Council fined after boy impaled – BBC News
“A Greater Manchester council has been fined £25,000 after a four-year-old boy was impaled on a tree branch during a nursery school outing.”
BBC News, 26th January 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Builder guilty of nurse’s murder – BBC News
“A builder has been convicted of the murder of a nurse he strangled with her own blouse during a burglary.”
BBC News, 26th January 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Data Bill ‘will wipe out privacy at a stroke’ – The Independent
“Sweeping new laws to allow ministers to release the private details of millions of people to a string of public bodies or private firms have been condemned as being ‘open sesame to a vast increase in government power’.”
The Independent, 27th January 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Man fined over bogus palace water – BBC News
“A businessman has been fined £6,000 for selling bottled water as being from Blenheim Palace when it could have come from his Welsh farm or factory.”
BBC News, 26th Janaury 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
High Court bid to block eco-towns – BBC News
“The High Court is expected to rule later on a legal challenge to the government’s flagship eco-towns scheme.”
BBC News, 27th January 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Politicians and Celebrities to be protected from child database – Daily Telegraph
“Celebrities and politicians will be able to keep their details off a controversial new database listing the personal details of every child in England, it has been reported.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th January 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Peers face suspension in House of Lords ‘laws for sale’ inquiry – The Times
“The House of Lords embarked on a hasty damage-limitation exercise yesterday by preparing new powers to suspend any member found to have broken the rules in the ‘cash for peers’ crisis.”
The Times, 27th January 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Excise Duties (Surcharges or Rebates) (Hydrocarbon Oils etc.) (Revocation) Order 2008
The Alcoholic Liquor Duties (Surcharges) and Tobacco Products Duty Order 2008
The Travellers’ Allowances (Amendment) Order 2008
The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2009
The Operation of Air Services in the Community Regulations 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Adorian v The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [2009] EWCA Civ 18 (23 January 2009)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Alam v London Borough of Tower Hamlets [2009] EWHC 44 (Admin) (23 January 2009)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Clarence House Ltd v National Westminster Bank Plc [2009] EWHC 77 (Ch) (23 January 2009)
HM Revenue & Customs v FLIR Systems AB [2009] EWHC 82 (Ch) (23 January 2009)
High Court (Patents Court)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Goby (A Child) v Ferguson [2009] EWHC 92 (QB) (23 January 2009)
Maher & Anor v Groupama Grand EST [2009] EWHC 38 (QB) (23 January 2009)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Dorchester Hotel Ltd v Vivid Interiors Ltd [2009] EWHC 70 (TCC) (19 January 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
R (Al-Saadoon and another ) v Secretary of State for Defence – WLR Daily
R (Al-Saadoon and another ) v Secretary of State for Defence; [2009] WLR (D) 17
“Iraqi detainees held in a UK internment facility in Iraq on the authority of the local criminal court were not under the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom for the purposes of art 1 of the European Convention on Human Rights.”
WLR Daily, 23rd January 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 v Saw; Regina v Tete-Djawu; Regina v Smith (Martin); Regina v Kassa; Regina v Younis; Regina v McPhee – Times Law Reports
Court of Appeal
“When sentencing defendants for domestic burglary, the judge should have in mind the impact of the offence on the victim, as well as the culpability of the defendant.”
The Times, 26th January 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.
Second jail term after girl dies – BBC News
“A man has been sentenced to a year in prison for the manslaughter of a seven-year-old girl.”
BBC News, 23rd January 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Harassed family gets £10k payout – BBC News
“A council has been ordered to pay £10,000 to a family after it failed in its handling of their complaints against neighbours who harassed them.”
BBC News, 26th January 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Suburban bail hostels a ‘success’ – BBC News
“A controversial scheme to house bailed and tagged defendants and inmates in residential areas may be expanded, Justice Minister David Hanson has said.”
BBC News, 26th January 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Reforming the illegality defence – Law Commission
“This project looks at the way that the law of contract, trusts and tort reponds when a claimant has been involved in some form of illegal conduct.”
Law Commission, 23rd January 2009
Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk
Bar Council and Criminal Bar Association Express Concerns Over Coroners and Justice Bill – The Bar Council
“The Bar Council and the Criminal Bar Association have voiced their concerns over the Coroners and Justice Bill, which receives its Second Reading in the House of Commons on Monday.”
The Bar Council, 25th January 2009
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
Absent parents who don’t pay maintenance could lose passports – The Times
Child maintenance officials will be able to confiscate driving licences and passports from ‘deadbeat dads’ without going to court, under legislation going before Parliament this week.”
The Times, 26th January 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Cannabis becomes Class B drug today, but no spot fines yet – The Times
“Cannabis is upgraded to a Class B drug today, but users will not be fined after the sudden withdrawal of new powers to allow on-the-spot penalties.”
The Times, 26th January 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Children’s database ContactPoint launched despite security fears – Daily Telegraph
“ContactPoint will include the names, ages and addresses of 11 million under-18s as well as information about their parents, GPs and schools. The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats have pledged to scrap the £224million online system – which will be accessed by at least 330,000 workers in the education, health, social care, youth justice and voluntary sectors – because they believe there is a danger that sensitive information will be mislaid or lost.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th January 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Threat to privacy under data law, campaigners warn – Daily Telegraph
“Data held by the police, the NHS, schools, the Inland Revenue, local councils and the DVLA could all end up in private hands, according to Privacy International.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th January 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
