Blasphemy laws are lifted – Daily Telegraph
“Britain’s ancient laws of blasphemy have been abolished by MPs.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th May 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Satyam Computer Services Ltd v Upaid Systems Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 487 (09 May 2008)
Les Laboratoires Servier & Anor v Apotex Inc & Ors [2008] EWCA Civ 445 (09 May 2008)
Daniel Thwaites Plc v Wirral Borough Magistrates’ Court & Ors [2008] EWHC 838 (Admin) (06 May 2008)
Corby Group v Corby Borough Council [2008] EWCA Civ 463 (08 May 2008)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Gregson v HAE Trustees Ltd & Ors [2008] EWHC 1006 (Ch) (08 May 2008)
High Court (Administrative Court)
McCarthy & Ors v Basildon District Council [2008] EWHC 987 (Admin) (09 May 2008)
BMW AG & Ors, R (on the application of) v HM Revenue & Customs [2008] EWHC 712 (Admin) (09 May 2008)
Secretary of State for the Home Department v AH [2008] EWHC 1018 (Admin) (09 May 2008)
Pilgrim, R (on the application of) v Parole Board & Anor [2008] EWHC 1019 (Admin) (09 May 2008)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
Corby Group Litigation v Corby Borough Council – WLR Daily
Corby Group Litigation v Corby Borough Council [2008] EWCA Civ 463; [2008] WLR (D) 144
“Damages for personal injury were recoverable in the tort of public nuisance.”
WLR Daily, 10th May 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.
London Borough of Haringey v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and another – WLR Daily
“In holding that there were material considerations that warranted a departure from the claimant’s statutory development plan under s 38 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, the inspector appointed by the first defendant had made a material error of fact amounting to an error in law when he granted planning permission under s 174(2)(a) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to the second defendant for the unauthorised use for education, training and worship of a unit in premises within an area designated by the claimant in its development plan as a ‘defined employment area industrial location’.”
WLR Daily, 10th May 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.
Murray v Express Newspapers plc and Another – Times Law Reports
Murray v Express Newspapers plc and Another
Court of Appeal
“It was arguable that a child had a reasonable expectation that he would not be targeted in order to obtain photographs in a public place for publication which the person taking or procuring the photographs knew would be objected to on the child’s behalf.”
The Times, 12th 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.
Court overrules experts in injured baby case – The Guardian
“Two ‘caring and supportive’ parents have won a high court ruling clearing them of deliberately harming their six-week-old baby, despite a conclusion by the seven medical experts in the case that his injuries were most likely to have been caused by intentional shaking.”
The Guardian, 12th May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Law lords hold key to islanders’ dream of return to paradise – The Guardian
“Legal challenge may end 40 years of exile from Diego Garcia.”
The Guardian, 12th May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Burrell not to face perjury probe – BBC News
“Princess Diana’s former butler, Paul Burrell, will not be investigated over allegations of perjury at the inquest into her death, Scotland Yard has said.”
BBC News, 9th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Cherie slams Labour on ‘factory farm’ jails – The Guardian
“Cherie Blair has attacked the government’s handling of the criminal justice system by accusing Britain’s jails of failing to protect the public. In an outspoken speech that has drawn a strong rebuttal from the Ministry of Justice, Blair, a judge and QC, said at a human rights seminar that Britain had a ‘factory farm attitude to imprisonment’.”
The Guardian, 11th May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Dr Rowan Williams compares Embryo Bill to rape and blackmail – Daily Telegraph
“The Archbishop of Canterbury on Sunday drew moral parallels between the creation of embryos for human use and rape and torture.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th May 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Couple who won’t accept homosexuality win right to foster – Daily Telegraph
“A couple who were rejected as foster parents after they refused to condone homosexuality have won their battle to apply to be carers.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th May 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
UK signs up to new global approach in protecting children from sexual abuse – Home Office
“Home Office Minister Vernon Coaker today (9th May) stepped up the Government’s commitment to the global protection of young people, having signed the Council of Europe’s Convention on the Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse. The signature coincided with the second anniversary of the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP).”
Home Office press release, 9th May 2008
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
Nottingham tackles Asbo culture with early action – the Independent
“It has been called the gun crime capital of the UK and has languished at the bottom of the education league tables, but now Nottingham is transforming its fortunes with a groundbreaking early intervention project to tackle Asbo culture.”
The Independent, 12th May 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Rapist murderer had right to be housed – Daily Telegraph
“A convicted rapist sexually assaulted and murdered a teenage girl after a council was told he could not be evicted because it would breach his human rights.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th May 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Councils consider legal action against building companies – The Times
“Local authorities are looking into the possibility of launching legal action against building companies accused last month of cover-pricing and bid-rigging by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).”
The Times, 12th May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
‘Over 140,000 caught re-offending within year’ – Daily Telegraph
“More than 140,000 criminals are caught re-offending within a year of being freed from jail or sentenced to a community punishment, official figures have disclosed.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th May 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
MPs set to back new embryo research laws – The Guardian
“MPs will reject demands for tighter controls on abortion but are ready to allow new laws pushing back the boundary of research on human embryos, according to a survey carried out by the Guardian.”
The Guardian, 12th May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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Rumbled: farmer who hid his illegal castle behind the hay – The Independent
“Mr Fidler, 59, built a mock-Tudor castle, complete with ramparts and cannons, on his farm in Salfords, Surrey in 2000. Because it was on green-belt land and unlikely to get planning permission, he concealed it behind a 40ft stack of hay bales, covered with a blue tarpaulin. He, his wife Linda, 39, and son, Harry, seven, moved in and in August 2006 he removed the hay bales and revealed their castle.”
The Independent, 10th May 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Is this the end of the kiss-and-tell? – The Times
“After J. K. Rowling’s first-round victory against the press, Graham Shear and Alison Green argue that celebrities now have a clear right to privacy.”
The Times, 9th May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Pagan convicts allowed magic wands in cells – Daily Telegraph
“Hundreds of Pagan worshippers locked up in British jails have been given the right to take twigs into their cells to use as magic wands.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th May 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
