Most overcrowded prisons revealed – BBC News
“The 20 most overcrowded jails in England and Wales have been named by the Prison Reform Trust.”
BBC News, 7th August 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Duke of Edinburgh seeks privacy law for the Royal Family – Daily Telegraph
“The Duke of Edinburgh is using the landmark ruling in the Max Mosley sex case to try to protect the privacy of members of the Royal Family, the Daily Telegraph can disclose.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th August 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Office of Fair Trading to charge British Airways executives with price-fixing – The Times
“The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is set to unveil plans today to charge four past and present executives of British Airways with criminal price-fixing offences. ”
The Times, 7th August 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Don’t cite ‘hits’ as a measure of website traffic, warns advertising watchdog – OUT-LAW.com
“An advert that claimed a website received over five million ‘hits’ every month has been banned because the metric is likely to mislead readers. The UK’s advertising watchdog said that ‘hits’ is an unreliable measure of website popularity.”
OUT-LAW.com, 6th August 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
Nude nurse exposed to friends by jilted lover – Daily Telegraph
“Richard Bradford decided to take his revenge against the health worker after she allegedly cheated on him with another man.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th August 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Murray, R. v [2008] EWCA Crim 1792 (16 July 2008)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Joyce v Secretary of State for Health [2008] EWHC 1891 (Admin) (01 August 2008)
High Court (Patents Court)
Magical Marking Ltd & Anor v Phillips & Ors [2008] EWHC 1640 (Pat) (07 July 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
Slashed tyres and poison pen letters: how Ian Oakley bullied rivals – The Times
“A Conservative candidate in a key marginal seat conducted a sustained campaign of harassment in an attempt to ‘change the political landscape’ of the town where he hoped to be MP.”
The Times, 6th August 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
‘Fakeproof’ e-passport is cloned in minutes – The Times
“New microchipped passports designed to be foolproof against identity theft can be cloned and manipulated in minutes and accepted as genuine by the computer software recommended for use at international airports.”
The Times, 6th August 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Daily Cause List, 6th August 2008
Source: www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk
Please note only the current day’s cause list will be accessible
Repeat offenders could get cautions instead of charges – Daily Telegraph
“A Home Office guidance document says that providing enough time has passed ‘to suggest that a previous caution has had a significant deterrent effect – two years or more’, anyone repeating a ‘trivial’ offence can escape charges and facing court.”
Daily Telegraph,
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Ex-police chief Alec Alexander jailed 10 years for raping daughter – The Times
“A police chief superintendent who abused his daughter when she was 10 years old and raped her when she was 17 was jailed yesterday.”
The Times, 6th August 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
MPs ‘should not employ children’ – BBC News
“MPs should not be able to employ their children using taxpayers’ money, the government has said.”
BBC News, 5th August 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAA sues Ryanair over unpaid landing fees – The Times
“BAA, the airports operator, has started legal action against Ryanair after the budget carrier refused to pay higher landing fees.”
The Times, 5th August 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Immigration cells squalid and unfit for use – The Guardian
“A police custody suite used to hold immigration detainees for up to seven days has been condemned by prison and police inspectors as unhygienic, unsafe and unfit for use.”
The Guardian, 6th August 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Greenweb Ltd v Wandsworth London Borough Council – WLR Daily
Greenweb Ltd v Wandsworth London Borough Council; [2008] WLR (D) 286
“On the proper interpretation of ss 14(1) and 15 (3) of the Land Compensation Act 1961 the amount of compensation payable for compulsory acquisition of vacant land on which Victorian houses had stood prior to their destruction during the Second World War should be based on the assumption that planning permission had been granted for specified development even though planning permission for such development had in fact been refused.”
WLR Daily, 5th August 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.
Tasers being used more often by police, figures show – The Guardian
“The use of taser stun guns by police is increasing, new Home Office figures published today reveal.”
The Guardian, 5th August 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
County court anti-social behaviour co-ordinators – a pilot scheme – Ministry of Justice
” A report assessing the role of county court anti-social behaviour co-ordinators under a scheme piloted for a year.
The study investigates perceptions of the effectiveness of the pilot scheme in enhacing relationships between courts and their users, and improving the processing of anti-social behaviour-related cases. It also discusses the views of housing and legal professionals involved with anti-social behaviour proceedings, as well as the views of the co-ordinators themselves.”
County court anti-social behaviour co-ordinators – a pilot scheme (PDF)
Ministry of Justice, 5th August 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Daily Cause List, 5th August 2008
Source: www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk
Please note only the current day’s cause list will be accessible
BAILII: Recent Decisions
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Kirk v Walton [2008] EWHC 1780 (QB) (24 July 2008)
Peart Stevenson Associates Ltd v Holland [2008] EWHC 1868 (QB) (30 July 2008)
Tullett Prebon Group Ltd v El-Hajjali [2008] EWHC 1924 (QB) (31 July 2008)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Gold Fields Mining LLC v Tucker & Anor [2008] EWHC 1696 (Ch) (10 July 2008)
Sharab v HRH Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal Bin Abdal-Aziz Al-Saud [2008] EWHC 1893 (Ch) (31 July 2008)
High Court (Administrative Court)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Richardson Roofing Company Ltd v Ballast Plc & Ors [2008] EWHC 1806 (TCC) (25 July 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
