Justice system ‘fails vulnerable’ – BBC News
“The criminal justice system is failing people with learning disabilities from the point of arrest to their release from prison, a report suggests.”
BBC News, 19th November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Lawyers hit out at Phil Woolas over claims asylum seeker charities are playing the system – Daily Telegraph
“Immigration minister Phil Woolas faced a scathing attack from leading lawyers after suggesting those representing asylum seekers were ‘playing the system’.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Heather Mills complains to PCC – The Guardian
“Heather Mills has made a series of complaints to the UK’s press watchdog about alleged harassment, inaccurate reporting and invasion of privacy over articles in four newspapers, including the Sun and Daily Mail.”
The Guardian, 18th November 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Sangha & Ors, R. v [2008] EWCA Crim 2562 (18 November 2008)
Whittle & Ors, R. v [2008] EWCA Crim 2560 (14 November 2008)
Headlam & Ors, R. v [2008] EWCA Crim 2578 (10 October 2008)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Reid (Formerly Trading As Reid Minty) v Edwards & Ors [2008] EWHC 2722 (Ch) (07 November 2008)
Samad v Thompson & Anor [2008] EWHC 2809 (Ch) (18 November 2008)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Aspen Insurance UK Ltd & Ors v Pectel Ltd [2008] EWHC 2804 (Comm) (18 November 2008)
High Court (Patents Court)
Blacklight Power Inc v The Comptroller-General of Patents [2008] EWHC 2763 (Pat) (18 November 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
300,000 UK visas ‘wrongly issued’ – BBC News
“An estimated 300,000 visas giving foreigners the right to come to Britain may have been wrongly approved every year, a committee of MPs has been told.”
BBC News, 18th November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Cuts and the Courts – BBC News
“The Ministry of Justice is seeking to save over £1 billion over the next three years.”
BBC News, 18th November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Judge defends her memoir of abuse – BBC News
“A London judge has defended her memoir detailing a childhood of cruelty and neglect, which was published in 2006.”
BBC News, 18th November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Broker escapes jail over forged FSA applications – The Times
“The first person to be prosecuted by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) over falsifying an application for authorisation to sell financial products has been given a suspended sentence.”
The Times, 18th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Peakman v Linbrooke Services Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 1239 (13 November 2008)
H v Tomlinson [2008] EWCA Civ 1258 (13 November 2008)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Allen Wilson Joinery Ltd v Privetgrange Construction Ltd [2008] EWHC 2802 (TCC) (17 November 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
Regina (Buglife – The Invertebrate Conservation Trust) v Thurrock Thames Gateway Development Corporation – The Times
Court of Appeal
“Where a party with limited means applied for a protective costs order to bring a matter of public importance before the court, and that party was represented by means of a conditional fee agreement, the agreed success fee was relevant to the amount of the cap on the costs order and consequently was to be disclosed to the court.”
The Times, 18th November 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.
Government to unveil new laws to protect vulnerable children – The Guardian
“No government reforms can ‘make good the evil’ that happened to Baby P, the children’s secretary, Ed Balls, said today.”
The Guardian, 18th November 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Peers win concession on offset limits in climate bill – The Guardian
“The government last night moved to tighten its commitment to the 80% reduction of carbon emissions by the year 2050, introducing a safeguard that a limit be placed on reductions achieved by buying international offsetting credits.”
The Guardian, 18th November 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Pc fined over abusive Facebook postings – Daily Telegraph
“A policeman who posted abusive comments on a website, which appeared to condone the use of violence, has been fined by his force.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Mike Pullen: ‘Companies need to take competition law seriously’ – The Times
“DLA’s head of competition, who was born on a fairground, says that competition watchdogs will only get more active.”
The Times, 17th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Asylum-seeker charities are just playing the system, says Woolas – The Guardian
“Immigration minister Phil Woolas has attacked lawyers and charities working on behalf of asylum seekers, accusing them of undermining the law and ‘playing the system’. In an interview with the Guardian, Woolas described the legal professionals and NGO workers as ‘an industry’, and said most asylum seekers were not fleeing persecution but were economic migrants.”
The Guardian, 18th November 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Daily Cause List, 18th November 2008
Source: www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk
Please note only the current day’s cause list will be accessible
Judge orders Total to make ‘generous’ offer to Buncefield victims – The Times
“Hundreds of victims of the Buncefield fire moved closer to an initial payout today after a judge instructed the oil depot’s operator to make them a ‘sensible and generous’ offer.”
The Times, 17th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Mother to get answers over daughter’s rape and murder – Daily Telegraph
“An inquest is to be opened into the death of a woman murdered by a convicted rapist who had used the Human Rights Act to convince a panel he should be freed from jail.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Warning over fixed penalty notices for violent crimes – The Times
“Magistrates gave warning yesterday that the criminal justice system is being ‘undermined’ because thousands of serious offences are being processed by police using fixed penalty notices away from public scrutiny.”
The Times, 17th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Senior judge wants top court to avoid crime – Daily Telegraph
“A member of the Court of Appeal has argued that only rare or occasional criminal cases should be heard by the new Supreme Court because its judges are too out of touch.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
