Man jailed for sleepover shooting – BBC News
“A man who shot a teenage girl in the head at a sleepover party has been jailed for eight years.”
BBC News, 24th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Businessman jailed for downloading ‘horrific’ child porn – The Independent
“A businessman and former chamber of commerce member was jailed today for downloading some of the worst images of child pornography, including babies.”
The Independent, 24th October 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Father jailed for 22 years for baby’s murder – The Independent
“A man who killed his 16-month-old daughter by snapping her spine in a ‘chilling and brutal attack’ following months of abuse was told today that he must spend at least 22 years in prison.”
The Independent, 24th October 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Barker, R v [2008] EWCA Crim 2395 (24 October 2008)
Doody, R v [2008] EWCA Crim 2394 (24 October 2008)
Times Newspapers Ltd & Ors v R. & Ors [2008] EWCA Crim 2396 (24 October 2008)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Yorkshire Bank Finance Ltd v Mulhall & Anor [2008] EWCA Civ 1156 (24 October 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
R (RJM) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening) – WLR Daily
“The policy of disentitling persons without accommodation from receiving the disability premium to which they would otherwise be entitled in their income support amounted to discrimination within art 14 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms but it was lawful as it could be justified on policy grounds.”
WLR Daily, 23rd 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.
R (Reynolds) v Independent Police Complaints Commission (Chief Constable of Sussex Police appearing as interested party) – WLR Daily
“Where a man who had been arrested for being drunk and disorderly was found, while in custody, to be in a coma and was later shown to be suffering from a serious injury which might have been caused during or before he was taken into custody, the Independent Police Complaints Commission had a power and a duty independently to investigate the cause of the injury even if that meant that it had to investigate events which occurred before the man had come into contact with the police.”
WLR Daily, 23rd 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.
Helow v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily
“A judge’s membership of a Jewish association whose magazine had expressed extreme views against Palestinian causes did not in itself imply that the judge shared or endorsed such views so as to require her determination of an immigration appeal by a Palestinian activist to be set aside.”
WLR Daily, 23rd 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.
EM (Lebanon) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (AF and others intervening) – WLR Daily
“The removal of a foreign national from the United Kingdom was unlawful, as incompatible with the United Kingdom’s obligations under art 8 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, if it would amount to a flagrant breach of her right to respect for her family life so as to completely deny or nullify that right in the destination country.”
WLR Daily, 23rd 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.
IPCO (Nigeria) Ltd v Nigerian National Petroleum Corpn – WLR Daily
IPCO (Nigeria) Ltd v Nigerian National Petroleum Corpn [2008] EWCA Civ 1157; [2008] WLR (D) 324
“Part of a New York Convention arbitration award could be enforced pursuant to the Arbitration Act 1996.”
WLR Daily, 23rd 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.
R (Binyam Mohamed) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (3) – WLR Daily
“In the light of the stance taken by the US government that it would reconsider the intelligence relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom if the court were to make the order sought by the claimant, the appropriate course was to stay proceedings until after the outcome of the forthcoming hearing in the US Federal District Court, in the hope that a means would be found under the United States’ own judicial procedures of securing disclosure of the potentially exculpatory documents to the claimant’s US lawyers and thereby bringing the matter to an early and just resolution.”
WLR Daily, 23rd 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.
R (Bancoult) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (No 2) – WLR Daily
“Prerogative orders in council which prevented the unrestricted return of Chagos Islanders to their homeland were not unlawful.”
WLR Daily, 23rd 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.
Regina v M (Restraint order: Jurisdiction) – Times Law Reports
Regina v M (Restraint order: Jurisdiction)
Court of Appeal
“A trial judge did have jurisdiction to try an application by the prosecution for a defendant to be committed for contempt for allegedly breaching a restraint order.”
The Times, 24th 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.
EM (Lebanon) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – Times Law Reports
EM (Lebanon) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
House of Lords
“The removal of a foreign national from the United Kingdom would be incompatible with the United Kingdom’s obligations under article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights as it would completely deny or nullify her right to family life in the destination country.”
The Times, 24th 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.
Legal defeat for neighbours who complain of pub and church bell noise – Daily Telegraph
“People who buy homes near church bells or cricket pitches then complain about the noise should just tolerate it, the High Court has ruled.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Isle of Man’s Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander investors plan legal action – The Times
“Thousands of depositors who held more than £800 million in offshore accounts with Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander, the failed Icelandic-owned bank, are preparing to take legal action to get their money back.”
The Times, 24th October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Violent crime underestimated for 10 years – The Independent
“Police have been under-recording the most serious violent crimes for up to a decade, the Home Office admitted, as figures revealed an apparent 22 per cent increase in incidents this year. Conservatives said the Government’s claims to have cut crime were ‘fatally undermined’ as reports of violent crimes from murders to grievous bodily harm leapt during the year to June, after officials discovered hundreds of incidents had been wrongly recorded by a string of police forces. As many as 13 forces had been recording offences of grievous bodily harm with intent in a lower category, when they should have been included in figures for the most serious offences.”
The Independent, 24th October 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Woman’s ear sliced for £10 debt – BBC News
“A drug dealer has been found guilty of cutting part of a woman’s ear off because she owed him £10.”
BBC News, 23rd October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Man sued for libel over comments on eBay – Daily Telegraph
“A man is being threatened with a libel action after posting critical comments on the internet about an eBay user who sold him a mobile phone.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Plant Health (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2008
The NHS Direct National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 2008
The Legislative Reform (Verification of Weighing and Measuring Equipment) Order 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Liberty assists two Algerians in Lords appeal against deportation – The Times
“Two Algerians who are facing deportation despite fears that they may face ill-treatment or torture if returned lodged an appeal in the House of Lords today.”
The Times, 23rd October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
