Man has rape conviction quashed – BBC News
“A 64-year-old man from West Sussex who served almost seven years in prison for sex crimes he did not commit has had his convictions formally quashed.”
BBC News, 16th October 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Action on alcohol-related criminal behaviour – Home Office
“Binge drinkers arrested for alcohol-related offences in four areas across the country may be compelled by police to face up to the consequences of their drinking after they have been arrested, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith announced today.”
Home Office press release, 16th October 2007
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Austin & Anor v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [2007] EWCA Civ 989 (15 October 2007)
L’Oreal SA & Ors v Bellure NV & Ors [2007] EWCA Civ 968 (10 October 2007)
Holmes-Moorhouse v London Borough of Richmond-Upon-Thames [2007] EWCA Civ 970 (10 October 2007)
Procter & Gamble Company v Reckitt Benckiser (UK) Ltd [2007] EWCA Civ 936 (10 October 2007)
Charman v Orion Group Publishing Group Ltd & Ors [2007] EWCA Civ 972 (10 October 2007)
Lawntown Ltd v Camenzuli & Anor [2007] EWCA Civ 949 (10 October 2007)
O’Byrne v Aventis Pasteur SA [2007] EWCA Civ 939 (09 October 2007)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Macfarlane, R. v [2007] EWCA Crim 2293 (12 October 2007)
Coleman & Anor v R [2007] EWCA Crim 2318 (10 October 2007)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Dimmock v Secretary of State for Education & Skills [2007] EWHC 2288 (Admin) (10 October 2007)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Kostic v Chaplin & Ors [2007] EWHC 2298 (Ch) (15 October 2007)
Oxford Legal Group Ltd v Sibbasbridge Services Plc & Anor [2007] EWHC 2265 (Ch) (09 October 2007)
Dellar v Zivy & Ors [2007] EWHC 2266 (Ch) (09 October 2007)
High Court (Commercial Court)
Pacific Maritime (Asia) Ltd. v Holystone Overseas Ltd. [2007] EWHC 2319 (Comm) (11 October 2007)
ED & F Man Sugar Ltd v Lendoudis [2007] EWHC 2268 (Comm) (10 October 2007)
Source: www.bailii.org
Sentences to protect public ‘keeping too many in jail’ – The Times
“A new prison sentence intended to protect the public from dangerous criminals is set to be overhauled amidst alarm at the huge numbers being given the jail term.”
The Times, 16th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
In re A (a Child) (Duty to seek reasons) – Times Law Reports
Counsel should seek reasons
In re A (a Child) (Duty to seek reasons)
Court of Appeal
“Before filing a notice of appeal, in cases of doubt, counsel had to ask the judge for amplification of his reasons, where that could solve an issue.”
The Times, 16th October 2007
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.
SES Contracting Ltd and Another v UK Coal plc and Others – Times Law Reports
Paying other party’s costs
SES Contracting Ltd and Another v UK Coal plc and Others
Court of Appeal
“On an application for disclosure before commencement of proceedings a respondent was ordinarily awarded his costs. A costs order requiring him to pay all the applicant’s costs could be made only where it was clearly unreasonable to oppose the application or where the manner of opposition was so unreasonable as to make it appropriate to bear all of both parties’ costs.”
The Times, 16th October 2007
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.
Regina v Hamilton – Times Law Reports
Elements of outraging public decency
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“The two-person rule applicable to the common-law offence of outraging public decency was capable of being satisfied if there were two or more persons present who were capable of seeing the nature of the act even if they did not actually see it.”
The Times, 16th October 2007
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.
Black and Muslim lawyers plan breakaway regulator – The Times
“Black and Muslim solicitors have accused Britain’s legal watchdog of racial discrimination and want to break away to establish their own watchdog body.”
The Times, 16th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Sex attacker preyed on women for four years after blunder – The Guardian
“A serial sex attacker who remained free to terrorise women for four years because of a police DNA blunder was jailed for life yesterday. Mark Campbell, 38, from Chichester, West Sussex, was convicted of six attacks, including two rapes, which began in February 1998 and ended in August 2004.”
The Guardian, 16th October 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Spot fines for thieves ‘stupidity in practice’ – Daily Telegraph
“A judge has branded Government policy to give thieves on-the-spot fixed penalties as ‘stupidity in practice’.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th October 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
UK lawyers attempt to stop American execution – The Times
“A team of leading UK lawyers has intervened to halt the execution by lethal injection this week of America’s longest-serving prisoner on ‘death row’ — pending a US Supreme Court decision on whether the method is ‘cruel or unnecessary’. ”
The Times, 15th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Divorce lawyers ‘put fees before clients’ – The Independent
“Sir Paul McCartney and Heather Mills are the latest celebrity couple to find out the hard way that divorce often ends in a long, acrimonious and expensive court battle. But many costly annulments could be avoided if alternative and less hostile means of separation were explored first, new research suggests.”
The Independent, 16th October 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI
The Seed (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2007
The Plant Health (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2007
The Criminal Defence Service (Financial Eligibility) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2007
The Criminal Defence Service (General) (No. 2) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2007
The Value Added Tax (Amendment) (No. 6) Regulations 2007
The Toot Hill School (School Day and School Year Regulations) Order 2007
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Children’s tsar attacks youth justice policy – The Guardian
“The children’s tsar today attacked the government’s youth justice policy, which he warned is enraging and alienating young people.”
The Guardian, 15th October 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Son wins battle to stop Tories inheriting £10m – The Times
“The Conservatives today lost a High Court battle over a multimillion pound bequest from a mentally deluded man who believed that only Margaret Thatcher could save him from an international satanic conspiracy.”
The Times, 15th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Rampion and another v Franfinance SA and another – WLR Daily
Rampion and another v Franfinance SA and another (Case C-429/05)
“A consumer’s right under certain conditions, under art 11(2) of Directive 87/102 on consumer credit, to pursue remedies against the provider of finance to him under a credit agreement, applied to a credit facility allowing credit on a number of occasions as well as credit for a single transaction, and the right could not be made conditional on the prior offer of credit naming the goods or services being financed.”
WLR Daily, 4th October 2007
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 General Teaching Council for Wales (Additional Functions) (Amendment) Order 2007
The Diseases of Animals (Approved Disinfectants) (Wales) Order 2007
The Zoonoses (Monitoring) (Wales) Regulations 2007
The Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2007
The Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Nomination) (Amendment) Order 2007
The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment No. 9) Regulations 2007
The Diseases of Animals (Approved Disinfectants) (Amendment) (Wales) Order 2007
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
Red tape driving UK disputes teams, finds poll – Legal Week
“Regulatory work has become an increasingly significant stream of work for the litigation departments of UK and US firms over the last year, according to new research.”
Legal Week, 15th October 2007
Source: www.legalweek.com
Newspapers challenge anonymity for child porn offender – The Guardian
“A five-judge panel in the Court of Appeal is to be asked to decide whether a man who admitted 20 charges of making and possessing indecent pictures of children should have his identity protected because his two daughters might be harassed or bullied at school.”
The Guardian, 15th October 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
