Pair jailed after seagull attack – BBC News
“Two drunken men who filmed each other kicking an injured seagull to death in a seaside town have both been jailed for four months.”
BBC News, 18th August 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Number of serial child criminals soars by two thirds in decade – Daily Telegraph
“The number of children repeatedly committing crimes across the country has soared by two-thirds since Labour came to power, The Daily Telegraph can reveal.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th August 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Caldarelli v Judge for Preliminary Investigations of the Court of Naples, Italy – Times Law Reports
Caldarelli v Judge for Preliminary Investigations of the Court of Naples, Italy
House of Lords
“Where a fugitive from Italy had been found guilty of an offence in his absence and sentenced to a term of imprisonment, under Italian law, his trial had not been finally completed pending appeal and his extradition from the United Kingdom had been properly sought as an accused rather than a convicted person.”
The Times, 19th August 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 if publication.
Practice Direction (Court Dress) (No 5) – Times Law Reports
Practice Direction (Court Dress) (No 5)
Supreme Court
“Judges in civil cases would wear a new civil robe, without a wig, as from October 1, 2008, and would be distinguishable by different coloured tabs.”
The Times, 19th August 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 if publication.
Genette case prosecution dropped – BBC News
“Police have confirmed that there is insufficient evidence to prosecute a man arrested over the disappearance of Genette Tate in 1978.”
BBC News, 18th August 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
High Court challenge over Jersey child abuse case – Daily Telegraph
“British ministers have been challenged in the High Court to intervene in the child abuse investigation in Jersey.”
Daily Telegraph,
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Game sharers face legal crackdown – BBC News
“A British woman who put a game on a file-sharing network has been ordered to pay damages to the game’s creator.”
BBC News, 19th August 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Lawyers remain happy despite increased workloads – The Lawyer
“Law firm employees are working the equivalent of an extra day a week compared to the start of the year, with many firms failing to fill spaces left by departing staff members.”
The Lawyer, 18th August 2008
Source: www.thelawyer.com
Paedophile who had 241,000 child porn images is jailed indefinitely – The Guardian
“A paedophile who acted as a ‘librarian’ for a global internet child abuse ring was handed an indefinite jail term yesterday after one of the biggest undercover police investigations into online child abuse.”
The Guardian, 19th August 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Crime lecturer fined for ‘violent behaviour’ – Daily Telegraph
“A college lecturer whose course includes lessons on understanding crime has been fined by a judge for ‘drunken, violent behaviour’ towards a member of a hotel’s security staff.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th August 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Schoolboy extremist faces jail over terror training manuals – The Guardian
“A schoolboy recruited into a cell engaged in a ‘worldwide conspiracy’ to kill non-Muslims yesterday became Britain’s youngest convicted terrorist.”
The Guardian, 19th August 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Stelios takes easyJet to court over branding – The Times
” Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou is taking easyJet, the airline that he founded, to the High Court to try to limit its ability to make money from activities that may clash with his other ventures. The surprising spat between the budget carrier and its founder stunned the City yesterday and threatens to limit the airline’s ability to raise revenues.”
The Times, 18th August 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Cobbe v Yeoman’s Row Management Ltd and another – WLR Daily
Cobbe v Yeoman’s Row Management Ltd and another [2008] UKHL 55; [2008] WLR (D) 293
“A claimant who had entered into an oral agreement with the defendants in respect of the redevelopment of a property had no claim against them in proprietary estoppel or constructive trust based on their unconscionable withdrawal from the agreement, but was entitled to a quantum meruit in respect of money and services which he had provided.”
WLR Daily, 15th August 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICRL series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Roberts v Gill & Co (a Firm) and Another – Times Law Reports
Roberts v Gill & Co (a Firm) and Another
Court of Appeal
“When the court gave permission for a personal claim, brought by a beneficiary of an estate in his personal capacity, to be continued as a derivative claim on behalf of the estate, the personal representative or administrator had to be joined as a party to those proceedings.”
The Times, 18th August 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.
Serious Fraud Office v Lexi Holdings plc (in Administration) and Another – The Times
Serious Fraud Office v Lexi Holdings plc (in Administration) and Another
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“A restraint order should not be varied to allow for the payment of a debt to an unsecured creditor.”
The Times, 18th August 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.
Law change ‘is Rachel’s legacy’ – BBC News
“The father of a 19-year-old woman who died in a motorway crash welcomes a change in the law which comes into force on Monday to jail careless drivers.”
BBC News, 18th August 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
K, R. v [2008] EWCA Crim 1900 (14 August 2008)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Secretary of State for the Home Department v TB (Jamaica) [2008] EWCA Civ 977 (14 August 2008)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Rideh v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWHC 2019 (Admin) (15 August 2008)
Beckett v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWHC 2002 (Admin) (15 August 2008)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
CJP Builders Ltd v William Verry Ltd [2008] EWHC 2025 (TCC) (15 August 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
Head of Met had his rival bugged – The Times
“Britain’s most senior Asian policeman was illegally bugged and spied on in a clandestine operation sanctioned by Sir Ian Blair, the Metropolitan police commissioner, according to leaked Scotland Yard documents.”
The Times, 17th August 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No.2) Order 2008
The Private Dentistry (Wales) Regulations 2008
The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule 5) (Wales) Order 2008
The School Curriculum in Wales (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2008
The Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (City and County of Swansea) Designation Order 2008
The School Budget Shares (Prescribed Purposes and Consequential Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
