Government faces fuel court case – BBC News
“Two charities are taking the government to court because they say not enough is being done to tackle high energy bills.”
BBC News, 6th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Government spies could scan every call, text and email – Daily Telegraph
“Ministers are considering a £12 billion plan to monitor the e-mail, telephone and internet browsing records of every person in Britain.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Private ‘child jails’ to blame for almost half of restraint injuries – The Independent
“Britain’s secure training centres (STCs) – privately run ‘child prisons’– are using a disproportionate amount of physical force to control children in their care.”
The Independent, 5th October 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
42-day detention dropped as unworkable – The Times
“Gordon Brown is preparing for a humiliating climbdown over his proposal to hold terrorist suspects for 42 days after being told that it will be defeated in the House of Lords.”
The Times, 6th October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Sex laws are ‘unfair to teachers’ – BBC News
“Teachers should not be prosecuted for having affairs with their sixth formers, a union chief has said.”
BBC News, 5th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Disabled people failed by courts and police – The Independent
“Christine Lakinski lay dying on her doorstep when Anthony Anderson decided to urinate on her. Ms Lakinski, a severely disabled woman, had been walking back from her local shops, in Hartlepool, with a box of laminate flooring when she collapsed.”
The Independent, 6th October 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Long hours and stress drive lawyers to drink and drugs – The Times
“A culture of long hours and stress are driving increasing numbers of lawyers to drink and drugs, both within and outside the workplace.”
The Times, 6th October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Conservatives cleared of breaking electoral law – Daily Telegraph
“The Electoral Commission, which oversees party funding, has rejected a complaint made by the Labour party about the Tories’ use of Constituency Campaigning Services (CCS).”
Daily Telegraph, 6th October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Devastated’ child abuse victims allege insensitivity by official body – The Guardian
“A man whose teacher admitted abusing him over six years was told that his claim for government compensation should be kept at the lowest level because his experience was a ‘one-off incident’ and ‘consensual’, the Guardian can reveal.”
The Guardian, 6th October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Gomez & Ors v Vives [2008] EWCA Civ 1065 (03 October 2008)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Hutchison & Ors v B & DF Ltd [2008] EWHC 2286 (Ch) (03 October 2008)
High Court (Commercial Court)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Vitpol Building Service v Samen [2008] EWHC 2283 (TCC) (16 September 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
Time for a rethink on Titan jails? – The Guardian
“Incarcerating more and more offenders is supposedly not the point of new supersize prisons. Anna Bawden inspects plans to make them centres of learning.”
The Guardian, 3rd October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Father jailed for life for murdering his children after marriage break-up – Daily Telegraph
“A father who murdered his disabled daughter and young son in their bedrooms after struggling with the breakdown of his marriage has been jailed for life.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Stephen Cooper v Attorney General – WLR Daily
Stephen Cooper v Attorney General [2008] EWHC 2285 (QB); [2008] WLR (D) 303
“A judicial error in the application of European Community law must be a manifest infringement of the applicable law in order to create liability for damages.”
WLR Daily, 2nd 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 (Liverpool City Council) v Hillingdon London Borough Council – Times Law Reports
Regina (Liverpool City Council) v Hillingdon London Borough Council
Queen’s Bench Division
“An asylum-seeker who turned out to be a child in need had to be looked after by the first local authority where he lived when he made his application and not the second one into whose care he had been temporarily released.”
The Times, 3rd 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.
Regina v Mehta; Regina v Sharman; Regina v Reardon; Regina v Ratcliff – Times Law Reports
Regina v Mehta; Regina v Sharman; Regina v Reardon; Regina v Ratcliff
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“Money-launderers who offered a service to numerous criminals via bureaux de change or hawala banking were often as culpable as the criminals generating the money, if not more so, and often more culpable than those who handled the proceeds of a particular fraud.”
The Times, 3rd 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.
Regina v Al-Ali – Times Law Reports
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“On an application by the prosecution for leave to appeal from a ruling of a trial judge in the crown court, the Court of Appeal should not simply consider whether the appeal had a realistic prospect of success because even if the judge’s ruling was wrong it would only be if it were in the interests of justice that the trial should be resumed or started afresh.”
The Times, 3rd 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.
Daily Cause List, 3rd October 2008
Source: www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk
Please note only the current day’s cause list will be accessible
BAILII: Recent Decisions
High Court (Family Division)
D v S [2008] EWHC 363 (Fam) (19 March 2008)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Syska v Vivendi Universal SA & Ors [2008] EWHC 2155 (Comm) (02 October 2008)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
Woman jailed for £2m auction con – BBC News
“A fraudster has been jailed for six years for bouncing cheques worth £2m in Europe’s top auction houses.”
BBC News, 2nd October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
