High Court (Commercial Court)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Fanmailuk.com Ltd & Anor v Cooper & Ors [2008] EWHC 3131 (Ch) (17 December 2008)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Parker & Anor v SJ Berwin & Co & Anor [2008] EWHC 3017 (QB) (17 December 2008)
Mardas v New York Times Company & Anor [2008] EWHC 3135 (QB) (17 December 2008)
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Calvert v William Hill Credit Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 1427; [2008] WLR (D) 393
“A pathological gambler was not entitled to damages for negligence from a telephone bookmaker which had failed to implement an agreement to prevent him from placing telephone bets. The duty of care undertaken by the bookmaker was to prevent the claimant placing telephone bets with them, not to prevent him gambling altogether. The court could not ignore the fact that the claimant would probably have placed ruinous bets with other bookmakers had he been prevented from gambling with the defendant.”
WLR Daily, 17th December 2008
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.
Burns v HM Advocate [2008] UKPC 63; [2008] WLR (D) 392
“Where a defendant, who was resident in Scotland, was interviewed in England by police officers who told him that there was sufficient evidence on which to charge him with offences relating to child pornography and that they would recommend such a course, the reasonable time requirement to which he was entitled under art 6(1) of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, as scheduled to the Human Rights Act 1998, was to be calculated from the date of that interview and not from the later date on which the Lord Advocate, as the competent authority in Scotland, required the defendant to answer charges on which he was indicted to stand trial in Scotland.”
WLR Daily, 17th December 2008
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.
“Vulnerable adults who lack mental capacity will benefit from a joined-up approach in responding to concerns about those taking decisions on their behalf and the way they are protected from abuse, according to guidelines published by the Office of the Public Guardian today.”
Ministry of Justice, 17th December 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“The right of families to inspect medical forms of a deceased relative completed by doctors before cremation takes place will start on 1 January 2009, Justice Minister Bridget Prentice said.”
Ministry of Justice, 17th December 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“A spoof newspaper diary which claimed that Elton John’s fundraising efforts were principally designed to give him a chance to meet other celebrities and engage in self-promotion was not libellous, the High Court has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 17th December 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“An internet service provider (ISPs) can use an alleged breach of new laws on unfair commercial practices, laws that it has no powers to enforce directly, as the basis of a common law claim of ‘unlawful interference’, the High Court has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 17th December 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“The announcement by Jack Straw that the media are to be given access to the courts at all levels is likely to be welcomed by the judiciary. At last they will be able show the world at large that there is no conspiracy or injustice going on.”
The Times, 18th December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The inquest into the death of Jean Charles de Menezes illustrates dramatically a serious flaw in the framework governing coroners’ investigations — the inclusion in inquest findings of short-form verdicts such as accidental death, misadventure, natural causes, lawful killing and unlawful killing.”
The Times, 18th December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A 55-year-old man whose DNA linked him to two sex attacks committed nine years apart has been jailed for life.”
BBC News, 17th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“England’s highest judges have given rich people who marry someone poorer a way to avoid an expensive divorce. In future, husbands will be urged to wait until after the honeymoon to negotiate a ‘post-nuptial’ deal. If it is signed without pressure and with legal advice, judges will treat it as binding.”
The Independent, 18th December 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A woman who tried to frame two men for rape after a row with her boyfriend has been jailed for four months.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th December 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A man has been given an Asbo for playing loud rap music for up to 22 hours a day.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th December 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Madonna claimed today that a statement issued by her own spokeswoman that she had agreed to pay £60 million to her former husband Guy Ritchie as part of the couple’s divorce was ‘misleading and inaccurate’.”
The Times, 17th December 2008
source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A gay father whose son was ‘snatched’ away by his lesbian mother during family court proceedings was finally able to appeal publicly for his safe return yesterday after restrictions on identifying the parties was lifted.”
The Times, 18th December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A father was yesterday convicted of causing the deaths of four of his children when the Land Rover he had ‘incompetently’ modified plunged into a river.”
The Guardian, 18th December 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The attorney general is considering asking the courts to clamp down on high-profile, direct-action protests on issues such as climate change, the Guardian can exclusively reveal.”
The Guardian, 18th December 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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