Killer’s maximum tariff reduced – BBC News
“A man who abducted, sexually attacked and strangled a young, female, Royal Navy photographer has won a two-year reduction in his minimum tariff.”
BBC News, 24th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Woman who lured ‘healer’ jailed – BBC News
“A woman who lured a faith healer back to Luton, where he was later murdered, has been jailed for two years.”
BBC News, 24th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Bus stop killer wins sentence cut – BBC News
“A Nottingham teenager convicted of murdering a man at a bus stop has had his 14 year minimum jail sentence cut.”
BBC News, 24th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Woman jailed for gay couple abuse – BBC News
“A mother has been jailed and her daughter given a community order after being found guilty of harassing a gay couple in Kent.”
BBC News, 24th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
MPs debate junk food advert ban – BBC News
“MPs are to debate a bill calling for a ban on advertising junk food and drinks to children.”
BBC News, 24th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Legal victory for B&B owner who evicted Irving for being too moody – The Independent
“In his long history of legal calamity, David Irving has confronted and lost to courtroom adversaries from the publisher Penguin, to a British Second World War convoy commander, to the Austrian state. To that list can now be added Jennie Allen, the 60-year-old owner of a B&B in the genteel London suburb of Kew.”
The Independent, 25th April 2008
Source: www.indpendent.co.uk
OFT accuses tobacco firms and retailers of cigarette price-fixing – The Guardian
“The Office of Fair Trading has accused tobacco manufacturers and retailers, including the UK’s biggest supermarkets, of acting unlawfully over the price of tobacco products.”
The Times, 25th April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Jail inmates win £120,000 payout over abuse claims – The Guardian
“The Prison Service yesterday agreed to pay more than £120,000 to prisoners who said they had suffered beatings and racial discrimination by prison officers, the Guardian has learned.”
The Guardian, 25th April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Freezing assets of terror suspects ruled unlawful by High Court – The Times
“Anti-terrorism legislation was condemned as poorly thought-out by a senior High Court judge yesterday as he declared that the Treasury’s powers to freeze suspects’ bank accounts were unlawful.”
The Times, 25th April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Crime down but gun offences rise – The Times
“Crime is falling in England and Wales at an accelerating rate, according to figures from police forces published yesterday.”
The Times, 25th April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Banks told to stop stalling and pay up after verdict on charges – The Times
“Banks have been accused of trying to block compensation claims from customers, after they refused to accept the findings of a High Court test case on penalty charges.”
The Times, 25th April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Judges will carry on holding ministers to account – because that’s their job – The Times
“Yesterday’s court rulings highlight the delicate relationship between the executive and the judiciary — one in which judges increasingly hold ministers to account, and find them wanting.”
The Times, 25th April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
House of Lords to rule on BAE corruption inquiry – The Times
“The Serious Fraud Office is to challenge the ruling that it must rethink the halting of its investigation into a £43 billion arms deals between BAE Systems and Saudi Arabia.”
The Times, 25th April, 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Terror asset-freezing ‘unlawful’ – BBC News
“Rules imposed under UN laws to enable the freezing of terror suspects’ assets are not lawful because they ‘bypassed’ Parliament, the High Court has ruled.”
BBC News, 24th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Police condemn ‘bad drivers’ site – BBC News
“A website which publishes registration plates of ‘bad drivers’ could lead to vigilantism, police have said.”
BBC News, 24th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Terror prisoner threatens to sue to get deported – The Guardian
“A foreign prisoner convicted of a terrorism offence is threatening to go to court to force the government to deport him from Britain.”
The Guardian, 24th April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Fowler v Barron [2008] EWCA Civ 377 (23 April 2008)
Enfield Technical Services Ltd. v Payne & Anor [2008] EWCA Civ 393 (22 April 2008)
Foxtons Ltd. v Bicknell & Anor [2008] EWCA Civ 419 (23 April 2008)
Green Lane Products Ltd v PMS International Group Plc & Ors [2008] EWCA Civ 358 (23 April 2008)
Secretary of State for Work & Pensions v Burley & Anor [2008] EWCA Civ 376 (23 April 2008)
High Court (Family Division)
Leeds City Council v Mrs YX [2008] EWHC 802 (Fam) (14 March 2008)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Seray-Wurie v The Charity Commission of England & Wales [2008] EWHC 870 (QB) (23 April 2008)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Temple Legal Protection Ltd v QBE Insurance (Europe) Ltd [2008] EWHC 843 (Comm) (23 April 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
R (Compton) v Wiltshire Primary Care Trust – WLR Daily
R (Compton) v Wiltshire Primary Care Trust; [2008] WLR (D) 123
“There was no test of exceptionality to be applied before a protective costs order could be made.”
WLR Daily, 23rd April 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.
Carver v BAA plc – WLR Daily
Carver v BAA plc [2008] EWCA Civ 412; [2008] WLR (D) 122
“Where a claimant had obtained judgment as to liability, and an award in damages of a sum exceeding an earlier payment in, a judge was empowered by CPR r 36.14(1) to adopt a broad approach when considering costs and the question whether the result was ‘more advantageous’ vis à vis a refused payment in, and he was entitled if appropriate to award costs in favour of a losing party or to make no order for costs.”
WLR Daily, 23rd April 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.
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Zootechnical Standards (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2008
The Seed Potatoes (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The National Savings Bank (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2008
The Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment and Support Schemes (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Bathing Water Regulations 2008
The Control of Major Accident Hazard (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (County of Nottinghamshire) Designation Order 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
