“A high court judge today dismissed a claim by the family of the barrister Mark Saunders that the investigation into his shooting by police was unlawful.”
The Guardian, 10th October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A judge has ordered the Crown Prosecution Service to make a public apology to a gardener who was arrested and taken to court for carrying a scythe which he said he needed for his work.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Daily Telegraph understands that draft rules for the official police manual are expected to stop marksmen from writing their statements together after critical incidents – changing a practice accepted through case law for more than 50 years.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The new leader of the House of Lords is to ask Gordon Brown to drop plans to force through the detention of terror suspects for up to 42 days.”
The Guardian, 10th October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Regina v Guy’s and St Thomas’s NHS Trust
Court of Appeal
“It was against the public interest to punish by a large fine a not-for-profit organisation, carrying out work for the public benefit, where a failing occurred without fault on the part of that body, but through an act or default of an employee, to whom the task was properly delegated and who was properly trained.”
The Times, 10th October 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.
Cantrell v Wycombe District Council
Court of Appeal
“An agreement by a housing association with a local authority to house council-nominated tenants in its property was a positive obligation which could not be enforced against a subsequent buyer of the property.”
The Times, 10th October 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.
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
S & Anor, R. v [2008] EWCA Crim 2177 (09 October 2008)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Family Division)
M & Anor (Children) [2008] EWHC 2281 (Fam) (06 October 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
Symbian Ltd v Comptroller General of Patents [2008] EWCA Civ 1066; [2008] WLR (D) 310
“A patent application concerning a method of accessing data in a dynamic link library in a computing device was not excluded from registration under s 1(2)(c) of the Patents Act 1977 on the ground that it related to a computer program ‘as such’, since it involved a technical contribution to the prior art which would enable computers and related devices to work faster and more reliably.”
WLR Daily, 9th October 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.
St George v Home Office [2008] EWCA Civ 1068; [2008] WLR (D) 309
“When a person who was an addict suffered a seizure while he was in custody as a result of withdrawal from addiction, and then fell and suffered injury, regard was to be had, when considering the claimant’s possible contributory negligence and whether the resulting damage was the result ‘partly of his own fault’, to the question whether the addiction was a ‘potent cause’ of the damage.”
WLR Daily, 9th October 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.
“Controversial plans to publish complaints against solicitors online have been shelved. In a long-awaited decision, the Legal Complaints Service (LCS) this week said it still favours the idea – but passed responsibility for any scheme to its successor body, which comes into being in 2010.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 8th October 2008
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Justice Minister Bridget Prentice has given a speech at the first open meeting of the Public Guardian Board, a body set up under the Mental Capacity Act to scrutinise and review the work of the Office of the Public Guardian.”
Ministry of Justice, 8th October 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“A consultation setting out proposed priorities for the delivery of prison and probation services in the capital and the joint work between agencies to reduce reoffending.”
Ministry of Justice, 8th October 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Attorney General welcomes independent report on Fraud Prosecutions Service.”
Attorney General’s Office, 9th October 2008
Source: www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk
“A cross-party group of MPs has failed to force through a ban on smacking children in England and Wales.”
BBC News, 8th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A council has been fined a maximum £45,000 after a teacher fell down a lift shaft backstage at a theatre while preparing for the Urdd eisteddfod.”
BBC News, 9th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Half of state schools in England are in breach of new rules on admissions, according to the chief adjudicator, Sir Philip Hunter.”
The Guardian, 10th October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A Met police officer has accepted a public apology over a false claim that he ran down and killed a teenage thief.”
BBC News, 9th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Pensioners and their families will benefit from a new complaints system and tougher inspections for their homes.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A computer hard drive with the private details of 100,000 members of the Armed Forces is missing, the Ministry of Defence has said.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Victims of child sex abuse on Pitcairn island, the remote British outpost in the South Pacific, will receive compensation from the British government, the Foreign Office announced yesterday.”
The Guardian, 10th October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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