Straw off hook on late donation – BBC News
“No action will be taken over a £3,000 donation which Justice Secretary Jack Straw declared more than four years late, electoral officials have said.”
BBC News, 12th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Ruling frees asylum seekers to work – The Observer
“A landmark legal ruling has paved the way for thousands of asylum seekers in the UK to be allowed to work. The High Court has ruled that current laws preventing an Eritrean asylum seeker from taking a job are incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights.”
The Observer, 14th December 2008
Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/
Watchdogs ‘will destroy the police’ – The Observer
“Former Home Secretary Charles Clarke has warned that plans to overhaul how police forces are held accountable are ‘very dangerous to society’ and will ‘destroy’ efforts to tackle crime.”
The Observer, 14th December 2008
Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/
More solicitors to face tribunal over coalminers’ scandal – The Times
“Solicitors across Britain are bracing themselves for further sanctions over the coalminers’ compensation scandal that led to two lawyers being struck off for dishonesty.”
The Times, 13th December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
Judges rule on witness anonymity – BBC News
“Emergency laws to protect the anonymity of witnesses do not allow them to have their evidence read out in their absence, appeal judges have ruled.”
BBC News, 13th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Menezes family lawyer calls for perjury probe – The Independent
“The police officers who claimed to have shouted warnings to Jean Charles de Menezes before he was shot dead should be investigated for possible perjury, a lawyer for the family said today.”
The Independent, 12th December 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
My mother deserves dignity in life, not a way out – The Times
“The recent debate about assisted suicide and the right to die is dangerous territory for vulnerable people with dementia.”
The Times, 13th December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Brothers’ appeal ruling reserved – BBC News
“Judgement has been reserved in the appeal of two Somerset men jailed for life for killing a Cornish couple in their own home.”
BBC News, 12th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Nightclub drugs pair lose appeal – BBC News
“Two men jailed for permitting the ‘rampant’ sale of ecstasy at a Devon nightclub have lost their appeal.”
BBC News, 12th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Suffolk killer makes appeal bid – BBC News
“Serial killer Steve Wright is seeking leave to appeal against his conviction.”
BBC News, 12th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Homophobic killer jailed for life – BBC News
“A homophobic man has been jailed for life for stabbing to death an accountant in a public toilet.”
BBC News, 12th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Jean Charles de Menezes inquest records open verdict – The Guardian
“The jury at the inquest into the death of Jean Charles de Menezes today rejected Scotland Yard’s claim that he was lawfully killed as part of an anti-terrorism operation. Banned by the coroner, Sir Michael Wright, from returning a verdict of unlawful killing, the five men and five women decided on an open verdict – the most critical that was available to them.”
The Guardian, 12th December 2008
source: www.guardian.co.uk
Asylum seeker analysis ruled out – BBC News
“The Home Secretary has ruled out looking into why some asylum seekers are more likely to be turned away at the UK’s ports than others.”
BBC News, 11th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Daily Cause List, 12th December 2008
Source: www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk
Please note only the current day’s list will be accessible.
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Tankard v John Fredricks Plastics Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 1375 (11 December 2008)
Goodwin v Bennetts UK Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 1374 (11 December 2008)
T-Mobile (UK) Ltd. & Anor v Office of Communications [2008] EWCA Civ 1373 (12 December 2008)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Stannard & Ors, R v [2008] EWCA Crim 2789 (26 November 2008)
PM v R. [2008] EWCA Crim 2787 (26 November 2008)
C & Ors, R v [2008] EWCA Crim 2790 (26 November 2008)
JS v Regina [2008] EWCA Crim 2788 (26 November 2008)
A, R v [2008] EWCA Crim 2908 (01 December 2008)
Sanchez, R. v [2008] EWCA Crim 2936 (05 December 2008)
Ward, R v [2008] EWCA Crim 2955 (11 December 2008)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Tekle v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWHC 3064 (Admin) (11 December 2008)
Veerasingam v SSHD [2008] EWHC 3044 (Admin) (11 December 2008)
Derwent Holdings Ltd v Liverpool City Council [2008] EWHC 3023 (Admin) (12 December 2008)
High Court (Chancery Division)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Middle Eastern Oil LLC v National Bank of Abu Dhabi [2008] EWHC 2895 (Comm) (27 November 2008)
Cavell USA Inc & Anor v Seaton Insurance Company & Anor [2008] EWHC 3043 (Comm) (11 December 2008)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Crossley & Anor v Newsquest (Midlands South) Ltd [2008] EWHC 3054 (QB) (11 December 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
Knowsley Housing Trust v White (Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government intervening); Porter v Shepherds Bush Housing Association (Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government intervening); Islington London Borough Council v Honeygan-Green – WLR Daily
“On a proper construction of Part I of the Housing Act 1988 an assured tenancy subject to a possession order ended only when the order was executed.”
WLR Daily, 11th 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.
CL (Vietnam) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily
CL (Vietnam) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; [2008] WLR (D) 381
“On an appeal by an uaccompanied child seeking asylum, against the refusal of his claim and removal directions, an immigration judge was required to determine the adequacy of reception facilities for the child on return as part of the consideration of that child’s human rights. It was not solely a matter for the Secretary of State’s determination.”
WLR Daily, 11th 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.
Regina (Wellington) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – Times Law Reports
Regina (Wellington) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
House of Lords
“A mandatory sentence of life imprisonment without eligibility for parole which would be imposed on a prisoner convicted of two offences of murder in the first degree did not amount to inhuman or degrading punishment so as to justify a refusal to extradite him to stand trial in the United States of America.”
The Times, 12th December 2008
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.
