MPs’ smacking ban attempt fails – BBC News
“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
Council fined over theatre safety – BBC News
“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 are breaking admissions rules, inquiry finds – The Guardian
“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
Apology over Pc ‘killer’ report – BBC News
“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
Elderly in private care homes win better rights – Daily Telegraph
“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
Lost data: Details of 100,000 Armed Forces personnel missing – Daily Telegraph
“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
Pitcairn victims of child sex abuse win compensation – The Guardian
“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
NHS complaints going unheeded – The Guardian
“The NHS in England is failing to learn from more than 130,000 complaints it receives each year from patients, parliament’s spending watchdog said today.”
The Guardian, 10th October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Jail sentence for nuisance caller – BBC News
“A man who made more than a 100 abusive and threatening calls mainly to women has been jailed for four years.”
BBC News, 9th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
High Court (Chancery Division)
Les Laboratoires Servier & Anor v Apotex Inc & Ors [2008] EWHC 2347 (Ch) (9 October 2008)
Courts Plc (In Liquidation) [2008] EWHC 2339 (Ch) (09 October 2008)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Williams v Jervis (Lex Komatsu) [2008] EWHC 2346 (QB) (08 October 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
Judge attacks ‘miserable’ bin laws as serial fly-tipper escapes prison sentence – Daily Telegraph
“A judge has criticised sentencing guidelines which prevented him sending a serial fly-tipper to prison while ‘decent, law-abiding citizens’ fear punishment after falling foul of council bin rules.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Codes of Practice) (Revisions to Code A) Order 2008
The Insurance Companies (Overseas Life Assurance Business) (Compliance) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Overseas Insurers (Tax Representatives) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Taxation of Benefits under Government Pilot Schemes (Better off in Work Credit) Order 2008
The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2008
The Hydrocarbon Oil (Supply of Rebated Heavy Oil) (Payment of Rebate) Regulations 2008
The Hydrocarbon Oil and Bioblend (Private Pleasure-flying and Private Pleasure Craft) (Payment of Rebate etc.) Regulations 2008
The Wool Textile Industry (Export Promotion Levy) (Revocation) Order 2008
The Air Navigation (Environmental Standards For Non-EASA Aircraft) Order 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Killer of champion boxer James Oyebola is jailed for life – The Guardian
“The gunman who shot dead the former British boxing champion James Oyebola in a row over smoking was jailed for life today.”
The Guardian, 9th October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Judge orders BBC payout in libel battle with IVF doctor Mohamed Taranissi – The Guardian
“The high court ordered the BBC to pay an estimated £500,000 in costs to IVF specialist Mohamed Taranissi today in his continuing libel action over a Panorama programme.”
The Guardian, 8th October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Does judging still have appeal? – The Times
“It has been a good week for the cause of diversity among Britain’s judges. Just months ago one of only three of 36 Court of Appeal judges lamented the lack of women in senior judicial posts. In the past three years, Lady Justice Arden said, only one woman had been chosen for the High Court bench compared with 29 men.”
The Times, 9th October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
St George v The Home Office [2008] EWCA Civ 1068 (08 October 2008)
Symbian Ltd v Comptroller General of Patents [2008] EWCA Civ 1066 (08 October 2008)
Behzadi v Behzadi [2008] EWCA Civ 1070 (08 October 2008)
Orchard (Developments) Holdings Plc v Reuters Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 1017 (02 September 2008)
JN (Zimbabwe) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWCA Civ 1018 (02 September 2008)
HJ (Iran) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWCA Civ 1019 (02 September 2008)
TC (Zimbabwe) v Entry Clearance Officer, Harare [2008] EWCA Civ 1020 (02 September 2008)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Horsham Properties Group Ltd v Clark & Anor [2008] EWHC 2327 (Ch) (08 October 2008)
High Court (Family Division)
L v The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority [2008] EWHC 2149 (Fam) (03 October 2008)
High Court (Administrative Division)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Office of Fair Trading v Abbey National Plc & Ors [2008] EWHC 2325 (Comm) (08 October 2008)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Benfield Construction Ltd v Trudson (Hatton) Ltd [2008] EWHC 2333 (TCC) (17 September 2008)
E Group Ltd & Anor v Baker (t/a ‘Hello’) [2008] EWHC 2349 (TCC) (18 September 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Transfer of Rights and Liabilities to ING Order 2008 (PDF)
The Landsbanki Freezing Order 2008 (PDF)
The Genetically Modified Organisms (England) (Amendments) Regulations 2008
The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment No. 5) Regulations 2008
The National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) Amendment Regulations 2008
The Cosmetic Products (Safety) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2008
The Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (Commencement No. 10) Order 2008
The Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander Limited Transfer of Certain Rights and Liabilities Order 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
In re S (A Child) – WLR Daily
In re S (A Child); [2008] WLR (D) 308
“When considering whether to revoke a placement order placing a child for adoption with prospective adopters, it was wrong to focus on whether the carers were ‘potential’ adopters.”
WLR, 8th October 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Horsham Properties Group Ltd v Clark and another (Secretary of State for Justice intervening) – WLR Daily
“The exercise of a statutory power of sale under s 101 of the Law of Property Act 1925 after a relevant default by the mortgagor was not a deprivation of possessions within the meaning of art 1of the First Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.”
WLR, 8th October 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
In re M (A Child) (Family Proceedings: Immigration Issues); In re N (A Child) (Family Proceedings: Immigration Issues) – WLR Daily
“Where a parent in family proceedings was also involved in some other relevant matter such as an asylum or immigration dispute with the Home Office, criminal proceedings or a housing dispute, practitioners acting for that parent had an ongoing duty to remain au courant with what was going on elsewhere even if that other matter was being handled by other professionals.”
WLR, 8th October 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
