President’s Guidance: McKenzie Friends – Judiciary of England and Wales
President’s Guidance: McKenzie Friends (PDF)
President of the Family Division, 14th April 2008
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Kowalski, R. v [2008] EWCA Crim 700 (19 March 2008)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Reynolds v Stone Rowe Brewer (a firm) [2008] EWHC 497 (QB) (18 March 2008)
Geniki Investments International Ltd. v Ellis Stockbrokers Ltd [2008] EWHC 549 (QB) (19 March 2008)
Al-Rawas v Pegasus Energy Ltd & Ors [2008] EWHC 617 (QB) (08 April 2008)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Wells v Pilling Parish Council [2008] EWHC 556 (Ch) (06 March 2008)
Eli Lilly & Company Ltd. v Neopharma Ltd & Anor [2008] EWHC 415 (Ch) (06 March 2008)
Artificial Solutions Germany GmbH v Creative Virtual Ltd & Anor [2008] EWHC 593 (Ch) (02 April 2008)
High Court (Family Division)
A Council v B & Ors [2007] EWHC 2688 (Fam) (11 December 2007)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Sevenoaks District Council v Harber [2008] EWHC 708 (Admin) (03 April 2008)
Wates, R (on the application of) v Surrey County Council [2008] EWHC 706 (Admin) (19 March 2008)
Roberts v Director of Public Prosecutions [2008] EWHC 643 (Admin) (19 March 2008)
Export Credits Guarantee Department v Friends of the Earth [2008] EWHC 638 (Admin) (17 March 2008)
High Court (Technology and Construction Court)
J S Bloor Ltd v Pavillion Developments Ltd [2008] EWHC 724 (TCC) (14 March 2008)
Source: www.bailii.org
Information watchdog raps Government over access to data – OUT-LAW.com
“The Department of Health is not dealing with freedom of information (FOI) requests properly because of a lack of staff, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has said. The ICO has rebuked the Government department over its FOI behaviour.”
OUT-LAW.com, 14th April 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
MoD will pay £2m to boy accidentally shot in Basra – The Guardian
“The Ministry of Defence is to pay a record £2m compensation to an Iraqi teenager left paralysed when he was accidentally shot by a British soldier.”
The Guardian, 15th April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Mole Man to pay £300,000 for burrowing under home – The Times
“A retired engineer nicknamed ‘Mole Man’, because of his fondness for burrowing tunnels under his home, has been ordered to pay almost £300,000 to the local council after his hobby nearly caused his house to collapse.”
The Times, 15th April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Government already has 42-day detention power, says rebel – The Guardian
“Ministers do not need to extend pre-charge detention to 42 days because they already have the power to almost indefinitely hold suspects who do not reveal what is held on their computers, a rebel Labour MP said today.”
The Guardian, 14th April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Ruling ‘denies treatment to 100,000 Alzheimer’s patients’ – Daily Telegraph
“Almost 100,000 Alzheimer’s patients face being denied NHS treatment which could delay the onset of their disease, the Court of Appeal was told yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th April 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Police pay battle goes to court – BBC News
“A legal challenge to the government’s decision not to back-date a police pay rise is to begin at the High Court.”
BBC News, 15th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Jail staff failing to counter extremism, warns inspector – The Guardian
“Inadequately trained staff inside Belmarsh high security prison are failing to challenge extremism and are in danger of feeding radicalisation by alienating Muslim inmates, the chief inspector of prisons warns. Anne Owers says staff at the London jail, which holds nearly 200 Muslims, face a danger of fuelling anti-western attitudes.”
The Guardian, 15th April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Paying a painfully high cost – The Times
” The inquest of Diana, Princess of Wales, and Dodi Fayed was conducted with impeccable good sense and good humour by the coroner, Lord Justice Scott Baker. It arrived at the obviously correct result: that the deaths were caused by the grossly negligent driving of the drunken Henri Paul, and the conduct of the chasing pack of journalists. But the law needs amendment to ensure that there is never again such an unnecessary and expensive intrusion into privacy and dignity.”
The Times, 15th April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Men accused of harassing dolphin – The Guardian
“Two men accused of disturbing a dolphin while they swam in the sea after a drunken night out have told a court they believed the animal enjoyed itself.”
The Guardian, 14th April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
High Court quashes decision to release secret ID card reports – OUT-LAW.com
“The High Court has quashed an Information Tribunal ruling ordering the release of independent reviews of the Government’s controversial identity card scheme. The freedom of information case must now be re-assessed by a new Tribunal, the Court said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 14th April 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
Watchdog blocks police bid to cut red tape for surveillance – The Times
“Britain’s surveillance watchdog is blocking proposals by senior police officers to cut through the red tape involved in mounting operations to observe suspected criminals.”
The Times, 14th April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Goldsmith urges appeal against BAE ruling – The Guardian
“Lord Goldsmith, the former attorney general, yesterday increased pressure on the Serious Fraud Office to appeal against last week’s high court ruling that the government acted unlawfully in blocking a criminal investigation of secret payments made by the arms company BAE Systems to Saudi Arabia.”
The Guardian, 14th April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Wakefield Metropolitan District Council v T – Times Law Reports
Wakefield Metropolitan District Council v T
Court of Appeal
“A child supervision order had an initial life of 12 months and could be extended for a further two years maximum.”
The Times, 14th April 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.
AS (Somalia) and Another v Entry Clearance Officer, Addis Ababa and Another – Times Law Reports
AS (Somalia) and Another v Entry Clearance Officer, Addis Ababa and Another
Court of Appeal
“While section 82(1) of the Nationality, Asylum and Immigration Act 2002 permitted an appeal against any immigration decision, in the case of refusal of entry clearance, as opposed to refusal of leave to enter, the tribunal could consider only the circumstances appertaining at the time of the decision to refuse.”
The Times, 14th April 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.
National Westminster Bank plc v King – Times Law Reports
National Westminster Bank plc v King
Chancery Division
“The High Court’s power of transfer under section 40(2) of the County Courts Act 1984 was not limited to cases which would otherwise be within a county court’s jurisdiction.”
The Times, 14th April 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.
Big rise in rate of self-harm in jail, says charity – The Guardian
“Rates of self-harm in jail have rocketed in the last four years, a prison reform charity claims today. The Howard League for Penal Reform says the number of prisoners deliberately injuring themselves had risen at four times the rate of the jail population increase.”
The Guardian, 14th April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Saudi case raises fears about law chief’s role – The Independent
“Gordon Brown faces a growing backlash over moves to give the attorney general sweeping powers to veto criminal investigations following devastating criticism of the Government’s decision to halt the inquiry into arms sales to Saudi Arabia.”
The Independent, 12th April 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Relatives’ champion who took the fight to ministers – The Times
“Rarely a month goes by without a damning inquest verdict from Andrew Walker, highlighting failures by the Ministry of Defence.”
The Times, 12th April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
