Punishment that was not a crime: why Mosley won in the high court – The Guardian
“It was at 7:50am on Thursday July 10 when it all started to go really wrong for the News of the World. It was then, on the fourth day of Max Mosley’s privacy action, that the paper’s barrister, Mark Warby QC, received the devastating news from his clients. Woman E, the dominatrix paid £12,000 to secretly film Mosley in a sadomasochistic orgy, wasn’t coming to court that morning to appear as the paper’s star witness after all. ‘Her emotional and mental state is such that it would not be fair or reasonable to call her to give evidence’, Warby told the judge, Mr Justice Eady.”
The Guardian, 25th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
How red-top lawyer Mr Justice Eady became privacy judge – The Times
“Mr Justice Eady has created almost single-handedly what is now a privacy law in Britain through a series of recent rulings that he sees as remedying a ‘glaring deficiency in our law’. ”
The Times, 25th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Judge pulls out knife during court case – Daily Telegraph
“Judge Roger Connor brandished the pocket knife in front of a teenage defendant during the hearing at Oxford Crown Court.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th July 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Fayed strikes oil in the high court – The Guardian
“He is a hotelier, football club chairman and the owner of Harrods, but until now, as far as he knew, the multimillionaire Mohamed Al Fayed was not an oilman.”
The Guardian, 25th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Council punishes decorator with on-the-spot fine for smoking in his van – The Times
“A self-employed painter and decorator has been given a £30 on-the-spot fine for smoking in his own van because it is classified as a workplace.”
The Times, 25th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Disability Discrimination Act can extend to carers, rules ECJ – OUT-LAW.com
“The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has said that disability discrimination laws can apply to the carers of disabled people as well as the disabled themselves. It has backed the claim of a woman who sued a London law firm in a groundbreaking case.”
OUT-LAW.com, 24th July 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
Canoe couple’s assets frozen in attempt to retrieve £250,000 – The Guardian
“The assets of the fake canoe death couple, John and Anne Darwin, have been frozen in a first step towards retrieving the £250,000 they conned out of insurance companies, it emerged yesterday.”
The Guardian, 25th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Music companies to police illegal downloads – The Times
“No sooner had Britain’s six biggest internet service providers (ISPs) agreed to monitor illegal file sharing than the web was abuzz with suggestions to get around the scheme.”
The Times, 25th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Illegal filesharing: ISPs pledge not to ‘spy’ on web users – The Guardian
“Internet service providers have pledged not to ‘spy’ on the web habits of customers as part of an agreement with the government to punish illegal sharing of music and films.”
The Guardian, 24th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Fake Facebook profile’ victim awarded £22,000 – The Times
“A man who sued a former school friend for creating a fake profile on the social networking site has won his libel case”
The Times, 24th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Max Mosley wins ‘Nazi’ sex case against the News of the World – The Times
“Max Mosley has won his High Court privacy action against the News of the World, the newspaper which accused him of taking part in a Nazi-style orgy.”
The Times, 24th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Bieber (Aka Coleman) v R. [2008] EWCA Crim 1601 (23 July 2008)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Revenue and Customs v Waste Recycling Group Ltd. [2008] EWCA Civ 849 (23 July 2008)
Shore v Sedgwick Financial Services Ltd. [2008] EWCA Civ 863 (23 July 2008)
Selvarajan v Wilmot & Ors [2008] EWCA Civ 862 (23 July 2008)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Drummond v Revenue and Customs [2008] EWHC 1758 (Ch) (23 July 2008)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Onwuama v London Borough of Ealing [2008] EWHC 1704 (QB) (22 July 2008)
High Court (Administrative Division)
Source: www.bailii.org
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2008
The Financial Assistance Scheme (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2008
The Representation of the People (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999 (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Gas and Electricity (Consumer Complaints Handling Standards) Regulations 2008
The European Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officers) Order 2008
The Value Added Tax (Finance) Order 2008
The Venture Capital Trust (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Companies (Trading Disclosures) (Insolvency) Regulations 2008
The Insurance Companies (Calculation of Profits: Policy Holders’ Tax) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Whole of Government Accounts (Designation of Bodies) (No. 2) Order 2008
The Capital Allowances (Energy-saving Plant and Machinery) (Amendment) Order 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
West London Pipeline and Storage Ltd v Total UK Ltd – WLR Daily
West London Pipeline and Storage Ltd v Total UK Ltd [2008] EWHC 1729 (Comm); [2008] WLR (D) 248
“Guidance as to the principles applicable to determining a claim to litigation privilege.”
WLR Daily, 23rd July 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.
French v Barcham and Another – Times Law Reports
Chancery Division
“A beneficial tenant in common who continued in occupation of a property following the bankruptcy of the other beneficial tenant in common could be required to compensate the bankrupt’s estate for that continued occupation.”
The Times, 24th July 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.
Spencer v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions; Moore v Secretary of State for Transport and Another – Times Law Reports
Court of Appeal
“A cause of action for damages against the government for failure to implement Community law resulting in failure to provide a remedy in a personal injury case accrued as soon as some measurable damage had been suffered The Court of Appeal so stated when dismissing the appeals of: (i) Derek Keith Spencer against the dismissal of his claim by Mr Justice Holland ([2007] EWHC 1775 (QB)) and (ii) Kenneth Dudley Moore against the dismissal of his claim by Mr Justice Eady ([2007] EWHC 879 (QB)).”
The Times, 24th July 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.
Husband who stole £200,000 to fund wife’s spending sprees spared prison – Daily Telegraph
“A ‘timid’ husband has been spared jail after a judge heard he only stole £205,000 to fund his domineering wife’s spending sprees.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th July 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Hatchet man or saviour of the Serious Fraud Office? – The Times
“Are we just starting to see the true Richard Alderman? There were suspicions that he was hired as a hatchet man to carve up the Serious Fraud Office or oversee its demise. He was, after all, instrumental in creating the Assets Recovery Agency, becoming its first legal director. Within just five years it had been absorbed into the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca).”
The Times, 24th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
