Court action over pensioners’ fuel poverty – Daily Telegraph
“Ministers are today accused of breaking a legally-binding promise to help pensioners pay for soaring fuel bills.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th April 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Religious rule may let Muslim sex offenders off jail therapy – The Times
“Muslims convicted of sex offences could opt out of treatment programmes intended to stop them offending because open discussion of their crimes is against their religion.”
The Times, 9th April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Al Fayed gives up 10-year bid to prove conspiracy theories – The Independent
” Mohammed Al Fayed announced last night that he was finally giving up his 10-year campaign to prove that his son Dodi and Diana, Princess of Wales, were killed in a conspiracy involving the Royal Family and the secret services.”
The Independent, 9th April 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Kathy Honeywood: ‘Being the only woman is quite tough’ – The Times
“The Clifford Chance partner is on a mission to increase the number of women at the top of the world’s biggest firm.”
The Times, 9th April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Bank details ‘being sold for £5 on the internet’ – Daily Telegraph
“Bank account details are selling for as little as £5 as part of a thriving trade in stolen information on the internet, according to a report.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th April 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Rape case to be reopened after police are criticised – The Guardian
“A police force which failed to carry out a thorough investigation into a rape case has been told by the Crown Prosecution Service to reopen the inquiry.”
The Guardian, 9th April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Star Wars stormtroopers invade the High Court – The Times
” The Stormtrooper stood at the side of court 52 against a row of leatherbound legal tomes, facing the judge. At his side was another full-sized model of a fighter pilot from the forces of Emperor Palpatine.”
The Times, 9th April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
‘Internet sperm’ founder jailed – BBC News
“The founder of a website offering sperm to lesbians wanting children has been jailed for 16 months for fraud at Wood Green Crown Court in north London.”
BBC News, 8th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
McNeill, R. v [2008] EWCA Crim 553 (27 February 2008)
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Gentoo Group Ltd & Anor v Hanratty [2008] EWHC 627 (QB) (07 April 2008)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
Christian group mounts challenge to HFEA on hybrid embryo research – The Times
” The legality of the licences that allowed the creation of Britain’s first human-animal hybrid embryos is to be challenged by a Christian group, The Times has learnt.”
The Times, 8th April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Five guilty of Kodjo gang murder – BBC News
“Five teenagers have been found guilty of killing 16-year-old schoolboy Kodjo Yenga.”
BBC News, 8th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Immigration rule change ‘illegal’ – BBC News
“The government acted unlawfully in changing immigration rules for highly skilled workers who want to stay in the UK, the High Court has ruled.”
BBC News, 8th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Search engines must delete data after six months, say watchdogs – OUT-LAW.com
“Search engines must delete search logs after six months if they are to comply with data protection laws, according to a committee of EU countries’ privacy watchdogs. Google has said that the findings do not take account of commercial reality.”
OUT-LAW.com, 8th April 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
Omagh bomb relatives launch action in high court – The Guardian
“The civil action by relatives of the Omagh bomb victims against the Real IRA is an attack on terrorists unprecedented anywhere in the world, the lawyer representing the families said yesterday. On the opening day of a case brought by some of the relatives of those who were killed or injured in the 1998 atrocity, Lord Brennan QC said: ‘For the first time the victims of terrorism are suing the alleged perpetrators … private citizens are confronting terrorists in our courts.'”
The Guardian, 8th April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Masri v Consolidated Contractors International UK Ltd and others (No 2) – WLR Daily
“There was no reason why the court should not exercise a power to appoint a receiver by way of equitable execution over future receipts from a defined asset. Applications for the appointment of a receiver over foreign debts and ancillary orders did not constitute proceedings concerned with the enforcement of judgments within the meaning of article 22(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001.”
WLR Daily, 7th April 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Whitehead and another v Hibbert Pownall & Newton ( a firm) – WLR Daily
Whitehead and another v Hibbert Pownall & Newton ( a firm); [2008] WLR (D) 96
“Solicitors who had negligently failed to prosecute a claim for damages for clinical negligence, including a claim for future loss, with the result that the claim had been set down at the date of the original claimant’s death were not liable for failing to secure for the deceased’s estate what, on the full facts, would have amounted a an uncovenanted windfall. The estate, standing in the deceased’s shoes, could not recover sums referable to a period after her death since she would only have been entitled to recover losses incurred or to be incurred in her lifetime.”
WLR Daily, 7th April 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
R v R (Video Recording: Admissibility) – WLR Daily
R v R (Video Recording: Admissibility) [2008] EWCA Crim 678; [2008] WLR (D) 95
“A video recording of an interview given had been was properly admitted as evidence in chief at a criminal trial pursuant to a special measures direction made under s27 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999, notwithstanding that no notification had been given by the Secretary of State under s18(2) of the Act that such measures were available.”
WLR Daily, 7th April 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Family Life – Family Justice – Fairness – Speech by Mr Justice Coleridge
Family Life – Family Justice – Fairness
Speech by Mr Justice Coleridge
Resolution National Conference, 5th April 2008
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
High Court (Administrative Court)
Slivka v District Court of Prague [2008] EWHC 595 (Admin) (12 March 2008)
Secretary of State for Justice, R (on the application of) v Mental Health Review Tribunal & Anor [2008] EWHC 598 (Admin) (05 March 2008)
D, R (on the application of) v Sheffield Youth Court [2008] EWHC 601 (Admin) (06 March 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Bluetongue Regulations 2008
The Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2008
The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Commencement No. 1) (Northern Ireland) Order 2008
The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments etc) Order 2008
The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments) (Taxes and National Insurance) Order 2008
The Legislative Reform (Health and Safety Executive) Order 2008
The Sex Discrimination (Amendment of Legislation) Regulations 2008
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
