Met discrimination inquiry begins – BBC News
“An inquiry into discrimination in the UK’s biggest police force is to begin.”
BBC News, 18th February 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Secret papers on Iraq war stolen from Eversheds lawyer on train – The Times
“Highly sensitive documents relating to the Iraq War have been stolen after being left unguarded on a train by a lawyer working for the Government, The Times has learnt.”
The Times, 18th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Man accused of shaking 11-week-old baby is cleared after three year ordeal – Daily Telegraph
“A man accused of inflicting severe brain damage on an 11-week-old baby by shaking her has been cleared after a three-year ordeal.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th February 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Sex’ ad gives rise to complaints – BBC News
“Hundreds of complaints over billboard adverts featuring the word ‘sex’ in giant lettering have been upheld by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).”
BBC News, 18th February 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Woman gets £30,000 payout from M&S after slipping on grapes – Daily Telegraph
“A woman has obtained nearly £30,000 in compensation after she slipped on two grapes and broke her shoulder in a Marks & Spencer store.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th February 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Great train robber Ronnie Biggs set to be released in July – The Guardian
“Great train robber Ronnie Biggs may walk free this summer, it emerged last night. A parole board meeting on 3 July will decide if he can be released from Norwich jail after nine and a half years in custody in the UK and more than 35 years on the run in Australia and Brazil since the £2.3m raid on the Glasgow to London mail train.”
The Guardian, 18th February 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Six lawyers at Raleys guilty of misconduct over £7m miners’ awards – The Times
“Three solicitors whose deal with Arthur Scargill led their firm to slice £7.7 million from compensation awards to sick coalminers were suspended yesterday for professional misconduct.”
The Times, 18th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Attorney General considering criminal investigation over Binyam Mohamed case – Daily Telegraph
“The Attorney General, Baroness Scotland, is considering launching a criminal investigation into whether MI5 agents were complicit in the alleged torture of British terror suspect Binyam Mohamed.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th February 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Law firm Fox Hayes fined almost £1m for role in share scams – The Times
“A defunct British law firm has been fined nearly £1 million for ‘recklessly’ assisting Spanish boiler rooms to defraud British investors out of millions of pounds.”
The Times, 17th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Miners’ solicitors breached code – BBC News
“Solicitors in South Yorkshire deliberately breached a code of conduct to collect £32m in fees from miners’ compensation claims, a tribunal ruled.”
BBC News, 17th February 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Crown Prosecution Service Swansea v Gilleeney & Anor [2009] EWCA Crim 193 (17 February 2009)
Meenan, R v [2009] EWCA Crim 140 (21 January 2009)
Berr, R (on the prosecution of) v Lowe [2009] EWCA Crim 194 (17 February 2009)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Financial Services Authority v Hayes [2009] EWCA Civ 76 (17 February 2009)
High Court (Administrative Court)
L v Director of Public Prosecutions [2009] EWHC 238 (Admin) (14 January 2009)
Writtle v Director of Public Prosecutions [2009] EWHC 236 (Admin) (20 January 2009)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Seele Austria GmbH Co v Tokio Marine Europe Insurance Ltd [2009] EWHC 255 (TCC) (17 February 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Welsh Ambulance Services National Health Service Trust (Establishment) (Amendment) Order 2009
The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (Wales)(Amendment) Regulations 2009
The Northern Ireland Assembly (Elections) (Amendment) Order 2009
The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Commencement No.8) Order 2009
The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Exemption) (Amendment) Order 2009
The Data Retention (EC Directive) Regulations 2009
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Mosley Vs the UK – BBC News
“Privacy – who has a right to it and in what circumstances – has become one of the most contentious legal issues of our times.”
BBC News, 17th February 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Austin v London Borough of Southwark [2009] EWCA Civ 66 (16 February 2009)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Haji-Ioannou v Mark Dixon Regus Group Plc & Anor [2009] EWHC 178 (QB) (06 February 2009)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Moduleco v Carillion [2009] EWHC 250 (TCC) (11 February 2009)
Source: www.bailii.org
Asian detective loses appeal over Met race battle – The Independent
“An Asian detective locked in a race battle with Scotland Yard has lost his appeal against a decision clearing his employer of victimisation.”
The Independent, 17th February 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Imageview Management Ltd v Jack – WLR Daily
Imageview Management Ltd v Jack [2009] EWCA Civ 63; [2009] WLR (D) 56
“An agent when negotiating with another person on behalf of his principal breached the fiduciary duty which he owed to his principal if at the same time he made with the other person an undisclosed side deal for his own benefit and there were a real possibility of conflict of interest. In such a case the agent was required to account to the principal in respect of the secret commission so received and was not entitled to receive any agency fees from the principal.”
WLR Daily, 17th February 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
SRM Global Master Fund LP v Commissioners of HM Treasury; RAB Special Situations (Master) Fund Ltd v Same; Grainger and others v Same – WLR Daily
“Ss 5(4) and 9(2) of the Banking (Special Provisions) Act 2008 and art 6 of the Northern Rock plc Compensation Order 2008 (SI 2008/718), the provisions establishing the assumptions upon which valuation of shares was carried out under a scheme for compensating shareholders subsequent to the nationalisation of Northern Rock plc, did not infringe the shareholders right to peaceful enjoyment of their possessions under art 1 of the First Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundmamental Freedoms (set out in Pt II of Sch 1 to the Human Rights Act 1998).”
WLR Daily, 16th February 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Director of Public Prosecutions v Wright Regina (Scott) v Taunton Deane Magistrates Court – Times Law Reports
Director of Public Prosecutions v Wright Regina (Scott) v Taunton Deane Magistrates Court
Queen’s Bench Divisional Court
“The expression ‘hunt’ a wild mammal with a dog in section 1 of the Hunting Act 2004 did not include the activity of searching for a wild animal for the purpose of stalking or flushing it.”
The Times, 17th 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.
Barry v Southwark London Borough Council – Times Law Reports
Barry v Southwark London Borough Council
Court of Appeal
“When determining whether a person claiming housing assistance had been unemployed for no more than six months and was a worker, a housing authority was entitled to look at his employment record in order to tell whether the work was effective and genuine, and not marginal and ancillary.”
The Times, 17th 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.
Regulators demand clearer privacy policies – OUT-LAW.com
“Two-thirds of people surveyed by the UK privacy watchdog want marketing opt-outs to be clearer, while 62% want a clearer explanation of how personal information will actually be used. The survey found that 71% did not read or understand privacy policies.”
OUT-LAW.com, 16th February 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
