day) Order 2009
The Finance Act 2008, Schedule 39 (Appointed Day, Transitional Provision and Savings) Order 2009
The Finance Act 2008, Schedule 36 (Appointed Day and Savings) Order 2009
The Finance Act 2008, Section 119 (Appointed Day) Order 2009
The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Commencement No. 1 and Saving Provisions) Order 2009
The Medicines (Products for Human Use) (Fees) Regulations 2009
The Criminal Defence Service (Information Requests) Regulations 2009
The National Health Service (Dental Charges) Amendment Regulations 2009
The Parole Board (Amendment) Rules 2009
The National Health Service (Amendments Relating to Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations 2009
The Care Quality Commission (Additional Functions) Regulations 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Regina (Ahmad) v Newham London Borough Council
House of Lords
“A scheme for the allocation of council housing which placed all applicants with priority needs, save for a few extreme cases, into one group and allocated any available property to the applicant who had been on the waiting list for the longest period was neither unlawful nor irrational.”
The Times, 6th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 from the date of publication.
“A deaf would-be law student has begun proceedings against a London law school, alleging disability discrimination on the grounds of ‘unfavourable treatment’ and failure to make ‘reasonable adjustments’.”
Law Society’s Gazette. 5th March 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A mobile phone airtime reseller did not have a legal duty to take network O2 to court on behalf of a company which had sold it its subscriber base, the High Court has said. The Court said the claim was based on a mistaken interpretation of a contract.”
OUT-LAW.com, 4th March 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) began an investigation into local bus services yesterday. The regulator said that the inquiry had been prompted by increasing concentration in the sector, which, after a number of takeovers, had left nearly two thirds of services controlled by only five large operators: Arriva, Go-Ahead, Stagecoach, FirstGroup and National Express.”
The Times, 6th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Foreign drivers will have to pay on-the-spot fines of up to £900 for flouting traffic laws under new legislation to be introduced next month.”
The Times, 6th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A 17-year-old has been jailed for life for stabbing to death a man he believed to be a love rival.”
BBC News, 5th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A teenager who killed a gay man after hurling homophobic abuse at him, has been detained for more than two years in a young offenders’ institution.”
BBC News, 5th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man who tried to kill himself has successfully sued the hospital which saved his life for £90,000 damages.”
The Independent, 6th March 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“British Airways check-in employee Nadia Eweida who was banned from wearing a Christian cross at work is to take her case to the Court of Appeal.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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