Boy is fined for dropping balloon – BBC News
“A teenager who was fined for littering when he dropped a deflated balloon in a city centre may fight the case.”
BBC News, 28th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Minister signals end of business regulation era – The Guardian
“Britain has reached the end of the era of major legislation regulating business, the business secretary, John Hutton, will say today in a speech challenging the idea that workplace exploitation is tackled by new laws.”
The Guardian, 29th May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Cook Yvonne Godwin made rat poison cake for unfaithful husband – The Times
“A former hospital cook who laced her unfaithful husband’s fruit cake with rat poison was spared jail yesterday. Yvonne Godwin baked the poisoned cake after discovering that her husband of 30 years had been having an affair with her best friend’s sister.”
The Times, 29th May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Specialist drug courts ‘working’ – BBC News
“Specialist courts which deal only with drugs offenders are proving a success, the government has said.”
BBC News, 28th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Nisha Patel-Nasri: Husband convicted of special constable’s murder – The Guardian
“The husband of Nisha Patel-Nasri, the special constable who was stabbed to death on her third wedding anniversary, was today convicted of her murder.”
The Guardian, 28th May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
New review of fancy dress killing – BBC News
“A financial adviser dressed as a Ghostbuster who was seen being punched during a fight outside a pub was unlawfully killed, a coroner has ruled.”
BBC News, 28th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Spying council to be investigated – BBC News
“A privacy watchdog is to investigate a council that used powers to spy on people, including a family suspected of lying about where they lived.”
BBC News, 28th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Norbrook Laboratories (Gb) Ltd v Adair & Anor [2008] EWHC 978 (QB) (06 May 2008)
Crowley v Surrey County Council & Ors [2008] EWHC 1102 (QB) (20 May 2008)
WRN Ltd. v Ayris [2008] EWHC 1080 (QB) (21 May 2008)
Sandford & Anor v London Borough of Waltham Forest [2008] EWHC 1106 (QB) (21 May 2008)
BRB (Residuary) Ltd. v Connex South Eastern Ltd [2008] EWHC 1172 (QB) (23 May 2008)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Bristol Magistrates Court [2008] EWHC 1153 (Admin) (07 May 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Gambling (Geographical Distribution of Large and Small Casino Premises Licences) Order 2008
The Armed Forces, Army, Air Force and Naval Discipline Acts (Continuation) Order 2008
The Armed Forces (Service Complaints) (Consequential Amendments) Order 2008
The Community Legal Service (Funding) (Amendment) Order 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Regina (G) v Nottingham Healthcare NHS Trust; Regina (N) v Secretary of State for Health; Regina (B) v Nottingham Healthcare NHS Trust – Times Law Reports
Queen’s Bench Divisional Court
“Preventing detained mental patients from smoking was not a breach of article 8, right to respect for private and family life, or article 14, prohibiting discrimination, of the European Convention on Human Rights.”
The Times, 28th May 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.
S-H v Kingston upon Hull City Council and Another – Times Law Reports
S-H v Kingston upon Hull City Council and Another
Court of Appeal
“In order to decide whether to grant leave to a parent to apply for revocation of an order placing a child for adoption, the correct test to be applied by the court was whether, in all the circumstances, including the parents’ prospects of securing revocation and the child’s interests, leave should be given.”
The Times, 28th May 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.
Corby Group Litigation v Corby Borough Council – Times Law Reports
Corby Group Litigation v Corby Borough Council
Court of Appeal
“The House of Lords had neither expressly nor impliedly reversed the long-standing principle that damages for personal injury could be claimed in the tort of public nuisance.”
The Times, 28th May 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.
Police staff to patrol youth courts in knife crime crackdown – The Guardian
“Dedicated police staff are to patrol London’s youth courts to encourage knife crime victims and witnesses to testify against their attackers.”
The Guardian, 28th May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Social workers’ failings ‘put children in divorce cases at risk of abuse’ – The Times
“Children in divorce and separation cases are being left at risk of abuse because of serious failings by social workers dealing with their cases, according to a watchdog.”
The Times, 28th May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Lawyer’s wife stole £80,000 to fund slot machine addiction – Daily Telegraph
“A solicitor’s wife has been jailed for stealing £80,000 from his law firm to fund her addiction to fruit machines.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th May 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Prisoners released early to free up space – The Independent
“More than 500 prisoners are to be released just halfway through their sentences in an effort to free desperately-needed space in overcrowded jails.”
The Independent, 28th May 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Two out of three breach their first Asbo – Daily Telegraph
“Two thirds of people who are given anti-social behaviour orders for the first time go on to breach them, figures show.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th May 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Plan to close child porn loophole – BBC News
“Drawings and computer-generated images of child sex abuse would be made illegal under proposals announced by Justice Minister Maria Eagle.”
BBC News, 28th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Identity fraud cases up by two thirds – Daily Telegraph
“Cases of identity fraud increased by two thirds last year with people in affluent areas most at risk, credit data figures show.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th May 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Estate agents lose out to vendors in appeal ruling – The Times
“Estate agents have lost the right to commission if a buyer to whom they show a property then makes an offer through another joint agency.”
The Times, 28th May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
